Maxis Match vs Alpha for CAS, your opinion?
Wanted to make a poll but can't on this board. Oh well. Which do you prefer? For me, in The Sims 4, Maxis Match 100%. I hate how Alpha sims look, and yet I feel like an odd one out because I se...
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"Sunirose;c-17455681" wrote:
I must have been away too long, but what is an "alpha sim" and what does "uncanny valley real" mean?
Alpha is CC that's realistic - doesn't match the games art style. Uncanny Valley is a phenomenon that has existed well before The Sims, where non-human things that look very humanoid but something about them is wrong or slightly off, can induce fear in people.
Androids tend to be the biggest examples of this, a lot of people fear humanoid robots. But for a more fictional example, if you've ever seen the animated films The Polar Express or Mars Needs Moms, critics were critical on both those films for entering Uncanny Valley with their animation styles.
