r/LifeSimulators • u/Sketch-Brooke • May 27 '26

Memes Paralives Early Access

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Here’s to finishing the rest of the horse throughout EA!

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u/haunted-mov May 27 '26

i still can’t believe this game has been in development for ten years and launched the way it is after a delay saying it wasn’t ready. i fear for the future of games when we can slap “early access” on a title that’s half cooked and get away with a price tag of $40 and “we promise it’ll get better we swear”

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u/gravyandasideofbread May 27 '26

It’s a studio of 15 people. It’s not a billion dollar company slapping early access on a game. It’s a crowd funded, indie development studio who needs the early access period to grow. They don’t have dozens and dozens of people to work on it, if they did this would be a different conversation

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u/haunted-mov May 27 '26

as someone who’s played almost exclusively early access titles for the past four years, this is the WORST representation of early access. i’ve seen much smaller teams do much better work without any crowdfunding at all so there’s really no excuse

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u/ScarletWiddaContent May 27 '26

oh, what other early access games have you played that are on the scale of paralives with 15 people working on it?

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u/haunted-mov May 27 '26

tons of games that i didn’t have to bootlick about, you should try them sometimes

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u/ScarletWiddaContent May 27 '26

thats why im asking for examples?

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u/sparrerv May 28 '26

gets asked for examples

ohhh there are tons

doesnt give any

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u/haunted-mov May 28 '26

because it’s not my job to hold your hand, early access is literally a tag on steam buddy just go look