InZOI Director Reveals Downside of the Game’s Realistic Art…

Summary

InZOI's realistic artstyle posed challenges in creating humor, as certain comical moments didn't fit with the grounded visuals.
InZOI encountered issues with suggestive visuals during character shower scenes, prompting adjustments for player immersion.
The game's differences from The Sims in humor and visuals may influence its success, but both games have strengths for a bright future.

The director of InZOI has admitted that there are some shortcomings to having such a realistic art style in comparison to styles like those in The Sims. While the impressive graphics are part of what have drawn attention to InZOI, that realistic style also made some things more difficult when developing the game.

While it's barely entered the market, InZOI is already seeing success, achieving a milestone in player count within its first day of release. Many fans have loved the graphical fidelity of InZOI and what's possible in the character creator, but there are obviously some big differences between InzOI and The Sims that go beyond simple graphics.

InZOI Player Walks Away from PC for 5 Minutes and Comes Back to Shocking Surprise

An InZOI player gets a shocking surprise after going AFK for just five minutes and leaving their game running.

Posts

By Daniel Morris

The director of InZOI, Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim, spoke in an interview with PCGamesN about the new game's visual style and how it has some drawbacks. One thing Kim pointed to was that creating humor in the game was difficult, saying that certain comical moments "didn't quite fit with the grounded visuals" and that it disappointed the developers. It's arguable that comedy is a big part of what makes The Sims popular, as random funny moments happen in the game all the time, and the Sims themselves tend to be a bit zany and exaggerated in their behaviors and basic movements. However, that wasn't the only issue generated by the visuals of InZOI.

InZOI Was Too Realistic for Its Own Good In One Way

By this point, InZOI players have no doubt noticed that Zois keep a towel on while they're getting clean in the bathroom. Kim explained that the Zois look overly suggestive when they're partially pixelated and blurred out, which is how The Sims series has handled the situation when Sims are getting clean or otherwise aren't wearing clothes. While it might be a bit immersion-breaking for some players, it's an understandable decision to make, especially given history.

Though nudity and sexuality in games have become more commonplace since, The Sims was considered controversial for its "nude" scenes when the series became a mainstream hit. The era of The Sims 2 saw controversial then-attorney anti-video game activist Jack Thompson allege that The Sims 2 contained graphic sexual content and nudity that could be fully viewed via mods removing the pixelation. This was a false claim, seemingly made based on hearsay and coming off the heels of the "hot coffee" controversy in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. While consumers and even parents are more understanding of game content and ratings these days, it's pretty easy to understand why InZOI's developers made this decision.

Whether InZOI can truly stand toe-to-toe with The Sims 4 remains to be seen as time passes. However, even with InZOI having to make certain concessions in visuals and humor, it's entirely possible that both games could see very successful futures due to the individual strengths of The Sims and InZOI.

Rating block community and brand ratings Image