InZoi Early Reviews- What You Need to Know

InZoi, the k sims game, boasts realistic graphics, open world gameplay and building (including AI generation) tools. Before early access, creators review gameplay, building, character creation, driving, and more. Here's a summary of several creation reviews and opinions in under 20 minutes.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is InZoi a real game?
Yes. It's a life sim developed for Korean studio Krafton.
Will inZoi be free?
Pricing is not available or yet disclosed (August 2024)
What platform is inZoi releasing on?
PC, with the possibility of console later on
Is InZoi a mobile game?
No.
What is inZoi game about?
It's a life sims game with city building elements like sims city. It features active careers, an open world, realistic graphics, weather and relationships.
Will inZoi be on Steam?
Yes! It's now listed on Steam but for windows only

[SimmerErin]

More info below, links, and my future coverage plans. Thanks! (links also in my video description) 

According to cotton sock, there are additional life stages planned:
-newborn
-toddler
-child
-adolescent
-teenager
-young adult
-adult
-, middle age
-senior


From Inzoi Update Socials:
Capture facial movements using your smartphone directly for your in-game characters.

New Cons/ Pros Video from @Datura Plays:
You Can select who zoi is attracted to
can control character with WASD
too easy to improve relationships
unsure how dreams impact the town
several things are not interactive, such as playgrounds etc, but may be just early version of gam

My Plans (this is a little long)
I will probably continue to cover InZoi up to its release or at least early access. This is because I do think it has promise to add some innovation and impact in the genre, and I find that very interesting. However, I myself am very unlikely to play long term- I am a Mac player first and foremost, and with my finances, I don't see myself buying a new Windows based computer solely for one game (that I likely would not use on a daily basis). As such, I'll be deciding how to navigate what i will or won't cover. Thanks as always


Creators Shown/ Video Links- in order

[HiEmmaNicole]

Thanks for featuring my video Erin!! So glad you liked it. More to come :)

[TheDawnofVanlife]

Neuworld also has some AMAZING gameplay vids showing the strengths and weaknesses of the game. Even tho if you mention weaknesses or things that are meh, the InZoi stans are ALREADY attacking.

My biggest cons: community lots still aren't editable

Kids: I wonder if people aren't playing much with kids and babies because there aren't much too them

Teens: The debate on if they will exist seems to be going back and forth. Every early access game I've seen doesn't have teens. It goes straight from child to young adults (who do attend college). I have heard both the Young Adults are teens or official teens will come in full release or teens are in game already just not creatable in the character creator. I've also heard its already promised for release along with toddlers who don't currently exist. So who knows. Based on what we can do now, there's not enough pre adult stages in the game for me.

Travel: I don't believ you can travel between different worlds right now.

Cut scenes: Marriage and Birth are cut scenes and they seem kinda jarring. Sims 2 cut scenes didn't pull me out the scene, they happneed in the scene. I think cut scenes is a better solution for some tender moments (like marriage and birth) but I hope the transition to them smooths out and it doesn't continue to feel like a giant cut to a mini movie. Then a jarring cut back into the game.

I had misgivings about cars and traffic, but neuworld and mad morph's videos have made me feel better about it.

I heard population and traffic volume is adjustable in city controls. Character swapping to different households seems pretty smoith and easy but I am not sure how many households you can create yourself who live in the same city. It looks like you create one or Zoi or Zoi family and they can move into the world and the world populates ...and while you can switch Zois in world its unclear if you can litterally fill a world with your own custom families.

[annieschmidt]

I think its super important for the sims to finally have competition. I hope now the devs will finally have a fire lit under them to improve the game and not become obsolete as more life sims emerge.
Of course no game will ever be the same as the sims but the variety is also important!

[NikkiV.]

Well color me surprised lol I have spent the last 36 hours watching Inzoi gameplay videos and I. Am. READY!!

[evildoerd]

The gameplay I've seen is way more impressive than I thought the game would be. I did see some other more serious visual issues with lighting and textures, but nothing that bad for early access. However, the bigger bug was with pathfinding. One of the ZOIs could not sit down at their couch to watch TV and would instead walk to their balcony and face away from the TV to watch it. The Sims has always had pathfinding issues that prove to be really frustrating so I worry that they will never be able to fix all of these instances.

Also, in Oshin's video the game kind of makes it a big deal switching ZOIs and with the overall up close camera angle it really feels like the game is catering to single ZOIs and getting immersed in their life specifically. I can imagine playing a full family could feel tedious.

[westanimesims]

What I find quite fascinating is the jobs and careers are specific to the world you play in, like being the amusement park attendant in Blissbay, or being a singer in Dowan. I can even tell that some activities are location based, such as you can only have amusement rides and beach activities in Blissbay, or Dowan has karaoke and so on.

The social interaction tab is, for a lack of a better term, cluttered. Much worse than the pie menu in Sims 4. Perhaps they have a unique system that we are not familiar with.

All in all the base game is hefty in content so far. It even has a lot of stuff that Sims 4 has as kits or stuff packs and even some that is not even available in Sims 4. If EA isn't shaking right now, they better be.

[canariawing]

the recognition i really hope someone mods that out. i don't like the idea of having to have a social media presence and needing to be recognized. the obsession with social media (as well as the desire to have tons of followers and be an ~influencer~) in the modern age makes me deeply uncomfortable. i don't see why they couldn't have just left it with just needing a general social need. i don't have issue with the game having a social media aspect to it, but i do have issue with it being a major focus rather than something you choose to interact with.

[TownieSimBuilds]

Erin, huge *thank you* for doing this! My feed was inundated with videos to the extent of 'INZOI HAS SHUT DOWN THE SIMS 4' and I was honestly quite annoyed. Yes, Inzoi is certainly making huge strides that, especially in comparison to The Sims 4 base game and its overall value (or lack thereof), I would undoubtedly say that it's going to put an immense amount of pressure on EA as a competitor. However, I wanted an objective overview of everything so far and you never fail at delivering just that!

[ellodumpling]

If we see any improvements in that other game with the green diamond. We will all say “thank you InZoi” in unison.

[digitalbrinjen]

I've already watched most of these creator's videos so nice to see we have the same taste. 🙂 acottonsock is another pretty decent creator who has a couple of inZOI videos out too. She's also published a list of the life stages inZOI will have: Newborn, Toddler, Child, Adolescent, Teenager, Young Adult, Adult, Middle Aged, Senior.

[LuluLinn]

Thanks for showing everyones channel! I love Datura, such a sweet guy and fun to watch

[markabele]

I'm impressed by what I've seen so far as features in this game, but I need to see more information and some actual gameplay before I consider getting this game. Some things I like to know are interactions between different life stages and family dynamics for instance.

[chihuahuasrule]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and summarize the reviews. I tried watching some, but it took too much time. This game looks so good.

[theoriginalanimeker]

Great insights, thanks, this is what I've gathered from watching almost everything I can find on youtube thus far + some twitter stuff:

1) Yes, you do see your zoi drive in automated mode but you can skip to fast travel essentially to your location.

2) You can interact with the cats ( I have not seen so far if you can interact with the other animals)

3) The "Wedding" per-say is a cutscene and inzoi is actually developing a cut scene creator (I know you mention it later in the video) so we can role play and have the cutscenes we made play in place of the included cutscenes like the wedding one(I don't know at this time if cutscenes made from the community will be easily downloadable)

4) There is a surf interaction but as of right now we cannot swim in the ocean yet (it may be implemented on release).

5) I have watched at least 15 videos on inzoi yesterday and I also can't tell how much traits effect relationships.

[iamsuzerain]

For pre-release I'm impressed with what I've seen from InZoi. Saw that Datura guy's video it was pretty funny. He made the city super rundown and dirty and cheated on his pregnant wife. Great video Erin, thanks❤!

[bandana.]

Inzoi is really coming to take the number 1 spot of being the most popular life simulation game from The Sims 4. Finally there is a good life simulation game that can compete against The Sims. This is actually momentous to witness in real time

[docblz]

animations look very natural! looking forward to it.

[yasminheskey]

There needs to be more social autonomy. I noticed the active zoi was not really interacting.

[disaster]

There is a chinese youtuber called sulsulDUCK who showed more features that I haven't seen in anyone else's videos, including a bit more about karma. There are english subs.