The most ridiculously pretty Sims competitor yet is this life sim where you can become a convenience store clerk or K-pop idol
Look, we all know The Sims is overdue some proper competition and I think this gorgeous hyper-realistic life simulation may now be leading the pack. As spotted by GamesRadar, Krafton, which also publishes PUBG, showed off Inzoi (styled «inZOI,» but not the most memorable name, still) at the G-Star convention in South Korea earlier this week. And damn it really looks like it might turn up the heat under The Sims' rear.
The trailer (above) is a whole six minutes of gameplay covering character creation, some life simulation, and a build mode. The parts are all here, gang, and they look fantastic. There's a lot of familiar stuff here: characters cooking, exercising, working, and cleaning. There's a needs system for things like hunger and hygiene, and ambitions your Zoi will want to achieve. There's also a schedule editing menu which makes it seem like different characters can visit locations on a set schedule even while you aren't controlling them. Some destinations in the trailer include an office, convenience store, internet cafe, and parks.
It appears to be very free-roam in a way Sims players have definitely been longing for, though it's unclear from the trailer if it's truly open world. Also of note are the menu tabs for editing weather, the city, and crowds. That does make me wonder if the gameplay here is more dollhouse than simulation, which I admit is a fine line.
The official trailer description calls it «a life simulation game where players become gods within the game, allowing them to change everything as they wish and experience endless new stories in various forms of life.» The description given over on the G-Star website, when translated into English by Google Chrome, adds «also, rather than simply living the
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