Looking for recommendations of games you think translate well to a Let’s Play.
Here’s a few I’ve watched as some examples:
Dispatch
Dead Space: Remake
Dave the Diver
Outer Wilds
Claire Obscur: Expedition 33
Black Myth: Wukong
Some games I want to play for myself, but others I’d rather just watch. Either I don’t want to buy it, or maybe the game mechanics don’t interest me but the story does. (Dispatch falls under that category.)
All of the old scummVM adventure games; Sam and max hit the road, monkey island, day of the tentacle, etc
For something more cinematic I’d look at platinum games like Bayonetta, god of wars, mass effects, gears, half-lifes, dark souls
I would avoid something really puzzle heavy like professor Layton or tactical like civ or Stellaris I enjoy watching/listening to people play games but those usually can’t hold my interest unless I’m playing
Edit: a couple more recent titles to add are Pentiment and Kentucky route zero
Ooh, I think Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero may be good for you to watch. Subnautica has really nice exploration mechanics and Outer Wilds reminds me of it in that aspect :)
I started a Let’s Play of that and liked it so much I quit early on and now it’s on a (lengthy) backlist of games I want to actually play. It looks really fun and I love the aesthetic.
In the line of cinematic games, maybe Journey also?
Maybe Songs for a Hero too, but do mind it has two dubbings (Portuguese and English) and they sound different from each other.
Lil’ Indigestion has a great blind playthrough of Outer Wilds. I would also recommend About Oliver’s Outer Wilds series as well. They also have great playthroughs of Subnautica.
I think the Quantic Dream games (Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, etc.) work well to watch since there isn’t much to miss out in the gameplay, mostly just walking, talking, and QTEs. The writing varies wildly in quality, so it’s often a MST3K-like experience with the game being mocked (at least ones I’ve watched), just depends whose playthrough you’re watching.
I enjoyed Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus’ playthroughs of the Metal Gear Solid series back in the day, and their 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand playthrough was good. Oh, and the Uncharted series. Chip is very thorough. They’re still putting stuff out to this day.
Also, I know they’re all dated now, but I still miss Super Best Friends Plays and go back and rewatch their stuff now and then.
All games I had no interest in playing myself, but wanted to know what they were about.
Finally the Let’s Drown Out series of videos by Yahtzee Croshaw and Gabriel Morton are some of the best Let’s Play content I have watched - though they are quite old now.
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Thoroughly enjoyed a supercut of Jerma’s elden ring playthrough
That was some top tier second screen content
Doki Doki Literature Club
The absolute strangest 6 and a half hours spent in front of the screen.
I’m currently watching videos of “The Last Caretaker”. Still in development / public beta, but nicely done.
All of the old scummVM adventure games; Sam and max hit the road, monkey island, day of the tentacle, etc
For something more cinematic I’d look at platinum games like Bayonetta, god of wars, mass effects, gears, half-lifes, dark souls
I would avoid something really puzzle heavy like professor Layton or tactical like civ or Stellaris I enjoy watching/listening to people play games but those usually can’t hold my interest unless I’m playing
Edit: a couple more recent titles to add are Pentiment and Kentucky route zero
Ooh, I think Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero may be good for you to watch. Subnautica has really nice exploration mechanics and Outer Wilds reminds me of it in that aspect :)
I started a Let’s Play of that and liked it so much I quit early on and now it’s on a (lengthy) backlist of games I want to actually play. It looks really fun and I love the aesthetic.
Stray. I dont watch people play games but I think the game fits nicely as a cinematic and its fun to play.
Watched it near release, loved it. +1
In the line of cinematic games, maybe Journey also?
Maybe Songs for a Hero too, but do mind it has two dubbings (Portuguese and English) and they sound different from each other.
Lil’ Indigestion has a great blind playthrough of Outer Wilds. I would also recommend About Oliver’s Outer Wilds series as well. They also have great playthroughs of Subnautica.
I’d recommend Materwelonz’ Outer Wilds gameplay
WARNING: Play this game yourself first or you will be spoiled forever!
Yay, I wanted to recommend Welonz as well. I especially loved her Silent Hill 2 playthrough. I found her through Baldur’s Gate 3.
What about A Plague Tale: Innocence and A Plague Tale: Requiem played by Amicia’s (main protagonist) voice actress?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMp9hfhMzmDau8pCXtpOMxA
https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLlyVpiQZgnX9XLvLPqIthA-COtetrtm_P
I think the Quantic Dream games (Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, etc.) work well to watch since there isn’t much to miss out in the gameplay, mostly just walking, talking, and QTEs. The writing varies wildly in quality, so it’s often a MST3K-like experience with the game being mocked (at least ones I’ve watched), just depends whose playthrough you’re watching.
Heavy Rain is the best if someone’s got the SHAAAWN glitch.
Edited let’s plays is a dying art, in favour of streaming wholesale. Anyways here are some that may interest you.
https://youtube.com/@rkg/playlists
Not really. Both have their place like live TV and a rerun channel.
I like watching people play Super Mario World romhacks. Grand Poo World is big and the streamer who made it (barbarousking) is entertaining
I believe in Barbarous King
Also, it’s been fun watching everyone play Dram 3.
👏👏
I enjoyed Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus’ playthroughs of the Metal Gear Solid series back in the day, and their 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand playthrough was good. Oh, and the Uncharted series. Chip is very thorough. They’re still putting stuff out to this day.
Also, I know they’re all dated now, but I still miss Super Best Friends Plays and go back and rewatch their stuff now and then.
All games I had no interest in playing myself, but wanted to know what they were about.
For MGS I will always recommend Giant Bomb’s old Metal Gear Scanlon series going through all 5 main games, Peace Walker, and Rising.
Did they show every instance of a character called Johnny shitting his pants? There’s one in every game. Like I said, Chip is thorough.
Dan Ryckert would never miss a poop joke. Every Johnny Sasaki is thoroughly covered.
I would recommend Noah Caldwell-Gervais’s Channel for excellent series retrospectives and long form scripted gaming content.
Josh Strife Hayes may be interesting to you either scripted retrospectives or twitch stream VODs
Finally the Let’s Drown Out series of videos by Yahtzee Croshaw and Gabriel Morton are some of the best Let’s Play content I have watched - though they are quite old now.
SovietWomble has some great let’s plays!
The next two are long-form supercuts of a bunch of streams:
I don’t remember if I’ve ever seen Womble’s Goose Game. I love this so much.
I’m a goose