Is it just me or have the majority of Sims YouTubers become increasingly bland at the moment? None of them even seem to play the game anymore, majority of them seem to just be pushing out content now for their viewing figures, or they're really inactive. Nifty Knitting came out a month back and I haven't even seen any of the big sims YouTubers playing with it or making a lets play around it.For example, Vixella and Lilsimsie used to post a variety of content but now both have posted basically nothing but build videos for the past month. Don't get me wrong build videos are enteratining sometimes but when you build the exact same 10,000 simoleon suburban style starter home every single day for a month what's the point? It's not even a challenge at that stage, it just seems like doing the minimum to keep their viewing figures up.Steph0sims has posted one singular video since lockdown started 5 months ago, James Turner rarely posts anymore. Plumbella who I used to love, her entire channel is just twitch stream highlights and promo for her twitch channel now. Kevin is great but he only posts about the sims once a month, same with graystillplays.It just seems like as an overall theme Sims YouTubers are getting boring and don't even care about the game anymore. I miss the days when Sims YouTubers would post lets plays and stuff like that with the game but now there's very few people that actually do that anymore. I suppose it says a lot when the people who get paid to play the game can't even come up with things to do in it

I have my own feelings on how they choose to promote the game, but I will admit it’s probably hard to consistently make new content with a game that doesn’t consistently get good content and one that has a bland/boring base to start off with. EA clearly is taking advantage of these people and I think that’s a shame. They are basically expected to sustain interest in the game while the publisher and the developers twiddle their thumbs on Twitter and develop content in secret that’s usually poorly received. Which they then use the game changers to try to manipulate perceptions through videos intended to make everything look good. I’d be exhausted if I were them too, but Sims is their golden ticket so they don’t really have options unless they diversify like James did.

Yeah, it's king of obvious that they're just desperate for ideas now, so we get stuff like "The Sims 4, but each room is a different type of sedimentary rock."

Right now, I’m only watching DrGluon. He has been playing a Hotel Challenge and it’s pretty fun. I like that he finds ways to challenge himself in the game because that’s what’s fun for him and then it shows in his videos. He’s done this in the past with his Peasantry to Royalty challenge, and when he recreated Stardew Valley in the game as well, as some other examples. I haven’t watched my other usuals lately because they’re not doing anything really interesting/engaging. And I’ve been able to tell for a while that they seem bored. How many times can you do Rags to Riches before you say “yeah this isn’t fun anymore?”

I've also noticed a lack of the youtubers creative imaginations. Maybe they are stumped right now.

From what I have read, it is apparently really difficult to get views for the sims unless you are a sims focused channel... or you have to deal with it by being a popular channel (like James Turner) and the youtube algorithm is apparently really punishing if you don't publish videos daily. This is why a lot of youtubers are turning to twitch and patreon.That's not a good combination when you have a game that requires you to make your own fun... so maybe they are taking it a bit easy at the moment and make mostly build videos.They do seem to be pretty tired of the game though.

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graffiti_bri
4 years ago
I've heard multiple simmer youtubers say that let's plays don't do as well anymore, but I think it largely has to do with how they do it. I wish there were more, but I'm also super picky with how it's done. I don't want to just watch someone hit record and play for 20-30 minutes, I'd like a little bit of the dull moments cut out. Also, they tend to start out strong with giving their characters backstories and stuff, but fall off quickly by forgetting about it.

I like Fantayzia's LPs, especially her Modded one (her Snowy Escape one is good too). She gives her sims backgrounds and personalities and she sticks to them. Whenever the game tries to take control, she works it into the story in a way that makes sense and is realistic to the sim's personality.

Aside from that, I do like discussion videos. Like, "Here's what's wrong with/missing from the game and here are some ways they can fix it" type of things. The bigger simmers are all builders because that's the most fleshed out part of the game and since the devs know that, that's where all the attention has gone to with packs and updates. I'm not a builder, so build videos aren't really my thing.
Onverser
4 years ago
"BreeNilla;c-17729713" wrote:
I've heard multiple simmer youtubers say that let's plays don't do as well anymore, but I think it largely has to do with how they do it. I wish there were more, but I'm also super picky with how it's done. I don't want to just watch someone hit record and play for 20-30 minutes,

This 100%, I've seen Deligracy and James and some others do lets plays but their episodes are all so long and unedited that I just can't be bothered. Anything over 22 minutes is just too long for me and I have to really like someone to want to watch them for that long, the best Youtube videos for me are 12-18 minutes. Thats a good amount of time in my opinion, I'd much rather watch two 15 minute episodes than one 30 minute one
fjb792
4 years ago
Don't forget Juno Birch. She's fabulous! She mostly plays the Sims 2. She only posts Sims videos every other week though.
NoNameGirl20
4 years ago
For Reviews or showcasing stuff

Plumbella ¦ LGR ¦ CarlsSimsGuide ¦ Onlyabidoang

The Videos are shorter and dont showcase every single detail. They also dont read every single thing off. Is also balanced. The good and the bad.

Sit and Talk opinion Videos

EnglishSimmer. (And Plumbella, but already listed her)

Gameplay Videos that i do watch sometimes

EnglishSimmer - Sweet storyteller and she actually finishes her lets plays with the said story. But can talk a lot.

Dr. Gluon - (hes funny and very entertaining and talented). I did enjoy his Star Wars LP (Caillou Ren xD)

AndrewArcade - He has a notSoBerry Challenge and is very creative

ClareShiobhan - Its a little bit over exaggereted, but i like her storytelling and she usually finishes her series for the most part.
stewby8
4 years ago
I watch Carl's Sims Guide for information and reviews.

I try to watch some build videos for ideas but they all seem too cluttered and stuff to download from the gallery and actually use.

I have become strangely addicted to watching Australia Man and Florida Man trying to be the last to die (in Gray Still Plays).
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
4 years ago
If I'm to be honest most of them went to shit when TS4 came out. One of the reasons is that this game....just isn't good. It's entertaining for one or two hours then it hits you with boredom from it's repetitive mechanics, handholding, poorly designed gameplay features, lack of gameplay, limited worlds and lots and so on. The only good things it has are build mode and Cas and it's what most youtubers are doing now....no one can hold a let's play now, unlike before. It's true that the attention span of many people shifted towards more quick "dramatized" videos and youtubers follow what gives them the most ad revenue but the game itself doesn't help.

TS2 and TS3 let's plays are still to this day more prominent, because the gameplay is interesting and after a while we all get bored of watching some random people build things in TS4.
Echo17121
4 years ago
"bixters;c-17729952" wrote:
Don't forget Juno Birch. She's fabulous! She mostly plays the Sims 2. She only posts Sims videos every other week though.

I finally started watching her (binged all the videos in one day after going to hard at a wedding the night before) and I get so excited when she posts new videos these days! So funny!! And I always will love TS2 so it's great to see someone play with such reckless abandonment. :D
owcana
4 years ago
I think there is a limited number of things one can do in The Sims videos, which is why people are coming up with gimmick stuff and more and more build challenges. Normal gameplay videos aren't very popular most of the time for some reason, I guess because it's not that easy to get invested into somebody else's Sims, unless the youtuber is really extremely funny, creative and charismatic.

What I would LOVE to see is a regular Sims 1 gameplay video. So much of Sims 1 content on youtube is "lol I don't know what I'm doing, I'll just go into different locations until my Sim's needs are at an alarming level, then I'll go home and eventually I'll probably just have the family die in the fire". It's just so infuriating to see a Makin Magic or Superstar video, click on it all happy about it, and then the youtuber doesn't even try to read what's on screen and has no idea what they're doing, and they end up not even starting the show-business career, not preparing any spells, not knowing how to duel... Come, on, why.

I know a Sims 1 gameplay video wouldn't be super exciting for most people, so I understand why people don't make them, but why make one and then make it bad and boring?
jasons_chic80
4 years ago
A couple of weeks ago I was bored, decided to see what was happening on Twitch-same farming for equipment on ESO and WoW, none of the simmers I watch live streaming, bleh- then I saw this young woman streaming a masquerade ball in the sims.

That got me hooked! Her name is Mira Rae and she has a yt channel where she is heavily into a royalty LP she started last year. Just got done watching all 100 episodes of season 1 and working on Season 2.

It's fun to see her evolve as a YouTuber and see how creative she gets in her storyline. I had to start watching because I didnt want to watch her stream and have no idea of any of the background stories ya know.

Cant jump into the middle of fandom without a life raft!
Karamazov123
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
"Onverser;c-17729630" wrote:

I don't necessarily think she's being fake and pretending its amazing, she's just gullible and doesn't do her research properly.

I'd say she fakes it. Any time she does a cc pack review, she gushes about how much better it is than the official stuff, and how it's such a game changer... and then never uses it again. Then she'll shill a real pack, then never use its features again and might start bad-mouthing it after enough time has passed. I'm a fan of hers, no hate. But yeah, I'm not subscribed to her for her opinions.

Really loved her first wheel spin challenge though. The family tree and sims drama became so messy by the end. I hope she brings that back.