Opinions on Goth makeover?

Mort is giving Gomez vibes, kinda love that

"simmerorigin;c-18115332" wrote:
Can anyone tell me if they updated their traits and aspirations? They were kinda wonky in the Sims 4 Base Game.

They did not unfortunately :'(

https://twitter.com/lremi07l/status/1529536851329142786?s=21&t=rL1SPhvenahp3nxDaypn8w
Well okay then…

"QueenMercy;c-18115572" wrote:
https://twitter.com/lremi07l/status/1529536851329142786?s=21&t=rL1SPhvenahp3nxDaypn8w
Well okay then…

Honestly new!teen Alexander isn't that bad as long as you shrink down the nose a tad (a big nose is fine, TS2 Alexander always had one but this one feels a bit too big for his face). Old teen Alexander had a whole schlew of problems that I feel like the pic on the left doesn't fully convey.

That being said, they really need to design kids with their older age stages in mind.

Wow, I am surprised by some of the reactions. I LOVE the updated looks. So much OG vibes! And I actually like that Bella's iconic dress is now her party dress. It feels fitting to a new game. She still wears it, but in the right setting. I love that Cassandra still has her pigtails, but an updated version.. I love that Morty is wearing a zebra print speedo for swimming, and heart boxers; it feels so right..

I do wish they had finished them with likes and dislikes, but overall I like them. I think they are much better.

My ranking of the madeover Goths (in order of preference):

1. Mortimer: <3 99.9% approval of his strong Gomez Addams vibe! I don't think I would really change a thing about Mortimer's new look, other than maybe to give him a more vintage-y hairstyle.

2. Cassandra: :) I like how Cassandra now looks more like her TS2 self. But I think her clothes really should have been alot more Dark Academia-ish to fit her gothic vibe.

3. Bella: :/ I'm abit conflicted about Bella's new look. On the one hand, it is great that she looks more like her TS2 self. On the other hand, Bella's new look is also abit "flat" and ordinary-looking.

4. Alexander: :s Undoubtedly the worst of the makeovers. Not even going to bother listing out everything that I think is wrong with his new look. I think I would probably just get rid of the new Alexander and replace him with the old Alexander in my game.

So here's how I feel about this entire make-over thing:

It's sort of comparable to a TV show you've been watching for years; You're familiar with the cast, you may even have grown fond of the characters. Suddenly, after all those years, the entire cast is replaced with actors who ethnically "LOOK" more accurate "because that's how the characters were originally written ". Wowee, thanks Production Company. You should've considered that while in pre-production a decade ago.

Here's the thing: I've already accepted The Goths as the characters they represent in this particular world given to me all those years ago. There was nothing wrong with them. Why change them? It almost feels like betrayal. Almost. Why now? Did players actually complain? Were The Goths not "realistic" enough?

The Sims 4 Goth family will never, ever look like the Goth families that inhabited the worlds in Sims 1 (same low poly face syndrome), Sims 2 (same long face syndrome) or Sims 3 (same plum face syndrome), because newsflash: Different art style. Different facial structures. Different shading, lighting, absolutely everything different.

Is it so hard to accept The Goths and Calientes etc. for who they are in THIS iteration? I mean, folks who think the Townies are not good enough will drag them all the way trough CAS anyway.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with what this new family LOOKS like, I'm wondering what the issue was with the original Sims 4 Goth family in the first place?

Having said all that, I don't play with any of the Townies, I create my own cast, although I always enjoyed having original S4 Bella around. Attractive an enigmatic looking Bella is now replaced with some ordinary looking lady who lives across the street, probably pretending to be a secret agent, but really she just works as an accountant. For a small company that produces...cheap cat litter trays. At least new Morty looks like he could be original Morty's handsome sibling. The kids....I mean...sure. I don't recognize them. I don't get it, but then again, I'm not very intelligent.

But hey, just because I don't get it, doesn't mean I really care. o:)

As a player i have no comments to say on the subject but the makeover is good

I don't mind how they look in this update, except for Alexander when aged up. (I mean, my god, why did they bother to do this update and not check his older look.) But are these updates really only going to be cosmetic? No likes/dislikes, no connection to other sims, no lore? I don't get it. Anyone who had issues with skin tone from previous iterations could easily just take them into CAS and make those changes to their liking. I guess it's fine that they want to correct a mistake they made 8 years ago. But I'm attached to the Goths after a few years of playing the sims 4 and giving them my own makeovers. Did we need whole new versions? Couldn't the time and effort be spent on better things?

If this is part of the lore update then I don't think that word means what they think it means.

"CAPTAIN_NXR7;c-18115708" wrote:
So here's how I feel about this entire make-over thing:

It's sort of comparable to a TV show you've been watching for years; You're familiar with the cast, you may even have grown fond of the characters. Suddenly, after all those years, the entire cast is replaced with actors who ethnically "LOOK" more accurate "because that's how the characters were originally written ". Wowee, thanks Production Company. You should've considered that while in pre-production a decade ago.

Actually yes this is exactly how i feel about these new sims and I also hate when they change actors midway or like last 2 episodes is tbh worse cause you don't even have time to like them