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Kpop Demon Hunters & Black Pink setup themes 💜💕

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Kuromi Wallpaper 🤍

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I’ve had a few requests to share my desk anatomy, so here it is (along with my PC specs, too!) 🥰

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small details 🤍

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Absolutely obsessed with this outfit!

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I’m having way too much fun with the new dyeing feature bye

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Been a little bit since a Nikki post! Managed to get the second evolution of her Miracle outfit today.

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I’m having too much fun with photo mode in BG3 😄

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Some shots of my current Zoi 🤎

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Miffy Wallpaper from my Setup;

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Let me start by saying that inZOI is a breath of fresh air in the life simulation genre. There hasn’t been anything else quite like it since The Sims franchise, which is exciting for all of us life-sim lovers! Also I’m more than aware that this is an early access game, a lot is missing or unfinished and needs tweaking. So with that said, I won’t really be focusing on bugs or missing features.

Getting Started

The first few hours of playing I really enjoyed. Creating a Zoi is really fun, as are the endless possibilities of being able to generate and use custom textures and patterns. Where build mode is concerned, I’ve never been much of a builder in any game and I did find it overwhelming when trying to create a house from scratch. But I absolutely love the 3D Printing feature, you can really make a home so personal to you. That said, I found myself using other people’s ready-made homes as felt it would take me hours and hours to start a home from scratch.

Socialising

Socialisation is good, but unfortunately I didn’t find myself feeling immersed with relationships my Zoi was building, particularly as by default you can have a Zoi be in love within one in-game hour unless you tweak the city settings on the map screen. Once my Zoi was in a relationship, they kept self-sabotaging and it was just as easy to fall out of that relationship as it was into it. Interactions began to feel forced and not very fun at all. The SmartZoi feature baffled me a bit as didn’t really add much to how my Zoi interacted and if anything only managed to complicate things while the AI pushed things into being lost in translation and not making much sense.

Jobs

I hate to say it but I really don’t like the career mechanics in this game. You don’t earn enough and most of the time you’re working 3 days a week with very long hours which feel painful if you only have one Zoi as you have to wait forever for them to finish, even at the highest speed settings the time will allow. I did however enjoy my Zoi being an artist, working from home and selling her artwork on a selling page.

The Graphics

The graphics are absolutely beautiful. While a lot of people I’ve spoken too feel a bit uncomfortable with the realism, I found it refreshing and beautiful to look at. Day times outside look the best in my opinion, with everything being so bright and vibrant. I only have a couple of gripes, one being it is waaaaay too dark indoors, you need dozens of lights to get the room just that little bit lighter - and it’s also very very dark at night outside of the home, to the point you can’t see anything or anyone if not near a street lamp. Shadows and reflections are a little off to me as well, often looking grainy and pixilated. I was hoping Nvidia’s latest update (which included inZOI compatibility) would fix it but it hasn’t, at least not for me.

Final Thoughts

I really do love inZOI and truly believe this game is going to be amazing as more updates and fixes come along. As it currently stands though, I’m not sure I could recommend this game, most specifically if you’re coming from The Sims. While I was starting to grow bored of The Sims 4, inZOI has actually sparked a desire in me to want to play it again. While inZOI is its own game, it really made me miss so much that is available in The Sims 4. But of course, TS4 has been out for almost 11 years now so it does feel a bit odd comparing the two (not to mention how bad TS4 was on release day 😂).

If you’re expecting inZOI to be the game that will keep you busy every day I sadly think you’ll be as disappointed as I am, which is my own fault for hyping myself up so much and forgetting this game is still very much in development. For now, I’m going to go back to The Sims, but I’m fully supportive and excited for future update days for inZOI.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feelings, whether you agree or disagree with me!

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Just a few hours left until release 🥰😍

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Cinnamoroll fan 🩵 hurry up Friday 😭

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I’m thinkin’ Miku Miku 🩵

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she’s gonna be my first zoi I play with 🩷

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Pompompurin inspired 💛🤎