Do you prefer Alpha or Maxis Match CC? (Or a combo)?

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Alpha. More realistic style. Maxis match is too cartoonistic for my taste. It always surprises me that only few people prefer alpha cc.

I started out with a strong preference for alpha. Over time it shifted to neutral. Now I have a strong preference for maxis match hairs. Everything else I’m still neutral on. I have no problem mixing it all in my game.

It makes no sense to me why people are so polarized on this. Who cares? More hair is ALWAYS better. What does it matter how realistic it looks?

it depends on the look I'm going for. I mostly play with MM, while I use alpha(if necessary) for clothing.

My hair cc must be maxis match. I don't mind if clothes and furniture cc are alpha, as long as it doesn't look too realistic.

My primary game, built from a blank world save, is entirely Alpha--the sims, the landscape, the buildings and furnishings. I really like the look, but like someone stated above, it only looks right if it all has the same style. But I love how it looks. I would need to dump my entire mods folder and start over if I was thinking of using Maxis Match. I can't even imagine not using cc!

I try not to, but I usually use Maxis-match if I have any. I tried using more realistic Sim replacements, but that was buggy.

"ohSnap;c-16858623" wrote:
I like my CC to blend in with everything else in the game, so MM it is. Although I'm thinking of getting rid of my CC altogether and going vanilla. I just get fed up of having naked, bald sims and missing objects every time I update...

Which exactly is why I quit using them. Fun reworking Sims that were created using all this stuff, and then trying to match whoever they're supposed to look like (usually a character from film, TV, or video games). Recently had some fun making a take on Bayonetta actually look like what she's supposed to, using just what the game has.

I have a few more alpha-looking things (Kijiko’s eyelashes, a few hairstyles, maybe some furniture), but everything else is Maxis Match. Alpha CC just looks out of place with the rest of the game, and I think that too much of it can look kind of creepy sometimes.