Games you love watching BUT....

[mynooka]

never intend to buy/play yourself?

For example, I love watching ARMA III streams on twitch. I love the C.O.P.S./war role-play immersion the game has and the interactions people have with each other in game. That said, I find no interest in actually playing the game myself for a variety of reasons.

I'm just curious what (if any) games you guys love watching other people play but don't really intend to ever play or buy yourself?

 

[kzulfiani]

Mine is Yakuza series (ps3) and Life is strange (pc). Because I like the story and too lazy to play it. So I just watch playthrough at youtube.

 

[June]

XCOM probably. It's really funny watching friends play and scream about what's going on but like, too much effort and emotional investment on my part if I ever decide to pick it up.

 

[TaliZorah]

Dying Light. I love the game, but I don't do horror or zombie games.
However, I love watching my friends play it and drop kicking zombies off of buildings.

 

[Alienfish]

I like watching people play Magicka, lol mostly cause it's stupid. I did progress some chapters but never bothered to finish it lol

 

[mynooka]

Mine is Yakuza series (ps3) and Life is strange (pc). Because I like the story and too lazy to play it. So I just watch playthrough at youtube.

Yea, I kinda do the same thing with a lot of movies. If I'm to lazy to watch it for 2 hours then I'll just pull up the plot synopsis on Wikipedia.

XCOM probably. It's really funny watching friends play and scream about what's going on but like, too much effort and emotional investment on my part if I ever decide to pick it up.

That's interesting, I actually bought XCOM Unknown specifically because I enjoyed other people playing it. ...still haven't played it yet tho XD

Dying Light. I love the game, but I don't do horror or zombie games.
However, I love watching my friends play it and drop kicking zombies off of buildings.

I feel you on the horror games thing. I'm not a fan of them myself but I can see why people enjoy others playing them. Especially reaction vids for games like Amnesia, etc.

 

[Tao]

Mostly just bad games.

Like, I'll watch playthroughs by Youtubers I like just to see if a game is good or not, but I enjoy watching the ones I know are going to be terrible and that I won't buy.


I think PC horror games are the one I do this with the most since most horror games that get released are insanely bad and most of them are also 'walking simulators'. I'm not paying money to just walk around....But I'll gladly sit and watch Jim Sterling play through them and make jokes about how **** and not scary the whole thing is.

 

[mynooka]

Mostly just bad games.

Like, I'll watch playthroughs by Youtubers I like just to see if a game is good or not, but I enjoy watching the ones I know are going to be terrible and that I won't buy.


I think PC horror games are the one I do this with the most since most horror games that get released are insanely bad and most of them are also 'walking simulators'. I'm not paying money to just walk around....But I'll gladly sit and watch Jim Sterling play through them and make jokes about how **** and not scary the whole thing is.

True. Some of the best streams I've seen are when people play really bad/obscure games and you see all of its flaws, which can be hilariously bad at times.

"walking simulators" That's one of the reasons I'd never play these games either. Nothing but jump scares sounds like a waste of money to me.

 

[TaliZorah]

I feel you on the horror games thing. I'm not a fan of them myself but I can see why people enjoy others playing them. Especially reaction vids for games like Amnesia, etc.

I actually hate watching youtubers and I don't like watching streams for games I do play.
Like, I'm all for playing games rather than watching... but horror is like a nono for me.
Honestly the scariest game I've ever played is The Last of Us LOL. The ONLY zombie game I will play.

 

[mynooka]

I actually hate watching youtubers and I don't like watching streams for games I do play.
Like, I'm all for playing games rather than watching... but horror is like a nono for me.
Honestly the scariest game I've ever played is The Last of Us LOL. The ONLY zombie game I will play.

I think the whole "zombie" game concept has been done to death tbh. I never understood the hype behind those games and why people love zombie stuff so much. Even with shows like The Walking Dead, I don't get it.

 

[TaliZorah]

I think the whole "zombie" game concept has been done to death tbh. I never understood the hype behind those games and why people love zombie stuff so much. Even with shows like The Walking Dead, I don't get it.

I agree. Zombies are overrated and over done.
We need something new. Like tech reanimating dead flesh. That would be cool.
Techie zombies.

 

[mynooka]

I agree. Zombies are overrated and over done.
We need something new. Like tech reanimating dead flesh. That would be cool.
Techie zombies.

Robot zombies that's an interesting thought.

I have to wonder if the newest Jurassic Park movie will spur a bunch of dinosaur themed games, shows etc. I wouldn't mind that at all XD

 

[ShinyYoshi]

I'm like this with horror games. I don't mind watching people play them, but I would never purchase them for myself. They just don't look like much fun to play.

Five Nights at Freddy's
I will never own this game, but I swear it is the most interesting game to watch people play.

 

[Ghost Soda]

as boring as final fantasy xiii was to play, i wouldn't mind watching a let's play of it.

 

[elliebeebee]

Katamari Damacy :3

 

[GrayScreen]

Most RPG horror games are really fun for me to watch, but I'll never play them. I can play horror games on a console, but having them so up close to my face with my laptop makes me shriek like a three-year-old.

 

[mynooka]

as boring as final fantasy xiii was to play, i wouldn't mind watching a let's play of it.

Oh yea, I tried playing that game. I think I quit after about 2 hours because it was such a drag to get through. Fortunately I was just borrowing it from a friend, so no loss there.

 

[Tao]

I agree. Zombies are overrated and over done.
We need something new. Like tech reanimating dead flesh. That would be cool.
Techie zombies.

Reanimating dead flesh? You mean like...Zombies?

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I think the whole "zombie" game concept has been done to death tbh. I never understood the hype behind those games and why people love zombie stuff so much. Even with shows like The Walking Dead, I don't get it.

I used to love zombies until the past few years. I'm absolutely sick of seeing them.


They're just an overdone concept that there isn't much left to do with in any type of media really...Well...There is stuff left to do but people making all this crap are lazy and just keep pushing out the same few concepts with a new title slapped on it.

 

[Reindeer]

50 Cent games.
The Let's Play I watched of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is brilliant, but I'd never play the game for myself.

Resident Evil titles, as well as other horror game franchises like Clock Tower.
No More Heroes and Castlevania games.

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I have to wonder if the newest Jurassic Park movie will spur a bunch of dinosaur themed games, shows etc. I wouldn't mind that at all XD

There's already a bunch of dinosaur-themed games, as well as various Jurassic Park titles. Even Telltale made one, before they worked on The Walking Dead.

The only dino game currently in development that looks somewhat interesting is thePrimal or whatever. It's in early access though, so it's hard to tell whether it'll be a quality title.

I'd love a proper dinosaur game. Dinosaurs are about 65 million times cooler than zombies.

 

[infinikitten]

All the Silent Hill games. I absolutely adore that series (save for the odd title or two... *cough*homecoming*cough*) but I'm very, very easily startled and I just can't play them on my own. I managed to get a ways past the little train ride thing in Downpour but I called it quits after that and ended up watching a playthrough on youtube since I couldn't get my partner to play it for me like he has with the other ones I also tend to have zero interest in shooters so I'll watch him play those as well.

There are some older games I want to play but don't have a physical copy of, and I really hate gaming on PC unless I'm playing an MMO generally speaking... or I'm waxing nostalgic but don't want to slog through the entire RPG myself so I'll watch a speedrun or something. (Though honestly, my dream playthroughs are ones where the player makes ZERO commentary and just goes at their own pace rather than racing through, most of the time...)

On the other hand, I'm a big Rooster Teeth / Achievement Hunter fan so I watch them play pretty much anything just for the commentary.