Life by You has been shut down for good (Officially Cancelled)
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Life By You is no longer in development. Everything we know!
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The poor dev team. It must be crushing to have something you've worked so long on be just dumped like this. I hope some of their work can be re-use for a different game 💔
Ye but they were still paid so I don’t feel as bad as I would’ve lol
@@melinatedthinka8210 unsure - but they might decide to setup own studio with same code but different name or something who knows but PDX is worst company to deal with - i haven't not seen any good games come out recently from PDX - i believe PDX will fail because there is PA 2 which in works but had studio change recently
but i hope Rod will come out and talk to us and see what his future - he might invite us to new game with same name but without PDX being in it
@@melinatedthinka8210huh?
hope the team join the paralives and add some more features to that game.
paradox is evil...
I think maybe the game AI may still be developed as a base for nearly everything moving forward, but it's still a bad look. They hyped this game so hard, teased everyone with it, then ripped it away.
Paradox: "We have to cancel the game because it's taking too long"
Rockstar Games: "Hold my f- beer"
Kingdom Hearts: "Hold my two gallons of beer"
Elder scrolls: "hold my three kegs of beer"
Paradox doesn't have Rockstar money or fan base, they don't have infinite money to pour into a game that doesn't have an established fan base yet like Rockstar does with red dead and gta
I get you're making a joke, but the premise is too flawed.
Rockstar still has GTA Online, which is a ridiculous revenue stream, as well as a still-selling back catalogue.
@@cerbzzz7147CD Projekt Red is a small studio and while their games still don’t necessarily release 100% ready, they still put in the dedicated time on their games.
That's a shame. I wasn't a fan of how the game looked, but I like how they listened to the community and their dedication. And somebody needed to make EA uncomfortable.
inzoi and paralives are still coming, some good news at least👍🏽
@@pnkHonda Sadly neither of these 2 games come even close to the features Life by You had
@@pnkHonda so far, most people only like inzoi because of the graphics. The game doesn't have much else to offer so far. In addition, those who were upset about the system requirements of Life by you will be in for a nasty surprise with inzoi. It's going to really hit hard in that respect...
At least, they made EA start to listen a bit more to players, funny how they started to fix bugs reported by the community when Life by You, Paralives and InZoi were announced. EA at least had a call out.
I liked it better than Paralives with the weird dark lines around everything and not-realistic graphics.
"So apparently Life By You was officially cancelled"
*takes off shirt*
💀💀💀
“GET THIS THING OFF MEEEEEE”
Yeah, that... Is a thing that did happen 😂
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There was something so hilariously adorable about that moment, Satch is the best 😂🙌🏽
"shareholders are holding modern video games back" HONESTLY YES and arguably the whole damn world
These are people with obscene amounts of money already, holding everyone else's prospects hostage and it's infuriating
ETA: I saw on LinkedIn that people from the LBY team have been laid off, so their lives have definitely been significantly affected
It's so sad, bc I know a lot of sims players would do donations so Life by You would end up being released. I mean, a lot spent thousands on dlc's that don't even work propperly.
Damn - getting rid of all of their hard work and then sacking them. Honestly, it's fucking disgusting.
Another EA buyout. Yay.
That fucking sucks to be laid off. I hope they got severance pay.
@@envy2069 For real - or at least something. They gonna apply for a new job and ask what they got to show for it and all they can say is that all of their work was trashed and they got laid off? I wish them all the best mann
Now I'm kinda scared for Paralives. Hope everything goes well for them 🙏
When I look at the requests people leave the devs, I could see them getting bogged down in details and not focusing on the core mechanics aswell, fingers crossed they learn something from this because EA really needs competition
I feel like the game will be charming but janky. But that’s entirely just the vibes I get from their updates so far.
I'm definitely more excited for Paralives than I ever was for LBY but I'm still disappointed about the cancellation. We need more life sims to compete with The Sims.
I'm on the Patreon and they're chugging along nicely. Early Access is going to be a bit bare bones, but it honestly looks like it'll have more then Sims 4 had in it's base game at launch. Their main concern is bug fixes and finishing enough animations for next year, since the animations are the most essential for a clean launch.
Im more scared for inzoi
i'm so sad. ea is winning again
EA isn’t even fighting
EA: Does nothing...wins.
It just shows that making a simulation game is really not easy.
@@user-sd9sn7wf3oit's not easy but also not difficult for a multi-billion dollars company. Specially considering they've made greater games (The Sims 2 and 3) with fewer budget and are way better than The Sims 4. That's not an excuse. Just EA is terrible.
@@sergioferreira7989 I'm not talking about EA
Just makes you miss the old days when games were a finish product on a cd.
EXACTLY!
Those were also the days when people didn't expect 40+ hours of complex content and 4k graphics, so games didn't take a thousand people and 5 years to make!
You’re completely forgetting that those same games would be hinted at and teased at for months to years in gaming magazines, sometimes they actually came out and sometimes they got canceled. When canceled sometimes you heard about it officially and other times there was simply radio silence.
@@kiaradoesart9682 the sims 2 may not have the jaw-dropping graphics but when it comes to complexity of gameplay, a sim game is yet to beat it.
THIS
This is sad as an old school Simmer I wanted legit competition for the sims to see if EA finally steps up their game.
there are still other lifesim games to come that are definitely giving the sims team a run for their money
I'm waiting on inZOI. It *looks* good, but who knows.
We're still waiting for InZoi and Paralives, let's hope they get released.
@@toxxicx this. i am waiting for it as well, it looks promising!
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I thought that's the only valid way to turn your shirt around so
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Isn't taking it off just easier? 😂
@@gnu_andrew Not at all! Not only would I then be in my bra (not the end of the world at home, but not recommended at work or out and about), but my hair is longer than most shirts, so taking the shirt off involves pulling all this hair through twice. Much easier to just squiggle the shirt around so it's right side forward.
Tbh, I'm just kind of confused. Like they got too into the weeds on game details and now have run out of money? Did they get scared? What does this mean for stockholders and investors? It feels like this developer is floundering. I feel bad for their employees.
EA partying it up today, I guess 🙄
They invested 17 million into this game and probably already burned most of it, they probably thought putting more money into this wasn't worth it
It's a small indie game, wasn't going to be good from the start
@@cerbzzz7147 17 million. Oof... I hope that they can at least use some of what they invested for future games
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq paradox isn't an indie studio lol what
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mqyou’re talking as if indie games haven’t been some of the best games to come out, usually being much higher in quality than several AAA titles.
You’re def not gamer of the year if you’re this ignorant on what indies are.
Very sad day. It did look rough though. They needed an art style. I feel so sad for Rod and his dev team.
They clearly didn't have a vision.
@@salagadulaemme Oh, like the horrific 2D characters in a 3D world like Paralives? Once they introduced that godawful art style as a choice, I'm not buying it.
@@maidenminnesota1 It's based on anime / cell shading in animation in general. I personally love the art style
They were all fired and the whole studio was dissolved with in 24 hours. This was not about needing to hire a designer during early access, like all these crybabies moan about. Graphics can be fixed in a few weeks but they were not allowed resorces, for anything.
They even begged to be cut from paradox and finish the game themselves, but no.
They were backstabbed my paradox and people bemoan the art assets. Shallowness is undoubtedly in vouge.
In a few years we'll know what really happened but we already know the concerns of shareholders was put we'll above their employees and fans.
@@maidenminnesota1 It's gorgeous and stylized and doesn't look like generic IMVU blow-up dolls like this one or the Sims 3 for that matter lmao. Get yourself some glasses for real
I was expecting another delay but not a complete shutdown. This is really sad.
I’m very disappointed, but not surprised. There’s a reason why Sims has gone so long without any challengers. They really monopolized life simulators. Most companies are not able to shell out millions of dollars for multiple years on a game that may flop. EA literally released a broken and unfinished game - other devs can’t get away with something like that.
Yeah, Paradox Interactive would NEVER release a half-finished product...
well said. but i wonder why the other big devs aren't interested in doing life sim, they have plenty resources (and fanbase), enough to rival EA :/
Every single pack without fail that EA releases are always broken and it's really beyond me at this point as to how they continue to get away with it. Maybe it's coz everyone's afraid that if one person starts then we all will and that will be the end of our fave franchise which is understandable unfortunately... 😞
@@sacher_tortetbh, I'm kind of worried that EA might have sim life games so monopolyzed that they can demand other companies for doing a sim life game. Even if they don't look alike to the sims, if we all think about a sim life, probably the sims would come to mind.I hate EA for buying and ruining it.
There are other studios that could do it. The problem is nobody wants to be a direct direct competitor so they try to make it more niche and unfortunately, Mitch is never going to the throne or you can come close to the original honestly another company would have a better chance of pretty much just doing the same thing a life simulator/virtual dollhouse game and that would probably find more success than all these other type of weird spinoffs.
They say they canceled it because it would “take too long” to finish. But I’m thinking what they really mean is someone is getting fired and they are reviewing their teams because all the games they are putting out is not it. I’m so sad though. I wonder what rob is saying.
could also be a case of we got this (lots of small parts) but no way to tie it all together.
Life by you felt like a game that could end up in developer hell.
The whole studio around LBY got shut down. So not just someone got fired, everyone did 😞. Paradox is moving on to their other games.
When shareholders are involved, customers become the lowest priority. And this happens to all industries.
Paradox Interactive is in panic mode. Something is going on behind the scenes.
I mean look at the state of Cities Skylines 2. I feel like this isn't just a LBY issue.
@@nerdygem8620 That's their fault. Management at Paradox Interactive got complacent with rushing developers and forcing them to release unfinished games. The trend started with the launch of Imperator Rome in 2019.
A Similar thing happened with Europa Universalis IV's DLC launches.
Victoria 3 was also unfinished and buggy at launch, that was in 2022.
CS2 was bound to follow the same fate. Colossal order is a small studio and CS2 is an ambitious game. They obviously needed more time.
But management at Paradox Interactive only cared about increasing revenues to make up for previous financial flops.
The writing was already on the wall.
@@Destroyer4700 Oh they loooove their DLC, just like EA. Stellaris is STILL getting DLC. All this doesn't surprise me sadly.
@@Destroyer4700 Same thing happened with Surviving Mars. They replaced the original team which made the game great and pushed some bad and broken dlc, and a terrible mod manager, using a different team, before abandoning the game.
The same thing is about to happen with Prison Architect 2 since they've replaced the original dev team years ago. I don't think anyone asked for (basically) a remake with questionable 3D models.
@@MermaidPrincessLuna I did not know that about Surviving Mars. At least the original team got to release the Green Mars DLC before they were booted out.
I knew this would happen. I remember saying it on Reddit when the third delay happened and getting downvoted to hell. The warning signs were all there.
The lifebyyou sub is absolutely terrible, I can't say I don't feel a sense of twisted happiness watching them backtrack like this 🥴
oh no a redditor 🤢
@@22joshbbare we subbing to the same sub? because I'm seeing people being pessimistic about the game most of the time
@@22joshbb The game hadn't even been out yet, but those people were riding the meat. Absolute losers. Watch them jump into another bandwagon and do exactly the same.
I dont know why i get downvoted half the time, lol.
noooooo i was looking foward to it so much...why would they just cancel it when they spent so much time and effort on it and was looking close to being an actual playable game....i swear there have been talks of sims competitors but none of them have come out yet...
first thing that came to mind was: OH NO IT'S GONE FOREVER 😭
it was not close to the playable game, unfortunately.
They were in such a late stage of production that to fix issues with graphics and performance they had to redo the core of the game - so start almost from the scratch.
They wanted to make game better than sims 3 and it was so so so much worse at the end.
Also - thry had only one life stage. So for a real simulator they couldn't erally exist without old people and kids.
So it's kinda level before even sims 1...
@@dashka-s-kosi4kami omg.. so the core of the game wasn't even 25% of the sims 1? like they overthought of everything but completely forgot code in the basics of a good life sim? like the age, personality, and careers?
@@Grizzisnothome the only job they showed ever is selling stuff in the shop and it was just stocking goods. And no kids or elders existing in this game at this point. So just gardening simulator with awful graphics and high pc requirements
@@dashka-s-kosi4kami I do wish we had earlier confirmation (before they delayed the game for the 2nd time)
We said hire some designers, not to shut the whole thing down 😭
Paralives is good, but I *also* love Life by You's wider scope.
LBY literally just need more graphics designers & gameplay/UX designers.
"The most moddable lifesim" promise was met: having access to the same tools as the developers to mod the game is peak modding.
No hype? Did Paradox suddenly forgot Cities Skylines 2 marketing team & their incredible job at hyping up that game?
Absolutely sad.
Paralives is now back to carrying everyone's expectations again, and it's hard for one game to satisfy all Lifesimmers. Choice is always good. Variety is always good.
Im absolutely gutted.
What? Modders wouldn't have the same tools as the developers. That would mean access to the source code. Actually as a programmer myself I always thought what they do is just silly and stupid. Modders want APIs. SDKs. Hooks / Callbacks. Modders want to script. LBY offered a GUI with some dropdowns and nodes. That's not real modding. It's fine for players if they want to mess around with the game objects or dialogs a bit but it's not serious, good, extensive modding. That's why for most big or interesting mods like in Skyrim you have to use inofficial Script Extendsers / Script Hooks developed by "hackers". If LBY honestly wanted awesome mod support, they would give us an official script API. I always had the feeling real modders will be disappointed of being forced to use a limited GUI instead of free scripting, and normal players would be scared off by the complexety and freedom of the modding UI. I don't get what or who they aimed for. I guess it was more marketing than anything else. I wonder if Paralives do better as they've started off as modders.
@@vomm Yeah, this "style" of modding feels gimmicky to those who know a bit about what makes games tick while still being totally unapproachable to those who don't. It also does everyone a disservice by not letting those who know what they're doing do their thing, and keeping newbies from ever really learning how things work or why the tutorial they followed did something a certain way, so they'll never be able to apply those methods in new and interesting ways.
I just got to say, though, not _all_ modders _want_ to script, especially if it's in some obscure, ancient language. Sometimes you just can't avoid it no matter how hard you try. 😜
But Paralives seems to be developped by a small team and we have not idea about what gameplay will be available in Inzoi.
I'm sad not to see any real competition for the sims yet.
Shareholders kill innovation & passion because there's a legal requirement to ensure that investors / shareholders always make a profit year in, year out. They aren't there to put out good products, they invest purely to siphon profits. "Fiduciary Duty" basically.
I’m genuinely sad to hear this. Props to the team who worked so hard on this project. It sounds like the people at the top didn’t have a clear vision of what they wanted.
Sad. But at least they’re upfront and honest and didn’t release a broken game
Damn now we know what the “Special Team” by EA was really sent out to do LOL /jk
Wow ea has done this it did this to other studio too. 😢
While I wasn't really looking forward to Life by You it's still a bummer that EA will continue to be unchallenged
Paralives is due to come out in the future, so EA won’t remain unchallenged for long
@@Jackson-ep8qf I'm looking forward to Paralives but isn't it still quite a ways out? I don't remember so correct me if I'm wrong. For the near future EA is the only major life simulator 😓
@@Jackson-ep8qf Tbh, I really don't think Paralives is gonna throw Sims off the throne
@@user-sd9sn7wf3o maybe, maybe not. I suppose we will just have to wait and see
@@harmonium5495 I didn’t mean near future when I said that. I meant if/when it comes out. Sorry for the ambiguity
I wish EA would remaster and release Sims 2 and Sims 3. They would make a bank without putting too much effort into it.
Remasters mean overhauling models, which means new textures as well, and overhauling animations. That's the bare minimum. In the case of the Sims 2, the software they used to make it probably doesn't even exist anymore, so that's a complete recode as well. Basically remaking the entire game from scratch, so it definitely isn't "without putting too much effort into it"
I’d rather not, looking how incompetent new devs are, I’m afraid they will break them for good if they ever touched them. Plus the modding community literally have what you’re asking for.
i'd prefer just re-releasing them as the ultimate packs (ie, sims1 all eps + ea downloads included, sims2 + all eps + all packs and sims3 ultimate, all eps+ all packs + all stuff) with a few patches to make them run for win10/win11 with no need for Origin
@@silverbane8065 Exactly, I'd love to have TS3 "allinone" by one click, it's pain to install everything 😐
For real like they would make soooo much money with a re-release, but I guess their favorite cash cow, The sims 4, is still not finished being milked
Heard the news and ran straight here, you don’t disappoint!
SAME, I just about tripped over my virtual feet running to Satch's channel!!! 😂👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
At this point, I'm gonna learn to code and make a life sim game by my damn self. It'd still be better than my wedding stories lol
This is what I’m saying we need like simmers / life simulator fans at this point to just work on a life sim game together to make a game that can actually have a chance competing against the sims. I’m so sick of having to purchase packs to access basic gameplay that was available in in the sims 2 and 3
Grumpy Grandpa here. Honestly I was looking forward for that game. Sims 4 competition. It's freaking sad it's not going to happen now. They could have given Sims a run for their money. Oh well. We will never know now.😢
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EA sent their mafia after the Life by You Devs 😂😂😂 Btw Satch, you blurring your bare chest had me LMAO. Cheer!
I bet $5 that’s what happened 😭😭😭
@@AstarionWifeyNah. $40
I’m just begging InZoi keeps going 😭 it looks so promising
For the sake of life sims it better keep going. Sims 4 can't be the only hill life sims end up dying on.....
Paralives too
If Paradox can’t stand a chance with EA I don’t know if those other ones can 💀
Right, what I’m wondering lol
but like he said it's not the first time that Paradox failed, it doesn't mean other company are going to fail too
It's just bad timing with Paradox. They mismanaged it's release, together with a whole host of other games. Life By You sadly got caught in Paradox's "Let release every game in our portfolio, ready or not" period - the same period that gave us City Skylines II.
Nah Paradox is a mess
I think is more of a problem they had recently with the release of Cities Skylines 2 being undercooked and effing up their entire loyal fanbase that took years to build. I think the higher ups are having a risk-aversion moment and panicking like headless chickens and LBY got caught up in the middle, unfortunately. On the bright side, we still have Inzoi and Paralives on the horizon, which are both on extreme ends and LBY would be the 'in between' of both, but its better than being stuck with only the Sims.
With Inzoi, Paralives, and LBY I was anticipating a new era of life sims. Inzoi seems slightly shady so I hope this doesn’t force people to put unreasonable hope in Paralives and doom it from the get go with impossible expectations. Rest in peace, Life by You. Was looking forward to Rod Humble’s involvement.
What's slightly shady? Is it cause they kept dodging questions about same sex relationships for weeks or because they require extremely high pc rigs gatekeeping the game from people with lesser set ups
@@cerbzzz7147because right now there is no gameplay whatsoever. It just looks pretty.
@@cerbzzz7147they somehow do not know their monetization when business model is one of the first things you talk about when pitching a game to business executives.
Paralives doesnt seem good any way, shouldnt put your eggs all in that basket
Inzoi has better backing because its South Korea doing it, they give regular updates on their YT channel with the developers and no sense of constantly PUSHING deadlines . They were already developing the game 1 yr in secret. So I think they'll be okay. Paralives made UPDATES that gave conviction.
Life by You messed up because they're weak. They couldn't hit the mark and the work ethics. When you start announcing pushing back deadlines MORE than once, it gives more shady vibes that this game wasn't going to work out.
Life by You was rough around the edges for sure, however... It was meant to launch in Early Access. That much was clear. But it had potential. Sure, it wasn't the prettiest in the moment (and compared to the others, even after a graphical overhaul probably wouldn't compete with inZoi or Paralives), but the developers listened to their fans. They worked with the community. They were open.
I've never been big on Paradox Interactive, but I was willing to overlook my feelings on them to support this game. At the very least, LBY won't be forced to become a DLC hellscape like other Paradox games.
I genuinely hope the Dev Team is able to secure positions at other companies, maybe even some of the other Life Sim projects out there... maybe Paralives' team could pick a few of them up? Not sure if their finances would allow that though.
My jaw dropped 🧍🏻♀️
Same
Very sad. I loved the openness and communication from the team. I loved the "tool"-ness of it.
That's just so sad! I really wanted to see what all the game had to offer (mainly the game play). 😢
I hope they can repurpose some of it as some kind of interaction tree game or something. It feels like such a waste of money to do nothing with all that work
What a waste of time and money for everyone involved
could they not at least have released something like a demo, so that we could at least see or try it for our self's?
Yeah, since they are completely giving up on it, I would love it if they just released what they had right now. If they make it very clear that they are releasing it AS IS and that the game will receive NO support from the devs/publishers, I don't think people would be mad with it being released for $5-$10, and I think it could have at least generated some money for Paradox. Its not like the game looked unplayable or anything. It just needed some art direction and some bugs fixed. Considering the game is supposed to be extremely moddable, it could easily be kept afloat by mods if serious bugs do show up, and the modding community could probably do a lot to make the game better. Seems like a waste to me to just cancel and trash the entire project and never let the public have it, especially after they already did so much marketing for the game...
@@L1ght_7 You have to have servers and MONEY to release a game. Any game. At any stage. Regardless of maintenance and DLC. They wouldn't have made a single dime by releasing as-is because the cost of even making it available for download would outweigh the revenue. This is why they stopped lol. This is a business that was bleeding money. They made the correct, common sense decision.
Dang. EA really needed a challenger to break their monopoly on the genre.
Damn. I'm definitely was not expecting this.
they overpromised and thought they could handle the community but we are too passionate a people...with high hopes...and they just couldn't deliver the quality that we needed in the end...They did the right thing in my eyes
Paradox has a giant flop called Cities: Skylines II on its hands, no wonder they had to cancel this
And this is why people should go indie
unfortunately i’d always thought life by you was doomed. it looked TOO realistic and so any uncanny valley moments like animation wonkiness would’ve been magnified, and I feel like it would’ve been hell to run on lower-end or even mid-range computers. I think they overextended themselves trying to do too many things at once
I actually found it hit the sweet spot of being perfectly in-between cartoony and realistic! Inzoi is the one that's HYPER realistic, which puts me off of it. Alas! We'll never see LBY polished to look better.
@@christabelle__ Personally I love the look of all 3 artstyles, all though I only like LBY theoretically. Paralives and Inzoi look amazing to me already, but LBY looked really dated, but I had hopes that they could lock in.
LBY by no stretch looked too realistic. It looked uncanny because it looked bad. Inzoi looks far more realistic and the animations are no where near uncanny to the degree lby was. I'll continue to be amazed the level of faith the sims community had in LBY and the disregard for games that had a clear structure in place like paralives. Im skeptical of inzoi actually coming out but even that has more promise
That game wasn't realistic, it was textured there's a difference.
I actually have huge respect for them for canceling it rather than releasing something that's half-assed and disappointing like EA did with sims. I hold out hope for inZOI.
As much as I dislike EA, the sims is the most polished game in the genre, even with all the bugs and glitches. The Sims are in their 4th game, which means they just need to improve the formula. Creating a brand new game like that from scratch ain't easy and not all companies have the funding for it, which totally sucks. I was hoping they'd be able to pull it off, buuuuuuuuut here we are, I guess. As far as I know, Paralives is supposed to release early access next year. Though, like some other people have mentioned, I probably won't stop playing the Sims, but I will still play Paralives when and if it is released as a full game.
Except EA somehow managed to make Sims 4 inferior to the ones before it in many ways. Goodness knows what a Sims 5 would be like.
I really thought this was gonna be an upgraded Sims 3 (eventually). So disappointing! 😭
Yes, that is exactly how I saw it as well, and I were looking so forward to it. But now... 😮💨
I genuinely feel bad for the devs, because imagine working on something you’re passionate about for a long time, only to not meet the standards that you set for it and the only thing to do is gut it completely. At least they were transparent enough to admit failure on their part. Best of luck to paralives
More games get dunked than get released. This is not an uncommon situation. Hopefully, they're alll already working on their next project.
Wtf! This was the one new simulation game I rooted for! They could’ve dominated this genre given they trumped Sim City with their own franchise (City Skylines) I genuinely thought they were just going to do the same thing in this category as-well lol. They had so much potential, it could’ve been a really advanced Sims 3 like how Citi Skylines is low-key an advanced Sim City.
They already have a background in simulation, I would rather they took more years cultivating and creating an in depth simulation game similar to their other franchise.
Small correction, Paradox is the publisher of Cities: Skylines not the developer. CS has been made by Colossal Order.
That being said I too share the disappointment over the cancellation of LbY
with the way Paradox has treated CS 2.. honestly not suprising they would not handle LBY properly
@@StarStuff. ty for the correction! Had no idea lol
Simcity fall first in order for cities skylines to rise. But that's not the case for the sims.
Paralives is supposed to come out next year and I am genuinely excited for it. Admittedly, I didn't really know much about Life by You or Inzoi.
I still would love to see you do an in depth video playing Life By You tbh… 🙏💅🏻
LMAO, I kinda had a feeling this game was going to be DOA. It was so long in development and it still had not developed it's own style or voice. It felt very generic and unfocused. I knew it was over when they were showing off playing a mini game off of the sims phone. That kind of stuff is stuff you add after the main idea is fleshed out, not before. That is Yandare Simulator levels of Feature Creep. Clearly Paradox bit off more than they can chew and didn't realize a life simulation game is much more complex than a city simulation.
That is such a shame. I was looking forward to this.
I'm so gutted to hear this! I have a theory that it's because they know a lot of people do not like the art style and graphics. I'm not a fan but was willing to overlook for gameplay but I know not everyone can
Disappointing but probably a major contributor. Something tells me it was also an overall management problem. If it were JUST the graphics, why not publish and fix later?
I commented on their "open world showcase video", i'm sure it's still up, and i left a whole essay about how "OPEN WORLD" needs to have things to explore and things to find. It was jarring looking at their showcase, seeing just barren grassfields, with a random wedding venue just placed in the middle of grassfields. It was honestly an eerie, creepy empty open world.
People replied that "it would be a whole different genre" if they made their Open World an Open World. Well, yes. Maybe a Life Sim shouldn't also be a Bethesda game. But if it's gonna be open world, at least make it good.
Then they wanted to have dynamic conversations with 'quests'? So they wanted a Fallout New Vegas/Pillars of Eternity vibe too? For your first game in series, less is more. This game wasn't even a Sims successor. It was a "what if we make a game literally everything." It was probably a shooter too.
but we won't know for another decade or so because no one wants to be the employee that gets blacklisted. But i think we can assume it was feature creep while ignoring the glaring issues (graphics) and management that couldn't say "no" to every idea.
Eh, I’m not surprised. It looked really unfinished in every clip I saw of it, and the fact that it kept getting delayed didn’t help. I think they got a little too excited about the game and announced it waaaaay too early, kinda shooting themselves in the foot.
And btw. I’m personally not worried about Paralives. The game looks great so far, and they’re taking the time they need to develop it properly. They’ve also got a solid art style, and though I personally don’t like it much, it is distinct and appealing to most, so I don’t see it failing in the development stage.
I mean, the game looked like it was being made with early 2000's Poser models, it was never going to sell except to a very, very niche audience.
I hope you can still release the video you made playing it!
It's fine it got canceled. Also the studio Paradox Tectonic got closed, which is also right. This game is in development for six years and still used stock footage from the Unity store as character model in a life sim game. And it's obvious they had no (good) designers. I already lost hope in this game like 6 months ago. I think they should do the same with Colossal Order. Or at least refund Cities Skylines 2, develop it for two more years and then re-release it like Cities Skylines 2.5. But I'm happy they don't repeat their mistake and don't release another flop for our money. I know it should be Early Access but still it was too bad and unfinished. Planting ugly plants with ugly animations by ugly character models without queue is too bad, EA or not.
Even the studio has been shut down
Nooo I was so excited...
I really hope they keep up developing the game and release it in the future. Out of all the simulation games, this one was the one I was looking forward to the most. It completely fits the way I like to play. I also like the company and its transparency
inzoi..i'm rooting for you
lets hope they don't get fed up of the sims community and say fk this and close shop too 🤣we really are the devils but all we ask for is a good game maybe that is too much to ask for...when it comes to new sim games every other gaming genre gets their new games we just get old sims 4 forever...its like a dog being thrown an old bone...and having to make it last forever..
The shareholder look at Inzoi and be like, nope! let's release another 100s dlc for the sims instead while we still can
I feel bad for them. But if I’m being completely honest I thought the game graphics were so unattractive and outdated looking.
New goss on what really went down! Turns out Paradox was spinning a story! One of the Devs even confirmed the LBY team was in limbo and only found out about the cancelation when it was publically announced.
The articles name on PcGamer
Former dev from sunken Sims competitor Life by You alleges the team had 'the rug pulled' from under them-despite outperforming the company's internal metrics
While trying to find the post I came across so many by the team of LBY, they really were dedicated to that game and still hold hope.
It's a pity but it makes sense, I guess. Let's root for Paralives, Vivaland and Inzoi.
yep lets see who else cancels before early access cause they can't take the heat and need to get out the kitchen and stop cooking. It takes alot to pull of great life simulators lets see whos got it in em..
@@Anon1370i honestly would be surprised if something from Paralives doesn't come out. They have such a small team, but they seem to have it. At worst, it'll be a build and character creator. Which is already all Sims4 is good for, tbh
@@Delete59187 I won't get my hopes up for any now they can all easily cancel drop of a hat it is the wait and see game 🎯
It's 100% because of Cities: Skylines 2. I loved CS1 so much that I preordered the ultimate edition of CS2, and the game was so bad that even I stopped playing after a few days.
They must be losing quite a bit of money on C:S2 if it's sinking them this bad
Remember kids, never pre-order
Remember kids, never pre-order
@@pl-AthEE_Three Yeah, I also preordered Starfield at the same time. Needless to say, I learned my lesson. I won’t be preordering anything else.
@@pl-AthEE_Three pre-order is fine as long as you get your refund like I did.
I feel bad for rod 😢
Why? It's his fault, he and his team were incompetent.
@@101Strings We literally have zero information about the situation behind the scenes. We also have zero information about how he ran his team. Until then, I feel bad for Rod.
@@101Strings 🤣🤣🤣thats exactly how it was say it as it is 😆maybe that was why he got kicked off from the sims...he would of made it even worse i unno just a guess
@@hehoihallowatfijn That's not true. Some of us have information, because we've paid attention to interviews with devs, videos uploaded by the team, and some of us have looked up who was actually working on the project. The team was shockingly small and inexperienced. You have zero information, because you haven't looked into it. Not we. You.
@@101Strings you still have zero information 😂 I’ve seen the interviews too. The team was small but so it the paralives team. You have as much information as all of us. Please.
i was wondering if you will make a video about this today
Life by you fans “Talked crap the whole time about arm length and compared the game to every other life sim. Praised the team when they delayed the game 3 times…”
Game gets canceled and the community has the shocked Pikachu face as they browse the shovelware slop the Sims poops out every 3 months.
*clutches inZOI closely*
Life by you and Inzoi never really seemed appealing to me. There's a limit on how much I want to "play" or "walk around" with my character or family, and both of these games seemed to be too much micromanaging to me. The sims, with all the recent failures, still stays in a comfortable place where I can micromanage if I want, but the other sims in my family aren't doomed if I don't play with them.
I don't wanna be obligated to do too many chores, buy groceries, etc, unless I feel like doing it. Life by you by the short snippets I saw was too much of a burden. Also, Life by you looks like a generic "make your own avatar" social game, like IMVU
Still hoping for Paralives, even if it takes a while to come out, though.
yeah, and in an extreme example of micromanaging, imo, the thing that turned me off was their inclusion of real dialogue, and the ability to write your own. I mean if there's one thing Maxis absolutely got right, Simlish was a stroke of genius. You can pick the same dialogue option and line of gibberish several times but in your head it has a slightly different meaning each time. I absolutely do not want to take myself out of the game to write a script for a game. I get some people treat these games as if they are acting out little plays, but so not for me.
@@RayeGunn it's like you've never seen machinima simmers, or sim story makers. For them it was a great tool. It's ridiculous, hilarious, and borderline pisses me off that people want LESS features just because they can't imagine it being appealing to them and settle for more mediocre, but aesthetically pleasing lackluster experience. Not everyone wants to just play a cozy (paralives) or fashion (inzoi) game. Some of us actually wanted a full fledged thing that you could have played however you wanted. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF SANDBOX
It's almost as if they are made for different audiences. 😲😲
For too long everyone even remotely interested in this genre have been forced to only really have the Sims as an option. It's as if everyone who enjoyed Escape from Tarcov, Counter Strike, and Call of Duty, were forced to play Call of Duty. Sure the Call of Duty players (thats you) would be mostly happy, but everyone else would be sorely not. Then imagine if the genre finally grew outward and Escape from Tarcov and Counter Strike were announced. Now in this situation, all the Call of Duty ejoyers started whining about how Escape from Tarcov is "too realistic" and "forgets what made the genre good in the first place" and how Counter Strike was "too simplistic" and how "nobody wants a game like that".
You goofy goobers forget that some people do very much want a game like Inzoi.
I agree 100%
@@CapitanNaufrago But that machinima audience is way to small. You need to get the casual gamers and sims fans for a game like this to be profitable.
It didn't have any... vibe, any spark. Paralives has it. Unfortunately, The Sims 4 does too.
real reason is likely paradox is in trouble finical due to all the flops they have had/
I'm scared for InZOI and Paralives now ngl. Also, InZOI seems to be a fairly pricy game to make, seeing it's graphics and open world. I don't know if they'll pull through. I'm pretty keen on Paralives though, the games been going steadily with it's updates and I hope they don't rush it. I really don't want EA to win once more.
"It feels more like a tool". I actually said in Life by You private discord server that this is what I WANT! This is why I was most excited for the game than any of the others. Less game, more simulator! When I play The Sims it's usually when I have a particular idea that's been spinning around in my mind that I want to explore. It's almost like mindmapping, and I want to create an entire world, which we all know is more or less impossible in Sims 4. When I want to simulate an idea in Sims 4 I have to install a bunch of mods, which makes an already broken game even more unplayable... I really wish this type of game/program was out there, even if it's not meant to appeal to simmers. I'm really disappointed it's cancelled for good, of course, but I'm not angry with Paradox. They're showing the world that they are different from EA. They have dignity to be upright with their customers.
It definitely felt very generic and like it had no creative direction
I wonder if this is somewhat related to Bloodlines 2's development taking up too much resources. Paradox ditched the old studio for taking too long, but didn't cancel the game that time. Instead, they replaced the studio with a different one and entirely reworked the game using some of the previous assets. The new studio changed so much about the game's concept that the game has a very negative reception with fans of the series, especially because some people had already preordered it. The game is very likely going to flop when it comes out, which means Paradox would have wasted money ditching the old studio instead of waiting on them. (That game also had the same issue of the developers getting distracted by small details and not being pushed to see the big picture, which could be a management issue on Paradox's end) They probably don't want a repeat of that with Life By You, but what resources they would have had to wait on the project to progress have probably already gone to Bloodlines 2.
I am SOOOOO damn sad.....
Bloodlines 2 is gonna be next on the chopping block.
I think the reason why Paradox chopped off LBY is because of Bloodlines 2 debacle taking too much of their resources
Paradox has been a mess recently. With the release of ksp2 and cs2 being disastrous, and the upcoming pa2 is also causing some uproar-- and of course Bloodlines 2. I don't think they'll shut down Bloodlines 2 though, it's too big of an IP.
When such loved titles by trusted studios are completely butchered by being under Paradox, I don't think a newer studio with a new IP would stand a chance.
First Bloodlines, then Life by You? Come on Paradox, you can plan better
Incredibly disappointing, but admirable and understandable. We don’t want a buggy mess, but they are still a business and need to make money. Hopefully somebody can pick it up or something and continue the work perhaps?
I hope one day they'll come back to it and finish what they started. But for now i wish them the best. 😊
We are held hostages by EA and somebody needs to save us
I’ll be here to say i am not surprised to be honest given the state of the graphics, character models is very similar to gym simulator 24
They should've done a kickstarter or something, I know its a bit different between an indie game and something like Life By You but still.
I'm actually heartbroken.
I feel like the only bad thing was the graphics. However, the demographic for these types of games graphics and aesthetics are very important. Gameplay seems to be 2nd. 😅
Gameplay and functionality is tops for me, ill forgive the game lacking style and exciting furniture and architecture if there will be updates later down the road that will add more styles and exciting looking stuff similar to expansions and kits in the sims....As for the characters though, i'm not saying they got to look like Inzoi, but they have to at least look human, damn....
I'm not a very shallow person, i tend to love even ugly characters, but they have to be proportional and realistic, and by that i don't mean ultra realistic where you can see even their pores, i mean they shouldn't look like they're made of wood with birth defects......And when it comes to having families, the kids have to look cute, i want to feel like there is distinction between the genders and ages, not everyone looking like cavemen....
I guess they still can't stand from the knees after Cities Skylines 2 release. This was a disaster :DDD
I'm honestly not surprised by this, I kinda expected this project to die at some point. Something about it just seemed like a game that would either get canceled, or stuck in development hell
Now, can we all promise to stop laying massive expectations of Sims killing on Paralives and just let it be it's own game before we lose that, too?
While it sucks because we were all looking forward to Life By You, I'd rather a project that just wasn't panning out properly be scrapped, shelved, or delayed than an unfinished or half assed game get launched when it shouldn't. Companies have gotten way too comfortable selling us broken and unfinished games and then "fixing" it with paid dlc. Hopefully Paralives works out because EA definitely needs the competition and we all deserve other options for the genre.
im heartbroken this was my favorite one... i hope the team learned some valuable information and someone eventually can bring make the love for life simulation
love how they called out paradox
I wonder if part of this is because InZoi was announced, because I was really looking forward to Life by You but when I found out about InZoi I suddenly didn't care as much for this since InZoi looked a lot more aesthetically pleasing. They might've seen that there were more EA competitors and realised not as many people were as hyped for Life by You anymore.
I'm so sad 😭😭😭😭😭
Between this and Paralives, I do have to admit I was more excited about Paralives. However, I was still looking forward to trying out both. I am most disappointed by the fact that there will be one less competitor for Sims/EA. I am so sick of the over-priced tidbits of content (that should have been in basegame or included in a similar expansion pack) they call packs these days in Sims 4. Even after all these years, Sims 4 still feels dumbed down from previous versions. We need serious competition in the life sim areana and I'm disappointed that one of the main contenders has fallen before it even started. I also feel awful for all those that put so much into the game for it to be cancelled like this. Bad form Paradox.
With how it was progressing and how it looked before it was cancelled..kind of not surprised it came to this, sadly.
I feel like they don’t have the money to keep paying everybody until they completely finished it, which is why they opted to scrap it all together rather than delay and keep working on it
Ngl, I was never too excited for LBY as the art-style very much wasn't my cup of tea, but it's still tragic to see it shelved. I pray Paralives pans out better.