Sims 3 CAS is looking better all the time

[strangetomato]

Have you seen this?

It seems you can at least make your own aliens in Sims 3, even if it lacks abduction (and I truly doubt they'd leave that out). Also, some of the sims that Parsimoniouskate makes at the end of this video shows how versatile the CAS will be. I think the faces really do look more like real people, but also more like cartoons (if that makes sense). She really "gives 'er" with the sliders at the end of this and you can see that Sims 3 sims don't all look alike as some have claimed. In fact, they have far more potential for variety. FAR more.

I think we're just seeing a case of Face One/Two syndrome in most of the sims from the early promotional videos. We see the same thing happening in Sims 2 packaging/promo videos. It's usually Face Two for almost every single sim, to avoid the "eww, UGLY SIM!" reaction that would surely follow if the sims were more unique. They want to appeal to the most people, and thus they make bland, vanilla sims (btw, I like both Face Two and vanilla flavourings - don't get me wrong). It makes sense.

I just wish we could make them unsymmetrical. That's what would truly make them look more realistic.

Anyway, I thought this was interesting. Sims 3 is looking better all the time to me. I know I won't miss loading screens, and I'll love being able to pick which shoes go with which outfit. It's these little things that make all the difference.

Comments

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

As a person with ears that flap out from her head, I was happy to see the ear thing. That's one thing I HATE about my self sim. I can't get her Dumbo ears right. (and I hear you *no pun intended* on the sharp edges--even with high end options fingers still look square-ish and the twisty wrist thing irritates the hell out of me)

But I'm still not foaming at the mouth for sims 3. I just can't stop wondering what kind of burden it will be to a computer and all that. Sims 2 can be such a bitch to get running well, what will a MORE complicated item need?

I'm ready for it to arrive so I can see other's play test so if I decide to eventually get it, I know what I'm in for.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

My ears are super tight to my head (and tiny - I get it from my father), so I'll be pushing the slider all the way in the other direction. Ear adjustments are something I've really wanted for CAS. It has a huge impact on the look of a face.

Everything seems more flexible in the new CAS. The limitations of Sims 2 CAS were immediately obvious and annoying the first time I played it. I've since gotten used to it and accepted it, but I've always wanted more.

I'm not exactly foaming either, but I do look forward to it. I do wonder if the way it's designed (without all the different hoods being separate from each other) might make it less of a resource hog than Sims 2. If it's well made, it should be able to do more with less. Graphics, now, will need better graphics cards, I'm sure.

I'm looking forward to seeing that too. I'm pretty sure I won't be one of them, but who knows. I might decide to jump right in.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Did you ever play sims 1? I ask because you mentioned you noticed the limitations in CAS immediately. But if you came from sims 1, it was night and day different (sims 1 is a lot like playing sims 2 on a console--no, even a console is more refined).

I haven't read up enough on sims 3 to even know exactly how it's going to work. My skeptic side is just staying back from all the EA sales pitches. The videos and screenshots always looks super wonderful but from experience the sims 3 base game is not going to have all the bells and whistles (they'll feed that to us slowly as EPs--in fact, the whole thing they showed on that video made me think "they'll sell that all as an EP/SP--won't be in the base game") and ads are just that, the best of the best to sell stuff. I'm more interested in testimonials from players, players who I know a bit from the LJ community and such.