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.)
Any other ideas?
Thoroughly enjoyed a supercut of Jerma’s elden ring playthrough
That was some top tier second screen content
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
- Untitled Goose Game (shorter, absurd magic, highly recommended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di7pxNivACE
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
Edited let’s plays is a dying art, in favour of streaming wholesale. Anyways here are some that may interest you.
Not really. Both have their place like live TV and a rerun channel.
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
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
The original NieR is best watched as an LP. I liked the old SBFP LP.
Pacific Drive?
It’s a great game with a great story ( that I kinda rushed through because I couldn’t enjoy the constant tension - instead the couple playthroughs I watched were very enjoyable )
I love the aesthetic, having had just such a car in just such a place when I was younger. Watching Pacific Drive makes me so nostalgic.
There’s quite a fanbase for “No, I’m not a Human”. It’s a post apocalyptic horror game. It’s perfect to watch cause of the multiple endings and very simple gameplay.
