So I've been going through a bunch of let's plays lately. It's nice ear-candy while I practice my drawing, it doesn't require the same level of attention as a podcast, it allows me to relive the best moments of videogames I've already played without having to play them again, and it shows me what people like about games I don't plan on ever playing. It's kind of frustrating sometimes, especially when I know the games ("no! it's the middle door! you haven't been there yet! no oh god don't backtrack noooooooo!"), but that's why I never just sit in front of the things and watch them like TV.
I've half a mind to actually make some myself, but I'm not sure. Maybe for Baroque, or the Shadowgrounds games, since those haven't been done yet and I know them inside and out. The main obstacle is that I'm pretty sure no one would watch. But I'll certainly replay those sooner or later, so I might as well, you know?
Alright so uh yeah let's share some decent ones if you've seen any. I'll list those I've seen, but be warned: I don't pay a huge amount of attention to these things and I have extremely low standards. It takes some pretty severe douchebaggery from the player to make me quit watching entirely, so follow at your own risk.
Eversion by Quantum Crayons
This is the first one I've watched, because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and I was too much a a wuss to play it. It's a blind run too (meaning that it's the player's first attempt at the game), and those tend to be a lot of fun. Now I wish I had played it, it's really not as bad as I thought. Though I might be saying that because someone else was busy getting spooked in my place.
Metal Gear Solid 4 by Turmio1
I watched this one because I'll probably never buy this game, but I went through all the MG games before and wanted to know how the whole thing ends. It's a no-kills run, which is pretty interesting. And the guy has this awesome Indian (I think) accent and is pretty liberal about the swearing. Gat dammit! He knows to keep quiet during the cutscenes, which is a huge plus.
Valkyrie Profile by crimeinpartner
This one's pretty good, it's a hard mode run and he does all the endings and the Seraphic Gate. And he makes it look frikkin' easy. I've also seen his
Castlevania: SOTN run which is reasonably thorough and an okay watch if you're not utterly sick of the game by now.
Fallout 3 by Arm4g3dd0nX
This is a blind run, which usually bodes well, but this guy refuses to use anything but the 10mm pistol until he runs out of ammo for it, he reloads every time he gets hurt, and he picks up everything off the ground. I mean everything. He spent like 10 videos gathering and selling every single empty can out of the Super Duper Mart. It's a fascinating study into obsessive compulsive behavior but it's terrible to watch. I quit that one completely, and link to it only for the curious and the masochist. (Oh my God he's up to 188 videos now someone help this man.)
Eternal Darkness by katrinonus
I started watching this one out of curiosity, then it made me play the game myself. Then I continued watching it. I think it's at least partially a blind run, though if I remember correctly she had seen parts of the game before. She's cleared the game with two of the three Ancients by now, Xellotath and Chatturgha, the latter of which she attempted to speed-run, and she promises to do something interesting with her Ulyaoth run. Also I gotta mention that I like her voice for some reason, so it may color my impression. From her I've also seen
Haunting Ground,
the Gamecube Resident Evil remake, and I'm just about at the end of
Resident Evil 4.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic by johnofordo3
I like this game, and seeing someone go through it blind is a lot of fun. (To me.) The brit accent is just bonus. I've mentioned before that a certain roof-chase sequence in DM is a good example of first-person platforming done right, and in case anyone's interested, it's shown in
this part.
Alright, I have some more but this should be a start.
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