InZoi has finally arrived in Early Access on Steam, and after much anticipation that Krafton's life sim could be the first real competition for The Sims in decades, we are of course very eager to compare the two.
The reality, of course, is that any brand-new life sim is going to have a hard time going up against a title like The Sims 4, which has been out for a decade and has received dozens of DLCs over that span. It's just not an even fight. With that being the case, a standard apples-to-apple comparison isn't the best way to look at this competition between an old hat and an ambitious newcomer--that wouldn't be fair. Instead, let's drill down into what each game does best. While InZoi does still feel like a bit of an empty shell compared to The Sims 4, Krafton's game already has certain features that EA probably cannot hope to match any time soon.
This is particularly true when it comes to customization. But at the same time, InZoi is still very far behind The Sims on the simulation side. Let's drill down into these differences so we can better understand whether InZoi really can be an effective competitor to The Sims going forward.
InZoi is better: deep customization
At first, character creation in InZoi seemed more or less to be the same as it is in The Sims 4--then I discovered the real customization options, like the ability to design your own clothing items and upload images that you can use as textures for them. Turns out, you can also do the same stuff with any furniture you place in your house. InZoi essentially has built-in tools for creating custom content, whereas making this sort of stuff in The Sims 4 requires third-party mod tools. It's a great inclusion and makes InZoi stand out in at least this one major way.
The Sims is better: It has much more "stuff"
While you can't customize your clothes and furniture in The Sims 4 to the same degree that you can in InZoi, there isn't the same need for it because there's just so much stuff in The Sims 4. Every new expansion has added plenty of clothing and build mode ...
