Why are you pushing people to watch playthroughs?
It's like you are encouraging them to give up on enjoying it firsthand
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This post is so bizarre. It's like they only asked the question in order to push people to watch a playthrough as if it's some sort of "gotcha."
But they aren't the same thing to, I'd say, most people. It's like I asked someone, "Where on earth have you anyways wanted to visit?" and then said, "Why haven't you looked at pictures then, idiot!"
My take is: They are a let's play youtuber but stuggling to get views.
It's free (and legal!) real-estate.
I have watched playthroughs as a substitute before, and honestly I don't feel like I'm missing out for most games as they are linear (or close enough to it). Add in common annoyances I have (things like inventory management, hunger, backtracking etc), and I will likely enjoy the playthrough more (with talking/video themes especially). In fact, there are a few games I tried after LPs and that still held true.
Then again I also have no problem watching an LP of a game I've already played, and I may even see something new (or forgotten).
I thknk playthroughs can make a lot of sense for some games, but it realy depends on the game. Like if it's the Last of Us where the primary appeal is the story and there's little in the way of plot-relevant decisions made by the player, you don't lose much at all by not being the player. That makes sense
OP is asking why people aren't watching playthroughs of stuff like Majora's Mask where half the point of the whole thing is solving puzzles, though. I'm pretty sure they'd have asked me about the decision-heavy RPG I mentioned if I hadn't pre-emptively answered
I don't want to watch someone else play a game. I want to play the game myself.
Which is what I do, when I have time
Totally. What's a movie you've always wanted to watch? Look up the plot summary on Wikipedia! You're done!
Baba is You.
I call it the greatest game I have never played.
the "for fucks sake this is impossible! HOW!? HOW!? HOW!? oh, that's how" is one of the most satisfying things in gaming. especially in this game
baba is confused
baba is angry
baba is surprised
baba is win
game is loop (/s)
It hurts my brain, but in a good way
So it seems this post is mostly about your love of watching videos of games and why don't more people do that.
There are a few games I want to play but haven't. I don't generally enjoy watching other people play games, for me the fun is in the experience. The choices I make and the systems mastery I gain. Video games are active entertainment, a video is useful to see if I might like a game or to say watch the alternate endings but spending 40 hours watching
I watch a lets play with commentary from Pete Complete playing Rimworld because it's basically a story generator and it's a really good bit of passive entertainment. But it is not the same as playing the game, I'm invested in the characters which develop but not to the same extent as when I play Rimworld myself.
Majoras Mask. I've bought it, but am too wrapped up in factorio, another one I waited far to long to play.
It's a fun one. The time limit feels oppressive at first, but once you get a few tools under your belt and a sense of what to prioritize, it's pretty straightforward.
It helps to keep in mind that you don't need to do as much as you can within a single cycle, you can do just a little bit and then start back over at day 1. You do enough to get a new tool or mask, and then those usually let you do something new or do something more easily the next time you go back in time.
Not sure which version you bought, but the 3DS version is a bit more user friendly because the song that lets you skip forward in time allows you to go to any specific time in that version, while the N64 version only goes to 6AM or 6PM.
The 3DS version is fantastic, although I really don't like the updates they made to most of the boss fights. They changed the design for some of the bosses in a way that just feels out of place, thematically. But there's so many other QoL improvements that I'd say it's still worth playing over the N64 version.
Agreed, though for me I think the one thing I didn't like about the 3DS version was the change made to Zora swimming. They reduced the base swim speed and made it so that you have to burn through magic to swim at the same speed as N64 Zora.
I have the N64 version, as well as the switch.
Think I'll probably play it on switch just to have wireless controller.
I think the one on Switch (if it's part of the classics catalog) is also the N64 version run through an emulator, so either option should have the same content.
The original Final Fantasy Tactics.
What's stopping me from watching a video? The fact that it's a fucking video.
touche
Anno 1800 and other games like that. I don't have the patience for the learning curve.
Morrowind. So many people say it's the best Elder Scrolls game, I even own it, but I think the older graphics plus my lack of free time keep me from committing.
Are you familiar with the Skywind project? If the team can actually finish it, that might be just the thing you're looking for
Star Citizen. R.I.P.
Before this BOTW, now TOTK, reason is i don't have a switch and emulator doesn't run well on my machine.
As for why i haven't watch playthrough of it, i like having fun myself and i don't like watching people having fun, it's like spectator sport and i don't like those.
I got a switch 2 recently (never had the original and I wasn't about to get an 8 year old machine lol) and finished BOTW in like a month (not 100% but like the main bosses and a bunch of shrines), now I'm on TOTK, and idk I feel like I got burned out playing so much.
Kinda just found out that you can't export saves so I couldn't move it to a steam deck later on... and so... yea... I don't wanna play 3rd party games on it because then my save is stuck on the nintendo ecosystem. Well maybe cyberpunk since they have the crosssaves, but I can't port out a Stardew Valley save for example.
So basically its just a dedicated Zelda/Mario/Kirby machine (since its exclusive to nintendo, I don't have to ever worry about porting out the saves). If I have to travel, I aint bringing two systems (too much hassle to keep track of), so I have to choose if I want the switch or the steam deck.
But I haven't touched a nintendo game for 20 years since I was a kid so like... yea that's why I really got obsessed about getting a switch now. Now that I played a bit, I feel less inclined to continue buying nintendo stuff in the future, like they do have a large library of 3rd party games, but like no crossaves, fuck that. This is probably this last nintendo system I'm getting. Like first party game are fun, but like it gets boring after a while so I have to switch to more... PC-type of games. I was expecting the switch 2 to be like the One machine to carry on the go, so I can have both nintendo games, and skyrim, stardew valley, and various PC games, but yea again, no crosssaves, so that's a big no.
Yeah, my last nintendo system is 3ds, i got it for monhunt4 and pokemon and...that's it. I look at other game and doesn't feel like i wanna buy anything, so i went back to pc gaming and my 3ds has been gathering dust since then. Not gonna lie, i do like handheld and might get steamdeck, but meh, nintendo game might be good but it will never be a console seller for me. The price of a game is just ridiculously high without discount and regional pricing. Felt the same for any other console as well but at least ps and xb got their plus and game pass.
Chaos Esque Anthology
https://libregamewiki.org/Chaos_Esque_Anthology
It looks like an amazing FPS that has been extended in every direction, and can import maps from most other classic FPS.
I tried to install it 10 years ago, but got into dependency-hell. Should give it another crack.
Tyranny. It is the thing that has been in my steam backlog unplayed for the longest because I have simply not yet felt ready to consistently commit the mental effort to the idea of "you are an enforcer for a horrible evil empire that has already won"
OP, I have not watched a playthrough because it is an RPG, making decisions myself is a huge part of the appeal. I want to get invested in my version of the character and how they think. If I wanted a story guided by someone else I could just pick a film to watch
When are you playing it then?
When I feel up to it. Right now I'm enjoying Shadow of the Erdtree, and I have my sights on Crypt Custodian too
Overload.
Like shit, my favorite game ever is Descent and Descent II.
Descent 3 is nice as well, but not exactly the best in the series.
Overload is the spiritual successor to Descent, and I have a copy actually, but as amazing as the graphics are, it only plays around 3 frames per second on my current laptop ☹️
Oo loved descent 100 years ago, gotta try
Baldurs Gate
Cause no time
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