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The game, which was first revealed in 2023, sounded impressive<\/a>: it was designed to allow for the entire town to be simulated in real-time and have no loading screens. However, based on a forum post by Paradox\u2019s deputy CEO Mattias Lilja, the game had some issues that may not have been easily fixable even with additional time for development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cA few weeks back, we decided to hold off on an Early Access release in order to re-evaluate Life by You<\/em>, as we still felt that the game was lacking in some key areas,\u201d Lilja says. \u201cThough a time extension was an option, once we took that pause to get a wider view of the game, it became clear to us that the road leading to a release that we felt confident about was far too long and uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lilja says that the game \u201chad a number of strengths,\u201d but the company realized that \u201cwhen we come to a point where we believe that more time will not get us close enough to a version we would be satisfied with, then we believe it is better to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Life by You<\/em> team hasn\u2019t been the only one trying to make a new take on The Sims<\/em>: former XCOM<\/em> developers recently launched Midsummer Studios to develop a new life sim game<\/a> of their own. But EA is hard at work on more Sims<\/em> as well, developing a new free-to-play Sims game codenamed Project Rene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n