Why not be different?

[Tex]

We all know InZoi obviously fills the same niche that the Sims do. In my opinion, it's more impressive in a lot of areas, and has the potential to surpass it if shown enough love.
But why are on earth would you want to be the exact same? Sims 4 already has a lock on the family friendly wholesome vibe, which it probably always will. To do that over would just have this game existing entirely in the shadow of the Sims with the hope that its graphics and ai put it over the edge. Why not immediately differentiate yourself by allowing the player the freedom EA would never allow? Let me smoke a cigarette on the walk home from work. Let me go to the bar and take home a woman I'll never talk to again. Let my trash driving get me in a wreck and have to talk to the cops, etc.

There's so much this game could do that would be wasted by following the same rules the main, already established competitor have been using for decades.

[Tamamo-no-Bae]

I think this is where mods and optional customization comes in. I hate tobacco IRL so I want to opt out of that torture in games.

Sims 4 is horrible, shallow and Sims 5 got cancelled, so the niche is quite open.

[Vailimo]

Originally posted by Tex:

We all know InZoi obviously fills the same niche that the Sims do. In my opinion, it's more impressive in a lot of areas, and has the potential to surpass it if shown enough love.
But why are on earth would you want to be the exact same? Sims 4 already has a lock on the family friendly wholesome vibe, which it probably always will. To do that over would just have this game existing entirely in the shadow of the Sims with the hope that its graphics and ai put it over the edge. Why not immediately differentiate yourself by allowing the player the freedom EA would never allow? Let me smoke a cigarette on the walk home from work. Let me go to the bar and take home a woman I'll never talk to again. Let my trash driving get me in a wreck and have to talk to the cops, etc.

There's so much this game could do that would be wasted by following the same rules the main, already established competitor have been using for decades.

I agree with what you say. But in the end it will become the sims 5 that wasn't released. For now one of the mechanics that seemed original to me like random death at any age (once fully implemented) has already been removed so that only old people die for that reason. Just like the sims.

It's true that developers are beholden to customers and players, of course, but they should have certain limits when adding new features that are a copy-paste of sims 4 and not keep their essence.

It is true that there are features that are in high demand (like adding an ageing on/off toggle), but others should be more stable from the developers point of view while keeping their originality.

I was surprised how fast they removed random death because of some complaints instead of keeping it and providing some option to disable it for those who don't want to use it.

It's too early anyway and I think they are overwhelmed. When they get used to the success they will do things in a more planned way. At least that's what I think and hope.

[Glorfunk]

i hate the sims 4, i love the sims 3, i wish the sims 3 was 64 bit ( im not buying an apple product) this? this has more customization than create a style, my pajamas are now covered in my cats, the sims has only offered the ability to paint your cats in a portrait, or messing with modding tools to somehow import them