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The Sims' Biggest Rival Gets First Major Update Later This Year
Paralives' August patch notes provide information on the game's highly anticipated expansion, and it remains free as promised.
New Paralives update adds the camera options we've wanted from The Sims 4 competitor since its Early Access release: "You're welcome"
Paralives just got a brand-new update, addressing some of the most common bugs and adding various hotly requested features to the indie life sim – including alternative camera controls, which I might be a tad bit too excited about. As per the Paralives roadmap, there's still plenty to come to The...
New Paralives update adds the camera options we've wanted from The Sims 4 competitor since its Early Access release: "You're welcome"
Be still, my middle click-loving heart
Paralives' latest update throws out its wonderfully awful homunculi babies and makes it so that dead bodies should no longer litter the streets
The beauty of an early access game is being able to look at something funky, say "that's not right," and as long as you're correct and not an irritating know-it-all making feedback that's not actually helpful, see it changed in (very slow) real-time. Paralives' latest update is here, and with it...
Paralives' Newest Update Offers Dozens Of Gameplay Features And Bugfixes
Despite only releasing in early access so far, the life-sim Paralives has been met with an incredibly promising reception thanks to its numerous innovations and improvements on the genre. Having previously teased additional updates for players to look forward to in the next update, Paralives has...
Paralives' Newest Update Offers Dozens Of Gameplay Features And Bugfixes
Paralives' newest update brings some of the community's most requested changes, with a few surprises in store for fans of the life Sim genre.
Paralives Babies Are Kinda Ugly So The Devs Are Changing Them
The life sim's babies are stretching the limits on how ugly a baby can be
Paralives August Patch Redesigns Ugly Babies
Paralives' next patch will finally get rid of the Bobby Hill baby faces.
Indie devs change baby characters after fans complained that they looked weird
Paralives is redesigning its babies after players called them unsettling, with a new look coming August 10.
"I wish I could do that": A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives' characters' asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities
Asymmetric shoes may not seem like a big deal. I mean, if we look past the cultural mountain that was climbed to turn the faux pas of odd socks into a proud fashion statement of mismatched shoes, asymmetric footwear is just that, right? Two different shoes. Yet, for one of the senior character...
Paralives Team Might Have Shed Some Light On Why The Sims Ditched Its Open World
The Sims 4 juggled multiple ideas during development, but one idea from its predecessor that was eventually scrapped was the idea of an open-world city for players to explore. Instead, The Sims 4 offered smaller, instanced neighborhoods that were separated by loading screens, something that many...
Paralives’ Success Shows Being Generous To Players Isn’t Unreasonable
Earlier this year Paralives released in early access, and so far, things are looking good for the life-sim. The game has proven to be popular since its May launch; the cozy vibes have been praised, and the promise of free post-launch DLC and updates for the lifespan of Paralives continues to be a...
Paralives Isn’t Interested In Taking Down The Sims
Fans of life-simulator games have been eating well lately, as the dominance of The Sims 4 has been challenged by new kids on the block like InZoi and Paralives. While both of these titles are considered to be serious challengers in a cozy genre of living your best life, the team behind Paralives...
8 Paralives Features That Make Relationships Feel More Natural Than The
Paralives brings a new look at the life sim genre, and one of the areas it excels is in its new relationship mechanics.
10 Paralives Features That Completely Change What Players Expect From Life
Paralives brings some welcome and exciting changes to the life sim genre, making the future of life sims better than ever before.
10 Paralives Features That Fix the Biggest Problems with The Sims
Paralives brings some new features that bring some much-needed updates to the formula The Sims introduced.
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Known Issue [Mac]
Some Mac users have experienced issues opening their Saved games for a few hours between June 25 and June 26. If you were affected, this issue can be fixed and your saves restored by deleting this folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Paralives/Paralives/
1 month after launch, my favorite indie Sims 4 competitor has sold 1 million copies – and only 170 "naked Charlies" showed up uninvited
Paralives has also seen 22,000 Steam mods come to fruition
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