Least fav CAS trend?

"Thrior;c-17865417" wrote:
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- Copy-paste faces / everyone is a super model. I especially love how some people go like: "I fixed these townies." which actually translates to: "I erased every unique feature of them and made them all traditionally pretty + stylish". Like, you do you but I don't have to like it. We all have our types so it's no surprise if certain things might repeat in our games (I'm guilty of that too) but I just find it really freaking boring when every sim looks the same. I like some distinct features, not every sim needs to look traditionally beautiful/handsome either. TS4 is the first one in the series which let's you give your sims unique bodyshapes too so I say take advantage of that.

Yeah you see this with the " I gave so and so a makeover" sims. A makeover to me is at most changing clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and sometimes eyebrow shape/thickness. Not actually changing or moving any of the facial structure, nose, mouth, chin, eyes, where the eyebrows sit, body shape, ecetera

Unless it's premades or townies like Candy, or I think Bella is the other one with the unrealistic waistlines/body proportions then I'll change those too, but anything more is just a totally different sim to me and not really a makeover.

I'll give an exception to making certain premades their older versions though, I think y'all know who I'm talking about lol.

@eternalrainn Yeah, I can get behind of adjusting some overblown features but what I dislike is when that means completely erasing them in a way that you can't even recognize the sim anymore and instead they just become another generic pretty face among others. That’s not a makeover to me. Like, if there was some premade sim with an e.g. humongous nose which just made me burst out laughing every time I saw them, I might make that nose a little less radical and a little more immersive but I'd still leave it at something that's considered big. Because a big nose is their distinctive feature and I don't want to erase it.
(In reality though if a sim who managed to make me laugh like that existed, I probably wouldn't touch them at all cuz I like some laughs lol.)

Yeah, the Barbie type and with the combination of #sexy makes me feel awkward, this unrealistic waiste-hip-ratio. I mean, when I was younger I loved Barbie and I was so proud of my Barbie with the very long hair and she could get everything job she wanted, but I think the game mechanics make it clear that these Sims get thick very fast, at least in my game. To be fair it's over a year ago since I downloaded a Sim from the gallery and I used a group of sims with the hashtag sexy for purposes which definitely was not in the mind of the creator.

I don’t use the gallery to download Sims. I have noticed CAS trends when googling CC, like if I look for “Sims 4 toddler hair” or “Sims 4 child dresses” or whatever. I’ve noticed vitiligo, toddlers/children looking much older than the actually are with super glossy hair and loads of alpha CC and makeup, the skin overlays where they look like they have permanent colds/bad allergies with bright red noses.

I have some alpha CC, but not a huge amount; I also have a lot of recolours of base game/pack content. My hairs are all Maxis Match. Alpha CC seems like it’s designed to look good for photos, but would probably look weird in-game as it doesn’t fit with the cartoony aesthetic. I remember trying to look for Sims 3 toddler hair and the options were just ridiculous, all really long and glossy styles that often floated in mid air, like they’ve got their own personal pocket of wind to artfully toss their hair. This is a perfect example:

https://imgur.com/gmctgXX.jpg

I mean sure, these creators have a lot of talent and I wish I could create my own CC/meshes sometimes. But a lot of these entirely alpha CC Sims seem like they’re designed more for artsy photos than to actually be used in game. Instagram definitely seems like a big influence.

Those stupid hair blowing in the breeze was because they had to make the mesh the size of the largest body. This hair is clearly made for adults and the "blowing in the breeze" portion was meant to sit on an adult shoulder. I hated custom hair in TS3. It all looked so stupid.

I don't know if this counts because it's more of a trend within the game and not by the community, but I hate the tradition of cute shirts having weird cuts at the back, which often happen with new content. Also too much layering and ombres.

For community cas trends, toddlers that look like 20-year-old models annoy me so much. They have hair longer than their bodies, I swear.

"Tequila_Rose_13191;c-17865186" wrote:
It drives me crazy that we don't have a career tab in CAS. I want to be able to put socks with a work uniform or assign a professional looking updo with a work outfit.

Yeah, there is a way you can use a cheat code to adjust their work attire but I do wish they could just make it so much easier to do it by CAS. As I hate when I've dressed my sims in something really nice only for them to change in a lackluster or unattractive outfit for work, lol.

"Thrior;c-17865417" wrote:
I generally don't care what other people do with their games. That's their business. However I, like all others, have preferences and thus I personally dislike certain things. I'm not really aware of "trends" since I don't use the library to download sims but overall these are the type of things I dislike.


- Hyper realism / Alpha CC. Just has this off-putting uncanny valley look which, ironically, ends up looking more fake than realistic. Can work in still images I guess but during gameplay I find it a really ill fit due to how cartoony TS4 is from world design to exaggerated animations and such.

- Toddlers who are so decked up on cc that they look like mini adults instead of toddlers. Some give them like this really long stylish hair and even makeup. Just... no.

- Copy-paste faces / everyone is a super model. I especially love how some people go like: "I fixed these townies." which actually translates to: "I erased every unique feature of them and made them all traditionally pretty + stylish". Like, you do you but I don't have to like it. We all have our types so it's no surprise if certain things might repeat in our games (I'm guilty of that too) but I just find it really freaking boring when every sim looks the same. I like some distinct features, not every sim needs to look traditionally beautiful/handsome either. TS4 is the first one in the series which let's you give your sims unique bodyshapes too so I say take advantage of that.

Now if only S4 would add some height variation. It's especially off putting when you add a famous person based sim or any sim you design but can't give them their distinct look where their height plays a part in that look into your design in CAS.

"Onverser;c-17865018" wrote:
Fully skilled sims. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. I like to play the game and over time build up my sims skills, if they're fully skilled already they're just unplayable for me :s

Yes, I just don't get it. What's the point of having those sims in game? Even as townies — they are everywhere!
I love sims with some skills though, almost all my uploaded sims have skills and careers. But that's just my way of making them more useful as townies for my saves and they feel more unique imo.

Unpopular opinion — I also dislike skin replacements. They can make sims look cuter, sure, but they make skin so smooth that different presets look the same. I love cheekbones! lol.

Also I don't like teeny tiny waists, to the point when you can't imagine where all the internal organs go. Barbie-like and cartoonish sims are just not my style.