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kmoser
Neat graphics and all but how do you actually play the game?
sundarurfriend
There's a "inZOI: Character Studio" demo in the Steam page that just allows you to create a character. Beyond that, this page just seems to be a marketing page to get people to join their discord/newsletter and to wishlist the game on Steam.

Mod suggestion: change the title to "PUBG developer Krafton is developing a life simulation game inzoi"

sundarurfriend
Based on the main animation and the screenshots, it looks like this is a upper-class-American-life simulation game, specifically?

The cookie banner highlights the "Accept all cookies" button and makes the other option "Cookie settings" look pretty much greyed out and disabled, a dark pattern right away that doesn't set a great first impression.

cshimmin
Seems like a big-standard gdpr prompt to me.
laylower
More like a big-standard gdpr violation.

In GDPR users should be provided with a way to reject cookies.

Doxin
A way to reject cookies that's not de-emphasized compared to accepting cookies. Just about any cookie popup I've seen does not conform.
FaridIO
Second Life meets Sims?
beAbU
Does not appear to be multiplayer though. So it's more like Sims meets UE5 I guess?

Looks like Sims for all the "real" gamers.

mikhmha
This is 100% Built on some GTAV source code right?? I don't care if the answer is yes. I think thats kind of sick. But you're seeing it too right?
alberth
Camera angle

GTA has a very distinctive used camera angle unlike most games. This has a similar camera angle as GTA.

Almondsetat
I hope the game starts with a fake simulation and then weird things start happening and the real game begins, otherwise what the hell is this
kgbcia
if it's anything like the Sims, or imvu second life, it will be popular. People like to fantasize about a life they can't have.
DrSiemer
There's a market for people who enjoy pretending to have a 100% Instagrammable life. I wonder how strong the correlation is between this group and people who are simply not happy with their own real life circumstances.
Svoka
Sims are (significantly) older than instagram. I have a lot of fun playin Sims games for like two decades now. I do as well enjoy playin other simulator games, like Sim City or Rollercoaster Tycoon.
itishappy
Is there a "Mr. Bones Wild Ride" section of Instagram I've been missing?
wil421
There’s a huge market for living a Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption fantasy style life but only in video games. I’ve played all the GTAs since the beginning and I’ve never wanted to do it in real life.
senkora
Think of it like playing with dolls. Kids playact through social situations to prepare them for adult life. There is a large market for doing this through videogames now.
lacoolj
Anyone else not see the point of this? Or is this a hoax?
Mashimo
Same point as The Sims, which is quite popular.
brettermeier
What is this shit? Website doesn't say much. And needs hours to load.