Feels empty?

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

Is it just me, or does inZOI feel a bit empty and soulless? Watching streams and videos, it seems like it lacks personality compared to The Sims. It looks fun and visually impressive, but something about it feels lifeless, like there’s no real depth to the characters or world.

edit: I'm not hating on the game, and I'm definitely not talking about Sims 4, this is just my first impression.

I get the appeal of the features but for me it’s more about the overall feeling. The game looks good but the vibe doesn’t hit the same as the older Sims. It just feels a bit dull from watching it, like PlayStation Home, lots of customization but not much personality behind it

[life4trinity]

Where do you get the impression that it has no personality? The game is no less empty than any other Sims game on release.

[geekgirl101]

Sims 4 took months to become better with more DLC as it started off pretty poorly. This game isn't even a full game, it's early access without any DLC, so of course it's going to look a bit bland until more stuff is added. If you want a full game go play Sims 4 and come back next year when this game has no doubts expanded its horizons and expanded content.

[Darkvader no. 49]

i mean it is a early access game tbh. ofc its going to be hyped up and not live up to most peoples expatations? thats why the games only 40 bucks and its early access. lets say we dont even mention TS4 with dlc lets just mention base ts4 vs inzoi base game. ima be stright up honest i got bored of the sims after 4 hours of gameplay. didnt platy it since prob 2023 or early 2024. i think TS4 felt empty (imo) idk if its becuse the graphics but TS4 imo felt very dull. even after installing all these mods just was not enough

[Captain Weegee]

Originally posted by cheebus weebus:

Originally posted by Xafron Chi:

OP is asking a genuine question. There's no need for salty responses like that.

If you played it, does it feel empty or lifeless?

Why or why not?

If the best you can say is "go play The Sims then" you haven't helped show why this game is good.

if they dislike the game so much then why dont they just move on

Because sometimes you like a game, but it feels like something is missing.

Sometimes you don't even know exactly what's holding back the fun. I had this with some games, mostly sandbox games. Even if I loved the concept , the idea behind it and most of the gameplay, the lack of a goal in alot of them made it difficult for me actually get into it.

Though I am happy that I gave some games a 2. or 3. chance because by then they turned into my most beloved games of all times.
As long as someone doesn't come in and yell "HOW BOORING" and "sh*t" a game is, there is no reason to act like a jerk.

[Silencer]

Originally posted by mozzarxlla:

It does feel a little empty. Not anymore than the sims though. I think this games gameplay style is a little slower with progression though. In the sims I can meet someone, fall in love, get married, get pregnant. All in under an hour. This game does not seem to allow for that, forcing it be more organic

I did this in one hour, totally doable.

[DANIEL RAIN]

The Sims 3 is still the best, better than this and The Sims 4 combined.

[Sein Angels]

I feel the Game very empy and without life, i have the graphics on máximum but the Game see much worst when you out Of the editor.
Not even close to the Game in the trailers.
Sounds like a EA or Ubisoft games.
I want to know the opinions Of the others.

[beams]

Originally posted by mozzarxlla:

It does feel a little empty. Not anymore than the sims though. I think this games gameplay style is a little slower with progression though. In the sims I can meet someone, fall in love, get married, get pregnant. All in under an hour. This game does not seem to allow for that, forcing it be more organic

I mean... in my very first playthrough last night, It took a grand total of 45 minutes to get my Zoi a husband. I'm not sure if the game/relationships mechanic is just bugged right now, but it seems like Zois have like a 75% chance of forming mutual crushes with any other Zoi after any given positive interaction, and the romantic relationship bar builds SUPER fast compared to the business or friendship bar.
For context, that's 45 minutes with the in-game day length set to max, so it only took about half of one in-game day for my Zoi to form a mutual crush, go on a date, get engaged, get married (since the game considers Zois married upon planning the wedding and not AT the actual wedding), and get pregnant.
I was actually slightly disappointed by this because I got InZoi for the sole purpose of having the slow-burn storylines the Sims just doesn't seem to allow, and this playthrough was my test run of the relarionship mechanics. The only way I could get the Zois to bond sloely was by tanking the romantic relationship development bar thing in the city settings, but then they just started outright rejecting any and all romantic interactions and being kind of mean to each other.

[beams]

Originally posted by life4trinity:

Where do you get the impression that it has no personality? The game is no less empty than any other Sims game on release.

Irrelevant but I was going through this thread while watching a Jerma vod and your pfp made me think I was straight up hallucinating him for a solid minute

[Parrots]

Idk I play Sims 3 and often find lots of lots empty without the mod fixes reminds me of that. Unless it was a job or food place most community lots were pretty empty majority of the time. inZoi could use a little more personality to it though but we'll see.

[Alshina]

Everyone is getting heated when the answer is simple

Does the game feel empty/lacking in gameplay? YES
Is it fair because its in early access? YES

Sims has its own charm and Inzoi has theirs. Stop putting games against each other. No one is even getting paid to be hostile to people. So everyone is just poor and miserable.

[Iced Tea Blizzard]

I feel like I spend so much effort and focus fighting to get the camera to do what I want, that I can't immerse myself in the game. So, the experience ends up feeling shallow. Control customization needs to be high on the priority list. Without good controls to bridge the gap between what we want the game to do, and the game actually doing it, the game is always going to feel too distant and exhausting to be enjoyable.

[Alabeo]

Originally posted by malorob:

my thoughts was the same but as i scrolled the map i found the world empty.
even going to the beach was rather empty also.

but i remembered in the tube video they did say it will depend on what your putter can handle.

a better machine will be able to have a lively world but will depend on your pc specs .

filling the world with more means more things will be going on when you are doing your own things.

sims are ok but look at the size and look at how much memory it uses.
this has so much more eye candy but it lacks depth.

people these days want the better looking characters but with it comes less character personalities.

but hey still early days, and what you can do in the sims with all there dlc is head and shoulders over this.

even sims 2 is better than this atm but this is still EA so here is hoping they will do a better job.

only down side is the zoi in this sound the same as my sims talking

In the city management you can increase population of Zois. When I did that, world suddenly felt... alive?

Still empty though becuase of just how vast the spaces are. I still think they need to add more depth to it, but I won't knock them for it, since its early access.

They are receptive to the feedback as well so if we prod them, I'm sure they will add more to it.

[Fighting Blaze]

Sims 2 had so much stuff like a crazy amount of content, its hard to compare to it yk? Mods and DLC will come, the game is technically not even fully out, gotta give it time.

[Iced Tea Blizzard]

Originally posted by Fighting Blaze:

Sims 2 had so much stuff like a crazy amount of content, its hard to compare to it yk? Mods and DLC will come, the game is technically not even fully out, gotta give it time.

This game has more than Sims 4 had at launch. I also remember Sims 3 being a wasteland at launch but the color picker tool carried it so it didn't feel as empty. InZoi hasn't even launched yet (early access).