I'm not going to weigh in on whether or not any of these Sims is attractive since the whole "Do you think my Sim is hawt?" thing completely put me off. Beauty is so subjective that my personal opinion is, or should be, meaningless to anyone but me. (Besides which, I think Patrick Stewart is one of the sexiest men alive which probably disqualifies me as a judge of physical attractiveness.)
That said, I personally prefer the second female Sim, not because the first one isn't pretty, but because she's too generic. She looks basically the same as every other 'pretty' female TS3 Sim I've seen. This is the biggest problem with the game's genetics/traits system in my opinion. There was clearly a fair bit of work put into making the original male look distinctive, not a small feat in a game where most of the characters look like they share at least one parent, and to see these features all but vanish in the female version of the Sim pretty much sucks. I'd definitely be disappointed if I'd worked on a unique-looking male Sim, only to find that it's impossible for him to visibly pass on those genetics to his female offspring. Where did his jawline go? And more to the point, what does the male version of the second female look like? I'm picture a grossly exaggerated jaw, not unlike the one one
this poor bastard.
To be fair, though, this problem exists in TS2 as well. I've lost track of how many times one of my CAS females has surprised my by spawning a male child with a huge schnozz or Neanderthal brow ridge that clearly did not come from the father. Further experimentation in CAS reveals that several of the more subdued or natural female features have an unrelated and sometimes grotesque male counterpart. I like this, as it adds some variety to the game, but I can understand it upsetting some players.
Judging people by their genetics has always seemed rather petty to me.
I thought we were judging
Sims, not people? Sims don't have a personality beyond what the programming assigns to them, which doesn't leave much to judge them on besides looks/genetics.
It's people taking someone's judgement of their virtual doll personally that I find disturbing. I happen to like Blythe dolls. I think they're adorable. I own two. Nearly everyone I know thinks they're the sorriest excuse for a doll they've ever seen. I'm not going to take offence on the dolls' behalf, and I don't see any point in taking the criticism as a personal insult either. You don't like what I like? Great! That's what makes this world interesting.
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