I am part of an event called “nethackathon” where multiple streamers hand over the same character/savegame to the next person in the schedule, like a relay race. What other games do you think would be good for a similar kind of event?
Nethack is ideal for a few different reasons:
it has a clearly defined objective (win the game)
permadeath means there are real stakes, we care if each character lives or dies
a winning run usually takes about 10-20 hours, short enough to be done in the weekend of the event, but also long enough that it can’t be completed by a single person and requires multiple streamers in 2 hour “shifts”
transferable savegames (we play on a common server)
the game itself is interesting and deep
What other games do you think would work well in this format and why?
It would be helpful if you mention the games that are already in this list. Also, are all the players trying to speedrun the game or playing blind? Do cutscenes get skipped? Do the other players see what happened in the game before they started playing?
A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of This World YU-NO took me 80 real world hours to figure out how to get the true ending (branching story, requires specific item usage at specific points in the story), but depending on the platform and intended audience it is not a game I would recommend for streaming. Although the latest remake censors the nudity, its still sexually explicit, and it contains some content I understand is from a different time and culture but I personally find replusive. Beside that stuff the story was fantastic, though. Plus, as a graphic adventure game, it’s probably not ideal.
But, if Graphic Adventure games aren’t a problem but sexually explicit ones are, Snatcher on the SEGA CD and Policenauts on the SEGA Saturn are both quite lengthy, and lacking in the explicit department. Although Policenauts has a cool feature where loading a game save gives you a summary screen of everything that has happened up to that point, Snatcher does not.
Metal Gear Solid might be a pretty good one, as I remember the game being quite long, cutscenes included.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess could be a good pick as well.
Danganronpa games can be pretty long as well, and are interesting to people who like solving mysteries.
Shenmue could be a good pick because of its QTE sections, which are pretty fast and easy to lose. And everyone loves to see a streamer lose.
Silent Hill or Yakuza series might offer something more interesting.
XCOM 2 can be incredibly punishing to lose, and the game makes it pretty easy to lose.
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It would be helpful if you mention the games that are already in this list. Also, are all the players trying to speedrun the game or playing blind? Do cutscenes get skipped? Do the other players see what happened in the game before they started playing?
A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of This World YU-NO took me 80 real world hours to figure out how to get the true ending (branching story, requires specific item usage at specific points in the story), but depending on the platform and intended audience it is not a game I would recommend for streaming. Although the latest remake censors the nudity, its still sexually explicit, and it contains some content I understand is from a different time and culture but I personally find replusive. Beside that stuff the story was fantastic, though. Plus, as a graphic adventure game, it’s probably not ideal.
But, if Graphic Adventure games aren’t a problem but sexually explicit ones are, Snatcher on the SEGA CD and Policenauts on the SEGA Saturn are both quite lengthy, and lacking in the explicit department. Although Policenauts has a cool feature where loading a game save gives you a summary screen of everything that has happened up to that point, Snatcher does not.
Metal Gear Solid might be a pretty good one, as I remember the game being quite long, cutscenes included.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess could be a good pick as well.
Danganronpa games can be pretty long as well, and are interesting to people who like solving mysteries.
Shenmue could be a good pick because of its QTE sections, which are pretty fast and easy to lose. And everyone loves to see a streamer lose.
Silent Hill or Yakuza series might offer something more interesting.
XCOM 2 can be incredibly punishing to lose, and the game makes it pretty easy to lose.
There is no list. Nethackathon is for nethack. I’m asking for other suggestions which might work for their own, completely independent events.
Personally I can’t imagine a story based game being fun for this kind of event.
Ah, I see. I misunderstood what you were asking for.
Perhaps something like F-Zero GX could work?