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I hadn't heard of paralives, looks cool actually. I am begging for a real sims killer to scratch that itch. Inzoi looked to have some promise as well, but I've not heard much talk about it
I think it's a hold off for now, they've got a good framework but it's a shell that needs fleshing out. The main issue I've heard mentioned is that characters don't feel that different to one another, the traits aren't producing personalities that are memorable or significant enough for people to feel that they are their own characters (assholes or otherwise).
It is visually very appealing though, they've kinda nailed art design.
I don't know about Inzoi, my best guess is it's in a similar state. Personally I think Unreal 5 graphics will hurt it though, Sims is a cartoon and thrives on that. I feel like realistic graphics looks great in promotional videos but makes everything less identifiable in isometric top down gameplay view where you need everything to be really exaggerated to be more visible.
I mean, Sims 4's cartoony graphics were pretty universally hated on release by fans of the older games, and, like... I have never liked "alpha" CC in any previous Sims games. I put up with some of the less exaggerated examples of it in 4 because it's the lesser evil. The original The Sims was cartoony for the sake of isometric gameplay, absolutely, but both 2 and 3 did their absolute best to look considerably more realistic with the resources available at the time. If someone could make a better life sim with TS3 like graphics, but running smoother than that dumpster fire did with half decent hardware, that would be perfect. Just because TS4 is cartoony for no reason doesn't mean anyone who'd buy a competitor's offering actually likes that.
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i think the paralives art style is pretty dated (i know it's been in development for like a decade) and i especially don't like how the faces look currently. still excited about the project though. inzoi seems very soulless which is highly counter productive to being a good Sims like