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I'm doubtful that no matter what EA released, even if it was identical to the remakes people on here have made and posted on here, there would be a lot of people who hate it. People have had years with an image in their head of what these Sims look like and should be like, that any official deviation from that would be met with hostility. The whole fanfare around it doesn't help matters.
When it comes to facial features, let's remember, TS2's CAS is incredibly primitive, to the extent that any major deviation from default faces 1 and 2 just looks weird as facial features are stretched and squashed and become rather blocky. So many of the premade Sims had faces 1 or 2, or minor variations of it, that if we gave every sim the same skin colour, outfit and hairstyle, even the biggest fans won't be able to identify most of the Sims. The game didn't do facial variation well, especially when it comes to ethnic diversity. For example, Bella and Michael went from being Asian in TS1 (Michael more clearly so, but even Bella had Asian features, even if they were only a few pixels difference on the texture map), to being tanned Europeanish people. The tools just weren't there. This is why I don't mind too much when they deviate somewhat from facial and body shapes that they had in TS2.
As for the Calientes themselves, I always saw the sisters as Maxis' interpretation of early 00s Paris Hiltonesque it girls, the type that wouldn't think a second thought to going on an MTV reality show and making a fool of themselves. I always saw them as "not as attractive as they think they are", having plastic surgery done at an early age (eg, those very thin noses - yes I know they are descended from aliens, but it still looks unnatural). Obviously that means 00s fashions (Nina's cargo pants) have to go in favour of more trendier up to date fashions, they shouldn't be a time capsule. I feel it misses the point to make them too pretty or elegant.
Overall, I think it's ok, I guess, perfect shouldn't be the enemy of good, and I don't think there is a "perfect" everyone will agree to. Though to be honest, I was never that much of a big fan of the Calientes to begin with (or all of Pleasantview for that matter). I think Dina and Don look great, and I can see where they were going with Katrina and Nina.
When it comes to facial features, let's remember, TS2's CAS is incredibly primitive, to the extent that any major deviation from default faces 1 and 2 just looks weird as facial features are stretched and squashed and become rather blocky. So many of the premade Sims had faces 1 or 2, or minor variations of it, that if we gave every sim the same skin colour, outfit and hairstyle, even the biggest fans won't be able to identify most of the Sims. The game didn't do facial variation well, especially when it comes to ethnic diversity. For example, Bella and Michael went from being Asian in TS1 (Michael more clearly so, but even Bella had Asian features, even if they were only a few pixels difference on the texture map), to being tanned Europeanish people. The tools just weren't there. This is why I don't mind too much when they deviate somewhat from facial and body shapes that they had in TS2.
As for the Calientes themselves, I always saw the sisters as Maxis' interpretation of early 00s Paris Hiltonesque it girls, the type that wouldn't think a second thought to going on an MTV reality show and making a fool of themselves. I always saw them as "not as attractive as they think they are", having plastic surgery done at an early age (eg, those very thin noses - yes I know they are descended from aliens, but it still looks unnatural). Obviously that means 00s fashions (Nina's cargo pants) have to go in favour of more trendier up to date fashions, they shouldn't be a time capsule. I feel it misses the point to make them too pretty or elegant.
Overall, I think it's ok, I guess, perfect shouldn't be the enemy of good, and I don't think there is a "perfect" everyone will agree to. Though to be honest, I was never that much of a big fan of the Calientes to begin with (or all of Pleasantview for that matter). I think Dina and Don look great, and I can see where they were going with Katrina and Nina.
