LIFE BY YOU IS CONCERNING ME... 😬
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#TheSims4 #LifeByYou #Pixelade - Ігри
Honestly for all the people who are apologizing for not liking the game: who’s holding a gun to your head and telling you that you NEED to like it. Don’t apologize if the game isn’t for you then it isn’t for you, and you definitely shouldn’t spend your money on it. If you want to buy the game and you want it to be better, by all means complain but stop apologizing. It makes sense that you want a game to be better and that you provide feedback.
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I think a lot of simmers feel like they need to like it because they wish that the sims 4 wasn't so buggy and cashgrabby, but they shouldn't have to.
@@WilliamMullaney yeah same! and they definitely shouldn’t have to. Hopefully sims 5 or paralives is more to their liking! Cause not every game is for everyone and that’s ok!
To be fair, when LBY (or Paralives for that matter) gets criticism the fans tend to go on the attack. So people apologize to show they mean no harm or offense, and to cool things off.
@@WonderousSmiles Yeah but apologizing for giving feedback isn't deemed necessary since too many people who does attack developers tends to do the same when they are not sorry at all for their malicious criticisms or cutthroat behaviors. This is indeed what happens to the Sims 4 team by youtubers or simmers in social media sending some heavily and sometimes uncalled for, insulting criticisms even going as far as talking about one of the female game developer's weight calling her a toothpick or walking skeletion within the comments during the high school year's livestream a while back ago.......then apologizes after saying very hurtful things they've meant to say and shouldn't have said to begin with. Because we have a lot of very immature simmers out there that doesn't know how to give criticism without being downright evil about it most times, it's best to give an honest criticism review without apologizing, but also show the developers that you mean no harm or offense, by also giving them your honest positive feedback of what you did like about the game or content etc. This helps developers a lot more when gamers give both mature negative and positive reviews of what they liked and disliked that'll help them see what they can do to make it better and they'll appreciate it more to do more for the fans. But when people attacks developers like with the Sims 4 in very hurtful ways, they'll be discouraged and maybe a bit angry in how they are being treated in general and will do a lot less for the fans as we see today.
I love raw, unfiltered reviews. Please don’t be afraid to speak your mind.
it’s probably the art style why people don’t want to watch LBY as much
Came to the comments to say the same thing. I preordered, but if I wasn’t making content the LBY art style definitely wouldn’t peak my interest/put me off the game.
probably, yes. i mean let's be real, most of the sims 4 fanbase plays the game for the aesthetics and people don't want to admit that it's a bad game, a cash grab and a cringeworthy decline and an embarassment for the legendary franchise of the sims 1,2,3. ppl just got used to pretty, camping vibe cartoon-ish aesthetic of the game and they're gonna stick with it.
Fr I feel like most sims players are all about the aesthetics, we wants our houses to look amazing, our sims to look like beautiful individuals and we like beautiful worlds it’s a lot to ask for 😭🤣
True, it gives me early 2000 vibes. The art styles of Paralives is also very different from the sims, but it still looks kinda modern.
I love this art style. They just need to improve it.
I think what it is is that it all looks very unpolished for a massive developer.
I mean it's not even in beta yet. We're a year away from release and I feel like the feed back about aesthetics is so bad. If anyone's curious why developers keep us in the dark about how the games are coming along, this is why.
@@Noustella But how else are these major companies going to improve if they aint ready for feedback? Feedback isn't always a horrible thing. The animations arerugged af. It didnt make any kinda sense when we saw the animation of the blanket bleeding like that and the character was pretty much flat. It didnt make any kind of sense of it being that dark and the sun wasnt even under the horizon. If you're going to make a life simulator everything needs to make sense. I honestly think LBY needs to take their time with releasing this game, because it's clearly nowhere near complete. You see what happened with TS4 and the imcompletion and how much of a klusterfuck that game is. Let's be real. I love TS4 but let's be for real.
@dreamydiva7738 They can get feedback from QA and/or free early access thats what other companies do. But, the fact that this game is up for preorder too is mind-boggling me
@@billyu825 True. But I know they are wanting to be transparent. That's a beautiful thing. But honestly I can tell they still have alot of wirk to do.
@@Noustella Whether it's in beta or not, the issue is this game is set to release September of this year. That is in 3 months. For a massive developer to have unpolished graphics and animations at even beta release is worrying.
The reason it looks so grainy is because there's no lines, the colors just bleed into each other. Which becomes really apparent when the character is zoomed out as the colors bleed more. It looks better with darker skin tones because the darker tone helps contrast the white of the eyes.
The characters movement is so weird. The way the sit and walk just doesn't look natural. As well as the character almost dancing inside the speaker.
He just want to feel the music in his bones 😂 Let him be haha
Personally I couldn’t care less about the art or graphics I just want the gameplay to be actually worth the purchase
Sims 2 is the right choice then
@@marydearmas1631 I am excited for life by you mainly for the realistic aging system and that they use real dates instead of just seasons
AMEN !!
I really appreciate good gameplay, that's why I'm excited for this game but graphics do still mater to me as a secondary point. It's always a bonus for me if the game that I'm playing looks pretty
@@seankart4459 yeah that’s true I’m not saying the graphics don’t matter and I definitely think they should pay attention to them for those people who are graphics freaks but all I’m saying is that I’d prefer if they focused more on the gameplay as that’s what matters the most imo 😊😊😊
They look hella creepy. But Im actually excited to see what this game and paralives has to offer us.
I prefer this game because of authentic it may capture how we look like in real life..
It may be creepy as fuck for you but I like the way it looks so much because of the graphic design and details that they probably pay attention to so much.
@@mariamart_0 that's awesome. Glad you like it. I prefer more of a paralives art style (comic book esc) but I look forward to playing life by you to see what it brings to the table.
AGREE I do not like the way the little people look at all. Do not want to play with them.
@@llleeeaaahhhaha for me it’s how lifeless the eyes look. They look like corpses. 😂
Rn is giving me vibes of like online games like second life. It just reminds me of older games that I used to play online. I wish they waited to announce this as it seems they still have a long way to go.
Rod Humble is working on LBY, and he was the previous chief executive officer for Secondlife/Linden Labs, so I can see it giving those kinds of vibes.
@@alexisponiewierski4739 ah that makes sense I definitely see the influence
I appreciate your honesty! I enjoy raw, honest reviews. Love that you aren’t sugarcoating anything. Thank you for the honest feedback!! 🖤
I feel like some of the characters fall into the uncanny valley. It makes me uncomfortable.
Which is why cartoony or illustrative works better. People respond more positively to sims and paralives for that reason.
Paralives is only uncanny if your…subconscious lets it become more affected by it. I prefer the Sims..because it looks more stylish and aesthetic because of the Sim Teams management to make the graphics subpar to the previous sims games. ❤️😭
For me, it's the art style. The people are giving uncanny valley. Like they're trying too hard to look realistic but just not quite succeeding. And the surrounds make me feel like we're playing in a fever dream. Everything has a blur/gleam. Otherwise, I'd love trying out this game!
I wonder if the customization is having an impact on the consistency too, like some folks on the team are better at designing characters than others.
Yeah I agree, the people dooooont look too great right now. They definitely need to fix that
I understand peoples concerns, but I also personally think that a lot of people don't actually understand what early access is. They expect this to be pretty much done with a few minor tweaks. I've played early access games that changed dramatically when they were release. I mean things like completely new maps and art styles, not just gameplay changes. I fully expect there to be bugs and for the gameplay to be a little imperfect. In the past, games would have a beta release, which was only to a small amount of players, usually your more hardcore gamers and the game was updated based on their feedback. Early access in my view is a much better idea as you can get feedback from a much wider audience. I understand why some people are having reservations as they see early access as a way for companies to get the players to do the beta testing at their own expense. I personally will be playing in early access (I have played some amazing early access games and some really bad ones) and I think it's a great opportunity to help shape the game.
Yeah I am very interested in this game but I’m not buying it until it’s finished. At this early of a stage I feel like they should pay me to play it
They could definitely change the graphics! I just hope they don’t change it into a new style that doesn’t look too great either.
Totally agree
Exactly 😂😂😂 Clearly the people mad about this game being released early access to the public in September do not understand what that means, what it is. It’s not being released released, it’s early access, the entire point is for people who are excited about this game, can purchase this game at a lower cost and watch the development process, give feedback. The game will not be released finished for at least a year after September’s public early access release, and even then most likely not for 2 years afterwards. People need to learn what early access is before complaining the game is being released unfinished 😂
The art style of lby is that there is none. It truly looks the most basic of basic. Theres nothing wrong with stylization and companies need to stop aiming for complete realism bc this ends up being the result 🙄
Alot of ppl are saying that if the gameplay is good then it's fine but to me if a game looks like garbo then it'll just completely put me off.
On a more positive note, i do like how the homes look, minus the strange shading
THIS
Yes! when someone said they were from the art department I was shocked because there is literally no art to these graphics. I mean, someone is making decisions but so far everything is extremely hyper realistic. The Sims4 doesn't pay for animators or coders but their art department is second to none. I guess LBY is doing the complete opposite.
AGREED.
Their sketches look nice but their models look literally unfinished. Maybe the models are place holder while other team develop the animations and gameplay.The light and shadows is flat looking, the model face look low poly, eyelashes, hair texture and beard look something you would see in a game 10 years ago. They also need a good color grading to bring life to everything.
Hot take, but I don't need or really want much stylization for a game like this. I just want to immerse myself in a life simulation. The closer that it looks to reality, the more immersive it is. Because, well, it's simulating life. All I've ever wanted is to be able to roleplay and immerse myself in as realistic looking environments with as realistic looking characters as possible. There's certainly a place for stylization, but there's also a place for hyper-realism.
That said, I'm not really talking about how the people look here. They look very placeholder, low poly, and low res right now.
For me it's the in game lighting, it's so so sharp and high contrast it hurts my eyes. I want soft, diffused light
after seeing the look at the humans from early development, i no longer feel bad for being so harsh on how the humans look currently. i genuinely think the humans look WAY BETTER in the early development image shown at 5:02. there's an **actual art style** shown in these images and i think it looks really nice. it's a shame they tossed this out and went for a generic unity store asset look for the humans just because they want to be the opposite of the sims 4. there is no art style here and it's extremely disappointing. people rag on sims 3 for looking the way it looks but it at least had a unique look to it. they're overcorrecting on the "we are not the sims 4" thing a little too aggressively and it's ultimately hurting the game
Agree!!!
100% agree! i always thought the humans looked somewhat creepy, i really wish they stuck with this look bc it still looks kind of realistic but not uncanny valley
"Generic Unity store asset", the shade... But it's true, that's actually very much exactly what it looks like, you have pinpointed it so precisely.
I am sorry. But I can't even get over the "art style" of the game. It's giving 2010 graphics. I get that not every game will be polished like the Sims 4. But look what Paralives is able to do. Some of the objects and all of the characters in this game look low effort and like they are made from plastic. I have low hopes for this gabe tbh.
LBY’s characters would look sooooo much better if they would fix the shoulders.
I have zero doubt that I can make a pretty person in this engine. I can make pretty people in *Oblivion*, it’s hard but it’s usually possible to make a pretty person in any game with sliders. They just need to fix the shoulders lol
Also gotta keep in mind that for whatever reason, the people making characters seem to be the absolute worst at using their creator lol
THANK YOU! Those shoulders look so stiff
they're too square, and the armpit looks like a 90 degree pipe coupler.
@@wyrdness1 LMAO NOT PIPES
@@wyrdness1 lolol YES
I agree, for some reason each person seems like they’re on a different resolution. That’s super strange. But I like the world and objects, but the people do seem…off
I think they often are, because most of the assets are just placeholders while they test and develop the mechanics.
The characters kind of remind me of those sims with extremely low poly alpha cc 😬
the characters look so..OMG. i know it’s not final! but 😭😭 and don’t feel bad for voicing your concerns! they need feedback even negative. and you’re really saying what (most) people are thinking
Considering they have a few more months till (mind you only early access) release. There's a lot they can still do before then. Plus early access is gonna last a while too meaning they'll be constantly using our feedback and improving.
I'm really impressed that a new studio (of course with backing from a big-ish publisher and lots of experience in especiallly Mr. Humble), making their first life-sim, is taking on one of the most well known series of games ever made and seems to be out doing it on gameplay from what we have seen.
They do need to polish the graphics a bit more, but I do love that they want gameplay to be more important. Especially since playing sims 4 was so lacking, I go so bored so quick playing that game. I usually would just build and decorate the houses then never touch live mode at all.
At 10:00 he’s talking about how good the character looks but all I can see is the weird pool noodle for a shoulder. 🤣
I am sorry, but I really don't like the character models. They don't really look detailed when you zoom out. Game characters often look weird to me when games are trying to make it roo real. It's like playing really bad ps games where the characters look just bad and like clay. Making cartoony characters look good is way easier than making realistic looking characters. And if they are filming on different computers or with different settings when why? If you make a trailer take the best shots with your best equipment and best settings.
When I heard Paradox was releasing a life simulation game I was soooo hyped. But after seeing the first videos I've been totally turned off. I totally get you. Most of the time it doesn't even give me Sims 3 vibes, but Sims 1-2... I'm still wishing them all the best and I'd love to see this working out somehow but I am really not on board right now.
Authenticity and transparency are ALWAYS appreciated, Pixelade! At least it is for me. Some people might think it's pessimistic or overly critical to talk about the negativity, but that's what people have said about physical and mental illness for so long. These kinds of things NEED to be discussed in a healthy way, where you're not just focusing on the negative, but also highlighting the positives, which is exactly what you do in this video.
I think it's unfair on everyone involved to only focus on the positive things companies do and ignoring where there's room for improvement (there's a term for that. It's called toxic positivity). However, I think it's equally unfair to nitpick every little detail because developers can only do so much with the amount of time and resources it takes to create a game. Which is often why I'm very critical of AAA industries, who can afford the manpower, resources, and time it takes to make something truly inspirational and innovative, but choose to spend that time, money, and manpower elsewhere or nowhere at all.
It's hard to find that balance, but I think you did a pretty good job in this video. We all need to remember and understand that the people behind the scenes who've worked so hard on these kinds of projects are often the same people who receive undue criticism and backlash, all because they were simply doing their jobs. I don't think art should be considered a "job" in the traditional sense, but it is what it is in the gaming industry. So we do need to be careful with our criticisms, but we shouldn't have to accept in silence the poor quality for things we, as grown adults or responsible teenagers, are paying for.
yeah the animations are very T-pose with slight modifications and i dont think their faces emote at al
This is also why the characters look so soulless/dead, they are not animated properly (yet). I wonder why they show off the game so early in an unfinished state, it makes people wonder and point out all the flaws, which is understandable, and I also have many complaints about the current state of the game. This cannot exactly be a great motivation to the LBY team though, so I really wonder why they chose to go public with it at this point and did not polish things a bit more before showing it off.
The game sounds great but it just looks weird 😔
Love the honest Forewarning at the beginning!
The proportions of the humans are so weird, why are the womens arms so short lol.
I laughed when you mentioned how he was sitting on the sofa. It really is how you sit when you are visiting someone for the first time. 😂 Definitely not the posture you use when you are watching a movie on your sofa at home! I agree that the animations are kinda unnatural. I'm hoping the differences in the create-a-person(?) are from different time periods/resolutions as well. No one wants a jagged chin. 😅
I would be truly shocked if those animations aren't just super rudimentary placeholders. They're almost definitely not supposed to look all that great. Polishing animations this early in development would probably mean a lot of wasted work, because the game mechanics are too much in flux, and the specifications for how the ultimate animations need to look are probably shifting too much. Like, if they made a perfect animation for sitting on that couch, and then decide to change the dimensions of that couch, suddenly that animation is useless. That's why game developers don't generally polish aesthetics until the very end of the development cycle.
I wish they didn't take out the death part characters we make should go through a a life and death cycle
They took out the death cycle?
@rainbowyou yes they did that makes the game so boring too me I mean life simulation games is based on real like! They should have never took it out!
What? You mean characters in the game never die? And where you got that info from?
I could be wrong, but I feel like I remember just hearing that the characters don't currently die, and maybe that they won't on the early access launch. That doesn't mean death is removed, they're just not prioritizing it yet.
The Humans Are Definitely Concerning, They can make them look realistic but to me it looks more like clay Play-Doh people 😭 I really hopes this changes by September
So i feel like cartoony would be better. The way the art style is now starts to cross into the uncanny valley with jagged edges. Maybe it's the eyes. They're creeping me out.
yeah, I think they announced this too early in development. those characters look scary and uncanny. I think that's why I prefer a more cartoony style, because as soon as you lean towards realism, the more risk that it will feel uncanny and awkward, especially with how hyper-realistic so many games are nowadays.
I’m really not a fan of games with “realistic” graphic styles. No matter how realistic they make the graphics, they always tend to look off. Not to mention how outdated it will look in just a few years. LIFE by You is kind of giving “sims 3 graphics on a more modern drive” and I’m not really here for that.
5:41 yea this when you’re zoomed in, they look very pretty and stylised, semi realistic like the sims but in their own style, and with more details. but you zoom out to half body or more and they look like assets bought and modified from some model store, used for a low budget game.
Does anyone notice when they walk their knees are slightly bent making their walk look weird? 🤷🏾
I personally like that they are taking that direction with the art style because I’m tired of everything looking the same. Sims 4, modern cartoons, etc. I’m just really glad they’re making it look different… even if it does look like early development.
I am excited for the game as I went back to sims 3 because the gameplay is so good while sims 4 has been the same for ages. I agree tho that animations, lighting and looks of humans need to change BUT imagine when they do improve that. They have already posted after the last video that they are actively working on improving it and will be doing during Early Access. I mean if they look anything close to the concept art its going to be a beautiful game, with hopefully rich gameplay!
Wish you all well!
The honest feedback can help improve the game
FACT!!❤
I know the game is in early access but I really need the art direction to go elsewhere in order for me to buy it. I personally do not like games that lean toward realism 🤷♀️
At first I was really on the fence about this one. While the graphics are still ugly looking, it's a WIP, (plus mods) so I don't care about that as much now. What really made me change my mind is the level of customization! They're really living by the name of the game! And I love that.
Life by you will be out in early access in September, it will not be a full game for at least a year after early access. LBY team posted a reply to me saying that they are working on graphics and animations and will continue doing so beyond early access. The humans will be neutral not too realistic, not too cartoonish. They want the humans to be a blank canvas for the players to customize as they wish. Plus the game will be 100% moddable.
This!^
🎯🎯🎯
The people kind of look like there’s no life there. This one feels like if gta and sims had a baby.
Hey Matt! Long time listener, first time caller... I honestly was sort of excited about LBY, but after seeing everything and hearing about the extremely high min requirements for pc. I will just keep my excitement for Paralives. I love all of your videos! I really wish I can join. All I can do is stay subscribed to your youtube. But Yes I love you so much! Keep the videos pumping!
When you froze him laying on the bed I bursted out laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
Humans are my main concern too. I hated how sims 3 looked, sims were like made out of pudding or something. And I'm also concerned about all these customization and tools they are giving. Like ok, but will there be a game itself or we'd have to build it for ourselves first?)
Lmao made out of pudding is the perfect way to describe the sims 3. I always thought something looked off about them but I could never put it into words 😭
they need to hire an aesthetics designer
I HATE the art style of LBY. HATE HATE!! It's too sims 3 and I couldn't stand that. It was so bad🥲 the hair styles still give me nightmares. But I hope that the people that like that can enjoy the game. I honestly don't think I'll play it 😅
It's like LBY got everything I hated in The Sims 3 and made it worse 😭 the hair styles are so bad. And video games that try to look realistic end up becoming old very fast. There's a reason why Sims 4 is still going and Sims 3 style was replaced.
@@GabrielliAmbrozioThe Sims 4 replaced The Sims 3 because it's newer. Not because of the graphics.
no, we know about it. tbh i just don’t care for the artstyle and graphics.
Could the look of the "Humans" come down to the customization and the individual skill of the players? If you look at the many sliders, you might just have some developers that are just bad at CAS
I'd like to see what Sims 4 looked like a year before it came out.
They were ugly with clay hair and less than bare bones gameplay.
6:42 had me rolling on the floor dying 😂
Finally! Honesty... Goddamn. The game is a visual embarrassment. Thank God you stopped blowing smoke up their asses.
Look at the early Sims 4 screenshots, they weren't beautiful either. The devs have already said that the graphics are a work in progress. Visual embarrassment my behind.
@CaramelMera So stay away from it, I'm buying it.
I’m going to wait to see people play it, but for me it is the art style. I love the Sims 4 aesthetic. Personal opinion, my ideal game would be the aesthetic of 4 with maybe sims 2 gameplay, maybe even some 3
I’ve been saying this for years! The sims 4 graphics look really relaxing and simple. It’s not too real and not too cartoonish
Do you like any other games by Paradox? They have devoted fans but they make odd games. I am sort of surprised that nobody who talks about LBY discusses the overall personality of the studio. It would make it very clear that not all sims fans will be into this at all
@@SimlikeitHot I am talking about aesthetics and gameplay. Comparing the shadiness of gaming companies is a never ending no winning activity. You just have to keep your eyes open. Paradox makes some of the most fun games I’ve ever played but it’s definitely a matter of taste and a niche audience
@@SimlikeitHot no, those are fine things to care about. They just have nothing to do with the aspects of paradox I think will help people predict how this game will look and feel when it is done. How they should respond to their business culture problems is a different discussion that is definitely not ignored by critics and fans of paradox. But there are truly no games to buy other than indies if you feel boycotting is the right strategy to influence companies to do right
@@SimlikeitHotyes you are correct that I have more overall concern over practices by EA. They are industry leaders who set the standard all over the world for what shareholders expect and what consumers must settle for. Their actions move the needle for the whole industry to follow suit, including smaller studios. Many choices they made that were decried by consumers and workers are now just normal because they have so much control. I am much harder on large companies than small ones for that reason. It is not very productive to be super hard on companies that are so small they might be dissolved or consumed by a larger entity any second. EA is also an American company affected by my legislators and voting choices, while Paradox is not from my country, and what should be done to improve conditions for workers is up to those citizens. They have much better conditions than most American workers already under their laws. I do care about what paradox does and follow their responses to feedback pretty closely mostly because I want their developers (especially the women) respected, but again that isn’t going to give people any information about what a game they make might be like. The games have their own life. Look at the Sims, completely removed from anyone who developed it in the beginning. Every single person at the studio could be replaced and the games would still define the company. The company could go bankrupt and another company would develop and sell future titles of those games. The Sims might not always be owned by EA either, which is why I am happy to be a fan even though I dislike the company. The games are IP like star wars that is owned by Disney today, who knows who tomorrow
It’s okey to say it your our voice! And yes I feel the same way they need to work on the “humans”
I like the realism but it definitely needs to be refined. I wouldn’t mind if they pushed the release back a year to ensure the product is top tier.
The game is releasing early access in September. It's not a full release. A full completed game is still over a year away. During early access the game will continue to get updates and changes, the only difference is the players will have a chance to give feedback for what they want to see in the game.
I agree that the characters look both unpolished and uncanny. There is no clear direction in what they want the characters to look like so there is inconsistencies
I also want to see physical interactions with the sims or whatever. What do they look like when they hug or when they kiss or hold hands?
The release for early access is in September. That’s 2.5-3 months away. It’s a lot of time where they can get work done to fine tune the characters and their animations but at the same time, time is going by quick. I’m honestly a little worried. I’m really hoping the characters will be a lot better because if the animations don’t improve, I don’t know if I’ll be playing it.
Still nothing on characters personalities and what makes them unique.
personally, graphics do matter to me tbh. its as equally as important to me as gameplay but graphics and artstyle do play a part in how much i enjoy a game. and why the sims 4 is lacking in gameplay aspects, the game has a charming artstyle and aesthetic to me. LBY just hasnt caught my attention for some reason and i can only attribute that to the way it looks. i feel bad abt caring about artstyle but idk its just now my style ig? im not sure lol
When the shower just completely disappears at 16:05 I lost it. 😂
They definitely still need to work on the characters and animations. The animations are very weird because they either glitch or when walking they look like they are bumping into stuff. Hopefully this is not what it ends up being like when they launch.
Watching one of my top three favorite Sims streamers have these realizations (finally) about this game is fantastic, buddy. I don't comment on UA-cam videos at all, but I had to say that. You're one of the best, and I've been wondering when you were gonna have this realization.
It’s hard to distinguish between characters because they all look like they are from the same mold. The game play and immersion and character livelihood will be impacted negatively
My only problem with the characters is the eyes. I find them a bit creepy, I dont know if they ‘glitter’ too much or if there is just too much white showing, they also all seem to be the same shape to me 🤷🏻♀️
Im not sure how i feel about life by you's artstyle. I think the look is alright, but I think the look of the sims 4 is very flexible. You can make a very cartoony sim, but you can actually make a quite realistic vanilla sim- the problem lies within the facial expressions. Even if you have a really realistic sim, when they start pulling those cartoony, goofy facial expressions, it all falls apart. Personally, thats what i would focus on. A semi-realistic artstyle similar to the sims or paralives, but focus completely on realistic facial expressions. It would be revolutionary
I think they were trying to jump the gun because of project rene and paralives. I think they should’ve held off on the characters like the sims team did with project rene. There’s leaked images of early works of sims but nothing promoted with project rene. Some people likely aren’t following updates or won’t purchase because of how the characters looked. It’s disappointing and for me personally I won’t buy it without a lot of improvement there. For some people the characters looks don’t matter but for others they do matter and graphics quality as well. This isn’t a mobile game either. It’s competing against two highly anticipated other games that have people excited or interested in seeing the final products of. And like many have said when paralives came out, it’s time for people to be more selective in what they want. Granted I’m planning on playing para and sims 5 at the moment but things can change if LBY final product looks good.
We can't deny negativity, we need to have problems to grow. That's life. This society keeps trying to shut off all negativity and at the same time it's all over the place. But it's time to accept that what's shit is shit. By the way, Sims team has a good equipment, camera, and microphone and it's laughable when they show us the games... like, the game is trash but everything looks cool and rainbows. wow we're happy x)
It's a difference between constructive criticism and negativity ... Negativity is not needed but constructive criticism should be accepted.
@@quin7850 Sometimes positivity and "fake/toned down" opinions just don't work and put nothing new on the table. We need REAL opinions, from real hard core fans. I've been a Sims player since I was 5 years old, I think I can talk about it.
I appreciate you putting that disclaimer at the beginning.
Yeah that Vito guy looks ashy/ blue like a zombie you’re right… the sims had to have a skin tone update, looks like LBY also needs to work on that
With the color wheels that LBY has in other areas, I expect that kind of customizability for the skins as well, so the skin could have probably been any shade. Maybe the creator mode is lit very differently than the world and that is why the character appears too grey in the world, who knows. Or maybe whoever made him just really likes zombie skin? 😆
I feel like the devs aren’t in the same room when doing these videos, they’re probably in their home so 😭
Does it make sense to call the art style dated? Like something created back when I was a kid. 90s? I feel like "was this really a choice? Or was it just the end result before they gave up?" Like Second life imvu style way back. Feels like the beginning of a WIP. But I do watch these videos because I want to see how it progresses, and I will follow how it does on release. It's something new, maybe it plays better than it looks. Thank you for all the updates so far!
No need to apologize at least on my end. I agree with you wholeheartedly.
10:03 What's the deal with her shoulder and arm, the proportions are really wonky. I understand they want to distance themselves from Sims 4 and considering all the alpha CC created for Sims 4, if done right, they will find their market, but I agree, this needs work.
If LBY is trying to go up against the behemoth that is the Sims franchise... they need to do better. 😬
Im not sure Paralives will ever be out. LIFE by You seemed interesting. But im just not a fan of the "humane" art style and they wont comment on if they will improve the art and graphics
The Paralives account posts updates all the time, though? Of course it’ll ve out soon, ppl just need to be patient
If you become a patreon, you get weekly paralives updates :)
LBY has said several times that the graphics are under construction
They mentioned a few times that they are in the "clean-up" stage so I expect things to improve by early access
Honestly, I'm not worried about the way the characters look because mod creators will make better skin, hair, and eyes. But they need to polish it for people who won't use mods. I can't wait for it ❤
I think it's already a bad mindset to accept a game that does not look good because there are other people who can fix it. Shouldn't be that way. 🙂
I just don’t get why the creators can’t make mod cc adjacent characters? That never made sense to me how people who are just lovers of the game do a way better job than the game makers!
@@userbunnyIf that was the case I would've saved myself lots of money by never buying Sims 4
@@Blake1720 Well, in this case, it could very well just be that they haven't polished really any of the aesthetics because they're too early in the development cycle
@@userbunnyexactly lol
It's really strange, but I think when I was watching this from the LBY site, the video was a lot grainier. I remember stopping and squinting at the dialog boxes trying to make out what they said. On your video the text was clear and easy to read. I understand your concerns about the character's faces being lifeless. I feel I can live with this for the early access, but I want some more facial expressions, light in their eyes, etc by the time the base game is released. As for the concern that the world is empty, I think they are focusing on the actions, animations, and gameplay aspects in these videos. Remember, the store they showed in an earlier video had some people in it. It's okay to have some negative comments. I want to know what people really think about these new games. I'm surprised you don't get as many view on LBY as I'm quite excited about it.
All the lights have that... Bloom effect that really doesn't look good imo, reminds me of when there was a full moon on the sims 3 and there was this greenish bloom light, that made things hard to see... not a fan of it personally...
Usually companies don't show so much out of unfinished games, I'm assuming this is why everyone is being freaked out by the graphics like we just ain't used to so much rawness.
I don't really get WHY they're so desperate to release so much videos on the game if it's just gonna make it look bad😭
Oh heck naw. The people are gonna give me nightmares straight up.
Like why is dude in the second vid gray? Like why?
I whish there was a way to make them look less weird like the last female hair looked like she used to much hair spray or something. The build stuff looks cool but the people just don't do it for me
Are you from jersey?😂😂❤️ noticed the Wawa donuts
My biggest issue with Life By You is that it's not going to run on the amount of machines Sims4 can.
well that would be accepted , as the sims 4 came out in 2014 , almost 10 yrs ago . obviously life by u is gonna require higher specs
My concern is about future packs (?). In S4 we have different worlds with different topography. Will that happen in this game? Wil you top a hill and suddenly be in the desert or snow-capped mountains? I hope the will eventually be different styles like Victorian, craftsman, Spanish, etc. Can I build a castle on the hill? I have a lot of "future" questions.
Finally someone who sees the same issues as I do :( the animations bother me SO MUCH. The whole reason I play Sims, for example, is because I like my sims and I like to make them do stuff, and watch them do that stuff. If the animations here in LBY are SO BAD it will just be sooo... cringe almost to watch them. The going to bed animation? I had to blink and take a second look at that just like you lol. Why does everything look so robotic still :( Hope they will fix this. Sims 1 even had better animations in that regard... :'D
The enviroment looks great! I love the houses and the interior design and the way stuff seems to work, but the 'humans' are killing it for me at the moment and make it literally unplayable. For people who do not care much about their humans this might not be an issue, but for me it literally makes the game unplayable.
I personally think the graphics seem inconsistent with some of the character creation items.
For me it is just because of the art style. That's just cause I don't like hyperrealistic characters cause I find that not many creators do a good job conveying emotions on faces. Making it look too stiff for me to be invested
I completely agree with your opinion, Matt.
I like the world and the concept. I know it's early access but it just seems so... eh🤷♀️ I'm not dying to get it. The "people" look lifeless and stiff which I feel like it's hard to connect with unlike sims4 and paralives where they have more personality.
I think I'll hold off from getting it to be honest.
Everything is good except the humans yikes. And I'm a sucker for character creation.. And have you noticed the SHOULDERS?
I still have hope for this game. I just gotta remind myself it’s in early access. Surprised you didn’t catch the necklace glitch though,where it was clipping into their neck and shirt.
In panama city, where our beach condo is, it can be dark on land, before the sun is below the horizon. Depending on angle and times of year.
My problem is definitely the art style. I didn't like TS3 either because of the realistic turn it took. Imo hyperrealistic graphics (or the attempt to reach them) often end up looking grainy. There's also something with the too-bright lighting that throws me off. I think I'm much more into the concept art come to life sort of animation style