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When I first saw this game, I was amazed by how much you could do—but once I got into it, it felt a bit shallow. Too easy.
The relationship system stood out first. I was randomly clicking dialogue options, and within 30 mins, I was "Engaged" to a virtual partner. Felt fishy. I half-expected divorce, court, & losing 80% of my income. But nope.
I met my future love outside my starter home, went on a weird date (they were late), tossed a few compliments, said “let’s do this again,” then bumped into them 10 mins later... boom—proposal. But now I needed cash! Food, staff, gifts, venue—super immersive. You even choose who pays: just me? Me & my lover? Family? My best friend? You’re free to be the a-hole. lol
Tried to play fair by sending my ZOI to work. After 5 real hours, I had $4,000—barely enough. Thankfully, you can cheat money in. I gave myself $100M in under a minute. Nice!
But after the wedding, things got weird. When you're in a “sweethearts” or “engaged” status, your partner is super affectionate. Once married, it's like a new relationship layer replaces the old one—suddenly a hug gets rejected like you're a stranger. “Ew! Why are you so close to me?” or “Dude, WTF?! Did you just try to kiss me?” That’s... not how love works. Everything resets & you have to rebuild affection under “Family Relationship.” Feels off. Unless that’s what marriage is actually like—I wouldn’t know. Thank gosh.
I tweaked some settings early. UE is grainy & ghosty without tweaks. I turned off Ray Tracing, auto-driving, & ZOI free will. I don’t want my ZOI telling someone their butt’s huge. I’m the boss here, alright? lol
Edit: About AI generations. I heard that most, if not, all AMD graphic cards owners will not be able to use this feature because it isn't supported. I am an NVIDIA user, so it works for me. I have no idea about Intel ARC. I am guessing it's the same thing.
I was hyped for the building mechanics, but they’re meh. You can slap basic AI textures on walls, floors, furniture—even yourself. Not Stable Diffusion-level, but cool. You can even scan real-life stuff & import it. Neat! Not perfect, though. What's cool is the fact that you can create an entire house, or a room, or simple furniture from scans and upload all of it online. Ever wanted to create your dream house or room and got yourself House Builder 2? Well, forget about that junk of a game because inZOI is a gold mine in comparison to what you can do. It's ... madness. Although, some stuff is technically not legal. I saw a couple of things owned by Nintendo and well, they are never happy when their stuff is shared online without their consent, that includes a simple plushy or a figurine of a Nintendo character, you see? So yeah, not sure how that's gonna play out. I bet the devs will be busy banning people and removing certain items from their Canvas website where everything's hosted. Anyway!
Coming from Sims 2/3/4 & Urbz (my fav), building was way easier there. Here, I tried placing a bathtub & it said “overlapping”—but there was nothing there! Turns out, some items have hidden padding zones for movable parts that block placements. Would be nice if we could see those.
No music in-game unless you’re in menus or near a speaker. Immersion, I guess.
Bugs? Minor. One ZOI ghost-walked through my house. Another invited me to a lounge for something “urgent,” showed up late, then had a totally normal convo. No mention of the urgency. Bug? Or just amnesia.
You can’t turn off auto-pathing when using “Go There.” No waypoint system, so your ZOI walks on its own. And once you lose control, they phase through everything. Same with auto-driving. I turned all auto-stuff on & my ZOI clipped through cars, people, buildings... physics just die. Turn it off if you want immersion.
Jobs? My ZOI joined the military. No cutscenes or interactivity or different location—just stared at the screen for 10 mins, got $600. Maybe other jobs are better, but this one? Snoozefest. Unless you’ve got a family?
Character creation is solid—reminded me of Black Desert Online. You can’t adjust the hair directly, but facial joints are super detailed. Hairstyles are limited, though. Also, the clothing system is impressive. I tailored shirts & pants to mimic stuff I own IRL. Not all clothes can be mixed, though. I hoped for career outfits to wear freely—like a firefighter outfit if I work at the fire dept—but nope. Bit of a bummer.
Stats like Fitness don’t affect your ZOI’s body. You can change build manually in the appearance editor, but it won’t happen naturally from leveling stats.
Well, that will be all for now! I will edit this review once the game is out of early access and with new updates! I hope that was helpful to you!