I find myself enjoying more maxis match related clothing than anything, especially with the increase of CC that fits the game.Since it fits in with the style of the game or even some semi-maxis match as it doesn't break away from my immersion. Some items that aren't maxis match usually look good when I see the preview picture of it, but once I got it into the game everything just looks pasted on the majority of the time. PAINTED on at that just tight skinnies with a jean texture copied and pasted. Can't see myself using it less I re-do ALL the sims in the game as it really stands out.Same with skin tones thought I'd try out some of those realistic skintones, but it always ended up looking like my sim needed lotion for their dry skin or have really oily skin. R.I.P. :scream: I know many players have a certain style they like to keep with their game.

I prefer Maxis Match CC mainly because I like the style and it fits in with the game.

Maxis Match, definitely. I used to use both, but over time the alpha content started to really look cheesy to me. Alpha seems to have the main purpose of turning sims into supermodels, and that's just boring to me. I feel like they lose their personalities that way and become too cookie-cutter. So now I specifically seek out Maxis Match, but there are still a few pieces that I use that are a bit in-between, but those pieces are very unique and unlikely to be replicated in MM. I don't mind being a little bit flexible if it doesn't stand out too much in my game. Having strange and unusual pieces like gothic, punk, anime, theatrical, supernatural, historic, etc. are more important for me personally. I wish there were more alternative MM creators because a lot of the clothing ends up being very much replicated.

I liked alpha cc before, but now I'm all for maxis match. They look so much better in gameplay and fit perfectly.

I agree with @anjennifer when I discovered CC I went ham on Alpha CC with the hairs and everything but as my play style grew and was horrified by some of the townie clothing choices, I slowly transitioned to Maxis Match everything and I have never looked back since. (Shoutout to all the maxis match creators for still creating and making my townies look 10000% better)

> @CitySimmer16 said:> I agree with @anjennifer when I discovered CC I went ham on Alpha CC with the hairs and everything but as my play style grew and was horrified by some of the townie clothing choices, I slowly transitioned to Maxis Match everything and I have never looked back since. (Shoutout to all the maxis match creators for still creating and making my townies look 10000% better)exactly! alpha cc is just ugly to me now, haha.

Do you prefer Maxis Match CC clothing or Alpha CC?

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Dragon_Harmony
New Spectator
9 years ago
I prefer Maxis Match CC mainly because I like the style and it fits in with the game.
LiELF
Legend
9 years ago
Maxis Match, definitely. I used to use both, but over time the alpha content started to really look cheesy to me. Alpha seems to have the main purpose of turning sims into supermodels, and that's just boring to me. I feel like they lose their personalities that way and become too cookie-cutter.

So now I specifically seek out Maxis Match, but there are still a few pieces that I use that are a bit in-between, but those pieces are very unique and unlikely to be replicated in MM. I don't mind being a little bit flexible if it doesn't stand out too much in my game. Having strange and unusual pieces like gothic, punk, anime, theatrical, supernatural, historic, etc. are more important for me personally. I wish there were more alternative MM creators because a lot of the clothing ends up being very much replicated.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"LiELF;c-15813337" wrote:
Maxis Match, definitely. I used to use both, but over time the alpha content started to really look cheesy to me. Alpha seems to have the main purpose of turning sims into supermodels, and that's just boring to me. I feel like they lose their personalities that way and become too cookie-cutter.

So now I specifically seek out Maxis Match, but there are still a few pieces that I use that are a bit in-between, but those pieces are very unique and unlikely to be replicated in MM. I don't mind being a little bit flexible if it doesn't stand out too much in my game. Having strange and unusual pieces like gothic, punk, anime, theatrical, supernatural, historic, etc. are more important for me personally. I wish there were more alternative MM creators because a lot of the clothing ends up being very much replicated.

Yeah, I don't get the whole SUPER MODEL looking Sims that look like that belong on the runway or on the front of Vogue. Try to keep my sims simple yet unique in terms of gameplay and story, since a lot of those model looking sims always feel more or less the same with pouty, big lips and big eyelashes.

Yeah, certain things can't quite be replicated for Maxis Match, but I have a few little things in game that I enjoy having on my sim. Usually I like downloading all sorts of make-up.

I've found some really good CC creators lately who do nothing but Maxis match and finding some pretty unique clothing too.I like seeing pieces of CC and the work that goes into it that can cater to one or more themes. Can use more victorian inspired CC since the Vampire pack with the new location :hushed:
anjennifer
9 years ago
I liked alpha cc before, but now I'm all for maxis match. They look so much better in gameplay and fit perfectly.
CitySimmer16
9 years ago
I agree with @anjennifer when I discovered CC I went ham on Alpha CC with the hairs and everything but as my play style grew and was horrified by some of the townie clothing choices, I slowly transitioned to Maxis Match everything and I have never looked back since. (Shoutout to all the maxis match creators for still creating and making my townies look 10000% better)
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"BrownGamerGurl1;c-15813488" wrote:
I like pretty sims , but I don't like look you described.I prefer softer features. Im probably going to get a few pieces of cc , to fill in gaps, but not go crazy with it like I did last time. Because I download a least 100 pieces of cc and worked at it for days.

Same. I try to keep things at a minimum if I see myself using them constantly.

Though with all the MM CC I'm probably around 200 pieces of CC by now, but nowadays that's VERY little compared to people over thousands worth of pieces and I'm keeping myself from that range. XD Though I will hoard CC in case I want to put it in the game or in the event I can't find it anymore is safely tucked in a extra folder on my desktop.
LadyKyn
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"CitySimmer16;c-15814806" wrote:
I agree with @anjennifer when I discovered CC I went ham on Alpha CC with the hairs and everything but as my play style grew and was horrified by some of the townie clothing choices, I slowly transitioned to Maxis Match everything and I have never looked back since. (Shoutout to all the maxis match creators for still creating and making my townies look 10000% better)

Yeah, I get townies that look absolutely HORRENDOUS with alpha CC and I never wanted to go and change the randomization on the CC because I'd want to do it on all of them, so I just removed it. For whatever reason there were like 20+ townies that would be wearing the same hairstyle all the time along with certain other CC. Least the Maxis match is more bearable when randomized, but ha they are townies. XD
CitySimmer16
9 years ago
@LadyKyn AND I had those HORRIBLE blond streaks in my alpha hair and it looked so gross I just gave up on Alpha CC altogether, and yeah my townies are pretty tamed compared to some of the other ones I've seen on the forums but geez no wonder my sims were single for so long, everyone around her looked horrifying
anjennifer
9 years ago
> @CitySimmer16 said:
> I agree with @anjennifer when I discovered CC I went ham on Alpha CC with the hairs and everything but as my play style grew and was horrified by some of the townie clothing choices, I slowly transitioned to Maxis Match everything and I have never looked back since. (Shoutout to all the maxis match creators for still creating and making my townies look 10000% better)

exactly! alpha cc is just ugly to me now, haha.
Iselalocke
9 years ago
I prefer Alpha, but will use MM