Is inZOI The Sims Competitor EA Should Be Worried About? - IGN Daily Fix

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The life-simulator inZOI has taken the Internet by storm, with lots of gamers currently hopping into the downloadable character creator demo on Steam. The ultra realistic graphics in this game easily slays whatever The Sims is cooking up, and you can take control of your character like any third-person video game on the market. If you still like the point and click mechanics The Sims is known for, you can still do that as well in #inZOI. There’s gameplay online from a select few content creators who got early builds of the game to play around in, and from what I’ve seen personally I’m impressed. Hyper-realistic graphics, the ability to change anything within the game, you actually have to cook or purchase food in order for your character to stay alive. You can also operate vehicles to navigate the city map - this’ll likely draw Grand Theft Auto comparisons for that sole fact. But the difference is, you have to actually purchase vehicles, so no going up to a random car and slipping in … at least none of the gameplay footage showed that, so unsure what we’ll get or see in the final build. I’m sure there’s a lot of Sims fans out there, but The Sims 4 came out almost a decade ago. There hasn’t been a real competitor to The Sims, and the only other game that seemed like it had potential to dethrone EA’s crowning jewel was Paradox Interactive’s Life By You. Life By You was announced back in 2023 with a rather impressive trailer that showcased its open world environment and all the activities you could partake in within it. But after its early access being delayed twice, Life By You was unceremoniously canceled apparently due to the developers lacking confidence in being able to deliver on what it promised gamers in this life sim.