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Post by Balder on Oct 30, 2017 21:01:05 GMT
What do you guys think of them? I used to watch a couple of them weekly, but then the channel started to scale back their other productions and almost exclusively make Let's Plays. I stopped watching the channel shortly after. Let's Plays fucking sucks. It's lazy work with no refinement, and they last way too long. A standard Let's Play used to be 30 min, but as they became more popular they have just become longer reaching 2 hours as the standard. Now YouTube is riddled with this poor content. Even Cinemassacre has started to shit these fuckers out twice a week.
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Post by dschult3 on Oct 30, 2017 22:10:07 GMT
I hate most let's plays. If I like a crew of guys who are making jokes, I may play one in the background for the laughs. However, I don't really watch them.
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 30, 2017 22:22:27 GMT
As a kid, I hated watching somebody else play a game while I just watched. I still do, so I can't see the appeal of Let's Plays.
I also rarely like improvised non-edited content (unless it's a good interview or a conversation about a topic that was planned far ahead); even if the people playing the game are really funny/interesting, there will still be a lot of boring moments if they are going to play hours of any game while they improvise what they are going to say.
I far prefer when people just do a review or play the game before to talk about their experiences and impressions; otherwise, just record the gameplay without the inane voice-overs (for walkthrough purposes).
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Post by scipioafricanus on Oct 30, 2017 23:40:39 GMT
Depends on who, if they are playing the game and not talking, don't really care. I do like the James and Mike because they actually discuss the game, history, random entertaining bullshit. I would love to see a Mark and Derek one.
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 31, 2017 0:32:33 GMT
I like the GamesDoneQuick ones. Those are good. They also have a nice selection of games. Particularly NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, PS1, and Saturn stuff.
I wouldn't watch a let's play of a modern game though. I don't see the point, or one that is not about demonstrating some kind of mad skills.
A good let's play should be like this:
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Post by dschult3 on Oct 31, 2017 0:33:25 GMT
I would love to see a Mark and Derek one. Now there is an idea! Mark could also do videos with some of the long forgotten cast too. (I don't seem to remember their names.) The girl they had for the updates years ago should make a come back as well.
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Post by billspreston on Oct 31, 2017 2:46:17 GMT
I used to host a series of let me play thats. It was called 'get the **** off my couch, quit hogging my tv, and let me play that'.
I don't get these kids watching someone else play games. Back in my day, you wanted to Twitch you got yourself some spray cans and a brown paper bag.
Unless we're talking a night of Kate Upton playing DDR at Harvey Weinstein's pad. But Harvey don't answer my calls no more.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 31, 2017 6:05:08 GMT
Depends on who, if they are playing the game and not talking, don't really care. I do like the James and Mike because they actually discuss the game, history, random entertaining bullshit. I would love to see a Mark and Derek one. Mark and Derek should collaborate on something in general. Kind of weird that they haven't done anything together since the break off.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 31, 2017 7:48:11 GMT
I do, actually. Not the 2 hour long ones, though. I'm not interested in watching a whole playthru or anything. I watch them sometimes to see someone play very well, other times for the jokes.
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Post by Balder on Oct 31, 2017 8:10:07 GMT
I do, actually. Not the 2 hour long ones, though. I'm not interested in watching a whole playthru or anything. I watch them sometimes to see someone play very well, other times for the jokes. What channels?
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 31, 2017 19:29:12 GMT
I do, actually. Not the 2 hour long ones, though. I'm not interested in watching a whole playthru or anything. I watch them sometimes to see someone play very well, other times for the jokes. What channels? Various channels that produce let's play style content.
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Post by winnersdontusedrugs on Oct 31, 2017 19:57:16 GMT
Lets plays aren't my thing, especially if it's just one chump playing by himself. Now watching someone who's skilled at the game is a different story, although I'm not sure if it counts as a lets play. Even then, I'm really not into any of them instead of Mike & Gootecks excellent adventures (and I haven't even bothered watching their newer episodes).
I'm not totally against watching gameplay footage though. I do like to watch some games that I like get played competitively every now and then, since it shows a whole other level of playing said games that I'm either incapable of playing at or not familiar with. I recently found out that an old game I used to play called Super Dragonball Z is actually still played competitively in Japan to this day, and they'll occasionally post footage on their youtube channel. That shit was so entertaining that it inspired me to dust off my own copy of the game and start playing it again, even though I suck anyway and can only really play against CPU opponents.
That said, I think there's a worrying amount of people now who watch others play/review/or god forbid, dissertate on games more than they actually play games themselves. I don't think it's just the youngsters who're falling into this trap either. Of course, it's not like I have any actual statistics to back it up, but I've been getting this impression for a long time now.
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 31, 2017 20:02:39 GMT
Mike & Gootecks excellent adventures (and I haven't even bothered watching their newer episodes). I like that show. I have a friend with whom we watched many episodes, but I haven't been watching it later either.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 31, 2017 20:38:40 GMT
Various channels that produce let's play style content. Afraid of me ripping it a new one and you crying?
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 31, 2017 20:48:35 GMT
Various channels that produce let's play style content. Afraid of me ripping it a new one and you crying? no
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