Life By You, I love you dearly but I'm a little concerned...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Life By You by Paradox is an upcoming life simulation game. I'm concerned for the early access gameplay of Life by You and I'd like to discuss it with yous!
Are you getting Life By You in early access? Are you excited for the Paradox Life By You gameplay?
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I really dont get why your not a HUGE sims "infulencer" like honestly your my FAV youtuber.
@@totallynot.1i same
Amazing video and can you do more if those violent lets plays
Man, I love seeing you grow so much! From beginning I couldn’t understand why there are not a lot of people watching you, you deserve so much more! I loove your honesty and humor , never apologise for that. Sorry for any mistakes, I am not native speaker.
Well deserved
I completely understand peoples issues with the art style and with releasing games in early access at all. But, as a person who works in game dev, I have a ton of respect for the team for what they're doing. Typically, polish of art is one of the absolute last things done before release, and I get the impression from the team that they are putting the game in early access specifically to get the players input on what is liked and what isnt so they can tweak and polish the things players actually want to see. I'd prefer that attitude 1000000% over whatever tf the sims team has been doing these last few years.
the game doesn't look bad because the art isn't polished, it looks bad because there's no consistent art direction. this is not something you can fix in the late stages of development
Hey you're totally entitled to feeling that way. I don't personally agree, but people like what they like and I'm definitely not going to argue with you about it.
@chadpill_ Respect had me buying the game and my lack of respect had me stop buying EA trash for the last six years so your point, with me specifically, is moot. But, from the tone of your comment it's not really about that, and nothing I say will actually matter as it appears you're just itching to argue with people on the internet, which I have no interest in engaging in. So you have yourself a nice day
@@jonteet yep, we haven't even see examples of what they do want it to look like in the end? everything is so crusty right now.
Polish of art happens in stages it not the last thing it just usually not finish completely untill closer to release
I've already prepared the funeral for my laptop when it runs this game who wants to come‼️‼️
sign me up
omg 😭
Free heating all winter!
I'll bring tea 🍵
@@vanillalocky yess we can warm it up with the laptop if it gets cold
People complain about lack of visual consistency when it comes to LBY, specially the characters, but that’s the price to pay when you have *so much customization.* You can have shiny characters and other that are very mutted.
For me, the shadows need to be tunned. They are *too harsh/dark.*
I also believe that we are just *too used to the sims 4 aesthetics…* which are very different, way softer, if you know what I mean.
The problem isnt realism, the graphics look unfinished. It remind me of Second Life from 2003. The way the eviroment cast shadow, the unusual mix of high and low poly objects, blurry edges. Thats not related to customization.
Take for example GTA V, the graphic are beautiful and cinematic. Thats the level of realism people expect in 2023. If they cant achieve that just change for something more stylized/abstract without looking cartoony. Maybe like sims 3/4 with alpha cc.
Right now the game look unfinished because its unfinished, I hope they create a more complex light setting and refine all the models before full release.
@@augusto7681yeah it's giving 2005 IMVU. I understand why it looks like crap rn, but it still fundamentally looks like crap to the extent that I don't know if I will ever like the art style, no matter how polished it looks. It just isn't my vibe, personally.
It's just that it's more difficult to have good graphics when they are realistic. As we're very aware of how reality looks like, it's easy to find things that don't correspond or look off. That doesn't happen as much with cartoony styles
@@augusto7681 Amen
Early Access is necessary to get funds to expand the development process. It's totally fine when indie devs do it, but becomes scummy when big established companies do it. So I definitely understand your concern.
I'm guessing they don't have as much of a budget because it's the first title by Paradox Tectonic
The early access might not be about the $$ it also could be that the sims community is so b***hy and picky they want our feedback.
@@jaybee4288Paradox is nowhere near as big as EA. Cities Skylines had like 8 people on their dev team when it was first made and the Paradox Tectonic studio is brand new. People need to remember that this is a huge venture for Paradox Interactive to be delving into. They probably made the game EA so they could gauge two things. How well will it sell since this is the first life sim they have ever made and that means throwing lots of money and resources into something that may not have a good ROI. Second, to gauge feedback so that they make this game stand on its own in a way the community wants it to.
Also I find it really interesting that people have zero problems spending years throwing their money into a game with no release date in sight, but raise eyebrows at spending $30 on a game that's going to be released in EA with a set date. Or better yet throwing $50+ dollars into the Sims 4 at launch, when it may as well have been EA with how little content it had.
As a person who spends more time in CAS or build buy, I need this game to look great so I have the motivation to open it lol
1000%. I will literally spend 2-4 hours just creating the characters.
@@BrieChennel same 😂 and as a ps4 player who can't use mods, I can now make pretty sims using just base game 😂 all that time finally paid off I guess
If we are gonna be playing this game for years to come we need it to look pretty otherwise might as well be playing pixel art tiny life sim game
Yes, I understand this so much. Even if I would like a game where I am given the drive to do more gameplay (unlike the sims 4 lol)
Exactly my issue with it honestly
Definitely agree with the Shine issue. The Specular seems to be a tad bit over the top. It would make more sense for certain parts of the body to be a bit shiny and others just no shine. Otherwise, having the whole body be shiny gives off barbie vibes. Like they're made of plastic
No, they are sweaty. But in a good way. Like "post really good and satisfying s*x" sweaty, lol.
@@annakopyl269came to say this!!
@@annakopyl269 That's not really the issue. It's moreso the implementation of the shine. The characters look flat, no highlighted areas, no undertones and other skin features that make them look defined or sculpted. Thus, the shine looks pretty much the same on all parts of the body, flat and plasticy. The Sliders are at the very least a band aid solution.
Granted, I am comparing them to Skyrim Mod's Diffuse, Normal Map, and Specular Textures, so it may be too far of a reach. But tbf, The Sims 4, although considered having a "cartoonish" artstyle by many, has a more defined skin texture than LBY as of now.
Right? They don't have undertones and only have a color for the full body as if human skin was made of plastic. It looks kind of off
@@siuol_ly6141 the game isn't even out yet.
The way you smile and laugh after you say that you're going to be a "miserable bitch" was so funny😂😂
Satch, you are not miserable and negative, you are realistic. I always like watching your perspective on things because I know you will give your honest opinion. I buy my games myself so I would like to know if something is worth the money, if it's broken, glitchy etc.
Thank you for always being honest☀️
Rod Hubble did a 20min play of the game and mentioned that you can't drive if you've had alcohol. Confirming there is alcohol in the game. Can't wait for this. Remember people it's in beta lol. Let's not be to hard on the devs at this point.
As long a the game is coded properly and as moddable as they advertised, I’m not worried by the visuals. I’m confident they will greatly improve until release in a few years. I’d rather have the framework for customization than an aesthetically pleasing shell. Things like different heights, open worlds and intelligent A.I. are much more important than looks. Those can be easily modded. No mod will ever make TS4 an open world, and different heights will always have clipped animations.
I do hope the gameplay is entertaining. That is all that matters.
I’ll probably buy it at some point, although Starfield has priority.
Okay but does the glossy slider not still imply that randomly generated and premade townies will still have glossiness to their skin? It honestly would be better if they just heavily reduced or got rid of the glossiness altogether. Human skin is not glossy like that, it has some reflective properties, but mostly its subjected to subsurface scattering, so it looks very smooth. Both their skin and hair look greasy and plastic-y.
This game almost seems to have more promises then is reasonable for early access. And that has me concerned.
yep lots of promises it probably will come out half baked...I mean they said that babies and children are not ready yet so that doesn't leave you to create much. Might as well of called it uni life with house mates sharing.
the thing is with the game that “life by you” can theoretically lead to a new playerbase even larger than the sims.. but overall i think it will be good from a paradox game
and the realistic style !! hopefully theyll showcase more
@@Sim-dil-e-icious reason why i said theoretically.. but probably not. but fr who wants a cashgrabby developer considering the sims 4 history 😭
@@jaybee4288 this would provably depend considering new competition among the sims with other life simulation games like paralives, but probably yeah since “life by you” is depleting most features that arent really fun. theyre gonna remove violence 😭
i feel like life by you is for the alpha players, and paralives is for the maxis match players
Completely agree! I'm more looking forward to Paralives. I just can't get past the shiny plastic vibes and it's why I couldn't play Sims 3. The gameplay seems promising, so I hope they tweak the appearance so it no longer looks like Second Life. 😬
Yep, I agree. As a maxis match player I find the art direction of Paralives so much more appealing. Having said that I'm still hopeful that I can look past it so long as the gameplay in LBY is enjoyable.
This comment is so real
I love maxis match but I don't like paralives and I'm likely not gonna play it so I disagree
When paralives showed off their art style we all hated it. Now I love it and looking at Life By You it just seems ugly and cold.
I'm also a little worried by how the game "looks", but they're being very transparent about everything so far. They seem to be listening to feedback well and taking notes too. I hope they keep this attitude through early access and then polish it up nicely!!
I don't expect weather at release btw but maybe later on in an update? They won't even have babies at release I think? I hope it's in a free update at some point!!
Yeah same I think the game looks really old and like dark…
I’ve worked in the game industry for a solid year and to me this looks more like they didn’t hide any of the unfinished stuff we usually TRY to hide while we’re working on things during early previews/early access. I think the thing that makes it so ‘wonky’ is mostly the UI that needs to be arted, and the shaders/assets need polishing. I think it’s precisely the right time for early access for this game actually, as they add more and more gameplay features like jobs, events, etc and receive feedback on what users want, they can balance the experience. One of my fav games, Subnautica, did that. It was amazing to experience the addition of the new gameplay elements as they came out, the biomes expending, etc etc.
Basically this looks like a very strong team of engineers who will eventually finish dinging up the engine so the whole thing can be properly put together with all the necessary polish!
I think custom sliders will be possible for the weird bodies the same as the sims 3 they have awfil bodies so i tweak their proportions
Im excited for Shanice by you
you have summed up exactly how i have felt since they first revealed the game, my reservations are HUGE.
My issue is that they haven’t showed the “basic” aspects of gameplay: careers, relationships, characters’ personality etc. They’ve only showed little things like the gym, gardening etc.
I also think they aren't putting too much energy into LBY because it's early AND they aren't sure how it'll go. Sims has been THE king of life sim games for so long, I think anyone making a life sim game right now is wary. If LBY and Paralives do well, I think future life sim games won't be so hesitant because they know other studios and games can compete against what was the ONLY good life sim game out there.
Satch, you echo my thoughts exactly. I really want Life By You to work too. BUT after that trailer that promised SOOOOO much and an initially interesting start with the conversation system, all they've shown us so far is just generic stuff like the character maker, house building and editing, more of the character maker, some plant watering and hugging, some driving (which was cool) and AGAIN more of the character maker (as if we didn't see the first couple ones - there was nothing new in that last video). Sure, these are important in a life sim, but almost every game has them, and every life sim will definitely have them. This stuff Life By You has shown us so far are just ho-hum generic expected stuff. There's nothing new here. When the initial announcement came out we were promised great things, then they just totally showed us generic things we've already seen - and with the character maker, needlessly over and over again. Life By You, show us some of the UNIQUE things you promised! Show us GAMEPLAY!
I guess it depends on the cost.
I instantly subscribed after the very first video I watched of yours - you are the most honest (and adorable, lol) Sims reviewer I have found, and you definitely deserve 500K subs! I will admit I watch other TH-camrs because of their play through content. The reviews are necessary, but sometimes I just like watching other people play through the different challenges, etc.
I learned my lesson with Kynseed, with how ROUGH that game was in the beginning to how amazing it is today, I'm holding out and away from Early Accesses we have to pay for. I love how Lakeburg Legacies is doing there's, it's an Early Access DEMO that's FREE!!!
Their EA isn't full price. It's $40, so same price as the lackluster Sims 4 Horse Ranch that's coming out.
I don't know why, but I trust Paralives & its team a lot more. Maybe it's their transparency from early on, or maybe it's the fact that they are beholden to Patrons and are thus a bit more accountable & less "untouchable," but it feels like a much more solid game already. It's so much less nebulous than LBY. The aesthetic is solid, it feels homey and cozy, and the gameplay we've seen so far looks amazing to me. They have made a lot of promises, and while I'm skeptical, I think that they're trying their best to deliver on what they reasonably can. While I'm a bit impatient, I understand that game development takes a lot of time. A lot of people think it will never come out, because it's been in development since 2018..? but that's only 5 years. Games can take upwards of 10 years to develop, especially those as complex and as feature-rich as a life-sim. I'm willing to believe Paralives will come eventually, and that when it does, I hope it will be a solid entry in the life sim genre.
I hope LBY will be *more like Cities Skylines and less like the Sims* when it comes to updates/ bug fixes and payed DLC.
Okay niche reference but the visuals reminds me of the Witcher 2 game (2011): a time where things got closer to being realistic but like just not exactly there yet. Too much vibrance, too much bloom, eyes and eyelashes looking thick and the characters just not defined enough.
Overall making it look very UNCANNY
Beta is the first level of development or one of the first. The game is gonna change majorly in version. I would explain it but just wait until the game is announced for full release.
Honestly, the red hair "human" you showed at 5:13 eradicated my concern for the graphic. It probably means that I just need to get used to the graphic.
I strictly use CAS and build mode, I have to have my game up to the sims visual/graphic standards or I won’t be able to bring myself to play it. LBY is probably fantastic gameplay wise, but I’m not rlly a gameplay person, I’m here for the aesthetics
I think the question of Custom Worlds is not if but when, given how much customization was mentioned (it'll even have Job creator & Recipe creator) and they're banking on this being "The most moddable Life Sim"
I've been playing Cities Skylines 1, and the weather is DLC there but the new Cities Skylines 2 will have it in the base game.
So for LBY, I'd prefer them nailing down the fundamental core gameplay for the release.
I really fear and don't want LBY to have hollow gameplay. I want it to succeed.
So I won't be mad if Cats/Dogs & Seasons come later as a DLC if it meant gameply hit the homerun.
Better for LBY to be good game on launch and become a hit w/o base game Cats & Dogs & Seasons, and later get a second installment with DLCs in the base game like Cities Skylines, rather than for it to have those only for the game to not be fully polished, and get the franchise discontinued for not being big enough.
It's so weird to me that Sims players assume every game will have the same grubby DLC scheme as the Sims. Stop normalizing EA-style DLC packs and start demanding games be complete at launch or update for free like Minecraft, Terraria, Stardew Valley, and almost every other game.
I'm honestly not that worried. They are the ones responsible of taking SimCity out of the picture with such a brilliant game. Imagine if they also do the same for Sims. Lol, this company is definitely on a trend if it happens...and Sims deserves it.
@@jaybee4288 Is that any different from Sims? I only care about competition to finally come around and stop such laziness from the Sims.
But thankfully my favorite game is Story of Seasons. So I won't really care either way.
Idk if disney dreamlight vally will ever peave early access, i know they said they will but looking at games like fortnight, the reason they remain in early access is because it makes it easier for them to update the game constantly without dealing with distrobuters restrictions
Yeah I ain’t worried about aesthetics esp if modding is possible. But the gameplay options the team has shown already makes it look more interesting than the sims
I know people keep tlking about Life by you, but I'm more anxious to see Paralives ❤ lol
Maybe in another decade you will.
They should show the characters working, personalities, how traits work or mechanics for things like cooking, swimming etc.
You have some very good points. Paradox is a great publisher. But the actual developer studio Paradox Tectonic is still relatively young. It was only founded in 2019 and Life by You is their first game. Of course, some experienced people work there. Rod Humble, of course, is at the forefront.
First of all, DLCs in a life simulation game will always be bad (unless it's just adding clothes or furniture, but even then) because no matter what you lock behind a paywall, unless it's supernatural, it should be in the base game. I mean, it _is_ a life simulator, isn't it? So locking pets (no matter what kind), cars, jobs, and any gameplay that is natural for us like weather is just... well, bad.
I have some worries about the game. It's Paradox. I think most people expect the game to not have a lot of DLC, just like Paralives has been promising they won't have a lot of it. But it's Paradox. LBY will most likely have a LOT of DLC. Look at their games, especially the more successful ones, like Cities: Skylines, Stellaris, Crusader Kings. They have DLC. A _lot_ of them. And given that they are already trying to take money from us with Early Access, I'm 100% sure there _will_ be a ton of DLC. But that's not my only concern. I think the Devs are overlooking some things with this "realism" aspect. For example, the graphics and the overall image of the game. There is nothing that makes you look at a screenshot of it and immediately realize what game it's from. The graphics are extremely generic (kind of ugly too); the name is too complicated and nothing recognizable like The Sims or Paralives, and when I look at it I have to remind myself what it's about, because it could be easily mistaken for Idk a fitness app (lol). And then, because the name is also kind of random, the characters won't have a recognizable name. They're just... humans.
But the biggest problem, well... the age. The characters will have number for ages, not just titles like adults or toddlers. BUT. Since we will still have stages of life, and they have said they won't be adding tweens, possibly not young adults either, AND humans will go from adults to elders elders, I assume the humans will age similarly to The Sims, and all age groups will have a shared default body. That being said, is a 13 y/o going to look like a 9 y/o kid, or like a 17 y/o teen? What about a 19 y/o, are they going to look like a 17 y/o or a 30 y/o? Or what about 50 y/o??? Will they look like a 30 y/o or a 70 y/o??? Appearances aren't the only problem neither. Personality-wise, a 13 y/o will be very different from a 9/yo and a 17 y/o. That's around the age where puberty really hits you. The age when you start crushing on people, growing body hair, acne, moods, entering relationships that only last a maximum of 1 month. It won't work. It just won't. You can't say you want to add realism to your game, and not even consider adding very much real life stages.
Those are just things I can remember right now, but I'm sure there's more. Also, one thing I fear about Paralives is that it will be PG-13 to the extend where they said "Paras won't be too mean" and we won't have any realistic deaths (possibly not even diseases), so I'm just afraid it will be as boring, easy, and vanilla as The Sims 4. So I don't know how to feel about this new age of life simulators, but I'd say Paralives is our best bet.
The Paralives team said there will not be violence, they didn't say anything about not having realistic deaths. Dying in a fire is realistic.
@@thesimslover82884 well, yes, and it is in the sims too. That's pretty much the typical realistic death stuff for Pg-13 games. They have also said Paras won't die from real life diseases, and car accidents will most likely not be in the game. Ok, alright... but we will also not have unrealistic deaths (for instance, eaten by cow plant, maybe paras won't even die from being attacked by flies!). So I'm just worried the game will be like TS4, where dying is an actual challenge because of how hard it is to do. Especially when they will limit it so we won't have any "weird" deaths.
@@limpbizcoito2964 Well I'm sure cow plants are a copyrighted thing as it was invented by EA. The Paralives team has said death will be included, but hasn't said much on unrealistic deaths.
@@thesimslover82884 I didn't mean they would literally use cow plants lol. That was an example for unrealistic deaths. And if they won't even have a grim reaper or anything supernatural, I doubt they will have any unrealistic deaths
Yes and no to your comment. I think it is okay when it comes to more niche Lifestyles. It would be insane to ask someone to Design a Game that simulates all lifestyles all at once. Things like living in big cities or Farmlife are something that can be added as dlc. It doesn't Take anything away from the Life sim genre and Not everyone wants to do that. So i think These very niche Things are okay as dlc. But obviously Not Things Like careers, weather etc. That's Just dumb
To be honest, whether working from home is a problem or not entirely depends on the company. Mine has been WFH ever since covid began, and neither our velocity or quality dropped.
Regarding LBY... I'm not quite ready yet to throw the towel into the ring. It might be one of those games that launches quite poorly but continuously develops and turns quite nice a long way down the line, but... The quality of their marketing is so poor and so many weird and downright bad decisions have been made, that I am no longer confident that they will be able to deliver a reasonably polished product before 2025. There's only 15 people in the team, apparently, including Rod Humble, a community manager and a marketeer, they're very conservative on extra hires because that'll cut into their personal profits and there's just so, so, so much (!!!) that needs to be fixed. I honestly don't see how they're going to pull that off with such a small team.
Im waiting for paralives, im more of a fan of cartoony, i dont like the look of them being realistic because it has to be perfect or they look really bad lol! And paralives is a waaaay off but ill wait with sims 4 until then lol
Ngl, I don't really like the realistic artstyle. It's like sims alpha CC to me and the build looked like when you google 3d house design on google.
I'm not hating the game, I'm just saying I don't really like the artstyle
You really pinned down what the characters reminded me of. Personally I love how alpha sims look but they disappear in an alpha cc lot and look out of place in an ea world
Yeah not to mention we all know how bad realistic styles age. Cough sims 3
As this is a gam emad eby my favorite studio developers I trust blindly in them. As I know they tend to fix issues and are active with theri respective ocomunities fo intance the Cruseder kings 3 and victoria 3 teams always update and take surveys to see what teh game comunities wants next.
I feel like I am spoiled by great early access releases that have a lot of gameplay even in an early state (e.g. Vampire Survivors, Brotato, Big Ambitions, etc) and it ruined my expectations for future early access titles. To be honest, right now I see LBY as alpha rather than beta with so much stuff that is related towards the "sandbox" or customization stuff, while gameplay such as quests or scenario stuff are still unclear. I still have my hopes that it would still become a decent game given the track record of games published through Paradox despite having many DLCs, but people should calm down their hype as it is still at best in alpha. It's most likely they're rushing this because of Sims 5 and they probably want to make a statement out of it. I don't mind them polishing the game a bit more before putting it on early access. I guess if they want to release it in early access, the bare minimum they could do is release a world with actual lore and quests attached to it or add scenarios like most simulation/tycoon games do. I don't want this to fail badly but it seems like I am having more and more reservations as the early access release is drawing near.
I like to imagine Life By You is the equivalant to Sims 1. You know what I mean? Like how Sims 2 built off of Sims 1 and Sims 3 built off of Sims 4. There is always room for improvement.
They totally give me GTA online character customization or The Urbz characters.
The hair is traumatizing.
Back in the days people were paid to beta te4st games for devs. These days devs want people to pay to be able to beta test their games for them. And players seriously fall for this. Its ridiculous.
it will be barebones af...they will hardly have anything in the game when it launches.
Ok, so again, as I have so many times whenever a youtuber mentions that "it needs polish" in the 22 minute video that is like two before this one, they say straight out that they are working on polishing things. One guy specifically said it was his job to go in and polish the hair. They showed changing the length of the legs and arms and torso, so if you don't like the way she made this "human" then you will make yours differently so its proportioned the way you want. That's just how she likes it.
Honestly, I really don't care what anyone else thinks. I got the early access for my birthday and the more I see the more excited I get. Outerwear is a jacket or coat on top of regular clothes, that is a HUGE difference. Oh! In the video about needs, there is a quick look at his inventory and it had knitting needles and yarn! And in the video showing a conversation at the very end there is a line where they can ask about getting a pet and what kind of pet would be compatible for them. I get seriously excited by everything I see.
I wasn't this excited for Sims 4. For Sims 2 and 3? Yes, but not Sims 4. And the only ones I can remember being partially near this excited for was the Paranormal pack and Cottage Living. Then they borked Paranormal. Cottage Living works, but I kinda feel it is tainted by all the others that DON'T. But this? I am excited for LBY. We're not going on vacation this year so I'm thinking hard on taking that first week it comes out off so I can seriously explore it. I used to do that when a Sims 3 expansion came out, might start that again.
It's an alpha. No one ever seems to get that at this stage, it won't look great. I play Bethesda's games, and soooo many people are bitching about how Starfield looks as recently as the deep dive in June. They don't understand that the game will get a final polish before it goes gold.
Imo, it doesn't matter if it isn't perfect. We just need to pressure EA to do a better job XD
I’ll be so mad if Sims created a precedence for other life simulators to put everything behind a paywall. If a life simulator is fleshed out I would gladly pay for DLC with new worlds, careers, clothes, furniture, specialty items, and skills but putting systems behind a paywall that enhance realism like being able to set your utensil preference or having family stay over your house will make me skip over the entire franchise. I already give my money to the worst bloodsucker in the entire gaming industry💕, I won’t touch another
@@Sim-dil-e-iciousI think it’s pretty silly to butcher my comment down to me putting all the blame on EA. My entire point is that I won’t give Paradox any money or support if they do the same thing. I will totally blame EA, along with Paralives and Paradox, if Paralives and Life by You pull the same scams because EA exploited their monopoly on life simulators, which could set an expectation for every other company releasing one to do the same. I feel the same with mobile gaming companies, to me Playrix is partially responsible for all those fake gaming ads because they were the first ones to do it so unabashedly. When it comes to shitty business practices, there is definitely enough blame for everyone- don’t you worry about that! I totally respect if you think there is no responsibility on EA or Playrix in these situations but I think it’s a pretty shallow viewpoint that I don’t agree with. We all have our opinions though, thanks for sharing yours
Based on what has been shown so far, I think it's a bad idea to view LBY as a sim's succesor. The more they show, the more it looks like single-player Second Life rather than a sims game. Body fitness levels don't change, no children, and an AI chat system. This is being designed for people that like running around in Second Life, creating their ideal worlds and spaces, but can never find anyone to roleplay with.
How do you know there won't be children in LBY? Maybe not right at the early access start, but there will certainly be at some point.
So the sims 4 was not a sim sucessor too right? Didn't come with ghost, babies, pools, NPCs, btw everything that you pointed will be implemented in the game in the Early Acess.
Your already “Gold” in my eyes, with or without a gold button! Been subbed for a year now!
I actually appreciate your opinions more than you think. You're always bringing realism and logical thoughts to the development of these games instead of blindly guiding us to buy something we're not sure about. It's cool to see someone honest
This game is not ready to release not even in early access. There is absolutely no way for this to turn into a decent game in 9 weeks.
Yeah I’m confused. Why rush?
Exactly . The fact that they seem to be rushing it makes no sense to me.
@@Sim-dil-e-icious oh i see :P sims 5 won’t be coming out for a few more years though right? i guess paralives & this game still benefit from the hype, but i think as long as it comes out before the sims 5, they’ll be able to take away players from EA.
Or maybe they plan on being early access for a few years, idk.
this is the state of games today in this world though sadly early access everything crap I know I remember a time when this didn't exist and athousand patches for games didn't exist and games where full and complete yeh well them days are gone and them developers are long gone and now we just got the new crowds in
Tbf, they're not just developing a game, they're trying to build a sandbox for modders. If LBY becomes a good platform for mods, most of the issues people are worried about right now will be solved by the community. This part of their entire focus excites me personally the most. Just look at Skyrim as an example - not only it's still alive with a large player base, but there are so many mods out there that anyone can make Skyrim into their own, unique looking game with a ton of tailored content just for their flavor of it. A life sim equivalent to that would make many Sims fans forget that the Sims exist.
From the start i thought this game looks a little shit (graphically / art style wise, gameplay wise it looks content rich) It reminds me of those shitty simulator games like 'Drug dealer simulator' or even goat sim or something.
I agree with the shiny and hair stuff. The hair looks scraggly but I’m gonna assume that it’s gonna look a whole lot better once the game is complete.
It would be cool if a life sim made a character customizer where you can pick presets for each area of the body. And by that i mean you could choose a short/long/medium torso or neck, arms, or legs. And like the presets you pick would affect their height. I think it would be cool because usually height sliders just shrink the character and they look weird and disproportionate. If you could choose short legs with short arms and like a short or medium torso, then the character would look more realistic. I also know NOTHING about making video games and animations but i feel like it might make it easier to work with a few different height variations than a full on height slider
shanice shanice in life by you LMFAOOOOOOO STOP IT
Speak for yourself don't buy it early access, I for one can't wait for it on September.
I've learnt that one of the better dishes are the ones which we don't have much expectation and cheap, but then tastes "oh, it's not that bad, it's actually pretty yummy (for this price)", rather than paying some expensive or extra money, but then "ugh, it was not as delicious as i thought, what a waste of money".
_Fine, I'll subscribe. Are you happy now?!_ XD Cause I've been watching your videos for a while & wasn't sure at first but I decided you're funny & a good person XD btw you have a scouse viewer. 🧟♀️✨ *Could I request you play more of sims 3 also with a zombie apocalypse please? :3*
Satch: "I'm about to be a miserable beetch"
Me: "YASSSSSssssss, give it to me!"
Early access can be very beneficial bc they're probably more likely to take feedback seriously if they want to make a gme that can rival the sims. I've played quite a few early access games that through the years became complete game (though in very different genres). I've also played other early access games that are great and ever evolving bc they're a small indie team and not a successful game studio. they have the money and the backing of sims fans (who are ready to show ea that there's actual serious competition) so all they need is the right intentions and ears that can listen.
I love the idea of Life By You but at the same time, i feel like there's not as much stuff you can customize and do as the Sims 3, let's just hope that this can be fixed by modders in the same way they fixed Skyrim
Oh don’t even get me started on Disney Dreamlight Valley! I get yelled at for my opinions on that game 😂
I subscribed after the first time I heard the "Sims 4 could never".
Just added a second drive and I’m planning to upgrade the graphics card in my PC in preparation for Life By You. Hope it’s worth it! 😅
After doing a game dev course, it is really helpful to work in the same room as your team. Bouncing feedback back and forth is so easy and natural, I think our final project wouldn't have been as good if we worked remotely the entire year so, yeah. If the Life by You team are working remote and only remote then it may harm the final product slightly like you said.
I have my expectations on the floor. I am not sure if I want to pay for early access or whether I should wait until I see actual game play before handing over my money, but either way it's early access, it's probably not going to be perfect or anything close to it straight away, and really, nothing is these days. Seems like no matter what product they are selling, there's always issues that need to be patched out.
@@Sim-dil-e-iciousbecause that's how testing games works idiot, didn't Sims 5 had beta testers too? Until they closed because people leaked?Everytime I see a comment of yours is you showing your hypocrisy and just being a naysayer for the sake of it. This isn't even comparable with your stupid example, food isn't comparable to a software, at least they are asking feedback, unlike a certain company you like to lick it's shoes. Seriously you are pathetic, if you are so engrossed by The Sims to the point of hating the new games because you feel like it, then why are you here? Only a child would act like this.
Hey Stach do you know about the game Palia? It is like Stradew Valley, Animal Crossing and Disney Dreamlight Valley combined, also, i don't love the idea of it being MMO but sounds promising
Palia will be free-to-play
Palia will monetize cosmetic items
Palia will not monetize things you earn through gameplay
You won’t need to buy loot boxes or get content through a rotating store
We commit to being open and honest in communicating decisions or changes we make in this space
I feel like we will be disappointed… but I hope we will not
I really hope graphics will be better than what we see because it feels stiff and oldschool now. And emotionless. And since we still see it 9 weeks before they launch… idk…. Unless they are hiding something, I feel like this is how the final version will look like.
I appreciate the smoothness of animations in the sims 4. I think it makes the game feel more modern
the art style is not for me, its very creepy 😭😭
agreed. i think its ugly af. more realistic "art style" in games, as if we havent had enough of that since the 2010s
Omg I’ve been watching you for a while now and love your videos but how come I just noticed I wasn’t subscribed!!😮 I checked because you mentioned it at the end and I was thinking “yea I’ve been subscribed so he’s not talking about me” but you were😢 don’t worry I’m subscribed now😂
I like the game, it seems like it'll have a lot of good gameplay, BUT I wish the characters looked better. I'm really hoping they look better in time because I really do want this game, but looks will put me off a game.
This is also why I tend to NOT buy early access games.. I get a lot of people like it because they get to play the game early and give more feedback, but I want a game in it's finished state. I'm an old gamer, not a gen z gamer, no offense, but I'm used to games being completely finished and on a physical disk, not something half done that needs updates every few months or something, lol.
That guy with the man bun just screams, "werewolf!"
I hope they get those body proportions fixed 😂
I agree we need to know game play. It's the reason I'm not very interested in it for now. It needs more than a good creation mode, build mode, and dialogue to be fun.
satchie is my favorite!
I hope it looks more polished when it’s finished I’m sorry I hate how the characters look haha look awful
The way I see it, I'm paying $40 for a game that isn't completely developed yet. What I get from this is the opportunity to try it out early and be able to give feedback and be a part, albeit a small part of the game's development. To me this is really cool. I'm not expecting early access to be pretty and loaded with all kinds of game play scenarios or quests. I think part of the reason this game is so affordable is that a lot of that is being handed over to the players to create. Perhaps the modding tools will be there in early access for us to play around with. That's what I'm hoping for. I think Sovereign Gaming (Michael) said it best: they are providing the canvas and the equipment for us to create our own works of art, share them and borrow from others.
I'm excited for this game and its really cool!
But i'm going to wait until its more developed before getting it. At least until we can have babies and all the life stages are sorted out.
I hope they find these video and take some notes
Realism is ruining games cause i just know the graphics of this game will age badly in the next years😭
I wouldn't say this is that realistic they still look like barbie and ken doll to me but if they had a stroke or something the no mouth moving and the constant eye staring is a thing of nightmares..
yep. going for realistic does not age well at all. just look at all the classic games with style & personality that are still beloved simply for their aesthetic & how timeless it is. its sad that we are still in this realistic "style" bubble of games nearly 15 years later. i actually kinda do blame unreal engine for this.
Don't care how it looks, still concerned for characters having zero uniqueness, personality and experience memorability. Same with paralives. It's like neither of these games understand what people hate in sims 4. LBY specifically seems like sims 3 with less gameplay.
Sims in The Sims 4 react to emotion randomly and function the same regardless of traits. Where's the uniqueness and personality? The Sims 3 Sims act differently and have nuance based on traits. By the way, you've seen zilch regarding those systems.
@@thesimslover82884 if a game is good only compared to a bad game, it doesn't say anything yet. Obviously sims 4 personalities are shit. That's my take exactly. I literally said it would suck if they don't get why we hate this thing about sims 4. Did you not read my comment?
@@slvaltva1392 You're assuming neither LBY or Paralives will have good personality systems in place. I'd say wait till both address them before you're concerned about it. The draw for these games is they're different from The Sims 4 in varying ways. Why do you assume LBY has less gameplay then The Sims 3?
@@thesimslover82884 I literally did not assume that, why would you think that I do. What I DO think is that neither paralives nor lby so far showed much on gameplay or character personality, and the obvious reason for that is that they did not choose gameplay and character personalities as something that can promote their games. Early access games have little reason to hide good stuff from the potential players, it's just the opposite of their marketing strategy. Of course it could be because they didn't start developing that part of the game yet, but that would mean character uniqueness and personality would come secondary to them. When it comes to lby specifically, this game just is promoted as a game with a lot of customisation even when it comes to dialogue (you can literally edit dialogue) and a more "personal experience" type of game than a life management type with all the gameplay we've seen so far
The art style is just..so unbelievably unappealing. I understand not wanting to look “cartoony” but man. Realistic is definitely not the way to go. Atleast not for this game. IMVU is kinda realistic, right? And I think that looks fine. But this? Man. 😬
im old enough to remember classic imvu and i played that and i still prefered it to what it has turned into now...a big cash grab
Paradox and EA are just publishers who are dictating the price (maybe?). The teams who are doing the jobs are still the smaller companies (Tectonics and Maxis). Not sure whether they're underpaid or disorganized or newbies or what, but hopefully they're not underpaid and not disorganized. But yeah Paradox and EA or whoever, they all should properly monitor and do their jobs, deliver great games to us, worthy of the price. Otherwise they should reduce the price.
Early Access is good if the devs actually listen to the feedback given from Early Access, and the LBY devs seem to have so far been listening to the community so I'm sure it'll be fine
I like the art style but I don’t like how the “sims” look💀 I can’t play a life simulation game if I can’t make pretty characters who actually look good because then I can’t imagine stories in my head lol
I'm trying to withhold judgement about the game until I see people playing it first. I don't mind paying for Early Access if the game is worth it. I love Dreamlight Valley and that game has paid for itself in my eyes. I'm hoping that Life By You will do the same.
At least they have an excuse for gameplay and stuff. They are not even done yet. Sims 4 released a quarter of a game. Like the map didn't even have color. It's just now being finished 8 years later and it's only 70% of what Sims 3 was.
@@Sim-dil-e-icious normally when you make a sequel to a game it's better than the previous. It's like watching an anime from first episode to last the art and the story get better. I wasn't talking about what I play or not.
@@Sim-dil-e-icious 8 years ago like meny fans of the Sims just bought the Sims 4 because Sims 3 was awesome so we figured Sims 4 would be. Sims 4 literally was my first experience in getting ripped off from a game.
@@Sim-dil-e-icious here and there. But mainly Sims 3.
I hope the characters get developed to look less odd lol.
I put money into EverQuest’s early access for Landmark. The game never released. I’m really skeptical about putting money into any pre-release game now. Making people pay to test your game is not a good look.
can you imagine if paralives never releases and how much money they've had can you imagine the uproar of it but then people would still invest again and get their fingers burnt all the same again
I am a huge CAS person, and the game itself seems really really cool and beautiful, with all the features The sims never gave us. But still- the graphic of the little avatars are kind of disturbing to say the least😃and they’re all extremely tiny. I’d probably just play it for the gameplay but stick to the sims for CAS. We’d honestly need a mix of these two games so that the graphic and features can all be good and exactly what fans want. There’d be an open world, better looking atmosphere without needing reshades that make your game lag like crap, and at the same time great customization for CAS and Build & Buy, and the CC us simmers already have, without needing to abandon it to join a completely new game with a horrible CAS graphic. If they mixed it’d be the best thing ever for me, but rip, only in my dreams
It would be funny if they used ck3s character creator, u can make some really cursed characters in that game
i do not like the fact that they used unreal engine for this 😭 i get that it's supposed to look realistic but it's giving gta and i'm not feeling it :/
Thank you for the review! Love it!!! 🥰♥️
I think people are putting a lot of pressure on the creators of Life By You and they're treating it as if this was the lord and savior cause Sims 4 has tons of fails.
It's another sim game, guys. If it's not the best or has many things to improve like any other game, don't bash it.
We do have lots of expectations and we hope it's better than Sims 4 for sure, but I think people are going too far by putting it on a pedestal like the ultimate Sim game and it's not even released yet
@@Sim-dil-e-icious that's what I'm saying
@@Sim-dil-e-icious Because most players won't consider buying it unless they think they'll get a better experience than they have with the sims games. It's why so many people have refused to buy 4, or if they did buy it, quickly switched back to playing 2/3.
People don't want to switch from something that's working for their playstyle to something that might work, but might not.
@@Sim-dil-e-icious It's your opinion that 3 looks ugly. There are plenty of people that also think 4's art style looks ugly, generic, and childish in comparison to the previous games.
Let's not forget all the bugs in packs as in My Wedding Stories or Dine Out that only work better with mods. So annoying :(