I
knew those lamps looked familiar! I was just thinking that they were the only items that I even
might use, but I was pretty sure I'd seen them somewhere before. I can't say I'm even slightly surprised, though, since they've done it before. Items released by modders under the classification of "lost and found" have been released in EPs/SPs before, often years after the lost and found item was released to the CC community the first time. EAxis will take any opportunity to get more money without being forced to do any more work.
And an EA plant releasing those screenshots would be just about par for the course with the way they've been treating their customers. Luckily, it's unlikely to help, since no matter how poorly
or how wonderfully those items are shot, they're going to look like shit.
Oh, and here are those pictures I promised. I removed all my CC before putting the new hairs in and put them on the most basic face so I could see them in their "raw" state. I also only took screenshots of the blonde versions because I think they show the details the best. I should have shown the reds, perhaps, so you can all be reminded how horribly EAxis interprets red hair, and how little they attempted to make their reds consistent between styles. Some are bright and orangey while others are dark and almost auburn.
These first two are hilariously bad, particularly the one with the ugly tiara and those god-awful bangs. As has already been mentioned, it's the same damn mesh with a few tiny alterations, but they still have the balls to charge full price for both items. The short messy cut could have potential if it were better textured, I guess, but not much. It looks kind of cute from some angles, but not from most.
The mesh for the streaked one is ok, but nothing special; it looks almost
exactly like the self-titled hair by Adele. You know: the version made by someone with less talent. For some reason it has pink streaks but is still binned with the blondes rather than the custom colors (I know, it's mostly blonde, but that still bothers me). The two versions with the barrettes are probably my favorites of all of these, and they're still shit. Again, they look like bad versions of free hairs that we've all seen before. The last one remind me vaguely of one of Nouk's, which was already copied by good ol' Marko over at TSR. Both of these are horribly textured, as we've come to expect from EAxis, although they are decently animated.
The curly style might not look
too bad at first glance, despite the fivehead and the flat curls, but once you see it in-game or in BodyShop...well, let's just say it ain't pretty. The helmet hair makes me laugh on principle, and the sleek updo is ok, but has a remarkably undetailed shape once you get a closer look at it. The textures are slightly better than I expected (i.e. still awful).
Anyway, hope these pics give some lulz. I doubt that they'll deter anyone
here from purchasing them, since I'd be shocked if any of you are planning to do so anyway, but I still wanted to check out the pics myself, and I figured some of you might be curious, too.
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