How may games do you own, due to Let's Players/Etc?

[lil devils x]

None.

I don't watch let's plays. I don't watch streamers.

Watching someone else play a game without any kind of critique or analysis was never my cup of tea.

I would be lying if I said that YouTube coverage never influenced my purchases, but I would not say that any of the stuff that I watch can be considered to be a Lets Play.

Same. I normally read about games first, then may look for a video on footage of a game I am already interested in to see how the gameplay may look like, but usually those are from developers themselves before the game is released. I am the type of person who makes up my mind about what I am looking for before I start looking so then I go look for what meets that criteria rather than am influenced by others. I have helped other's with their streams and let's plays, but generally do not like to watch streamers myself. Guys often ask me to join on voice chat during streams I think because they think talking to girls while streaming helps them so they aren't just talking to themselves and other guys as much.

 

[Shadyside]

None.

I don't watch let's plays. I don't watch streamers.

Watching someone else play a game without any kind of critique or analysis was never my cup of tea.

I would be lying if I said that YouTube coverage never influenced my purchases, but I would not say that any of the stuff that I watch can be considered to be a Lets Play.

Same. I just buy what looks good when seeing some clips of gameplay.

 

[wings012]

I definitely played some Minecraft because of Achievement Hunter's weekly minecraft let's plays that I used to watch.

While I typically don't watch streams/let's plays in the vein of playing through a whole single player game(since I much rather just play the game myself) - multiplayer stuff or creative stuff can be pretty fun to watch. It really depends on the streamer. Robbaz builds crazy stuff in games like From the Depths or Kerbal Space Program and does stuff that I will never come up with or have the patience to do. Likewise some multiplayer streams can be fun to watch since they might play a game that my friends are not interested in playing, nor would we have the same sorta interactions. I also enjoy watching Starcraft 2 videos, watch some pro games and am a fan of Florencio who basically just does crazy builds and fucks with people. I am personally absolute trash at SC2 and can't find it in me to go practice and get better at it.

I typically don't buy and play those sorta games though. Since I very much enjoy watching them more than playing them.

Some multiplayer streams also help me get a good idea on whether a game might be suitable or fun to suggest to my friends to play together on.

I do sometimes watch streams or let's plays of games I already owned and played, just to see how others might react to them. But this is kinda a reverse. I watch stream because I played the game rather than buying a game because of a stream.

 

[Elijin]

I'm left with the impression a fair amount of you only play big games.

The titles I use streamers and youtube to look at ARE the marketing. They are tiny studios with zero marketing budget, who make do by giving free keys to people who have a reputation for "first looking" certain styles of games.

The idea that you could assess the game independently of youtube and streamers boils down to reading a steam/io review and glancing at some screenshots.

 

[BrawlMan]

This is what really got me in to God Hand.

GOD HAND

Let's Play GOD HAND by Kung-Fu Jesus

lparchive.org

 

[Phoenixmgs]

I'm left with the impression a fair amount of you only play big games.

The titles I use streamers and youtube to look at ARE the marketing. They are tiny studios with zero marketing budget, who make do by giving free keys to people who have a reputation for "first looking" certain styles of games.

The idea that you could assess the game independently of youtube and streamers boils down to reading a steam/io review and glancing at some screenshots.

Huh, I played Desperados 3 instead of TLOU2 because it was the better stealth game. I knew it would be from playing Shadow Tactics, the dev's previous game, which I bought because of the demo. My most anticipated game right now is Gamedec and not a single Youtuber (or anyone) has played it yet. It looks far far better than Cyberpunk. I saw like one review of Disco Elysium and immediately bought it. It doesn't take much to find non-AAA games to play.

 

[Dalisclock]

Huh, I played Desperados 3 instead of TLOU2 because it was the better stealth game. I knew it would be from playing Shadow Tactics, the dev's previous game, which I bought because of the demo. My most anticipated game right now is Gamedec and not a single Youtuber (or anyone) has played it yet. It looks far far better than Cyberpunk. I saw like one review of Disco Elysium and immediately bought it. It doesn't take much to find non-AAA games to play.

Arguably games like Disco Elysium don't lend themelves well to streaming. I watched yahtzee stream it briefly after he reviewed it and while I had already played and really liked the game, it doesn't come across in a stream.

I did buy the game after the reviews started praising it all over the place and it exceeded my expectations.

 

[Dalisclock]

I'm left with the impression a fair amount of you only play big games.

The titles I use streamers and youtube to look at ARE the marketing. They are tiny studios with zero marketing budget, who make do by giving free keys to people who have a reputation for "first looking" certain styles of games.

The idea that you could assess the game independently of youtube and streamers boils down to reading a steam/io review and glancing at some screenshots.

I play a fair number of indie games(probably more then AAA games but I try to get a good smattering of each) and normally reviews maybe some gameplay clips are more than enough to get a feel. A demo also helps a lot and more indie games are doing those now.

I've also got a small variety of sources to try to catch interesting indies as they pop up, though in the case of Disco Elysium, I somehow ignored that one until it started getting a bunch of positive praise from the gaming press(and Yahtzee).

 

[Elijin]

I very specifically said big instead of AAA. An indie game can still be big due to word of mouth or developer fame.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

I very specifically said big instead of AAA. An indie game can still be big due to word of mouth or developer fame.

How is Gamedec "big" in any way?

 

[BrawlMan]

Seeing preview builds of The TakeOver on YouTube back in 2015, made me heavily invested for the game. Then I found out Matt McMuscles was producing and promoting the game, and I money down for when it released.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Seeing preview builds of The TakeOver on YouTube back in 2015, made me heavily invested for the game. Then I found out Matt McMuscles was producing and promoting the game, and I money down for when it released.

How do you find these threads to necro? Do you search for them or just go, like, 30 pages back on the thread listing and post in whatever you find?

 

[BrawlMan]

How do you find these threads to necro? Do you search for them

Some I search by titles, others I use the forum's bookmark function.