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UPDATE: Krafton has confirmed in a statement that this was an “unintended bug” in the launch version of InZoi. The bug is being patched in a hotfix going now, but hopefully it can be added back as one of the best InZoi mods in the future.
“This issue was caused by an unintended bug that has been resolved in the latest patch,” a statement sent to press reads.
“These depictions are highly inappropriate and do not reflect the intent and values of inZOI. We understand the seriousness of this matter and age-appropriate content and we are strengthening our internal review processes to prevent similar incidents in the future.”
ORIGINAL STORY: KRAFTON’s Sims competitor InZoi has launched in early access with a massive player count, but players have been shocked by the game after finding an unintentional feature that allows them to kill children.
In most video games, the murder of children is pretty much a no-go, at least outside of mods. (Every Bethesda game has a mod for this.) However, it turns out that InZoi allows players to kill children, but only if they run them over in a high-speed vehicle.
InZoi lets players drive over children
In InZoi, players can get in a car and drive across the game world in an awesome mechanic that separates the game from The Sims. When driving, players can accidentally, or purposefully, hit other civilians which causes them to ragdoll and die.
In a Reddit thread, players enjoying the early access game found that they can run into a child and ping them across the map. Just like any other character, this results in the child dying, which seems unintentional.
“Part of early access is trying to break the game,” the player said. “This is how you report bugs, issues, etc. One of the issues I found is that you can drive into the elementary school and run over.. Unalive the children.. They might want to change this as the game is launching with a T rating.”
It does appear that being able to hit children with a car is a bug, or an unintended feature. With the game hoping to keep the same “T for Teen” badge as The Sims, this feature would need to be removed to keep that age rating.
Nevertheless, some players (not naming names) can definitely see the humour in this. Even if the game is patched out, someone will definitely (hopefully) mod the feature back in as players express a desire to “hit one through the goal post” in the playground.
For more coverage of InZoi, read about the differences between this game and The Sims. Additionally, read about the game director’s thoughts on why the new game won’t overtake EA’s historic series.
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