Opinions on Werewolf Appearances?

Too cartoonish for my tastes, but its fine. I find they look better in motion vs standalone screenshots.

I am not a huge fan of how they look, but I will do my best to make them more beastly and terrifying.

I like them a lot. I think they fit in perfectly with the cartoony aesthetic of Sims 4. I did not expect them to change their leg shape. I didn't want them to be ugly, and it looks like we can do quite a bit of customization, so they can be bulky or slim. I'm sure there will be plenty of things we can do to make their faces more or less terrifying. The droopy ear is a good touch, and we can even give them a nose ring or a small earring. It looks like their scars will still show on the animal form, and judging by a screenshot I saw, they can be naked and not be pixilated.

Couldn't agree with you more, OP. They're not exactly what I was hoping for, but to some degree I do understand there were certain limitations in place. And considering that, I actually really like how they look! Yes they're a little bit goofy, but that won't be out of place in my save ?

"BookBear;d-1000081" wrote:
I noticed that a lot of people have strong opinions on this topic, and though I don't know if there a thread on this already or not, I wanted to start one if not.

My opinion is that they did the best the could while still making the werewolves fit into the normal sim range of proportions. I do think they look a little derpy, with those short snouts and non-digitigrade legs, but the alternative of waiting 4 more months for the pack as every kissing or walking animation is updated for werewolves would probably have been worse.

What do you think?

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Your opinion sounds very similar to mine. I completely understand why they chose the style they did, and I won't complain because I didn't expect anything very different. I did hope, of course, but that's not quite the same thing. ;) I can't say I like the style, but I don't hate it, either. I think I can make it work for my story purposes. Well, most of them, anyway. And I'm sure CC will eventually come around to help with at least some amount of further customization.

They are more cutesy than I would have expected but a vast improvement upon the Sims 3 werewolves. I very rarely played those because I hated their appearance so much.

I like the cartoonish artstyle, it's why I like Sims 4 so much to begin with. I was already using the Furry Mod to make Tabaxis and Dragonborns, and these werewolves look pretty similar to that mod, so I'm happy. I'm a Maxis-Match user. All my occults and CC fantasy creatures will look similar~

I really couldn't imagine a Sims 4 Werewolf that didn't look like a furry, though. It just wouldn't match the rest of the game. The Werewolf mod that came out a few months ago looks like it belongs in Sims 3, not Sims 4.

Both Digitigrade legs and bushier fur would cause insane amounts of clipping. The fur less so, but it would need a "mask" for every item of clothing in the game to avoid it. The legs also would require a lot of reworking animations as the OP said, as I find digitigrade legs a pain in the behind to work with in Daz Studio, and there I'm only doing stills. I don't try to animate them for a reason.

likewise, the head is probably as elongated as they could make the face and still maintain facial animations without distortion.

So I'm perfectly fine with the more "fursona" toon looking werewolves we got. They're still better than Sims 3 Werewolves.

For me personally at first view from the reveal render, they did NOT look like a "wolf" .... at all. They looked like a human in a broadway play or something with make-up on to make them resemble an animal, but not a wolf. They had more of a cat or fox look to me.

But, after seeing the gameplay trailer and being able to actually see a sideview of their heads, I'm feeling a little more ok with them.

Obviously they could not have a long nose/muzzle like an actual dog (aka wolf) because of the limitations in CAS and with animations.

I'm super happy that they transform 100% better than I thought they would too! In my mind, I just knew they'd do the whole "spin in a circle" thing like changing clothes and WaaaaLaaaaa, they're a werewolf! So that exceeded my expections!

Overall, I'm ok with them. I know that people will be able to come up with some much more dark and menacing type of werewolves rather than the happy smiling ones in the gameplay trailer.

Now, as far as the legs/feet go? Yeahhh .... 1000% total disappointment there for me!

Without the digi-legs, they give off the appearance of a human dressing up in a costume. I would have much preferred the werewolf form to have had canine legs and clawed paws even if that meant we had to give up them wearing shoes.

What I was hoping for:

https://i.imgur.com/lOqzzlq.png

I think the clothing makes them look goofier. I’ve seen a couple of screenshots now with naked werewolves and they look infinitely better without the clothes on. I don’t mind the accessories but the clothes just look… odd to me. I can work with it. I’m going to be practicing my werewolf making skills for days when the pack first drops though I can feel it!

I also don’t get the cats comparison if anything they look more bear like especially the white ones. I thought the black and white werewolf with the guitar in the trailer was a panda and there was another one a bit later that looked like a polar bear.