I really wish they would’ve just started over with a new engine and kept with the sims 3 look, minus less pudding faces(+creepy glitches) and did alter the style a BIT. I think that’s why so many people are having trouble with this, it’s such a big change. We’ll slowly become more open-minded as time goes by, so let us vent it out without feeling attacked(We love this series too, or we wouldn’t be so passionate about it).

I can’t shake the feeling that they stepped in this direction because getting ‘more realistic’ was too hard to do(not to mention time consuming). I personally think they went a little too far in the other direction, since their fan base is pretty split between people who want silly and cartoony and people who want more realistic acting and looking sims.

I am not so much worried about the Sims themselves, they look okay!(Well apart from the horrible, horrible hair but EA never does nice hair, IMO) The more I stare at them the more okay they look. I just don’t like how harsh the lines are on the faces. They need to be smoothed out, definitely. As for cartoony look, Custom Content Creators have never failed me yet with fixing up my sims. I am not worried about that.
For those who are against CC in their games, I don’t know what to say. Keep trying to let EA see your opinion and hope for the best. Then if that fails, adjust or do not buy the game, not much else you can do!

I have a few concerns I would like to put out there.
The pets. I really do not want cartoon pets, but others might. I think as long as they have good textures, it’ll be something most people can get over..
The next of what I am worried about is the world, The sims 3 worlds are unbelievably beautiful.
I will have a very hard time going from that kind of world to a cartoonish one. Right now, it looks too bright and lacking in texture, details. It might change, I hope it does. Otherwise… It would feel like a step backwards to me. And if all else fails, I hope the creators will come through on that as well.

As for the constant arguing between all the simmers, is there a point? They won’t change their opinion just because you have a different one. If you disagree with something someone else says….it is probably better to just make a post of what you think of the game rather than post directly to that person(s) in disagreement of what they wanted to share. Both feedbacks are needed to shape this game to a happy medium.

We still have a while, so let’s all simmer down, eh? 😉