The new Sims competitor inZOI is now in Early Access on Steam. The first players are actively playing, creating Zois, and exploring the world. Important in Early Access: find bugs. But one of these bugs was so serious that it had to be fixed immediately, even though it doesn’t actually break the game.
What kind of game is this?
- The South Korean studio inZOI Studio and their publisher KRAFTON (PUBG) have released inZOI as a more realistic alternative to The Sims.
- The life simulation has been in Early Access on Steam since March 28 and has been well received there so far, after an unpopular feature caused trouble before release.
- However, during Early Access players found out that they could do something completely unintended. The developers had to react immediately.
That’s why inZOI had to be fixed: In inZOI, it is possible for your character to die and in sometimes absurd ways. Death is therefore part of the game, more or less.
What should not be possible, however, is to run over NPCs with a car. At least not in the way a player shows on Reddit. Apparently, you could get into a car in the first few hours and kill pedestrians with it.
Even worse: in the short clip, the user speeds into a group of children, one of whom is thrown across the square in a ragdoll manner while his friends still wave at the driver happily.
Apparently a bug that the developers fixed the same day, with the message: “These images are highly inappropriate and do not reflect the intentions and values of inZOI.” (via Eurogamer)
Bug could have serious impact on the release
inZOI has a rating of 12 years in Germany and a “T for Teen” rating in the USA. This means that people can fight and romances are possible, but explicit sex is censored.
Killings are not planned and even the possibility of running over adults would likely have resulted in an adult-only rating, meaning 18+, or an “M for Mature”. Consequently, it was very important for the developers to react immediately.
The statement continued that they understand the importance of this issue and promise to improve the internal testing processes to avoid such occurrences.
inZOI has only been playable for a day, and players have already found numerous bugs. For instance, homosexual citizens are missing (via Reddit), which is also said to be due to a bug that will be fixed soon, it is reported.
Aside from that, the game is currently receiving “very positive” reviews on Steam and can already attract over 80,000 players. The stories, which are told solely through the characters, are particularly well received: “I had to laugh so much” – German YouTuber Gronkh is so legendary that he shapes new games
