It appears that a pre-release PC build for The Sims 5 has been leaked online. Yeap, this is the real deal.
  • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    331·
    2 years ago

    Both PC and Android builds of this upcoming social game are circulating on the Internet as we speak.

    . . . Android? It’s going to be a PC/Android release? That does not bode well for the PC side.

    Oh and it’s a F2P game? Yeah this is going to fucking suck hard.

    Also does anyone know where to find it? Couldn’t see it on 1337x.

  • Kraiden@kbin.social
    301·
    2 years ago

    this new The Sims game promises to stay true to what The Sims has always been

    The Sims 5 will be a free-to-play game.

    Uuuuuuh huh. I wouldn’t touch anything EA with a 10 foot pole at this point.

    I’ll wait for Paralives thanks.

    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      To be as generous as possible maybe they’re going for a The Sims 4 approach; the base game is free, expansions cost money. I suspect though they’re going to go for a pay-to-play style game, there’ll be a ultra bare-bones base game and all meaningful content will be locked behind macro-transactions.

    • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      The visual aesthetic of paralives seems more appealing and durable in the sense of still looking good a decade from now.

  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zoneEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    I was pretty into 2 and 3, and I’m definitely not burnt out of the genre or anything, but I just can’t work up the interest to really check out another The Sims after 4.

    • zipzoopaboop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      2 years ago

      Maxis have a habit of pushing some weird bullshit no one asked for while losing all the content built up from previous titles

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      I’m pretty hyped for some of the spiritual successors, like the one PDX is working on and Paralives. Hard to get excited about anything EA makes nowadays though

      • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        The Paradox one looks garbage though, and given their history with DLC I don’t have much hope for it. Paralives looks interesting but the development is glacial to the point where by the time it’s out I’ll be in a retirement home if not seven feet under.

        On the other hand, I also have no hope Sims 5 won’t be insanely predatory and anti-consumer. Sigh.

      • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s a shame cities skylines 2 doesn’t run on many PCs, or even that the first one became so DLC heavy because watching SimCity implode under EA’s bullshit just for an amazing successor to take to the field was amazing.

        I’m very excited for the successor to the Sims but I’ve been waiting for it a scarily long time without any major promising news.

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I’m very excited for the successor to the Sims but I’ve been waiting for it a scarily long time without any major promising news.

          Let them cook.