I really find some Alpha sims/cc to be too uncanny valley to me, it often ends up looking like the Polar Express! To be fair, I really didn't like how the Sims in 3 looked either, they were too realistic, while also being not realistic at all? I did use Alpha cc in Sims 2 back when I was 12-15, but thats because it was all I could ever find, and it didn't stand out as much in 2.
I really love MM, lots of nice stuff, and a lot of the hairs just improve the EA hairs, like making loads of curly styles from the 5 or so curly hairs we have in game, adding more swatches to nice clothes and even doing some nice makeup.
