We are making it a priority to release more options this year, as well as to address the visual issues with current skin tones – specifically to improve the blotchy artefacts and ashy tones.” And we understand that right now it doesn’t feel like we’re truly living up to that promise. From the beginning, we set out to let you build sims that look like you or people that you know. “Inclusivity is at the core of the Sims franchise. This comes directly from Sims Executive Producer, Lyndsay Pearson, in a video released on Twitter. The Sims 4 will be adding more skin tone options while also adding improvements to the existing skin tone options this year.
Popular streamers and prominent members of The Sims community, Xmiramira and EbonixSims have created skin tone packs that have helped black players create Sims that better represent themselves. The conversation these players have raised was an important one within the community and the industry at large and it seems like it was heard by the right people.
This includes 10 darker-skinned tones as well as tones for the fantastical expansions like vampires and aliens. So make believe creatures got the same level of representation as black players, basically.īlack simmers have often complained about the range and quality of the darker tones, pointing out that they suffer from colouring and texture issues, which ranges from blotches to a persistent ashy shade.Ĭreative players in the thriving Sims modding community have been making new skin packs to help correct these issues but it was about time EA and developer Maxis did something more official about the problem. The Sims 4 currently has 35 skin tones in total. The Sims 4 has been around since 2014 and has seen constant expansions and upgrades in the years since but one area it has struggled in is one of the most simple.
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