Poll: What makes a good Let's Play

[joshuaayt]

Nothing specific makes a *good* LP, but there's a long list of things that make a *bad* LP.

Low quality recordings are no fun to watch, and low quality audio from the Let's Player makes the whole thing pointless.

If the Let's Player isn't particularly engaging- so if they aren't humorous, interesting, or (preferably) both. I watch a good few Let's Players for them, not for the games they play, because they're so much fun to listen to- Chip and Ironicus are a great example of this. Who cares what they play? They're so adorable.

Lazy editing can be incredibly frustrating- while showing off a few deaths, or having a bit of dead air every now and then, is completely fine, NO ONE wants to watch a straight 10 minutes of you not knowing how to wall jump properly- This is why blind LPs are so hard to do well.

Let's Plays are fucking hard to do right, and I have nothing but respect for the people who pull them off.

 

[ChristopherT]

To give some advice,

The video quality is good, the sound quality of both the game and yourself is good, only just try not to sniff as much, or do so away from mic, or mute those moments during editing.

Try to not have your mouse pointer in the video =P

You can try editing out some of the random battles, as annoying as they can get for you (the player) they are so much more annoying for someone watching. One way I've seen someone do it is showing only new enemies and bosses, but you don't have to go that far.

If you're not relaxed, just try to relax, I don't know, for my taste you're talking a lot. You don't even need a drastic change, just talk a little less, try to be calm.

Maybe get to know the game slightly before/between videos. It's okay not to know much about the game, but you seemed a little lost at times.

Maybe try not talking to the audience but rather just have a one way conversation like you're talking to someone else in the room with you. I tend to watch more sort of laid back let's players though, or if not, then informative.

It might also be okay to have a few things written down, just short ideas, to talk about when the game slows down. So you're not left with running through a town and having only your surroundings to talk about, ideas on other things you find interesting, your first time playing the game your LPing (if it's not your first time playing it), some personal stories to help get your personality out there and get people to feel a bit more like you're you and not just LPer 22,346 .

That's based only on the video you linked, after watching another two videos, you may have taken care of that pesky mouse pointer.