Also: "I don't have time to watch a 20min video." Four 6min videos? "Count me in!"
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I mean, it’s brilliant!
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I watch reviews for old games I already know a lot about, just to hear the stupid hot takes modern gamers who weren't even alive at the time the game they're playing was released have about games that were awesome in their own time that may not have held up to today's standards.
Like all the dudes that wonder how Half-Life and Half-Life 2 are considered good when something from 2019 is so much better. lol
They don't appreciate the technical leaps either. DOOM was mind-boggling ahead of it's time and Carmack is an absolute genius but kids these days couldn't care less.
Boomer shooters are all the rage right now.
I didn't expect to be attacked today. Some games I don't like the game play but the lore is fire
Let's be real, no one actually ever finished Outer Wilds.
You didn't have to call me out like that
Speak for yourself! I couldn't get enough of that game, got %100 on it and restarted it to complete it again (although I don't think I got every log the second time around)
You beat Myst without taking any notes too didn't you? 😝
Lol, now that's one I never got around to beating xD
Bonkers to me that you did not finish it. The game is not very hard, extremely rewarding, and has a beyond phenomenal ending. I could not stop playing it and absolutely shed tears when the ending credits rolled.
Is that a novel or something?
Eve Online.
That is the perfect example, lol
I really don't watch TV shows or movies much anymore, just long form content from YouTube. Give me a few one hour videos on retro computers and am golden.
That one channel where every video is just dunking on Billy Mitchell about everything and anything.
i feel personally attacked
There's ironically less commitment. No need to worry about missing something crucial by looking away, no struggle to stay engaged with the plot.
This post is just an ad for vaatividya isn't it!?
I often watch his videos to go to sleep. Although I do actually play all those games.
I love watching Rust videos but hate playing FPS.
I watched a 4 hour movie made from MK1 cut scenes the other day without even realizing how long it was.
See any of the noclip documentaries.
Yes, I too love RetroAhoy
Maybe TV shows need to be more interesting than a 3 hour gaming video.
Guilty of this with Blasphemous. Never played the game. Watched an hour long lore video about the first game and then like a 40 minute lore video about the second game. Phenomenal lore, highly recommend.
Definitely done this more than once, pyrocynical has been on these a lot lately and has been killing it
Not me. I absolutely hate watching videos of people playing video games. It’s mind-numbing.
I think OP is talking about the kind of lore deep dive videos, not necessarily the normal gameplay "Let's Play" style videos.
Damn you Pyrocynical
ND is a hell of a drug
Let's be honest, TV shows and movies nowadays are dogshit storywise. Video games have way better stories because they actually have to engage the audience to want to discover it. TV shows just need to grab attention for a season, get cancelled and move on to the next season long trailer.
Mass Effect made a game with a Sci-Fi story better than any Sci-Fi show that has come out since then. WarHammer 40k did a pretty good job too.
The expanse is pretty good. I'd say at least as good as mass effect.
Because the expanse is a book that was adapted into a show
Well til
Even better, the authors of the books were actively involved in writing the TV show. That's why it's so great.
Fun fact: for the show they hired an actual linguist to develop the langbelta more. So the show actually has a better conlang than the books.
TV SHOWS.
WHY?
The 24 minute ones are throw away recylcled plots painted with whatever genre and cast the show thinks people will like at the time its released.
The hour long ones are secretly 8+ hour movies, which are ALSO just throw away recycled plots painted with whatever genre and cast the algorithms think are popular at the time of creation.
Bring on the long format youtube videos. Game plots are often much more nuanced than traditional media, and learning about something you're already interested in is leagues better than drinking in whatever throw away plot the whatever throw away characters are doing today in adult animated show #56.