"Life by You" discontinued: "The Sims" remains without competition
The "Sims" competitor "Life by You" was just about to be released in Early Access - instead, publisher Paradox is canceling the development.
"Life by You" will not be developed further.
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The planned "Sims" competitor "Life by You" will not be completed. This was announced by Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive on Monday evening. Despite several postponements, development has not made much progress, writes Paradox manager Mattias Lilja in a forum entry.
Only recently, "Life by You" should have been released in Early Access and thus become playable for the public. However, Paradox postponed the release again. Now it's clear: the "Sims" competitor will never be released. "When we looked at the game from a broader perspective, we realized that the road to release was far too long and uncertain", writes Lilja in the Paradox forum.
"This is of course hard and disappointing for everyone who has put their time and enthusiasm into this project, especially when our decision comes so late." For the development of "Life by You", Paradox had snapped up Rod Humble, a former developer of "The Sims". Humble was also CEO of "Second Life" developer Linden Lab.
Gameplay material seemed wooden
"Life by You" was intended to attack the lucrative and largely uncompetitive life simulation "The Sims" from EA. In 2019, Paradox founded the studio Tectonic for this purpose. The game was originally due to be launched last September before being pushed back several times – not a good sign.
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Previously released gameplay footage was also rather pessimistic: technically, the game looked outdated, with character models, animations and environments appearing wooden. As a result, it would have been difficult to steal players away from the overpowering "The Sims": although the latest series spin-off "The Sims 4" is already ten years old, it looks more coherent and would certainly have had more content than the Paradox competitor. Nevertheless, the production stop is bad news for fans: without serious competition, "The Sims" remains the only real option in the genre.
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