Life By You asks: What if The Sims spoke real words?

Life through you is an ambitious looking game that takes a page out of The Sims life simulator book. Paradox Interactive streamed a new showcase for the gamewhich shows off some of the key features for players to explore, such as a dialogue system, an open world, and extremely customizable furniture. Life through you releases into early access on September 12, and it’ll be interesting to see how the life sim develops over the coming months.

There are quite big differences between them Life through you and its biggest competitor, The Sims franchise. The game is equipped with extensive customization options and players can select the materials of their furniture along with a color wheel. Players can even customize the entire city and customize the neighborhood to suit their needs.

Characters in it Life through you speak real human languages, not Simlish, which is more of a pastiche of gibberish. The conversations change based on both the character being controlled and the situations they find themselves in, or players can write their own conversations to enjoy a touching moment with a friend or an angry encounter with a rude neighbor.

Life through you is available for pre-order on the Epic Games store and it can be wishlist in the Steam store. This isn’t Paradox’s first venture into a genre previously dominated by Electronic Arts and Maxis; the publisher is behind the SimCity-inspired Cities: skylines and the forthcoming sequel. We’ll have to wait and see if Life through you is an equally successful take on the simulation genre, but the game looks promising.