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Monday, February 14, 2022 3:07:06 PM

The Sims 4: Moschino Stuff Review (Kehallos)

This isn't a clothing pack. It is a photography (and, less obviously - but I will explain) portrait-painting pack. Obviously the clothes are hideous, there are actually very few items, and the only obvious reason for this to exist is so that someone at EA could get a bonus/promotion for setting up a "brand partnership". BUT... if you want to have decent photos or portraits in-game, or if you want an Active career (Photographer) that is genuinely fun, then this pack is brilliant.
I'll explain:
Imagine that you have a very homey, domestic bunch of Sims; they will want photos of their kids on the walls, right? Imagine if you have a business tycoon; he'll want a portrait of himself over his desk, right? And your fashion influencer will want photos of herself or her friends looking fabulous. And your family-oriented Sims will want photos of their kids' weddings. Etc. Commemorating your Sims with photos or portraits seems like an obvious thing to do in the Sims!
But how do you do this in the base game? How do you get images of your Sims and their friends? You click to take a photo with a camera (remembering to select the larger photo size so the image is big enough), or you click Paint From Reference on the easel.. and then you wait for the lag and then get frustrated that the Sim you were trying to get an image of has moved and is now in a stupid pose, is walking away, etc.... so you try again, and again.... It's infuriating. Now, however....
With this pack, you set up a tripod, add a camera, and call the people you want to photograph across, and they will stand where you tell them (mostly), either individually or in a group. Then you can change their poses, zoom in or out, add filters, and generally make sure that you actually get a good photo. Great! Now, you can actually have photos of your beloved, your kids' weddings, your ex boyfriends, your boss, or whoever else you want on your walls - and playing through getting the photos is actually good fun (not another grinding click-fest - but satisfyingly simple!).
This also gives a work-around to get decent portraits for your wall. Take photos (largest size), select the one you want, put it on the wall, set the easel next to it, Paint From Reference, and move the view to take in the photo on the wall. And there you have it, a portrait of the well-composed and posed photo. Not ideal (maybe EA plan on selling us a proper way to do this later) but workable.
And along with this you'll get the Photographer freelance career, which is by far the most interesting of the Active careers.
That is a pretty good pack. And along with the photos functionality, portraits work-around and interesting freelance career, you'll also get some extra build items (the windows are good). Just don't pay any attention to the clothes - they aren't what this is about.