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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 3 months ago (1 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.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.run 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months ago (1 children)

What in the actual fuck are you on about?

[–] LordSinguloth@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 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 3 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 0 points 3 months ago

Holy fuck I think the bots here cant fuckin read