I'll preface this with I didn't used to watch any of machinima I think this post is directed at. The machinima I used to watch in the Sims 3 were short stories with little to no words on-screen and put over a song or two. The whole story would be completed within the duration of the video. Think "Kokoro" or "Swim" from the Sims 3 machinima times. (User faalq was great for these! I used to watch other user's too.) I used to love watching these sims music videos.
However I couldn't really find that type in the Sims 4. "Bella Goth: The Last Hope" was the closest one I could find, but even that is part of a series (though I think it stands up well on it's own). The couple times I tried to look I'd get bombarded with these episode-types none of which had subject matter I was interested in with lots of words cluttering the screen. Mix that with the fact that the new machinima have such a bad reputation in the community. I keep hearing, "They're all unoriginal/bad"). So, I decided I didn't want to sort through them -even though honestly I probably haven't watched enough to come to that conclusion on my own. Now, I just avoid them altogether.
I do watch the occasional Let's Play though! As long as the user is interesting (CallMeKevin or CaptainSauce :joy: )
To get me back into machinima the more music-type machinima would have to be easier to find. The Sims used to host a spotlight channel where they featured quite of a few of the type I like. So, I'd have to find either a company-driven or fan-driven channel dedicated to sorting and spotlighting Sims 4 machinima perhaps?
