Poll: Do you watch "Let's Play" type videos?

[Popido]

Yes and they mostly replace my need to buy and play games these days.

Which reminds me. I need to go watch Let's Play Dead Space 2. :3

 

[Crimson_Dragoon]

Just one: the one Shamus does on his blog.

 

[WingedIncubus]

I usually watch them only when they play shitty games (like Dr. Jeckyll or Mister Hyde, uggggh) or old games I never got around to play.

 

[bpk428]

ProtonJon's LP of Superman 64!

 

[The Wykydtron]

One word... Tobuscus

 

[Spookimitsu]

Watching that group of guys play RE4 on the wii had me cracking up.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Why the hell would I watch someone else playing the game? That's boring, I'd rather, you know, have fun playing the game myself.

Three reasons:
One: You can't afford/find it. See: The Dark Eye.
Two: It's too scary. See: Amnesia.
Three: It's a freeform game that needs a tutorial. See: Minecraft.

But surely watching someone play a game you can't get would just make you want it more? I know I would.
You do have a point with the Minecraft tutorial though.

He forgot forth reason: Many Let's Players are hilarious

Google mikelat and Alien Swarm to see this in action.

 

[joshuaayt]

Sure do- I need to study how to play videogames. Usually whilst I'm playing a smaller, handheld videogame or, if I'm lucky and my mother's laptop happens to be nearby, playing Morrowind.

 

[AlphaOmega]

Sometimes, but only on SomethingAwful tbh.

 

[Wolfram23]

One thing I find interesting about the "hilarious" LPs are that usually the reason for being hilarious is simply that the person playing either has a ridiculous voice and/or they basically overreact to everything. I'll be honest, in my book that goes down as annoying not hilarious.

 

[warm slurm]

I do, but I usually don't watch a full LP unless it's a short game because I just get kind of bored after a while. MoogleFTW is probably the best one.

 

[badgersprite]

I like LPs. Well, really only funny ones, I guess, like making fun of the game (especially if it's a game I like, because then I get all the jokes) rather than just showing themselves beating it. It's great to see nostalgic Let's Plays of some of my favourite games from when I was a kid.

One of my favourites is the King's Quest VI LP:


And LordKat, Paw, Roses and Todd doing Space Quest III:

Over yonder [http://www.lordkat.com/lets-play-space-quest-3.html]

 

[Sneeze]

Sometimes, if it's a game I miss/wanna see, and the narrator has to be entertaining or I just get bored. I do keep getting tempted to make my own though...

 

[Miffmoff]

Spoiler Warning is a good one as long as you like Mass Effect 2

 

[moosek]

Their fucking junk. Most of the commentary is stupid, and the it's a pointless/lazy way of producing videos.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Nope, 'cause the average Let's Play commentator has the iron wit of a comatose Jimmy Fallon.