{"id":143419,"date":"2020-12-12T19:23:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/the-sims-4-skin-tone-update-good-bad\/"},"modified":"2020-12-12T19:23:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:23:23","slug":"the-sims-4-skin-tone-update-is-great-but-not-flawless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/12\/the-sims-4-skin-tone-update-is-great-but-not-flawless\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sims 4 Skin Tone Update Is Great, But Not Flawless"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Sims <\/i><\/b>franchise turned 20 at the beginning of this year, with its latest installment, <\/span>The Sims 4<\/span><\/i><\/a>, breaking records as its longest series to date. The premise of the games has always been to \u201cplay with life,\u201d but as time passed, some players found their gaming experience lacking. It became apparent that some players, especially BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) couldn\u2019t accurately depict what they, and others like them, look like in <\/span>The Sims 4<\/span><\/i> because the dark skin tones were, put delicately, cosmetically displeasing.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a rallying of online support and Simmer <\/span>Xmiramira<\/span> calling attention to the lack of quality dark skin tones <\/span>in-game on <\/span>The Sims Spark\u2019d<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span>The<\/span><\/i> Sims <\/span><\/i>Team decided to overhaul its skin tone system. Getting the help of community members like Xmiramira and <\/span>EbonixSims<\/span>, who had experience creating beautiful CC (Custom Content) skintones showed the team\u2019s dedication to making sure <\/span>The Sims <\/span><\/i>community got the accurate representation it was lacking. The skin tone update came in two waves: the first caused some major controversy, but the second was exactly what the community needed. Well, almost exactly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The newest update to <\/span>The Sims 4 <\/span><\/i>came a day early and <\/span>added over 100 different skin tones<\/span><\/a> to the game. There are 4 color categories: warm, neutral, cool, and miscellaneous. Each skin tone can be adjusted on a color slider as well, letting players find the perfect match for their vision. The update also added color sliders to makeup so players can adjust things like saturation and opacity to match skin tones exactly. Players can also save the custom skin tones they create for easy access later on.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the biggest concerns of the old skin tones was how dingy, pixelated, and ashy they looked. If players wanted to <\/span>make a Sim that reflected them<\/span><\/a> or someone in their life with dark skin, they\u2019d have to settle for ugly in-game skin tones or download CC skin tones that corrected both appearance and lack of color options. Now, thanks to the update, players can choose and create the perfect skin tones to add accurate representation and diversity to their games.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, some players have noticed that though their new Sims look pretty in CAS (Create-a-Sim mode), the graphics don\u2019t hold up when playing the game. The same pixelated blotches that <\/span>plagued the original skin tones<\/span><\/a> come back on new Sims, seemingly in the same places. Noses and cheeks are primary examples of where the pixels emerge, prominently different and discolored compared to the rest of the Sim\u2019s face. Hopefully <\/span>The<\/span><\/i> Sims <\/span><\/i>Team fixes this issue soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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