I did enjoy the game despite the bugs and restrictions and the miscommunication , but for me, the October Update was the turning point when it all stacked up to a summit where my whole view on inZOI shifted and I lost the hope it would get better and it went downhill for me - even though it’s still early access. A kind of inZOI despression I guess ^^’
Currently, I’m having the hardest time ever to enjoy the game with all the bugs and restrictions.
I can’t build a house how I want to, my Zois can’t surf when they want to - nothing is really fleshed-out and yet still they keep on adding new stuff to the game - also not fleshed-out.
And when they try to ‘fix’ features, like the trait system, it even gets worse because it’s half-baked and rushed.
These new features might look awesome when I read about them, but in the end it’s just more rabbit holes and kiosks (aka court system and ‘My Business’, to name just two examples of many).
I already stated this in another post, according to Kjun himself, Krafton gets pushy for a final release end of next year, means there will only be maybe 5 more updates until then, where they will try to stuff as many features in as possible to attract new players and get some of the 1.5 million players back who already bought the game.
But from what I’ve seen so far over the last updates (especially in the October update, that felt so rushed), this means there’s not enough time/manpower left to implement what’s urgently needed - depth and soul.
A lot of players, who bought inZOI, might think similar, looking at the player count.
The player count rose significantly after June and August update, but fell quickly. And for the October update, there was only a barely visible rise, most players gave up to take a look.
I’m afraid the game won’t even see it’s final release or might get cancelled soon after when the sales don’t satisfy the expectations of the investors and the negative reviews from disappointed players hit.
Most influencers, I followed over the months, don’t create inZOI content anymore, and a lot of the content I find about inZOI is negative.
That’s the way I feel right now.