Yeah, I'm not too happy with how team Maxis handled this hair replacement either. I mean, I understand that the quality and execution left a lot to be desired when their original goal for the old version was for it and a few other hair styles to represent afro hair but the end result now is a completely different hair style. From what I understand a major problem with the old hairs was the texturing, and in case of the 'big afro' the shape was a little wonky. However that 'big afro' was way more gender neutral in hair style than the 'new big afro'. It has been completely feminized. And for the shorter afro styles it's weird that all the smooth styles have been replaced with more 'bumpy' styles. In my opinion this just emphasizes the lack of hair styles for colored people. Like there's a limit to the number team Maxis wants to support, replacing styles with other styles instead of adding a 'bumpy' look to the smooth looks for instance. And apparently there's only room for one style of 'big afro' whereas a quick google search with 'big afro male' shows a lot of images with men featuring many different styles of 'big afros' that this new one from team Maxis just doesn't cover.
