Paralives ready to take on The Sims with new footage ahead of release

Looking for something like The Sims but not from EA? Paralives arrives May 25th and there's a brand new trailer, along with 45 minutes of gameplay. They must be somewhat confident in it if they're willing to show this much off before the release. Although, it will be in Early Access so to keep expectations in check it's not a finished game.

One thing that will set it apart from The Sims is their firm stance on zero paid DLC. They said "we have pledged to never release paid DLCs: there will only ever be free updates". It will be interesting to see how it does compared with inZOI from KRAFTON.

First up is the new trailer:

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And then a further video with 45 minutes gameplay:

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Game Highlights:

• Explore an open-world town filled with shops, parks, restaurants and museums.
• Create Parafolks of all looks and styles.
• Find a job and try out flexible career progression paths.
• Discover unique personality traits, skills, wants, needs and emotions.
• Find love and make friends, or enemies.
• Multiselect Parafolks and do anything as a group.
• Grow up, have children and live a long life.
• Enjoy the customization and flexibility of our house-building tools.
• Experiment with our in-game modding interface to edit or add content to the game.
• Find community-made mods, houses and Parafolks through the Steam Workshop.

They've said that during Early Access they plan to add in weather and seasons, more animals, cars and bikes, boats, pools and swimming, story progression for NPCs and lots more.