Very surprising. The game looked like it had a lot of potential and could've been the most popular sims alternative, but it's suddenly been cancelled.

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I guess no game is better than a shitty one, but can someone please make a modern sims game that's not EA and their endless DLC crap.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Without endless dlc? Who do you think Paradox is???

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Paradox's current DLC model is pretty nice, tbh.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you say that, but a new player looking to get into Stellaris or CKII is looking at a $300 bill if they want all the content. In fact that's what prevented me from getting into Stellaris, I own the base game, but when I discovered I'd need to shell out an additional several hundred dollars, even during a sale, for not only new species but just for base game mechanics, I stopped in my tracks.

Compare with Civilization, I own Civ V and Civ VI and all the released content for each, pretty sure I bought each of those for less than $20.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I did see an announcement earlier this year that they were folding some DLC into the base game for either CK3 or HoI4 because it was difficult to balance the game with all of the different DLC permutations possible. I think it would be smart of them to do this in general, maybe after a DLC is past a certain age, pull it into the base game.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I still have hope for Paralives

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm keeping an eye on this but I really hate the anime blush on every character

[–] Kraiden@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago

Lol, I'm not sure I'd describe it as anime, but I understand what you mean. Personally I quite like the aesthetic of it. It makes them feel just the right amount of fake to me that I won't feel bad deleting the pool ladder. I can totally see how it would bug you though. Hopefully it'll be easy to mod out, or at least turn down.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No surprise. I was really shocked when I saw the videos they released a while ago. Game ran like shit and looked even worse.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg -1 points 5 months ago

Yup... It looked like a really bad attempt at photo realism in 2024. At this point you either need to use cartoon-like graphics or some sort or actually pull off the photo realism.

It was pretty obvious that game was never going to reach either of those marks.

I was definitely excited for the prospect of a Sim's competitor, but this wasn't going to be it... I think they did the right thing pulling the plug.

[–] LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably because it would be the death of Sims is why it was canceled this way.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What in the actual fuck are you on about?

[–] LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow people here don't comprehend the third order calculation

Ea regularly buys out or pays off anyone who makes sim competitors.

Look it up.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In order to buy out Paradox, EA would have to make an offer for their entire existing share float, which would then have to be accepted by the shareholders. This means that they would almost certainly sell their stock at over market value (because why would they accept less?).

From their point of view, this would be a good thing. So why then would the shareholders allow this project to be cancelled if it was about to net them a huge payout, according to your theory?

[–] LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 months ago

Holy fuck I think the bots here cant fuckin read