Paralives Finally Gets Release Date After Five Years; No Paid DLCs Planned
Independent life simulator Paralives has finally received an early access debut date. The developers immediately declared that they never want to sell us paid expansions.
After years of anticipation, we finally got full gameplay trailer for Paralives as part of recently concluded live stream. We have also received the release date of the game.
Paralives is scheduled for release in early access at the beginning of 2025. The developers only anticipate free updates, with no plans for paid DLC to be released for the game.
As part of the presented material, we had the opportunity to see for the first time with our own eyes a fragment of gameplay, showing a few ordinary days in the life of our Parafolks. Thus, we learned many details about specific gameplay elements.
Elements of gameplay
When creating characters, we will define their traits, which will be influenced by several parameters that work in different ways. First, we will distribute available points (as in The Sims 1 and 2) between four basic characteristics - athleticism, mind, creativity and charisma. Later we will also decide on the vibe of characters, special social skills, talent, and lifestyle.
Additionally, the nature of Parafolks is expected to change over time.
Thanks to the announcements placed on buildings, avatars will be able to take up work in places located in the game world. Every profession requires a certain level of skills in a given area. During a standard workday, we will have to choose an additional activity (e.g. listening to music, expanding knowledge), which our heroes will be doing in the meantime.
Relationships and conversations between Parafolks are supposed to be very natural and result from the context of the situation. As a player, we can initiate dialogue, and at certain moments during its course, decide on the general direction of the conversation.
The types and levels of relationships will depend on the time we spend with a particular character and - at key moments - on the success of actions, marked with a specific, expressed in percentages, chance of achieving a successful outcome.
Although unexpected, this announcement was hinted at by the devs of Paralives in their January recap of the game's progress. We now know that we will have to wait for at least a year for one of The Sims' competitors.
