It seems very promising for me, but I hope the NPCs have a decent personality. I like the surprise of unintended interactions in life sims and that's something the Sims 4 truly lacks. Everything was too easy and other sims always went along with what you wanted to do.
I wish we could have optional questlines in this kind of games... so it could have a more narrative-driven aspect... help a neighbor to achieve something, save or destroy an existing romance, etc. They could add or renovate quests every few months
i feel like something similar to the sims 2 wants and fears system could help there alot. whatever plans you had as player may change if you see your character waking up either wanting to hangout with someone or kicking their grave. even if its just something as simple as wushing to improve a single skill
What I look for in gameplay is the interactions between characters and realism. Do zois get angry when you cheat? Can you help kids with homework? Do zois get upset when the house is dirty? Do other zois react when you punch someone? If your zoi is a vegetarian, do they refuse meat?
As a firefighter paramedic, I figured best would be jobs require x amount of days, and you play them first day and to earn promotion points to meet the requirement once you have enough days to promote; also based on job performance while playing. But I haven't gotten hands on, the life sim looks awesome overall and jobs and hopefully strong modding, can flesh out careers (though I have low expectations, just enjoy the execution!) Would be cool to have a mildly in depth job system; meds, drug calc, pathology knowledge for patients and of course fire tactics; in a simple form. But who knows, we'll see. Looks incredible.
for me, gameplay is the most important thing, so Im most excited to see that in the fullgame. I hope to see a lot more consequences and negative parts of the gameplay actions. But grad you like it, Im excited to play myself!
AWESOME review! These are some of my thoughts on what you said: 1) Character Creation: Agree wanting an easier way to get to the body editor and vice versa, would love more presets for every body part as well, especially jaw, cheek, eye and nose presets. I want to be able to make the butt, hips, chest, shoulders bigger, I just imagine they are trying to avoid clipping & texture issues with such customizable outfits. I also don't think all characters look Korean, I was able to diversify a lot.. (but like you said maybe it's a individual person thing) 2) WASD: 100% about using "E" to activate things, that in combination with using arrows keys, numpad or something like the scroll wheel to go through options would complete the game for me! They would need to test what keys to use for these actions to find out what is the most intuitive for users. The best way I can describe this is something like the indie farming sim/RPG SunnySide. 3)Pregnancy... if the zoi has a high fitness skill.. they should still be able to play sports while pregnant (maybe not in their latest trimester).
That’s what I was going to say, women can still play sports and workout while pregnant but it is just different amounts and what is advised by their doctors. But completely patching it out seems wrong.
Is it re-playable without boring you? How much of the game is grind - in your opinion? Did the developer tell you of future DLC and do we own the stuff, or this all cloud held? Do we have to be log-on on to the site to play? Is there a monthly subscription fee, or micro-stores attached to gameplaying? Will there be physical mod-ding , like making our own 3-D furniture or building items like they can do in sims 4 with blender 3D? Not recoloring/retexturing, or resizing furniture, that we can already can do in the InZoi game. TY ahead for answering.
Well it depends. I played well over 50hrs and didn´t even do remotely all I wanted. So considering 95% of games i ever played are below 50hrs, thats a big yes for replayability. The Grind factor is relatively small, and if so, mostly forced by the fact you cant skip time (which will be patched, I told the dev and they confirmed haha) Getting into a relationship tho atm does feel like it atm, but I´ll blame the demo for that. No news about dlcs, I was able to play offline, no micro transactions or anything talked about, yes modding for furniture and fashion will be a native thing (in fact they already did it for a promotion) AND the AI import is pretty cool!
@@RudiRennkamel AI too! Listen, thank, you. They are suppose to release this month an early release version. What you told me pretty much has me ready to put down money - LoL. The good thing is mod-ding. that means waiting between new content can be alleviated by 3rd party fanbase like what happened to the sims 4. Thanks again!
@@thiscat567 Ehh, i dont care too much about AI but that's like such a dismissive argument, there are alot of bad design decisions that you can choose to not interact with, doesn't make it any less shtty though lol, or bad.
@@thiscat567 IMO yes they used an ai tool but its in the sense of how your supposed to use ai. the things their ai tool can do isnt taking any of their employee's jobs. there is sure to be way more details in the objects they make over what you use the ai to generate so
Finally, the thing I hated the most in sims 4 was the "jobs" would be your character disappearing offscreen. Being able to actually DO the jobs is a game changer
Me too this is a hugeeeee thing for me lol the jobs are very very important to me because lets face it we are all more at work then we are at home in our real lives so i cant waitttt to see more of the jobs they put in over time.. like im preying there will be a nurse doctor even receptionast a teacher for the schools a councler maybe a police officer these things are there now just not playable.. also like a taxi driver or drivers licence instructer to teach the teens to drive before they can get there licence would be ohh so fun lol.. i cant wait to play❤❤❤ and the future of inzoi is going to be amazing.
Thank you for this review! I also miss the Zois I created in the character studio demo and I can't wait to play with them. And I look forward for your other inZOI videos!
Hey, I didn't know you before the Inzoi videos, but I can see you take great pride in what you do. Your takes are honest and constructive. I got emotional when you spoke about outside responsibilities and how you made time to go through with this game, because it really shows that you are a dedicated individual, but overall, very transparent. I appreciate that a lot. Hope you get to 100k before the year ends!
One thing I do realise is lacking is CHARM. I feel The Sims will always win their fans over that. That niche. That nostalgia. Don’t get me wrong - in so excited for more life simulations. But we need the charm ❤
tbh, charme, as you said, is created with community, time, and connection. So theres a good chance, we´ll get this. the music, menu etc. is already amazng
I think the charm of a game is its depth and it is currently on this point that the developers must focus. They showed everything that is possible to do in the game and for a demo it is rather promising but now it is on the depth that I want to see both in relationships, work, skills!
@@RudiRennkamel That's not what charm is. Charm is the vibe of the game itself. Think of it like a signature. So far inzois charm is just graphics, and their mascot cat. When people say charm, for example. You know when your watching an anime. The art style , how the story is handled, how the characters act, the pacing ext. You know when you see something that is anime. When it comes to games, you know when your playing the sims, and it has nothing to do with it's reputation. Its the vibe of the game, animations, the whimsical factor, charm in how the sims express themselves , real life songs that are in sims language ext. That's what we mean by charm... It's a vibe check basically, and inzoi currently doesn't have a vibe check... It's flat it needs more identity then just mass options and crisp visuals. What makes any game a game to remember is the unique vibe it comes with. If inzoi didn't have its options, its graphics, what would stand out about it? If you can't think of anything? That's the problem , that's the lack of charm.
@yueviathan I agree that inzoi dosent quite have that charm factor just yet, but it's pretty unfair to compare it to the sims, in this aspect at least. That's like comparing the "vibes" of a Non-fiction book to a high fantasy one. Yes, they're both life sims, but inzois vision is very different. The game leans more into realism, less of the wacky, paranormal stuff that sims 4 embraces. The target audience isn't the same. That's why this game may not pass your "vibe check" if you're someone who enjoys the silliness of the sims more than anything.
@@Akshayaaaaaa I'm sorry, but you are not understanding what Charm is either, but let me try to explain further. Vibe check is basically describing style and identity. It's literally what solid identity is. What you notice in a song, when a song artist does a cover to a song really well but makes that song their own. How you can tell the difference between TV series and identify those differences between each other. What makes you remember any game you play, any photo you remember any song that sticks in your mind. Charm is Identity and inzoi is lacking any beyond just the graphics. Lets take a game like hideo kojima metal gear and death stranding games. These games are highly realistic in style but its his way of story telling, his unique sense of humor and how him and his team handle levels design, music and gameplay that makes his games stand out. They are full of charm and identity and you always know when you are playing one of his games. You instantly can identify him and his team style/charm. This is true for literally any game that is designed with strong art direction, gameplay, sound design, and frankly personality. What I'm saying is the "Charm" is identity and personality. This is not just jokes, it's literally any signs of character and the developers having fun and putting their stamp on their art, any signs of proper passion and the developers personality and frankly just the game knowing what it is aside from just it's genre. Basically what is inzoi if the sims never existed? A well made game has an identity beyond just achieving high end visuals. Paralives are ahead of inzoi in this matter. Their game has so much charm that people aren't just thinking sim competitor with their game. Their thinking paralives on it's own. In fact that's when you know something has charm, when people stop thinking about your competitor and just see your art/game for what it's doing and saying alone. Achieving identity isn't just being whimsical. Take the game the last of Us. It's just another zombie game and yet it has clear identity , style, and it's own charm. It knows what it is and what it wants to be and makes that loud and clear. Inzoi is not doing that and that's a big problem because games that lack charm /identity lack replayability. You start to forget it among others in the space. When the shiny new graphics wear off what will be left of inzoi? The game does not have replayability beyond it's visuals. People are still playing sims 2. You don't mark replayability by 2 days of game play, you mark it by people who will come back to it for years to come and not be bored of it because the game , style, identity and what it offers is completely unique to it alone. That is charm... What made people who are fans of dragon age origins flock to Baldur's gate 3 like moths to a flame. Dragon age keeps changing it's identity and Baldur's gate offered not only it's own identity and charm but what people missed from dragon age. Basically inzoi needs to pull a baldur's gate 3 here. Not just be better looking, but literally be memorable and confident in what it wants to be. That is Charm!
Gots some questions. 1) Have the devs divulged an expected full release date yet? 2) It sounds like it is a single player game or is it an MMO where you may log into a server and share that map amongst other players? 3) Like, can you move amongst multiple servers and take up residence and do different jobs on different servers or will all the jobs be the same no matter which server you may log into? 4) I may not even want to buy or design a residence. I may just want to rent an available preexisting apartment, job hop in that certain location, have casual relationships with any given potential partners at that locale, and then move on. Will something like that be even possible or are we meant to settle down in that same location once we start up the game?
i like being able to be a shit head, skip work get fired, skip school get suspended, like if theyre gonna use "realistic" in style graphics probably could make the style more gritty with it lol
I agree but people shit on that game (some points rightfully so) but the Character creation is top tier. I wish more games had that level of customization. It connects people further with their character.
Also, I really want consequences, one play i watched, a wife cheated on her husband in front of him. Yes he got upset, kind of, i was disappointed that the Husband didn't yell at them both, confront them, maybe even fight the guy, and when swapped to the Husband he was happy, went and read a book. He should have been pissed beyond belief, the seeing red..broken up with the wife. Traits that we choose need to be significant. If the Husband was a creative person maybe been sad and set her free, but if he was a loyal individual, should have had a dramatic response.
Love the carnival idea in this game. Also love how your zoi CAN ride the rides at the carnival. I also was shocked and happy to find out the car windows actually go up and down. It made even MORE excited for cars as well as this game. Can't wait for it to hit early access than hopefully launch day if all goes well with the game and the team, Crafton. 🤩👍✌
I'm surprised, this game looks actually promising. Looks like they have a solid base to build on. It could very well be the Sims killer after all! IMO they should keep the specs high and just build on the game's content. Over time people will buy better PC parts or whole PCs. It worked with Cyberpunk 2077 and a few other demanding games that are still making a lot of profit years after their release.
You brought up one thing that struck me immediately. I agree, we're forced into a traditional Asian body type. If there are pregnant women, then is there "woohooing" in game, or is this the stork delivery method? I also am not hyped for this yet, after Krafton's involvement in the Callisto Protocol disaster.
After the couple get in bed to “try for baby” there’s an immediate jump to a cut scene (that’s currently a hug) and then the Zoi is preggers for 3 days (just like the sims) and they have a really short ‘give birth’ cut scene (that’s basically mom snuggling baby) and then there’s a baby in the house in a crib. As of the demo, not that different from sims 4 except sims has the under the bed woohoo animation and that silly huffing and puffing in front of a bassinet to give birth. 🤷🏽♀️
Just nice to know thers actually a game, the whole thing feels unreal and I've been burned a few times now making me very cautious. I still have no idea if I'd go with this or Paralives, depends on what they both offer in gameplay. Edit2 oh cool, OK you can drive cars, but seriously using the mouse ui to activate blinkers ik kinda dumb.
Performance wise their minimum GPU requirement is a card from 2019, and max a card from 2020. I think people forget that The Sim 4 came out 10 years ago, ofc its easy to run.
I think this game is going to be a HUGE game changer from Sims 4 because it seems to HAVE soooo MUCH MORE good things going on for it. Its just seems sooo AMAZING! 🤩🤩👍✌
Even with the niggles and potential bugs in this game, it's still miles better than Sims 4. I don't even need to play the finished version to know that.
Thanks for the extensive info ! I'm still kinda on the fence, the customization options are very sexy, but the lack of long-term objectives is kind of a problem, but I'm more tempted to give it a try x)
Hope we can move from one city to another. Travel, vacation. JOBs take too long of your day time. In sims I often make my people rich just so i can work on their skills, vacation, visit relatives, have parties, go clubbing..etc.
No?? If they don't release it on time, you will be one of the firsts to spit on them for being late or pushing it back. The gaming community is too toxic to do any of that.
While it is interesting sims competitor, i dont vibe with the art direction. Its realistic in a weird way, tapping in uncanny valley. Whenever i look at it, it made me feels unneasy. . But 100 times better than sims tho
Are you able to tell what is the currency value? For example, do you know from the wage what you can afford to buy? How long does it take to afford a house? I understand there were no promotions yet, and you had an unlimited budget, but have you seen the value of items? Every time I play Sims, I like to have a realistic approach of what I earn which each activity or career and what I can afford. Planning budget and progressing. Great video, by the way as always😀
It looks like every other ue5 slop tech demo type game in the sense that any time that could've spent doing some basic hlsl shenanigans was spent making the game look as lifeless as possible. It really nails the made in unreal engine look, which isn't a compliment
20:26 gah dam, our boy in the "modding" department boutta have a field day when this game is released lmao, that aside, there sure is a lot of gameplay aspect that still need to be improved imo.
Ty posting your demo too. Was realy cool to see it. I am sooo excited for this game to come out. Caz or character creator demo was alsp fun and interesting to try out when it was out for awhile. Wish it could have been out longe but its ok.also I wish the team could send another demo out on this game but this time on build mode. Just a thought. 🤩👍✌
It's especially weird it happens since unreal 5 has motion matching technology that allows for seemless animations in movement transitions, so for first impressions this game looks very unimpressive, and makes it look like another soulless garbage.
the most important thing to me is things being out of my control and unpredictable. i enjoy sims 3 far more than 4 because of the things that can go wrong, and all of the tiny little details
24:08 my wife did sports, dance, and yoga until VERY late in the pregnancy, and was encouraged to do so by her doctor too. Not really sure what you mean by pregnant women being able to do sports needing fixing? A specific type of sport perhaps?
Yes I was talking about weight lifting and specifically these type of dangerous things that work ingame. My wife obviously did sports, but there are (especially in-game now) some sports there are kinda dangerous at some point
@@RudiRennkamel Understood, there are some activities I'm sure that are not recommended. Though, on that note, weight lifting for example is generally considered safe throughout pregnancy, with the caveat that you should always check with your doctor and listen to your body. It can even be helpful for back pain etc.
@@user-zw8uc4rm1m Bench presses are completely normal to do during pregnancy. There may be some who get dizzy, so obviously you're supposed to listen to your body and adjust some things here and there just overall. And always have a spotter. But still, your claim is inaccurate.
I know ur being honest be when it comes to the zio character creation because these were all my thoughts also. U was spot on. The noseands lips truly have far too many limitations. I gave up trying to make myself, the nose was a no no. I tried everything 😪..other than that, character creation was good, felt new, clean and fresh.
I can't wait to play this!! You play like I do. I build/decorate the house of my dreams and then see what it would be like to live in it. This game is going to be amazing for that as it's so real looking! I just hope at some point they give us a Paris themed world. Oo la la. 😻
I think willl come out with early access in the demos people were streaming you could only surf. But its defffiantly happening the devs already said that :)
From all I've seen, the only thing I'm missing is the amount of NPCs in the game, it feels very thin in number, when considering it's suppose to be a city.
*".. married a wonderful wife..She was actually burning down to death while I was meeting Emma Watson in the park."* *Hold up @RudiRennkamel!! You can't just skip over that! We need a backstory, my dude!* 😂😂😂😂😅
I'd like more them to change that exercise can have consequences for pregnant women in different parts of it (slowing down, nausea etc. ). Many exercise and light exercise is encouraged for very far in the terms. Look at many athlete women e.g. ballerinas who need keep their bodies in shape so they can still continue their career after birth.
It would be great if I could make a Goblin looking character like I always do with any games that had freedom of character creation cuz those are hilarious. 😂 Also I don't mind if a game was sandbox that you are the one making the story since I'm already fedup with games these days always had looooong dialogues/narratives and shallow storyline that you wanna skip.
If the game is not fun or engaging in the long term, specially in early development... then there is little hope that its going to get better. Aka Sims 4.
Man, I don't wanna be a disappointment again in a simulated life. It really amaze me people that can still play this kind of game sandwich with our real life. Great graphics though.
@@andremiller1836 How does that make him pronounce it as "zoui"? There's no U in "Zoi". I'm hearing him say it the same way Anglophones pronounce the name "Zoey", as if there was a U there. Did I hear it wrong?
@@JulianaLimeMoon I know someone whose name is Zoi and pronounced like Zoey. Not everyone pronounces words the same 🤷🏾♀️ "I" can be pronounced like an "ee" sound when at the end of a word, similar to my name so I'm not sure why you're confused
@@staciii I'm confused bc I've watched many videos about this game and haven't heard anyone saying it like that, plus he sounds like German is his first language, therefore that isn't to blame either (despite what the other person who replied here said), given that the O in German never sounds like "ou" on its own, unless there's a U after it. I can only assume he tried to guess how it would be pronounced in English and got it wrong, but that is another thing I'm confused about, bc one would think he would have watched other videos about this game, and if he had, he would have learned how everyone else is saying it (unless that's how it's pronounced in Korean, and he knows that and I don't, which is another reason I'm asking, so I can learn if it is).
Actually, its a running gag by now :D. I´m aware since my first video of it, but left it cause it was creating all these funny comments. Doing RUclips in english for so long makes me say weird stuff, because english is as confusing as german (and the pairing results in this) In fact, the dev told me theres no correct pronunciation tho, because it could either be Enjoy, or the greek one (i can´t even type it) OR in Zoi (correctly said) or the korean way (which i cant type either)
It seems very promising for me, but I hope the NPCs have a decent personality. I like the surprise of unintended interactions in life sims and that's something the Sims 4 truly lacks. Everything was too easy and other sims always went along with what you wanted to do.
I don't know they seem to fight with me pretty hard when I'm trying to take care of a toddler/infant...
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I wish we could have optional questlines in this kind of games... so it could have a more narrative-driven aspect... help a neighbor to achieve something, save or destroy an existing romance, etc. They could add or renovate quests every few months
That would be really cool indeed !
i feel like something similar to the sims 2 wants and fears system could help there alot.
whatever plans you had as player may change if you see your character waking up either wanting to hangout with someone or kicking their grave. even if its just something as simple as wushing to improve a single skill
Story mode is definitely coming. It's quite easy to implement it developmental wise.
I really enjoyed the old sims urbz and psp games because of this. Wish they'd bring it back
@@Consoneer that would make inZoi my dream game
What I look for in gameplay is the interactions between characters and realism. Do zois get angry when you cheat? Can you help kids with homework? Do zois get upset when the house is dirty? Do other zois react when you punch someone? If your zoi is a vegetarian, do they refuse meat?
"Married a wonderful wife, she was actually burning down to death while I was meeting Emma Watson in the park".. OKAYYY
:D
Just as a wonderful wife would 🥰
Men indeed
Definitely agree that there needs to be presets for body and facial features. Having the change the whole face preset isn't practical
if thats our biggest issue tho, we´re onto something big!
Not for u
@@OSTemli??? Your previous comments on this channel make you sound miserable 😂
@@staciii why you kids this days make joke about yourself
As a firefighter paramedic, I figured best would be jobs require x amount of days, and you play them first day and to earn promotion points to meet the requirement once you have enough days to promote; also based on job performance while playing.
But I haven't gotten hands on, the life sim looks awesome overall and jobs and hopefully strong modding, can flesh out careers (though I have low expectations, just enjoy the execution!)
Would be cool to have a mildly in depth job system; meds, drug calc, pathology knowledge for patients and of course fire tactics; in a simple form. But who knows, we'll see.
Looks incredible.
You and oshinsims videos were so good as far as storytelling with inzoi, which is the selling point for me. I can't wait to see your future videos! ❤
thanks, really means a lot :)
for me, gameplay is the most important thing, so Im most excited to see that in the fullgame. I hope to see a lot more consequences and negative parts of the gameplay actions. But grad you like it, Im excited to play myself!
Yes it has huge potential!
AWESOME review! These are some of my thoughts on what you said:
1) Character Creation: Agree wanting an easier way to get to the body editor and vice versa, would love more presets for every body part as well, especially jaw, cheek, eye and nose presets. I want to be able to make the butt, hips, chest, shoulders bigger, I just imagine they are trying to avoid clipping & texture issues with such customizable outfits. I also don't think all characters look Korean, I was able to diversify a lot.. (but like you said maybe it's a individual person thing)
2) WASD: 100% about using "E" to activate things, that in combination with using arrows keys, numpad or something like the scroll wheel to go through options would complete the game for me! They would need to test what keys to use for these actions to find out what is the most intuitive for users. The best way I can describe this is something like the indie farming sim/RPG SunnySide.
3)Pregnancy... if the zoi has a high fitness skill.. they should still be able to play sports while pregnant (maybe not in their latest trimester).
That’s what I was going to say, women can still play sports and workout while pregnant but it is just different amounts and what is advised by their doctors. But completely patching it out seems wrong.
Is it re-playable without boring you? How much of the game is grind - in your opinion? Did the developer tell you of future DLC and do we own the stuff, or this all cloud held? Do we have to be log-on on to the site to play? Is there a monthly subscription fee, or micro-stores attached to gameplaying? Will there be physical mod-ding , like making our own 3-D furniture or building items like they can do in sims 4 with blender 3D? Not recoloring/retexturing, or resizing furniture, that we can already can do in the InZoi game. TY ahead for answering.
Well it depends. I played well over 50hrs and didn´t even do remotely all I wanted. So considering 95% of games i ever played are below 50hrs, thats a big yes for replayability.
The Grind factor is relatively small, and if so, mostly forced by the fact you cant skip time (which will be patched, I told the dev and they confirmed haha)
Getting into a relationship tho atm does feel like it atm, but I´ll blame the demo for that. No news about dlcs, I was able to play offline, no micro transactions or anything talked about, yes modding for furniture and fashion will be a native thing (in fact they already did it for a promotion) AND the AI import is pretty cool!
@@RudiRennkamel AI too! Listen, thank, you. They are suppose to release this month an early release version. What you told me pretty much has me ready to put down money - LoL. The good thing is mod-ding. that means waiting between new content can be alleviated by 3rd party fanbase like what happened to the sims 4. Thanks again!
@@RudiRennkamel I heard a lot of people get mad about them using ai, but I also heard from some that you can litterally choose not to use it?
@@thiscat567 Ehh, i dont care too much about AI but that's like such a dismissive argument, there are alot of bad design decisions that you can choose to not interact with, doesn't make it any less shtty though lol, or bad.
@@thiscat567 IMO yes they used an ai tool but its in the sense of how your supposed to use ai. the things their ai tool can do isnt taking any of their employee's jobs. there is sure to be way more details in the objects they make over what you use the ai to generate so
Finally, the thing I hated the most in sims 4 was the "jobs" would be your character disappearing offscreen. Being able to actually DO the jobs is a game changer
Me too this is a hugeeeee thing for me lol the jobs are very very important to me because lets face it we are all more at work then we are at home in our real lives so i cant waitttt to see more of the jobs they put in over time.. like im preying there will be a nurse doctor even receptionast a teacher for the schools a councler maybe a police officer these things are there now just not playable.. also like a taxi driver or drivers licence instructer to teach the teens to drive before they can get there licence would be ohh so fun lol.. i cant wait to play❤❤❤ and the future of inzoi is going to be amazing.
Thank you for this review! I also miss the Zois I created in the character studio demo and I can't wait to play with them. And I look forward for your other inZOI videos!
Same here. Just characters would be fun again
Hey, I didn't know you before the Inzoi videos, but I can see you take great pride in what you do. Your takes are honest and constructive. I got emotional when you spoke about outside responsibilities and how you made time to go through with this game, because it really shows that you are a dedicated individual, but overall, very transparent. I appreciate that a lot. Hope you get to 100k before the year ends!
*hearing about the inzoi studio*
Wow can’t wait for a WickedWhinzoi mod 😂
One thing I do realise is lacking is CHARM. I feel The Sims will always win their fans over that. That niche. That nostalgia. Don’t get me wrong - in so excited for more life simulations. But we need the charm ❤
tbh, charme, as you said, is created with community, time, and connection. So theres a good chance, we´ll get this.
the music, menu etc. is already amazng
I think the charm of a game is its depth and it is currently on this point that the developers must focus. They showed everything that is possible to do in the game and for a demo it is rather promising but now it is on the depth that I want to see both in relationships, work, skills!
@@RudiRennkamel That's not what charm is. Charm is the vibe of the game itself. Think of it like a signature. So far inzois charm is just graphics, and their mascot cat. When people say charm, for example. You know when your watching an anime. The art style , how the story is handled, how the characters act, the pacing ext. You know when you see something that is anime. When it comes to games, you know when your playing the sims, and it has nothing to do with it's reputation. Its the vibe of the game, animations, the whimsical factor, charm in how the sims express themselves , real life songs that are in sims language ext. That's what we mean by charm... It's a vibe check basically, and inzoi currently doesn't have a vibe check... It's flat it needs more identity then just mass options and crisp visuals. What makes any game a game to remember is the unique vibe it comes with. If inzoi didn't have its options, its graphics, what would stand out about it? If you can't think of anything? That's the problem , that's the lack of charm.
@yueviathan I agree that inzoi dosent quite have that charm factor just yet, but it's pretty unfair to compare it to the sims, in this aspect at least. That's like comparing the "vibes" of a Non-fiction book to a high fantasy one. Yes, they're both life sims, but inzois vision is very different. The game leans more into realism, less of the wacky, paranormal stuff that sims 4 embraces. The target audience isn't the same. That's why this game may not pass your "vibe check" if you're someone who enjoys the silliness of the sims more than anything.
@@Akshayaaaaaa I'm sorry, but you are not understanding what Charm is either, but let me try to explain further. Vibe check is basically describing style and identity. It's literally what solid identity is. What you notice in a song, when a song artist does a cover to a song really well but makes that song their own. How you can tell the difference between TV series and identify those differences between each other. What makes you remember any game you play, any photo you remember any song that sticks in your mind. Charm is Identity and inzoi is lacking any beyond just the graphics.
Lets take a game like hideo kojima metal gear and death stranding games. These games are highly realistic in style but its his way of story telling, his unique sense of humor and how him and his team handle levels design, music and gameplay that makes his games stand out. They are full of charm and identity and you always know when you are playing one of his games. You instantly can identify him and his team style/charm. This is true for literally any game that is designed with strong art direction, gameplay, sound design, and frankly personality. What I'm saying is the "Charm" is identity and personality.
This is not just jokes, it's literally any signs of character and the developers having fun and putting their stamp on their art, any signs of proper passion and the developers personality and frankly just the game knowing what it is aside from just it's genre. Basically what is inzoi if the sims never existed? A well made game has an identity beyond just achieving high end visuals. Paralives are ahead of inzoi in this matter. Their game has so much charm that people aren't just thinking sim competitor with their game.
Their thinking paralives on it's own. In fact that's when you know something has charm, when people stop thinking about your competitor and just see your art/game for what it's doing and saying alone. Achieving identity isn't just being whimsical. Take the game the last of Us. It's just another zombie game and yet it has clear identity , style, and it's own charm. It knows what it is and what it wants to be and makes that loud and clear. Inzoi is not doing that and that's a big problem because games that lack charm /identity lack replayability. You start to forget it among others in the space. When the shiny new graphics wear off what will be left of inzoi? The game does not have replayability beyond it's visuals. People are still playing sims 2.
You don't mark replayability by 2 days of game play, you mark it by people who will come back to it for years to come and not be bored of it because the game , style, identity and what it offers is completely unique to it alone. That is charm... What made people who are fans of dragon age origins flock to Baldur's gate 3 like moths to a flame. Dragon age keeps changing it's identity and Baldur's gate offered not only it's own identity and charm but what people missed from dragon age. Basically inzoi needs to pull a baldur's gate 3 here. Not just be better looking, but literally be memorable and confident in what it wants to be. That is Charm!
Gots some questions.
1) Have the devs divulged an expected full release date yet?
2) It sounds like it is a single player game or is it an MMO where you may log into a server and share that map amongst other players?
3) Like, can you move amongst multiple servers and take up residence and do different jobs on different servers or will all the jobs be the same no matter which server you may log into?
4) I may not even want to buy or design a residence. I may just want to rent an available preexisting apartment, job hop in that certain location, have casual relationships with any given potential partners at that locale, and then move on. Will something like that be even possible or are we meant to settle down in that same location once we start up the game?
No release date
Single player only
Apartments should be available
Time to start my rag to richest playthrough again. Seriously looking forward for this
i like being able to be a shit head, skip work get fired, skip school get suspended, like if theyre gonna use "realistic" in style graphics probably could make the style more gritty with it lol
Dragons dogma 2 has hands down best character customization like I’ve never seen before wish ppl took inspo from em
I agree but people shit on that game (some points rightfully so) but the Character creation is top tier. I wish more games had that level of customization. It connects people further with their character.
Demons Souls remake is pretty fantastic too. Search for 'Kanye West demons souls'. 😂
Also, I really want consequences, one play i watched, a wife cheated on her husband in front of him. Yes he got upset, kind of, i was disappointed that the Husband didn't yell at them both, confront them, maybe even fight the guy, and when swapped to the Husband he was happy, went and read a book. He should have been pissed beyond belief, the seeing red..broken up with the wife. Traits that we choose need to be significant. If the Husband was a creative person maybe been sad and set her free, but if he was a loyal individual, should have had a dramatic response.
I cant wait for inzoi! I just want a realese date already im ready to play!! ❤
Love the carnival idea in this game.
Also love how your zoi CAN ride the rides at the carnival. I also was shocked and happy to find out the car windows actually go up and down. It made even MORE excited for cars as well as this game. Can't wait for it to hit early access than hopefully launch day if all goes well with the game and the team, Crafton. 🤩👍✌
I'm surprised, this game looks actually promising. Looks like they have a solid base to build on. It could very well be the Sims killer after all! IMO they should keep the specs high and just build on the game's content. Over time people will buy better PC parts or whole PCs. It worked with Cyberpunk 2077 and a few other demanding games that are still making a lot of profit years after their release.
lol The Sims 4 is already dead.
I totally agree in the point of that we need this fresh new competitor on the genere
You brought up one thing that struck me immediately. I agree, we're forced into a traditional Asian body type. If there are pregnant women, then is there "woohooing" in game, or is this the stork delivery method? I also am not hyped for this yet, after Krafton's involvement in the Callisto Protocol disaster.
After the couple get in bed to “try for baby” there’s an immediate jump to a cut scene (that’s currently a hug) and then the Zoi is preggers for 3 days (just like the sims) and they have a really short ‘give birth’ cut scene (that’s basically mom snuggling baby) and then there’s a baby in the house in a crib. As of the demo, not that different from sims 4 except sims has the under the bed woohoo animation and that silly huffing and puffing in front of a bassinet to give birth. 🤷🏽♀️
Better than the obese American body type, don't you think?
White > all
Great review! Watching from Brazil🇧🇷💚
Greets to brazi!
Just nice to know thers actually a game, the whole thing feels unreal and I've been burned a few times now making me very cautious. I still have no idea if I'd go with this or Paralives, depends on what they both offer in gameplay.
Edit2 oh cool, OK you can drive cars, but seriously using the mouse ui to activate blinkers ik kinda dumb.
right?`i wanna spam the blinker and other stuff via keys haha
For the algorithm
I am impressed how realistic everything looks! It's a too uncanny valley for me, I'll stick to my cowplants and grim reaper :P
But I all for some good competition for the Sims and hope this game will find it's audience!
@@Empress_Lisanne I think you can make the game look cartoony like the sims saw pixelade try to play it like that
There's filters!!!!
You can change the style of the game!!!
Performance wise their minimum GPU requirement is a card from 2019, and max a card from 2020. I think people forget that The Sim 4 came out 10 years ago, ofc its easy to run.
I think this game is going to be a HUGE game changer from Sims 4 because it seems to HAVE soooo MUCH MORE good things going on for it. Its just seems sooo AMAZING! 🤩🤩👍✌
great! Thanks.. But the game isn't finished yet. Wonder what changes will be in there by the time it's released.
Even with the niggles and potential bugs in this game, it's still miles better than Sims 4. I don't even need to play the finished version to know that.
Thanks for the extensive info ! I'm still kinda on the fence, the customization options are very sexy, but the lack of long-term objectives is kind of a problem, but I'm more tempted to give it a try x)
You must park your vehicle or it just go to your pocket?
Can you buy business to earn passive income just like Sims 3?
Hope we can move from one city to another. Travel, vacation. JOBs take too long of your day time. In sims I often make my people rich just so i can work on their skills, vacation, visit relatives, have parties, go clubbing..etc.
Looks like the Sims game I've beed dreaming about since I first played S3 in middle school
Do u know what different sports are in this game if so what are some of them such as horse racing
I feel like it’s a mix of gta 5 and the sims 4
I wish they'd give us a release date. :(
SAME!
After what happened with life by you I appreciate them not giving a release date unless they are 95% positive they can meet it.
No?? If they don't release it on time, you will be one of the firsts to spit on them for being late or pushing it back. The gaming community is too toxic to do any of that.
there is a early access sometime in couple months.
While it is interesting sims competitor, i dont vibe with the art direction. Its realistic in a weird way, tapping in uncanny valley. Whenever i look at it, it made me feels unneasy.
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But 100 times better than sims tho
SUPER BIG mirrors actually reflect! 19:39 You don't see that very often in games.
are there any adult content in the game like couples thing? and do you think this is modable like sims 4?
I can't wait to do a rags to riches role play!
Are you able to tell what is the currency value? For example, do you know from the wage what you can afford to buy? How long does it take to afford a house? I understand there were no promotions yet, and you had an unlimited budget, but have you seen the value of items? Every time I play Sims, I like to have a realistic approach of what I earn which each activity or career and what I can afford. Planning budget and progressing. Great video, by the way as always😀
I am 100% Sandbox cheat player. I cant give you a qualified answer on this. My very first action was to spam the money cheat button :)
@@RudiRennkamel 🤣🤣🤣
at 4:19 you basically made Gahyeon from Dreamcatcher 😂
It looks like every other ue5 slop tech demo type game in the sense that any time that could've spent doing some basic hlsl shenanigans was spent making the game look as lifeless as possible. It really nails the made in unreal engine look, which isn't a compliment
Err no
@@RudiRennkamel Err yea
@@Duutch eeerrr no
20:26 gah dam, our boy in the "modding" department boutta have a field day when this game is released lmao, that aside, there sure is a lot of gameplay aspect that still need to be improved imo.
This going to be a full game or just another live service?
C'mon Krafton, we need a release date!! The hype is real!
This game would be very fun to play with other people. You can see other people working at their jobs or going around the city.
How was the AI of NPCs or your character's autonomous actions ?
It was okay. But there was not that much in to finally judge
Everything is great. All we need now is some personality added into every npc and characters
This is a awesome review I mean it's so informative. Thank so much!❗
Ty posting your demo too. Was realy cool to see it. I am sooo excited for this game to come out.
Caz or character creator demo was alsp fun and interesting to try out when it was out for awhile. Wish it could have been out longe but its ok.also I wish the team could send another demo out on this game but this time on build mode. Just a thought. 🤩👍✌
Thanks for the Video! ♥
you are welcome!
This is what the sims 4 should of been like.
I think that they would add more stuff after the game is release
When does it come out?
steam release scheduled for 28 Mar, 2025
Can the game be played without an internet connection?
I like a good grid. I didn’t want anything to be too hard and rough understandable why someone would like more than.
Can a 1060 3GB, 16GB, i5-4750 play this game?
Nevermind
Yes
In your dream
The tilting animation while running defo needs to be work on xd, when u were tilting 15 degrees instantly it looked janky af.
It's especially weird it happens since unreal 5 has motion matching technology that allows for seemless animations in movement transitions, so for first impressions this game looks very unimpressive, and makes it look like another soulless garbage.
the most important thing to me is things being out of my control and unpredictable. i enjoy sims 3 far more than 4 because of the things that can go wrong, and all of the tiny little details
24:08 my wife did sports, dance, and yoga until VERY late in the pregnancy, and was encouraged to do so by her doctor too. Not really sure what you mean by pregnant women being able to do sports needing fixing? A specific type of sport perhaps?
Yes I was talking about weight lifting and specifically these type of dangerous things that work ingame. My wife obviously did sports, but there are (especially in-game now) some sports there are kinda dangerous at some point
@@RudiRennkamel Understood, there are some activities I'm sure that are not recommended. Though, on that note, weight lifting for example is generally considered safe throughout pregnancy, with the caveat that you should always check with your doctor and listen to your body. It can even be helpful for back pain etc.
Weight lifting can be done but only light amounts. Think dumbbells vs body building bench press
@@user-zw8uc4rm1m Bench presses are completely normal to do during pregnancy. There may be some who get dizzy, so obviously you're supposed to listen to your body and adjust some things here and there just overall. And always have a spotter. But still, your claim is inaccurate.
I know ur being honest be when it comes to the zio character creation because these were all my thoughts also. U was spot on. The noseands lips truly have far too many limitations. I gave up trying to make myself, the nose was a no no. I tried everything 😪..other than that, character creation was good, felt new, clean and fresh.
I have a RTX 3070 laptop, can I run this game?
I can't wait to play this!! You play like I do. I build/decorate the house of my dreams and then see what it would be like to live in it. This game is going to be amazing for that as it's so real looking! I just hope at some point they give us a Paris themed world. Oo la la. 😻
FAMILY FRIENDLY GTA 😊😊😊
could they swim? i haven't seen them do that
I think willl come out with early access in the demos people were streaming you could only surf. But its defffiantly happening the devs already said that :)
it was deactivated in the demo, but will be ingame!
I wish they put AI conversations into NPCs to make the world and the game immersive
From all I've seen, the only thing I'm missing is the amount of NPCs in the game, it feels very thin in number, when considering it's suppose to be a city.
I live in a major city, In real life you don’t constantly see people walking around.
Looks great but im terrified at how this is gonna turn out. Played a lot of mobile games that have art style
Wish for nannies and pets
*".. married a wonderful wife..She was actually burning down to death while I was meeting Emma Watson in the park."*
*Hold up @RudiRennkamel!! You can't just skip over that! We need a backstory, my dude!* 😂😂😂😂😅
I'd like more them to change that exercise can have consequences for pregnant women in different parts of it (slowing down, nausea etc. ). Many exercise and light exercise is encouraged for very far in the terms. Look at many athlete women e.g. ballerinas who need keep their bodies in shape so they can still continue their career after birth.
This game is so pretty and gorgeous and has so much potential to beat the sims 4
This came looks like the world in movie "Free Guy"
"Han shot first."
Great review! And great game!
I really would like to play test this game...Alas, I do not have an audience 😢 .. I'm a builder but, nothing like you ❤.. Someday maybe !
The realism is remarkable, but I still like the cartoonish whacky style of The Sims 2.
Graphics is the reason why I can't play the Sims 2
Damn, this game is ganna be great once I inject 10 terabytes of futa mods
Where do I put my money? Do they have a Patreon a PayPal or cash app like take my money!!
How can I get the beta access?
It would be great if I could make a Goblin looking character like I always do with any games that had freedom of character creation cuz those are hilarious. 😂
Also I don't mind if a game was sandbox that you are the one making the story since I'm already fedup with games these days always had looooong dialogues/narratives and shallow storyline that you wanna skip.
If the game is not fun or engaging in the long term, specially in early development... then there is little hope that its going to get better. Aka Sims 4.
release date?
I wish this had a story or career mode
It's still inProgress mater what!!!?
i know, but theres only so much i can judge
Are there any other maps besides this? I don't want downtown Seoul nor Korean looking NPCs if I play as an authentic American family.
when is it releasing
There isn’t a firm release date yet, but sometime later this year
Man, I don't wanna be a disappointment again in a simulated life. It really amaze me people that can still play this kind of game sandwich with our real life. Great graphics though.
Awesome revieww
thanks!
Hope it will run on my Steamdeck and Rog Ally
Such realistic graphics but things don't move outside 😳 It's like wind doesn't exist. There should be movement in immobile things also.
Hi will we be able to delete community lots ?? Do you know ?
I feel like we can't call this a final review before it releases. Great video though
I had fun just making Zoi's.
Amazing review, but why does he keep pronouncing "Zoi" as if it was "Zoey"?
Because he is of German origin, so we speak what we read.
@@andremiller1836 How does that make him pronounce it as "zoui"? There's no U in "Zoi". I'm hearing him say it the same way Anglophones pronounce the name "Zoey", as if there was a U there. Did I hear it wrong?
@@JulianaLimeMoon I know someone whose name is Zoi and pronounced like Zoey. Not everyone pronounces words the same 🤷🏾♀️ "I" can be pronounced like an "ee" sound when at the end of a word, similar to my name so I'm not sure why you're confused
@@staciii I'm confused bc I've watched many videos about this game and haven't heard anyone saying it like that, plus he sounds like German is his first language, therefore that isn't to blame either (despite what the other person who replied here said), given that the O in German never sounds like "ou" on its own, unless there's a U after it. I can only assume he tried to guess how it would be pronounced in English and got it wrong, but that is another thing I'm confused about, bc one would think he would have watched other videos about this game, and if he had, he would have learned how everyone else is saying it (unless that's how it's pronounced in Korean, and he knows that and I don't, which is another reason I'm asking, so I can learn if it is).
Actually, its a running gag by now :D. I´m aware since my first video of it, but left it cause it was creating all these funny comments. Doing RUclips in english for so long makes me say weird stuff, because english is as confusing as german (and the pairing results in this)
In fact, the dev told me theres no correct pronunciation tho, because it could either be Enjoy, or the greek one (i can´t even type it) OR in Zoi (correctly said) or the korean way (which i cant type either)