lets plays

[Thyme]

i regularly watch game grumps and sometimes totalbiscuit's "WTF is ______" videos when it's a game i'm interested in and i've seen some markiplier vids and bits of projared's firered nuzlocke challenge is this what this thread is about

[Patrick Stickles]

i watch retsupurae stuff which is like the mystery science theater of lets play and bad video games (but not like lowtax) and i like that a lot, though it's sometimes really weird to hear someone talk over someone talk over a video game. too many voices at once. but i mean how else would i know about shit like urban runner or harvester?

unfortunately it got me really into their actual LPs and now i see the appeal of it because you get attached to these personalities and want to see the other things they do



another thing i really like is smite's playlist on youtube that is "let's race" where the screen is split into like 4 to 6 screens of people racing a video game in one sitting (short games like megaman). it's genuinely interesting to me cause i like speed runs and shit

[Hiro]

i'm used to watching people play video games because that's one of my earliest memories (my uncle playing snes) and also having siblings so we had to take turns
plus it makes me feel like i'm playing games since i'm too lazy to actually do so

[YPrrrr]

I can't really watch them because if they're serious they're boring, and if they're trying to be funny they usually suck at the game and it's frustrating to watch them fail easy parts just for entertainment value.

Only similar thing I can watch is people of a high skill level playing a vs game to see how I stack up and give me inspiration

[Snowy]

Only similar thing I can watch is people of a high skill level playing a vs game to see how I stack up and give me inspiration

I watch stuff like that for DMC combos and stuff like that. But I never watch the BlazBlue combo videos because I know that I'll never be as good as them lol

[Patrick Stickles]

I can't really watch them because if they're serious they're boring, and if they're trying to be funny they usually suck at the game and it's frustrating to watch them fail easy parts just for entertainment value.

Only similar thing I can watch is people of a high skill level playing a vs game to see how I stack up and give me inspiration

i hate the "i'm so bad at this lol" type let's play

what you're thinking of is more along the lines of chip cheezum's metal gear rising LP. he's really good at it and went so far as to discover all the secrets of the game before actually playing through it. you get the full experience of the game without having to actually play it (and with platinum games that can be a good thing if you suck at them)

[YPrrrr]

i hate the "i'm so bad at this lol" type let's play

what you're thinking of is more along the lines of chip cheezum's metal gear rising LP. he's really good at it and went so far as to discover all the secrets of the game before actually playing through it. you get the full experience of the game without having to actually play it (and with platinum games that can be a good thing if you suck at them)

sorta yeah. I usually just go single player games alone, I mostly just watch multiplayer stuff for entertainment and education

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

i like the livestreams tho i only ever really go to kaz stream

[Samus Aran]

despite kaz stream being a thing, i generally don't care about watching LPs or streams

but i sure love doing streaming

i feel like streaming is a lot better though because you can actually talk back and forth between the audience and it makes the experience a lot more interactive than something pre-recorded. it's worth noting that a lot of times when i stream it's not just because i feel like playing a game that seems suitable for streaming, it's also because i want to talk to you guys without just using text.

[Placebo Headwound]

Let's plays are much better representations of how a game plays than trailers and reviews are. That is of course if the person playing isn't terrible. That's about the most useful things about them, rarely is a commentator ever actually worth listening to.

[Placebo Headwound]

i hate the "i'm so bad at this lol" type let's play

what you're thinking of is more along the lines of chip cheezum's metal gear rising LP. he's really good at it and went so far as to discover all the secrets of the game before actually playing through it. you get the full experience of the game without having to actually play it (and with platinum games that can be a good thing if you suck at them)

Chip and Ironicus are about the only duo I bother to watch videos for. The only ones I know that have funny/interesting commentary.

[Hiro]

it's worth noting that a lot of times when i stream it's not just because i feel like playing a game that seems suitable for streaming, it's also because i want to talk to you guys without just using text.

that's probably the main reason i play uncharted nowadays too

[me003]

I like watching twitch streams cuz I got a couple friends who stream, and because its live you can interact with them and some of the speedrunners are insane and some people are entertaining to watch. I do feel weird though, sitting behind a screen watching some random gamer like wtf am I doing.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

despite kaz stream being a thing, i generally don't care about watching LPs or streams

but i sure love doing streaming

i feel like streaming is a lot better though because you can actually talk back and forth between the audience and it makes the experience a lot more interactive than something pre-recorded. it's worth noting that a lot of times when i stream it's not just because i feel like playing a game that seems suitable for streaming, it's also because i want to talk to you guys without just using text.

gay

[Samus Aran]

gay

kaz is gay is gay is gay