Rin

It’s not nearly as complex as it initially looks imo, but I also play with a million mods some of which make the game needlessly complicated so maybe the vanilla game just looks simple in comparison to me now lol

Will Balder’s Gate 3 patchnotes become the new Sims 3 patchnotes?

For me I have rules I set for myself when pirating, and generally try to reserve it for if it’s something I’m unlikely to see or get otherwise (like how stuff is exclusive to a million different streaming services now, or older games that don’t have an official re-release) or there’s ethical reasons I don’t want to support it (Like some EA stuff and Adobe, though so far the only [arguably] accessible PC games I’ve pirated are the Sims 3 and 4)

If it’s indie stuff and [non-text]books I try to avoid it if possible.

Closest thing I can think of is No Man’s Sky VR? But I get the feeling that might not be quite what you’re looking for.

A game like the mainline Sims series, but better developed and without EA’s involvement. I’m aware there’s projects like Life By You and Paralives, but neither of those are publicly playable as of now, and until they release there’s no way to truly tell if they’ll actually be any good.

Although at this point I don’t think they can be much worse than the current status quo.