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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.
