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[-] RogueFoo@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Also: "I don't have time to watch a 20min video." Four 6min videos? "Count me in!"

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Looking at you summoningsalt

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

Boomer shooters are all the rage right now.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't expect to be attacked today. Some games I don't like the game play but the lore is fire

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Let's be real, no one actually ever finished Outer Wilds.

[-] SuperNinjaFury@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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)

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

You beat Myst without taking any notes too didn't you? 😝

[-] SuperNinjaFury@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Lol, now that's one I never got around to beating xD

You didn't have to call me out like that

[-] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Is that a novel or something?

[-] SpyingEnvy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That is the perfect example, lol

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

That one channel where every video is just dunking on Billy Mitchell about everything and anything.

[-] B00dietraps@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

i feel personally attacked

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

There's ironically less commitment. No need to worry about missing something crucial by looking away, no struggle to stay engaged with the plot.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe TV shows need to be more interesting than a 3 hour gaming video.

[-] winky88@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

I watched a 4 hour movie made from MK1 cut scenes the other day without even realizing how long it was.

[-] pezhore@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

See any of the noclip documentaries.

[-] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I love watching Rust videos but hate playing FPS.

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, I too love RetroAhoy

[-] cybermass@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Definitely done this more than once, pyrocynical has been on these a lot lately and has been killing it

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

ND is a hell of a drug

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Not me. I absolutely hate watching videos of people playing video games. It’s mind-numbing.

[-] therosesgrave@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

I think OP is talking about the kind of lore deep dive videos, not necessarily the normal gameplay "Let's Play" style videos.

[-] dopeshark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Damn you Pyrocynical

[-] SpyingEnvy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] elouboub@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

The expanse is pretty good. I'd say at least as good as mass effect.

[-] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Because the expanse is a book that was adapted into a show

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago
[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

Even better, the authors of the books were actively involved in writing the TV show. That's why it's so great.

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

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.

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