{"id":217647,"date":"2023-03-22T04:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=278109"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:46:14","slug":"life-by-you-rival-sims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/life-by-you-rival-sims\/","title":{"rendered":"EA&#8217;s Classic Game The Sims Finally Gets a Worthy Competitor with Life by You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life simulation is a genre that had a very clear king: <strong>The Sims<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/releases-2000-10-classic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Since its launch in the 2000s<\/a>, the saga has had almost no competition, until now. A young studio, <strong>Paradox Tectonic<\/strong>, has decided to make things difficult for <a href=\"https:\/\/ea-desktop-app.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EA<\/a>&#8216;s game and has dropped a bombshell:<strong> next September 12 <\/strong>of this year we will have <strong>Life by You<\/strong> in early access version on <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/epic-games-store.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epic Games Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Sims 4\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/b5a8c002-96bf-11e6-9802-00163ed833e7\/2717422898\/the-sims-4-sims-4-square-art-01-ps4-us-09jul19.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Sims 4<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-sims-4.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-sims-4.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rod Humble<\/strong> has taken the reins of the development of Life by You. In case the name doesn&#8217;t ring a bell, he is the former creative director of Second Life and also the former executive producer of The Sims. <strong>Paradox Tectonic<\/strong> is the company in charge of developing the title and claims that it will allow players to design and live in an open world where everything is customizable. In essence, it is very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/sims-4-download-best-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sims<\/a>, but with many more possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/u73tyf0fa8v1\/7Ci3JojhGRK3KePTSbiN3w\/260937da51796a3ef97f1c44d33e4fce\/lby-yt-scrnshot.jpg?w=640&amp;q=75\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we can read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradoxinteractive.com\/games\/life-by-you\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on its we<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paradoxinteractive.com\/games\/life-by-you\/about\">bsite<\/a>, Life by You assures that <strong>we will not have loading screens<\/strong> and that we will be able to do activities such as taking a ride in a car or bicycle, for example. As in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-sims-4-mods-customize-sims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sims<\/a>, we will be able to build stories around our characters, create families, love affairs, etc. One of the points where they have also emphasized is in the <strong>conversations<\/strong>. Each one will be unique and will be generated according to the situation that the characters are living (in fact, you will be able to create the conversations yourself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ctfassets.net\/u73tyf0fa8v1\/6ImW5lpmvlBRye09NhmINv\/2567a559e14f69a196e82faf5628ff2f\/LifebyYou_Screenshot_1_WorkConversations.jpg?w=1080&amp;q=75\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued by Humble, it states that &#8220;Life by You evolves the life simulation genre with a modern style, real language conversations and also brings a <strong>freedom of expression never seen before<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Rene, the successor to The Sims<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes at a key moment. The Sims 4 is about to turn 10 years on the market (a bit like GTA V) and EA has let us take a look at &#8220;Project Rene&#8221;, the game that would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-sims-5-multiplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fifth part of The Sims<\/a>. For the time being, The Sims 4 is more alive than ever and recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-sims-4-available-growing-in-family-new-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new expansion pack, Growing Together<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradox Tectonic has introduced Life by You, The Sims next great rival to beat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9211,"featured_media":217649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-217647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321555,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217647\/revisions\/321555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217647"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=217647"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=217647"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=217647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}