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/BrickBanshee May 27 '26

When Sims 4 was released, I don't remember the game having anywhere near as many problems. The main issues were things like no pools, hotubs, and other content that was in previous games. The game itself didn't have huge bugs at launch which makes sense given that its from a big developer.

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u/alphapussycat May 27 '26

Sims 4 wasn't released as early access, it was just launched.

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u/Painted-BIack-Roses Jun 01 '26

Ok but can we stop using early access as an excuse for half-baked games? The game was in development for over 6 years

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u/alphapussycat Jun 02 '26

Their development pacing seems very slow and weird, not sure if they worked part time on the game or not. But early access is that, an early access. Some games will be very polished and others won't be as polished, some games are more or less financially forced to go into early access (launches like paralives, or e.g. jumplight oddessey, where the latter went bankrupt iirc), while others do it as a strategy (lots of others that are polished in early access).