inZOI's Director Was Asked By His Son To Make A Competitor To The Sims

inZOI's Director Was Asked By His Son To Make A Competitor To The Sims

From TheGamer (Written by Jack Coleman) on | OpenCritic

inZOI director Kim Hyung-jun worked on Korean MMOs like Aion and Elyon for 25 years before resolving to create a competitor to Maxis' The Sims, an idea given to him by his son.

inZOI is in development at Krafton, a gaming holding company in Korea that was spawned out of the success of PUBG. The life simulation game has already attracted a large following, primarily because of how beautiful its characters, called Zois, look in Unreal Engine 5. inZOI's character creator was released on Steam a couple of months ago to great popularity, peaking at over 18,000 concurrent players.

In an interview with Stephen Totilo of Game File, Kim spoke about his gaming career and what he's trying to achieve with inZOI. "I have 24 years of game development, and I've been working on MMORPGs for the longest time," Kim said. "I got sick of it." Online multiplayer games are incredibly popular in South Korea, with Lost Ark, Maple Story and Aion being among the most popular MMORPGs played by Koreans. While there's a lot of fun to be found in competitive games, Kim wanted to move on to something more relaxing.

Then, Kim's son asked him why there...

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