InZOI is a “life simulation” game designed to offer players a highly immersive, customizable experience reminiscent of The Sims, but with far more visual fidelity and expansive customization tools. While InZoi features AI-generated content, allowing players to create personalized textures, 3D objects, and even character animations, that is not the focus of recent contraversy.
Despite the impressive feature set, potential players have expressed significant concerns about the game’s surprisingly beefy hardware requirements. To comfortably run InZOI at the recommended settings, users will need an Intel i7 12700K or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, 16 GB RAM, and a robust GPU like the NVIDIA RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. These specs alone place it firmly in line with high-end AAA games, which may alienate the casual gaming audience typically attracted to Sims-like games.
More alarmingly, the requirements for the game’s “High” graphics settings surpass even notoriously demanding titles such as Cyberpunk 2077. This requirement has raised concerns among the community, particularly given the traditionally casual player base of life-sim games, many of whom may not possess such powerful hardware. Given that many players attracted to life simulation games such as The Sims often play on more modest setups, the hardware barrier could significantly limit InZOI’s potential reach.
Many players are also speculating that this could simply mean that the game has poor optimisation and may run terribly at launch. While there is nothing to specifically imply this, the recent trend in gaming releases has fostered a “release now, fix later” approach to game performance. Especially those with extremely high requirements often using the high requirements as a mask to cover how poorly the game runs.
Players who want to see a comparison of the graphical settings can check out the video below provided by the studio:
Additionally, in their news post discussing system requirements and optimal settings for InZOI, a table has been provided showing recommended setups to maximise performance or graphics:
| Minimum | Medium | Recommended | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Graphics | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS -Performance Ray Tracing – On Preset – Low | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Performance Ray Tracing – On Preset – Medium | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Balance Ray Tracing – On Preset – High | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Quality Ray Tracing – On Preset – Ultra High |
| Better Performance | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Ultra Performance Ray Tracing – Off Preset – Very Low | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Performance Ray Tracing – Off Preset – Low | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Performance Ray Tracing – Off Preset – Medium | NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution / AMD FSR 3 / XeSS – Balance Ray Tracing – Off Preset – High |
Could InZOI’s DRM Exist Due To AI?
As you may have seen from the hardware requirements, this game requires constant internet connection. InZOI utilizes online DRM, a practice often criticized by gamers due to potential server issues, connectivity concerns, and honestly, just the general inconvenience. Unlike other games however, with InZoi’s AI-related toolkit it does make sense that the game needs to be always online. If assets for your house and even character animations become more fluid as a result of being AI-Generated this could set a huge precedent in the gaming sphere.
