How does this compare to base sims 4?

[Dustreaper]

Want to check it out but want to know how simular it is.

[Hex]

How about we stop for once comparing this to the Sims?

[Player 3]

What's wrong with that? The sims have been the reference for years.

[Sister Iris]

seems sims is better for now. plenty of mods to enhance gameplay if you need to. meanwhile this game looks like it could use another year in the oven. and mod support seems uncertain as we don't know how far modders can go with the game systems

[Murder of Crows]

That's a completely valid question considering that the Sims games have had no competitors for 25 years. Of course people want to judge how the game compares. It was 100% fair since they asked about the 2014 base version, before swimming pools, ghosts, and toddlers.

ETA: I'd answer but I don't have the game & am wondering the same thing. I'm very interested in gameplay, how the Zois act and interact. Is the game super realistic or do they get goofy? That sort of thing.

[Hex]

Originally posted by Sister Iris:

seems sims is better for now. plenty of mods to enhance gameplay if you need to. meanwhile this game looks like it could use another year in the oven. and mod support seems uncertain as we don't know how far modders can go with the game systems

You don't own the game... or likely refunded it. You can't be serious? This is Early Access.

While this game is definitely comparable to The Sims I feel like it's more then just The Sims. InZoi just feels more complex then Sims.

[Sister Iris]

Originally posted by Hex:

Originally posted by Sister Iris:

seems sims is better for now. plenty of mods to enhance gameplay if you need to. meanwhile this game looks like it could use another year in the oven. and mod support seems uncertain as we don't know how far modders can go with the game systems

You don't own the game... or likely refunded it. You can't be serious? This is Early Access.

i haven't bought it. doesn't seem worth it for me rn just based off of youtube game play videos. it has potential though. Whether or not it has good mod support will make or break this game though

[Lovyan]

Originally posted by Sister Iris:

Originally posted by Hex:

You don't own the game... or likely refunded it. You can't be serious? This is Early Access.

i haven't bought it. doesn't seem worth it for me rn just based off of youtube game play videos. it has potential though. Whether or not it has good mod support will make or break this game though

I ultimately bought it because of what I saw in (at least half-a-dozen) YT videos... but that's because I'm one of those weird bipolar logical/creative people who gets bored easily unless my creative juices are flowing and my brain is bouncing with technical possibilities, and the CaZ/build modes in InZoi just screamed 'hundreds of hours of wacky ideas and content-Tetris this way --->>>'. I haven't been disappointed so far.

If you're after actual gameplay, the pickings are currently a little slim; the AI (at least, the 'old-school' CPU-based version - my GPU won't run the generative stuff) is limited and a little buggy. But that's to be expected in an alpha build, and it doesn't mean to say there isn't some good bare-bones Zoi-sauce to enjoy and ocasionally have a laugh at (I've witnessed some hilarious 'emergent behaviour-ish' Zoi-interation moments).

If you're the kind of 'lifer' who likes to trade sleep for creative gains, this game may well be worth a look at the current asking price. But there are a lot of key things missing and/or unfinished in 'live mode', so if that's your thing you may prefer to let it... um... simmer for another year.

[Badmagic]

Base #4, this is light years ahead, Base #3, not so much. If they pull off adding half of what they seem to be intending pre-full release it should be above all.

[Harmonica]

We know the devs are using elements of the Sims + addons as a yardstick for implementing some of the features but not all of the game, which is good.

Since it's early access and still mid development a fairer comparison would be how it compares to beta Sims 4 which probably none of us ever played. And can anyone remember how base Sims 4 played at release? I can't, but I think it was probably way less than half the game it is now (even without addons).

I would just say that visually inZOI is great if you like realism, architectural design, realistic lighting, etc, and in terms of the character creator and build mode it's excellent already. Obviously it doesn't have the thousands of items yet but the customisation is much better than base Sims 4 since they actually implemented the old stuff that Sims 3 had with colour picking and texture customisation. You can already create some really stunning interiors especially if you import textures. Character creator seems like a huge leap forward for all games let alone life sims and the characters look incredible even if there's currently limited options for things like hair etc.

Gameplay I think is going to be less zany than Sims as a rule, since it's trying to be a simulation game first. But it's really hard to judge since clearly they haven't implemented everything they have planned and in six months I'd imagine it will be totally different to now.

Honestly I'd say if you love character creators and build mode it's worth buying already but if you don't care for build mode then I would watch gameplay videos to see what it's like. Either way though you definitely have to expect that in this case early access means what it says, you're buying to support early and expecting that the release game version arrives in 18 months or whatever.

[[GER]Tango]

the game is underwelming and undercooked the only thing you can do is 2 jobs and some building , no animals no interactions with cars bikes blah blah , the "dates" are bare bones you can only hang out with your partner , its realy undercooked and i know its erly acces but they basicly gave us a 40% way ther sims clone

[[GER]Tango]

Originally posted by Hex:

How about we stop for once comparing this to the Sims?

bud trying to farm clowns

[Xautos]

it's very similar to base game ts4 in a lot of ways, if you removed the money cheat and the quick way to win the lottery within the first hour through karma, there is a lot of hard work needed to get the family into a good place.

[[GER]Tango]

Originally posted by Xautos:

it's very similar to base game ts4 in a lot of ways, if you removed the money cheat and the quick way to win the lottery within the first hour through karma, there is a lot of hard work needed to get the family into a good place.

what are you talking about working as a idol or as a fotomodel firefighter bro get yout of inzoys ass

[Xautos]

Originally posted by GERTango:

Originally posted by Xautos:

it's very similar to base game ts4 in a lot of ways, if you removed the money cheat and the quick way to win the lottery within the first hour through karma, there is a lot of hard work needed to get the family into a good place.

what are you talking about working as a idol or as a fotomodel firefighter bro get yout of inzoys ass

it's the only way to go about it by shoving your foot up there and getting the zoi's to do what you need of them, then you can pull the foot out.

[Lovyan]

Originally posted by Xautos:

it's very similar to base game ts4 in a lot of ways, if you removed the money cheat and the quick way to win the lottery within the first hour through karma, there is a lot of hard work needed to get the family into a good place.

Or, you can do what I'm doing, which is set the game timescale to 1:1 ratio (which effectively distorts 'game time' to 'playthrough time'), ignore the cheats and grind it old-school. It's working well for my current Zoi; I'm just crossing my fingers that my Zoi hasn't won the "I'm gonna drop dead before I'm 25 because pRNG" lottery.