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LOL why would you WATCH/READ someone else play a video game?
So you see there's a lot of reasons why people enjoy this modern form of entertainment. Though it's been around for a long rear end time now and now people have become millionaires off of it. How did that happen? Who knows, we can talk about it too. I've been seeing a lot of people outside the LP forum want to know the state of things, so I thought I'd make a place to talk about them. I'm think anything you've heard of is reasonable for discussion. And you are allowed to like and talk about any let's plays ever, on or off site, even if it's Pewdiepie. But also, don't attack other people for liking Let's Players you think are tainted by drama. Even if it's Pewdiepie. I don't like him at all myself but it's "post YOUR favorite" not "post MY favorite". Besides, some of my favorite Let's Play circles have done poo poo I really wish they didn't. Basically Talking about drama is okay, bringing drama into the thread isn't. Here are some of my favorites, to get the party started. Or at least the ones I remember at the moment. Again, this has been going on a loooong while. There's a bunch of popular LPs I HAVEN'T viewed, like the Jurassic Park Trespasser game LP, Dectilon's romhack videos, or multiple Dark Souls games LPs (I liked Geops but I refuse to watch anymore until I actually can play that game and not get spoiled) (that's not going to happen) but again, it's "post YOUR favorite". I prefer READING lps
I like WATCHING lps
I watching people who can actually PLAY games play them
a few others Aavak and Splattercat do little Lp's of early access games, I don't usually watch their entire let's plays (except for Aavak's ferretcam) but they seem like alright guys and I like seeing these games demoed instead of feeling like I need to play them myself. "What's up, this is Critical, and I'm pretty much the only good youtube LPer. I never use a facecam or show any emotion in my voice. I have three jokes and one of them is comparing things to cum. Let's do this poo poo." Everyone has heard of Awesome Games Done Quick. I like the ones of the Kaizo Mario games.
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 01:54 |
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I really liked Kauboks and Panzerskank's LP of Saints Row 2. It helped when they actually got one of Volition's staff to help with some of the mods, thus making a buggy game into a hilariously broken buggy game.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 07:58 |
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It's mentioned in the OP, but Darkseed 2 by Slowbeef and Diabetus is essential viewing. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines by gatz and TheMcD was pretty good. Lemmings by Psychedelic Eyeball shows how crazy difficult those games were and Let's Vivisect Solaris by ManxomeBromide shows how crazy making games for the Atari 2600 could be. Civilization 2 by Melth shows off the weird quirks of the game and how to utterly dominate the AI. For ongoing ones, I'm enjoying Every Game On Steam by Samu3lk and friends, Dragon Age: Origins by Inferior, and 20 Years of Doom by Temin_Dump and friends. Samovar posted:I really liked Kauboks and Panzerskank's LP of Saints Row 2. It helped when they actually got one of Volition's staff to help with some of the mods, thus making a buggy game into a hilariously broken buggy game.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:35 |
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I was always a huge fan of the Steampunk Abortionists stuff back when LPs were still just seeping out of SA. Only username I remember is CherryDoom. Are those still around anywhere? Also Jerusalem's text San Andreas playthrough was pretty rad too
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 12:16 |
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Escobarbarian posted:I was always a huge fan of the Steampunk Abortionists stuff back when LPs were still just seeping out of SA. Only username I remember is CherryDoom. Are those still around anywhere? Well, I always thought the Freelance Astronauts were by far the best of all the original groups, unfortunately all their stuff is either lost or in terrible resolution. But their rapport was fantastic.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 15:51 |
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Samovar posted:Well, I always thought the Freelance Astronauts were by far the best of all the original groups, unfortunately all their stuff is either lost or in terrible resolution. But their rapport was fantastic. I think my favourite Freelance Astronauts video was the competitive Tetris video with |||||| versus Maxwell, for his smack talk that just kept going until he inevitably misplaced one block in the entire game that then threw him off: "You cannot defeat me. I am a machine. My blocks fall in unbroken rows as I AWWWWWWWWW gently caress!" I also loved the "Let Me Tell You about my Anime D&D Character. Sephiroth Goku that Stampede" that was elaborated on for 4 minutes straight of adlib until Ferr helps him complete the joke: *after 5 minutes of anime jokes* Ferr: And then the manager says "That's very interesting, what do you call that act?" ||||||: The Aristocrats!
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 17:05 |
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Didja Redo's Gazillionaire Deluxe screenshot LP turns a game which is mostly spreadsheets and 'buy low sell high' economics into a lighthearted but compelling narrative of a pair of down-on-their-luck dorks starting their first space business. Does a good job showing off the game, too, but it's not the main draw. davidspackage's Hopkins FBI video LP takes the piss out of one of the worst adventure games I've ever seen. It's just long enough to not wear out its welcome and the delivery is perfect at highlighting how loving dumb everything in this game is. I have to go.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 17:17 |
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A classic: Metroixer's Let's Break Pokemon Blue. Not your typical Pokemon LP: this one takes your childhood game and does things you'd never think could be done to a GB cartridge. Broken 'mons with hellish screams, broken worlds, and ghost trainers, some of it through Action Replay codes, but many others could as easily be done on a real cartridge (or the 3DS emulator, I guess). Some videos are gone, but most work or can be found on Youtube. Includes technical, but clear and comprehensive explanations as to why the game behaves like it does. Also in the archive, a small collection of posts in .txt format discuss varied aspects of how the coding of GB Pokémon games work. All in all, it's a good (and at times, a bit unsetting) lecture if you either played those games as a kid or are interested on how early GB games worked.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 17:41 |
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I love horror games but there are a lot I'll never be able to play. Can someone recommend some good horror game LPs that aren't people screeching at the scares? I've seen Voidburger's and Id's works.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 17:45 |
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Jiru posted:A classic: Metroixer's Let's Break Pokemon Blue. Not your typical Pokemon LP: this one takes your childhood game and does things you'd never think could be done to a GB cartridge. Broken 'mons with hellish screams, broken worlds, and ghost trainers, some of it through Action Replay codes, but many others could as easily be done on a real cartridge (or the 3DS emulator, I guess). Some videos are gone, but most work or can be found on Youtube. Includes technical, but clear and comprehensive explanations as to why the game behaves like it does. Also in the archive, a small collection of posts in .txt format discuss varied aspects of how the coding of GB Pokémon games work. All in all, it's a good (and at times, a bit unsetting) lecture if you either played those games as a kid or are interested on how early GB games worked.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 18:28 |
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It was mentioned, but no link, so here's ResearchIndicate's soothing voice. The Jurassic Park Trespasser LP http://lparchive.org/Jurassic-Park-Trespasser/
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 19:36 |
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BioEnchanted posted:I think my favourite Freelance Astronauts video was the competitive Tetris video with |||||| versus Maxwell, for his smack talk that just kept going until he inevitably misplaced one block in the entire game that then threw him off: I always preferred the time Maxwell gets steadily pissed off at jokes about Louie Anderson during the RE4 LP. Or the time Maxwell dicks over the other guys in the Wii Mario Brothers game. So 100% of the time.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 19:57 |
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Fiendly did some solid LPs, including The Punisher, Splatterhouse, and Manhunt. The link is to the Punisher LP, where he has a comic book nerd guest. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDRE1TOP0RUe0JevII_PrC2s5Yt8S3Wzt
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 20:04 |
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I like Chip and Ironicus LPs because they play games that have really interesting and good stories but have gameplay that doesn't interest me at all. also nthing Elentor's Final Fantasy VII LP. It took him years to complete and it is an amazing piece of work.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 20:24 |
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OldTennisCourt posted:I love horror games but there are a lot I'll never be able to play. Can someone recommend some good horror game LPs that aren't people screeching at the scares? I've seen Voidburger's and Id's works. The absolute very best horror LP I've ever read was Egomaniac's take on the Remaster of Siren. It's a very complete and informative LP, including supplemental material never released in the US. Also, Ego sticks to subtitles for his videos, letting the atmosphere of the game speak for itself. Wear headphones for peak experience. Also, Siren is an impossibly difficult and obtuse game, but with an absolutely amazing storyline, with some of the very best "show don't tell" I've ever seen in a game, so it's great to have someone who knows exactly what they're doing pull it apart and show us every tiny speck of detail. Another good horror LPer to look into is Niggurath here on the forums. He does a lot of games, many obscure, and does so with a calm and relaxing voice that is far easier to listen to than the screaming jumpers you complain about. Unrelated: If you're interested in Screen Shot LPs that add a narrative, I strongly recommend checking out Chokes McGee's runs of Final Fantasy Legend 1 and 2 on the game boy. He is an excellent writer that adds metric tons of humor, pathos, and drama into these games, heavily characterizing what are normally blank slate player characters, and fleshing out the stories far further than what is in the game itself, while expertly staying true to what the games actually say. Also, I too am a big fan of watching things like AGDQ and seeing people far better at older games than I'll ever be speedrun them. In that vein I'm totally hyped for next month's Big 20 Famicom Race, a marathon where players have to go through twenty famicom titles in a row, with most of the games having the stipulation of winning the whole game. As it says, it's a famicom race. Some of the titles have been ported to the NES, some with graphic overhauls (Hebereke turned into Uforia, for example) and then some games NEVER left Japan. It should be a fun race.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 20:31 |
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Would people doing Gaming documentaries count here too? Because Kimble Justice is amazing: She focuses on older stuff and has done multiple feature length videos on incredibly interesting topics including Ocean Entertainment, Imagine Software, Rare, A three part series on Peter Moluneiux and a ton of other amazing stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=user?elmyrdehory
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 21:11 |
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Does Oneyplays count as a let's play? I like that one, but everything else in the genre makes my hymen seal back up and I'm not even a girl.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 22:49 |
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Scorchy's LP of KOTOR 2 is fantastic http://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/ Includes analysis of the game's many, many words and also a ton of cut content that was hard to access before the restoration mod.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 23:48 |
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Big fan of Chip Cheezum and Ironicus' Metal Gear Rising LP. Taught a lot about the game, and each video was short enough to watch during lunch. I love these two guys' chemistry as well.
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# ? Feb 7, 2017 23:53 |
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Poptartsninjas long (possibly longest) running Let's All Play Battletech and Rewrite Inner Sphere History LP is very heavy on the reading and so. loving. long. but extremely worth it, in my opinion. It began in 2011 and is still ticking along, having posters participate in the scenarios makes for a lot of interesting fights, as well as a sort of communal learning process about how the game works, what works in terms of tactics and how to use the various 'mechs and their weapons to the best. Ptn is also a pretty great storyteller and his big story updates and combat theatre votes in between scenarios are always interesting. There's been any number of times I've been torn between several possible votes for the next scenario because they all sound super interesting.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 00:18 |
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You can't talk about the Freelance Astronauts without mentioning New Super Mario Bros. It's one person who is good at Mario, two people who are a bit mediocre, and quote:Let's just get this out of the way: Ferr doesn't find the "Run" button. playing the most antagonistic co-op game Nintendo has ever released. The 8-Bonus video is a thing of beauty.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 00:26 |
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Nakar's LPs of Ultima 4, 5, 6 and 7 are super informative about a really unique and important piece of gaming history. They've also had me in literal tears from laughter, even on the reread.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 00:32 |
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Would Game Center CX count? It's a show in Japan where this thirty-something comedian and game lover named Arino comes in and has to meet challenges for old games (usually beat them) within a time limit. He's not an expert player, and often is new to the games offered, but he and the producers of the show make it incredibly entertaining. You find yourself easily rooting for the lovable Arino, and cheering along with him when he conquers particularly difficult challenges. Also, the show is intermixed with features such as trips to various arcades in Japan (called Game Centers there), and interviews with classic game creators and stuff like that. There's a big thread in Games about the show, and I'm pretty sure goons are the main source of subtitling on the net. It doesn't take much searching to find episodes on youtube or whatever, though they regularly get taken down as well. To really get a feel for the show, I suggest starting with early episodes before going forward. The Super Mario series, in order, would be a good overview of the style of the show and how it's grown, both in presentation, and in Arino's skill. On the other hand, the Punch-Out episode might be the funniest one of the entire series. The show is probably the closest equivalent to a "Top Gear" for classic gamers, and is just terrific.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 01:51 |
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Men Drinking Coffee are a pretty chill group LP team that mainly does garbage games like Ride to Hell and Mind Jack. It has a very MST3K feel to it. A good place to start is their Advergames series, where they play video games based on snack foods.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 02:46 |
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VoidBurger's Silent Hill 2 LP is my absolute favourite. She done two versions at the same time, one with no spoilers and no voiceover, only occasional subtitles, and the other is her and TortoiseOnTour commentate over it. It feels like a real labour of love because both of them absolutely love Silent Hill, and know drat well every detail about it's entire production.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 02:53 |
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Dead to Rights and Dead to Rights: Retribution by Slowbeef and Diabetus are also pretty good.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:38 |
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Mzbundifund and Bacter's co-op LP of the obscure FPS/RPG Amulets & Armor. It's a fun exploration of a virtually unknown game. The LP is also notable for getting one of the original devs to come crawling out of the woodwork to update and re-release the game for free online.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:56 |
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Wait, The Dark Id completed his Final Fantasy X LP? I was following it when the original thread died, but I never hang out in the LP forum so I had no idea he resumed it.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 07:24 |
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so ya lets play half=life: 2 by Cybershell was hilarious, a "screenshot" LP of Half-Life 2 that was actually the original Half Life. The screenshots are actual photos of his computer monitor and if I remember correctly at one point he makes a video update of himself playing the game at his computer, then getting up and going off to the toilet for a few minutes and leaving the camera running.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 11:19 |
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Slowbeef and Diabeetus'sd playthrough of Sonic 2006 is amazing. It stops being a Let's Play partway through and turns into something close to a long-form psychological horror film.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 12:19 |
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My LPs are always the kind of games that don't engender much discussion, so my threads are quiet, but I still get enough views to know that I have an audience even though they're invisible, which is heartening
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:02 |
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Not a specific single one to reccomend but Yahtzee (of zero puncuation) and his friend Gabriel's "Lets drown out" series is/was great. Now defunct but easily worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=channel?UC-Q4WBqNtMF_2GbIsGjic4A Also its then spin off Keepetclassy if you enjoy two bogan Australians insulting each other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=channel?UC4XWGSe8Yc_iZr6TIDt7Eiw
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:19 |
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http://lparchive.org/Sonic-2-Special-Edition/
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:23 |
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OldTennisCourt posted:I love horror games but there are a lot I'll never be able to play. Can someone recommend some good horror game LPs that aren't people screeching at the scares? I've seen Voidburger's and Id's works. Super great friend is almost done a siren LP and is doing a blind playthrough of re7. He's pretty unflappable. Vincent Van Goatse posted:Slowbeef and Diabeetus'sd playthrough of Sonic 2006 is amazing. It stops being a Let's Play partway through and turns into something close to a long-form psychological horror film. The original poke'capn LP of it is amazing and I've gone through all 30 hours three times. SHY NUDIST GRRL has a new favorite as of 13:30 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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My hands-down favorite LP of all time: The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...d4oLHvqr8PaYFPg Sorry about the google re-direct, I'm at work.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:53 |
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slowbeef's Metal Gear 2 was hilarious and one of the only I've ever read I think it's deleted from the internet now
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:59 |
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half life: opposing forces in accordances with US regulations is enjoyable and only a few chapters. Read along with the US regulations website open in another tab.Cannon_Fodder posted:My hands-down favorite LP of all time:
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Mr. Glum posted:It was mentioned, but no link, so here's ResearchIndicate's soothing voice. The Jurassic Park Trespasser LP Definitely the best one I've ever seen.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 17:39 |
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Oh man, I'd completely forgotten about Slowbeefs' Sprung LP: http://lparchive.org/Sprung-(Brett)/
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OldTennisCourt posted:I love horror games but there are a lot I'll never be able to play. Can someone recommend some good horror game LPs that aren't people screeching at the scares? I've seen Voidburger's and Id's works. I heartily recommend DumbRodent's LP of Outlast, though if you're as wimpy as I am, you might still end up with your eyes closed at some of the sacrier bits Anyway, for me practically anything from The Men Drinkin' Coffee are top-notch. Special mention goes to LPs of Raven's Cry and Ride to Hell: Retribution, the latter of which is... NWS? I think? I also like CJacobs' work, especially his Bubsy LP.
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