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I also love Maxis Match CC, mostly discovering and looking for it because it's so relaxing just scrolling through different CC finds blogs and imagining the sims that you would create with those items. :''D I'm probably the only person who enjoys looking for CC more than actually using it :'D
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I use CC because, again, there are so many creative creators out there that create awesome stuff. But it's also because we don't always get new content that often, and adding new things to my game makes me want to keep playing.
Everything looks so better with CC, especially skin overlays, since I think the original EA skin is... well, kind of bad.
We can choose what CC we want and how we want our sims and our worlds to look like. It's way more control, which I think is something The Sims franchise is about, you know? Having control?
And mods can fix bugs, fix annoying things that keep happening, and help players to tailor their games to their own tastes. Does that make sense? I get what I think is pretty/works for me and I don't have to wait for EA to fix it.
Lets make this a reality!
The only time I've gone vanilla is with 2, and that speaks for itself since you hardly needed CC to enjoy the game, imo. Mods were hit or miss. I don't know, it could feel limited and be potentially game breaking if not done exactly right so half the time I delt with the glitches, which can be so entertaining that I didn't mind it.
For example, I couldn't look goth like I do in real life without them. I wouldn't even be able to make a character look like me. Sims has always flirted with the idea of goth but it's always apparent their goth creations are being made by preppy normals. They don't quite get it.
I love BTS and Ariana Grande.
I like to play with mods, because they add a level of realism to my gameplay. Atm- I'm waiting on most of the mods I play with to be updated since the last patch, but some of them are ...
* No relationship cull- essential !!!
* Control pets (Which I just use to see lifespan and mood- don't really control them much)
* Shaving Mod - adds realism for the men in my game.
* All the Event Mods - Slumber Party, Prom, Bridal Shower, Baby Shower, Graduation, Funerals
* The Slow Dance Mod
* Restaurant Hire Anyone
* After School Activities mod
* Custom Career Mod- and various custom careers
* No autonomous Check Toddler
* No autonomous check phone! (I LOVE THIS for my ancient Civ families and Civil War era fams! I wish there was an "opt in" and "opt out" option on the cellphones !!! )
* Baby Crib mod- and various cc cribs. (Lets be honest, its bad enough the babies are objects, this allows me to enjoy them a little bit more, plus most of the cribs come with a full nursery set! ))
* Custom baby clothes - (Same reason as above)
* And a number of realistic mods which change the T for Teen rating, and will remain unnamed.
I've also got a number of modded objects which add realism and fun to my game. Like..
* The Canning mod- from TS3. (Great for my "off grid fams")
* Animal Pack Overrides - which adds a number of additional small animals to the My First Pet Pack.. and was LEGIT the only reason I bought that pack..
* Custom thermostats- so a fan, air conditioner, or heater that functions as a thermostat.
* Light switches and outlets that are actually just pictures, but they add such realism and i love them!
* Kitchen Timer which functions as a smoke alarm..
...and then the cc items themselves, in the form of CAS objects. (The reason I spend 4 hours making one Sim! - Honestly, I think i'm a cc addict, but its ok, I would enjoy my game much less without it.
But, playing without CC and mods is like eating toast without any butter or jam on it. I mean, it will nourish you....but it's lacking in texture and flavor. But it's also important that you remember to throw out the butter and get new butter over time (i.e. when there's a game update), cause rancid butter can be really nasty.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods