Thanks to Paradox Tectonic for sponsoring this short!
I got to check out an early in-development build of Life By You, full let's play video coming June 1st!
You can also play the game yourself when it enters early acces on June 4th!
Thanks to Paradox Tectonic for sponsoring this short!
I got to check out an early in-development build of Life By You, full let's play video coming June 1st!
You can also play the game yourself when it enters early acces on June 4th!
The reaction to the stealing option was so on brand 😹😹
Soon as I heard him go “hang on..!!” I was like yep he gonna steal it 🤣🤣 and then he went 😈 yeeees
@@windiashe126 I literally laughed so hard I had tears 😭
Hahaha I was thinking, "why steal a cash register?" but then I remembered there's cash in there. 😅
😂😂
Tbf I thought it meant steal the things you were shopping for
I think naming the interaction “Steal from” would make much more sense here 😅
I do think it means for you to try and steal the groceries, basically shoplift, not steal the whole register, lol!
@wig84 But why? The alternative option was shop. So steal groceries or shop for groceries. It shouldn't be that hard to figure out 🤷♂️
James planning his next Rags to Riches in LBY through thief 😂😂😂
I'm honestly still not crazy about how the game looks. Hopefully the visuals and animation will get better.
Yeah it’s pretty outdated looking
Agreed, still looks too uncanny.
Agreed. I can forgive the models and textures but the animations (and sometimes lack thereof) are very jarring. Particularly the instant transition between walking and riding the bicycle. Edit: I watched it again and at first I was like, maybe I was too harsh? This walk cycle isn't that bad. And then I looked at what he does with his arm when he gets a drink from the fridge and I went back to being jarred.
My thoughts exactly!
Same here but from some of the other features it has, I think I could overlook it. But we’ll see!
Ooooh, Life by You asking simmers like James and Fgg to showcase their game is such a good idea! I just know they will do their best to add chaos to their playthrough, and I'm here for it!
LMAO James going rogue the second he sees a steal option
I’m waiting for Paralives but I’m looking forward to watching this LP!
Paralives is going to be SO good!!!! I will definitely play Paralives. I feel like LBY is maybe a bit too much going on at once.
Looking forward to seeing the LP!
That's great they sponsored you! Interested to see your gameplay.
Looking forward to having more sims alternatives, but I prefer stylized artstyles over realism. Paralives is still my favorite competitor.
I feel like this game is gonna be hot for a minute then people will be like, "well that was cool, anyway... back to the Sims."
People will miss the content of Sims' billion expansion packs.
It doesn't have soul Sims or even Paralives have. Bland realistic art, no townie lore, no quirks. It looks like a generic unity asset flip from steam.
@Frenchaboo it def feels like a cash grab, it looks and feels rushed, probably because they wanted to be the first sims competitor.
Yeah, it's like how everyone says they want an ultra-realistic, death-has-consequenses MMO but they all end up tiny compared to casual friendly mmos. But I think LBY could have a very good following if they focus on mod support and continue to flesh it out and work on bugs. (And make it affordable compared to the sims)
@@tinnie75 Life By You is being developed by Paradox, notorious for being as bad as EA with their expansions, just look at Cities Skylines.
June 4th is… way sooner than expected 👀 I guess I know what I’m doing this summer
I’m so excited to see the early access LP. 😂nice to see Semaj existing in parallel life sims too!
Chuckling at James’ reaction that Semaj could steal from the Cash register. 😂 the game looks really cool as well
This is so awesome! I clicked so fast when I saw James and life by you!!
Wow the look of the game has improved a lot
Ooh cool. Looking forward to the lets play 😊
Yesterday on the discord in the Ask the Team, they answered a couple of concerning questions. First off, only 2 characters can interact at a time, so if a 3rd person is there they can’t join in at all. No group activities of more than 2 characters. They also said you can only cook 1 serving of food at a time. No group meals. There’s also no multitasking, and previously they confirmed there is no action queue. So you have to wait until the character finished doing one thing to tell them to do the next thing. These are much bigger concerns than the graphics which everyone is focused on. I know James is marketing for them so talking about how these limitations feel in gameplay probably won’t happen, but it has my red flags up on this game since it’s been developing for 3+ years already.
Semaj Klepto trait is showing 😂😂 im dead James reaction is too funny
I'm always amazed at how much can be squeezed in to just 60 seconds. Looks interesting!
I know the game is still early in development but it seriously looks like those Unity asset flips, personally I'm not a fan of the graphics.
Early in development? It releases in just a month and a half. Early access or not, it just looks terrible.
@@Dontmindmeisnotoriginalin fairness some games spend years in EA but yeah they need to cement an art direction asap (allegedly what we see now is the art direction… to make it more moddable… it’s gonna be like having alpha cc from 10 different creators… nothings gonna march)
@@Dontmindmeisnotoriginal Yeah, I know. I only included that in my comment because I knew if I didn't there would be multiple people telling me I'm wrong because it's early access and *might* change when it's fully released.
@@cryingwatercolours8127 any games spend years in development (I'm not sure that's what you meant I didn't exactly understand). But Life By You is supposed to be the first title of Paradox Tectonic, and the studio was opened in march 2019, so the game development had to start around that time. If what they came up with after five years is this thing (at least on the graphics part), it's not good.
@@FreddyKruegerTheDreamDemon yeah I know, what people doesn't seem to understand is that early access is not supposed to mean "hey here's that rushed sh***y game now but we'll finish it later give us money" but "hey here's our game/concept, it's not completely finished, might be a bit glitchy and unoptimized but still you can get how the gameplay and the game are going to feel". I feel like big developers making their game early access is most of the time to easily cash grab anyway, it works for indie titles that have a concept but doesn't have the fund and cannot just work on it until full release (like Project Zomboid, scrap mechanic, software inc etc) but for Paradox? It feels wrong.
Wow! It's exciting that early access is coming so soon. Sounds like a lot of fun!
IM INSANELY EXCITED WOOOO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS FOR THIS TO FINALLY ARRIVE!
So pumped!! Was waiting to see you post an early access video. Lo and behold… there was a short! Can’t wait for June. My birthday month too 🙂. Isn’t yours the 4th James???
OMG YESSSS CANT WAIT TO SEE U PLAYING
Yessss I'm so happy you play this. 😄
Excited!! Can't wait till june
Game looks amazing!!
I can't wait for the let's play! I'm happy they are sponsoring our favorite simmers.
Thanks for sharing this!! I’m so excited for this game and to watch you play it!😆
Looking forward to seeing this and watching you play! Excited! 😊
Cannot wait!!! Your whole steal reaction was hilarious 😅
Let's go!
Hope to see more content from this game! It would be so good if you were able to put your eggs in a few more baskets in case a handle breaks...
I don't know how to feel about the graphics.. yikes😬
It's still working in development stage
@@ALT1308_ True, but with very little time to go. So, I suspect this is not much different than what it'll be at release.
@@fuzzypumpkin7743- Early access is not full release, though. There is hope.
@@fuzzypumpkin7743 its opening in Early Access. There will be a lot of time to improve and PAradox is known for continued development of their games even after full release. Plus this is a smaller dev team working on the game
It almost look like if Sims 3 TRIED to be Sims 4
This has potential and I really hope it's not as laggy as Sims 3's open world 😅
LETS GO
Meg you just sounded like you were having so much fun, that made the vlog even better! Winnie and Wilma really came into their own, I can't wait to see how they continue their development
I'm so excited!
Wooo!! Can’t wait to see what this game can do. (Now I need to get out a chisel and carve out a bit of time to play this come June)
This is exciting. 😊
A let's play starting on my birthday? Yes, please!
Oooo, excited to see this
Can’t wait!
I hope the camera view is changeable. There's no way i could play it without getting motion sick with this camera swerving around.
It took me this long to realize the characters name is yours backwards 😂
Can't wait to see how James interacts fully with this new game.
I just hope they...polish things a bit? The animations are lackluster and the facial expressions are almost non-existent, why is the world also really empty like an abandoned town, literally 0 npcs....is that on purpose?....
It's paradox, judging by the way Cities Skylines 2 released I doubt it will be more polished.
@@Dontmindmeisnotoriginal CS 2 is the game I was waiting for. Biggest dissapointment in my life tbh
So hyped for this game!
I can't wait for this lets play.
I wish I could say I enjoy the art style of the game. It feels like Second Life or IMVU and other early/mid 2000s life sims. I don't think I'll buy this one, but I'll continue to watch for updates for all the new life sims on the market. The Sims needs competition.
yo I'm so hyped and been following the updates. I can't wait to try it out too
So excited for this let’s play
James Turner, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!
I'm interested to see more of this.
I'm so excited 🎉
y'all were low key clowning on their videos and now having early access, amazing! the elbows as you're riding lmao
So excited!
So excited!!
WHHHAAAATTTTTT!!!!! Omg!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ this is going to be interesting!!
The semaj character you played actually looked ok. I wanna see what early access looks like, still not aold entirely. Not gonna lie, I hope their is a cheat around buying EVERY ingredient separately. I like going to the grocery store in game, but I like the sims 2 way where you got a basket of basics and could cook until your food supply meter ran out basically.
I also would ditch the bicycle if I would have to cycle like that xD
Looks great! Can't wait to see a let's play of it. Also can't wait to play it. Looks way better than The Sims 4.
Omg I wanted this so bad😊
im excited!
This seems like so much fun!
Im excited for the game and how much it seems you can do but the graphics/art style are not jiving with me. Maybe it will get better though.
OMG im so excited
People were saying that this was gonna become more popular than the sims because of the open world but it looks so janky I don’t think we have to worry about it 😅
Yassss
Awe He’s cute he looks like you man 😊
I cannot wait
How cool June 4th, your birthday.
YES YES YES some really competition for the sims 😍😍😍
Let's goo!
I love the realism to this game but what I love about sims 4 is how goofy it is so I’m hoping this game has some silly elements to it as well and it isn’t just hyper realism
Oh WOW, so glad you will be doing a lets play of LBY, I wish it was coming May 1st instead though, I really want to see someone playing the game that doesn't work on it, it's the best way to get a real understanding of how the game is, when the person playing is just another player, not someone working on it or for the company that makes it. And I didn't know until now that you could try and steal stuff at the store, I wonder if that was a new thing they added, since they did say they were going to add more bad things into the game, because people asked for them! I knew already that you can pickpocket people, so maybe it was shoplifting was already a part of the game, but it just didn't get shown yet!
I’m so freaking STOOOOKKKEEEEDD
Could you play this without taking direct control of your 'Sim'? Some of us can't play games that require WASD movement... Also, cars! Yay!
yes
@@billyu825 That is a relief!
June 1st! On my birthday ! I'll be 30. . Best day ever aalready ❤❤❤
Now, I'm interested😊
super excited to watch this simce I won't be playing it. honestly I find LBY too realistic (and quite ugly) in style for my taste... but I'm sure it'll be hilarious to watch James play 😌
With how Cities Skylines 2 has gone with them… yeah I’ll sit this one out likely
Yeah cant wait for the letsplay
Hey, a new short!
ahhhhh i want this game 😢❤❤❤❤❤
Cool!
omg exciting!!! but so far away!!!!
Too rough around the edges for me, I'll wait for the 1.0 release in 3-4 years
Why did I just realize that Semaj Renrut is his name but backwards
Ok yes im curious
Open world! Cars! Direct control of sim’s walking! AAAAAAAAA! I’m so excited! And it’s this June? [kermit flail]
Semaj Renrut be looking like MannyMUA a bit here
😮 you drove to the store. 🎉🎉😊
I’ll be there June 1st
honestly i don't think the game will be good. First of all it looks bad and soulless. Like really it looks like a Unity Store asset flip. Second of all it is made by Paradox Interactive which basically is a poor man's EA, since they also sell a stupid amounts of glitchy/lackluster DLC (just look at Cities Skylines and Prison Architect), also their last important game launch (Cities Skylines 2) has been an absolute mess, still suffers the same issues after a few months but they still released 2024 most useless DLC (seems like it was so bad they removed it from steam lol). So yeah i'm not hopeful at all.
I think you made a slight typo on the subtitles in the middle of the short when you was in the clothes store. I might have to play this myself at some point.
When you buy Iife By You back in March 2023…only for them to refund you in July 2023. And now for some reason can’t get early access to the game (even if I have to repay, which I’m fine with) but sad I was here for this game over a year ago and will have to wait 😢 Looking forward to seeing James videos ❤
Fun!
YES!