i like mm more because it makes your sims look like they're actually from the sims. it makes them blend in more but still stand out if that makes sense
I used to use alpha, until I saw how out of place my sim looked compared to townies, so I have fully changed into maxis match. I love it, to me it looks super clean, and fits in very well, but I still like the look of some alpha content.
I used to be full Alpha, and didn't like MM at all. For years I played with Alpha but most of the stuff were either TOO HD or nearing MM anyway. Recently though I've fallen madly in love with the painty looking features and smooth faces of MM and now I'm so addicted to MM photos that I removed over 13k mods of Alpha content, I have a few Alpha still in my game if it doesn't stick out so much.
But I like both and appreciate both, so it's currently a mix for me.
I prefer maxis match since I actually really love the original style of the game. I used more "alpha" CC in the Sims 3 and I didn't mind the look of it in that game but I just personally don't like it in Sims 4. I don't really want for my sims to look realistic anyway. I like the more cartoony vibes.
Tbh, I honestly prefer either maxis match or something in between maxis and alpha. I honestly just tend to use slightly higher graphic settings, additional skin tones, and some default replacements that smooth out the maxis style features a bit without completely changing it (luumia, betterbody, etc.). I fooled around with alpha, but at the end of the day, while I love me some create-a-sim, I use a ridiculous amount of gameplay mods and that's more what I'm focused on (my mods folder is clunky enough as is). Having Alpha-style sims interact with maxis NPCs just looks weird and I don't have the patience to adjust every NPC that the game decides to generate for the purpose of aesthetic. I have a few simple skin overlays that I may use for a particular sim, but I only really bother with cc that doesn't look too out of place among maxis style sims. Biggest thing that bugged me about alpha cc is that it looks weird with the games animations, at least to me, alpha features don't look quite right when animated...
I tend to only use maxis match solely because it fits in the game better. I hate seeing my alpha household and a maxis match townie interact because of the huge difference in style. But, I do think Alpha looks a lot better in general.
I don't use CC anymore because it took up so much space on my computer, but I preferred (and still do) Maxis Match. Alpha just looks unnatural in the game.
I don't use much modded content on my sims except for hair but alpha hair looks awful in the Sims 4. Alpha hair was perfect in the Sims 3 because it matched the atheistic of the game but in the Sims 4, it's completely out of place and inconsistent with the characters and world.
I Prefer MM, and I especially dislike anything with English on it. But a greater variety of simlish fonts would be nice. Generally Alpha if it's not well done, tends to clash with the aesthetic of everything else of in the game. But then again badly done MM tends to look cartoonish. Swings and roundabouts
I personally prefer maxis match bec alpha cc feels so out of place in ts4's cartoony style. While some people disliked it when the game first came out, i actually liked how cutesy the sims look, so adding hyper realistic and overly glamorous hairstyles in my game sorta breaks my immersion? (And it's also rly annoying when the maid shows up with rly glam updo). Which is weird, since i used to only exclusively use alpha cc in the sims 2, but thats mostly bec the sims themselves weren't exactly the prettiest. I do like using alpha cc makeup tho, but i try to limit myself.
I use maxis match because it matches the game better and doesn't look so out of place. Alpha can look nice if you're just taking pictures in CAS but I don't think I'd ever want any in my game.
Maxis Match since it suits TS4 art style well. I used Alpha in TS3 because it looked great with the art and graphics, but it's such a tacky clash in this specific iteration of the game.
When I started playing Sims 4 I initially liked the Maxis "clay" hair but after using a few alpha styles, I can't go back. There really is no comparison. From reading the majority of the posts, it seems that most stay with Maxis match for consistency between all Sims in the game... so what we desperately need - and it's amazing that nobody has done it yet, is a mod that matches Alpha hairstyles to the Maxis one as a default replacement, so then ALL Sims would have good looking hair. I've looked around for such a mod but it doesn't appear to exist yet. Here's hoping some enterprising individual with time enough to spare on such an endeavour will come along and save us Alpha hair addicts from our Clay purgatory
> @flammablefruit said: > Maxis match, it just fits in with the non-cc items a lot better. Alpha items creep me out and seem like they don't belong in the game.
No hate towards people that use Alpha, it just feels out of place with the other sims. However, simblrs and such with Alpha content are very pretty :) I'ts really just the fact of not matching the townies that gets to me :/
I really don't like the look of alpha at all. To be honest, I don't even use maxis match because I don't want the game to run slower or to have to update CC or find broken CC or worry about items/outfits disappearing if I have to remove CC, so I just don't use any at all, BUT there is a lot of maxis match CC out there that I have been tempted by and really like the looks of if I could be bothered to use any, so my vote is def. MM
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But I like both and appreciate both, so it's currently a mix for me.
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Biggest thing that bugged me about alpha cc is that it looks weird with the games animations, at least to me, alpha features don't look quite right when animated...
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> Maxis match, it just fits in with the non-cc items a lot better. Alpha items creep me out and seem like they don't belong in the game.
No hate towards people that use Alpha, it just feels out of place with the other sims. However, simblrs and such with Alpha content are very pretty :) I'ts really just the fact of not matching the townies that gets to me :/
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