
Maxis stated that while the game will stay true to what The Sims has always been, The Sims 5 will evolve how Sims think and behave, as well as provide players with "even more ways to play, tools to encourage creativity, and the ability to tell meaningful stories." In addition, the upcoming game will allow players to play solo or collaborate with others, and will have both cross-play and cross-progression between consoles. However, this enhanced build mode doesn't stop at merely changing items colors and patterns-players will even be able to adjust the number of cushions that adorn their Sims' couch.Īs of right now, the studio has not revealed any details on character customization, how The Sims 5 will look, or its core gameplay. Players will also be able to customize items similarly to how they could in The Sims 3.
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Whereas former The Sims games have stuck to a grid-based design system, the next game in the series appears to be ditching that in favor of enabling players to place items just about anywhere they desire. During the presentation, the team revealed a few minutes of gameplay, focusing on showing off all the features coming to the game's build mode. (And that they sold us base game features as DLC afterward.Maxis first gave fans a look at The Sims 5 during October 18's Behind The Sims Summit. Their problems weren't that they didn't listen to community feedback (Sims 4 was changed from an MMO to a single player game based on Sim City 2013 feedback), but that they rushed something out the door before it was ready in both cases.

We know EXACTLY how Sim City and SIms 4 went - and that's why we want Paralives to take their time, not kill their devs with crunch, and not rush ANY release, even an alpha or beta.
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You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how software is developed and in specific how gameplay development works, so do not harass a dev into hurrying a product.


Please trust a dev when they tell you it's not ready - no dev DOWNPLAYS how ready their game is when they're relying on excitement and crowdfunding for their business model (although many might in order to get the time to make something that works well instead of just barely works in a crunch-driven corporate environment - just one more way capitalism ruins everything). You cannot take a trailer and assume anything other than that specific thing works that way - or even works that well reliably. Gameplay videos released as trailers are curated sections of gameplay that are working just well enough to look good at least once. edit: Not to mention that by developing in vacuum without the feedback of the player base at every step of the way is how we got SimCity 2013 and Sims 4. They just spam motherlode just to get enough $$$ to build the mansion of their dreams and don't really care about the lifesim part. edit: And if you think building alone is not enough, for many Sims players it really is. And all of those videos were published a year ago. Originally posted by JAGIELSKI:Yeah, not playable at all. We are grateful for any kind of support we can get, whether it's word of mouth or simply adding the game to your wishlist. However, nothing forces you to fund the development of the game. If people want to support by funding through our Patreon, we highly appreciate it and we actually offer a lot of rewards in return. Also, although Early Access is something that is considered for the future, it can be a double-edged sword in lots of cases.

We understand that Early Access could be another way to fund the game but we need to have a viable product first, which can't be achieved without these costly resources. We use Patreon to fund the development of the game, basically to hire skilled developers. Originally posted by ChristineParalives:We are in the pre-alpha phase of the game so no, the game is not playable at the moment as several systems still need to be implemented, on top of testing.
