Games you love watching BUT....

[TheSuhSpence]

Basically any horror game ahaha

 

[Klinkguin]

I watch a lot of games on YouTube. Never intend on actually playing most of them. Like The Wolf Among Us. Yeah I'm never playing that xD But maybe the Walking Dead Season 1 and 2.

 

[Silversea]

I guess technically Ecco the Dolphin, though I have nothing wrong with playing it myself (and I have finished it). I like watching people who have a better idea of what to do than myself. I haven't done most of the areas more than twice so I forget things.

 

[n64king]

I guess technically Ecco the Dolphin, though I have nothing wrong with playing it myself (and I have finished it). I like watching people who have a better idea of what to do than myself. I haven't done most of the areas more than twice so I forget things.

That seems strange coming from you what with the Ecco looking stuff in your posts

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Another one for me is Metroid, I think Samus is cool but for the most part with Metroid I'm just like "mhmm that's for u not me ok"

 

[Fhyn_K]

Any and every horror game. Weak heart and all, but I'm so entranced by the plot that I can only watch other people play it haha.

 

[mynooka]

Another one for me is Metroid, I think Samus is cool but for the most part with Metroid I'm just like "mhmm that's for u not me ok"

I like Samus too but I've never been a fan of the "atmosphere" of the Metroid games. Always too dark and dingy for my taste.

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Any and every horror game. Weak heart and all, but I'm so entranced by the plot that I can only watch other people play it haha.

Yea, horror and point & click games seem to be the most mentioned so far.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Hehe...

For some reason, TF2. I bought it, but I never got around to playing it. Mostly because I have no idea if the modpack I installed for it will work if just standing there.

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And by bought I mean got for free.

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TF2 is F2P.

 

[Allycat]

I can't play The Walking Dead video game, but I love the story so I make my brother play it and I watch it.

 

[TaliZorah]

Another one for me is Metroid, I think Samus is cool but for the most part with Metroid I'm just like "mhmm that's for u not me ok"

I like Samus too but I've never been a fan of the "atmosphere" of the Metroid games. Always too dark and dingy for my taste.

I agree it's not for everybody. Metroid happens to be one of the my favorite games of all time. (I have played every single one.) I know people who love the lore, characters and music, but just can't play it themselves. The atmosphere is for people who want to travel to unearth-like worlds to study creatures and monsters of your worst nightmares. Then again, not everyone likes scifi games.

 

[MOON TRIPS]

Zelda games, Mega Man games(though I'd like to play a few and have played one), many others.
I like let's plays, and I like playthroughs without commentary. I'm really picky and only like a select few people, though. I spend more time watching other people play games than I do playing them myself.

 

[mynooka]

Zelda games, Mega Man games(though I'd like to play a few and have played one), many others.
I like let's plays, and I like playthroughs without commentary. I'm really picky and only like a select few people, though. I spend more time watching other people play games than I do playing them myself.

Oh I agree on Mega Man games. I love the character, universe, music, etc. but they are so difficult sometimes lol definitely not my favorite games to play.

 

[oath2order]

I won't watch Five Nights at Freddy's. I'll read about it but won't watch or play it.

 

[Jarrad]

the last of us

underlined because of amazingness

 

[Trent the Paladin]

I wouldn't say I love watching Five Nights at Freddy's, as mostly I'm kinda picky with who I'd watch play it and I personally think the games are a steaming pile of slag but I would only watch FNAF via Stream. No intention to ever purchase the game.

 

[Tao]

Any of these 'cinematic' games that are just there as a glorified B-movie. The ones with mediocre gameplay and little actual replay value that pretty much rely entirely on the plot to keep you invested.


Anything like 'The Last of Us' (which I picked up for ?15, so it was 'reasonable') or 'The Order:1886' (I wouldn't play or watch, it's just a good example).


If they have actual solid gameplay, mechanics etc that I can enjoy more than once on their own merits as well as trying to be 'movie-esque' (like Metal Gear Solid), that's fine. Hell, if you do it well enough I might even regard it as one of my favorite games ever with along with Metal Gear Solid.


If the gameplay is nothing special and only there to push the linear story along, not very long with little to no replay value...Slap it on a DVD, price it at ?10 and label it '2 disc special edition' along with the rest of the movies. Just because you have some bland forgettable gameplay in your movie does not justify me paying ?50.




Until then, I'll watch the 'movies' like this that interest me on Youtube since I'm not throwing ?50 at that trash. I get pretty much the same experience by watching anyway.

 

[mynooka]

Any of these 'cinematic' games that are just there as a glorified B-movie. The ones with mediocre gameplay and little actual replay value that pretty much rely entirely on the plot to keep you invested.


Anything like 'The Last of Us' (which I picked up for ?15, so it was 'reasonable') or 'The Order:1886' (I wouldn't play or watch, it's just a good example).


If they have actual solid gameplay, mechanics etc that I can enjoy more than once on their own merits as well as trying to be 'movie-esque' (like Metal Gear Solid), that's fine. Hell, if you do it well enough I might even regard it as one of my favorite games ever with along with Metal Gear Solid.


If the gameplay is nothing special and only there to push the linear story along, not very long with little to no replay value...Slap it on a DVD, price it at ?10 and label it '2 disc special edition' along with the rest of the movies. Just because you have some bland forgettable gameplay in your movie does not justify me paying ?50.




Until then, I'll watch the 'movies' like this that interest me on Youtube since I'm not throwing ?50 at that trash. I get pretty much the same experience by watching anyway.

How do you feel about Tomb Raider games? The neweset one is the only one I've played and it has a movie feel to it, but I really enjoyed it.

I agree with a lot of what you said. I hate that we're seeing games come out that last 5-8 hours and cost $60 with no replay value. I understand they can look gorgeous and have great effects but just feels like such a waste of money. If this is what the next gen of consoles is going to be...then I'm glad I bought a Wii U. XD

 

[Tao]

How do you feel about Tomb Raider games? The neweset one is the only one I've played and it has a movie feel to it, but I really enjoyed it.

I agree with a lot of what you said. I hate that we're seeing games come out that last 5-8 hours and cost $60 with no replay value. I understand they can look gorgeous and have great effects but just feels like such a waste of money. If this is what the next gen of consoles is going to be...then I'm glad I bought a Wii U. XD

I enjoyed the Tomb Raider reboot. I think the most important thing here is that whilst the story was good (specifically Lara's character development) the game was good on it's own merits. It was a good game by itself with the good narrative being a bonus on top of an already good product.
It had enough going on outside of the story to keep you going for a bit after you had done. I did a lot of optional content whilst I was doing the main story but even then, I spent a few hours afterwards finishing up with the optional tombs etc (practically all the tombs were optional).
I got about 20 hours out of it at least though. Even better since I got it for ?20 on a sale two weeks after original release.


The Last of Us though I didn't feel I 'missed anything' on my first playthrough and I had no desire to play it again since I didn't see it playing any different the second time through. It's just a linear progression of moving to the next cutscene with nothing to keep me playing other than a half arsed multiplayer mode slapped on that arguably didn't even belong in the game.


God of War is another series that manages to be 'movie-esque' without sacrificing any gameplay.
Sure, it has QTE's (screw QTE's) but it just feels so movie like simply because of the camera angles used during gameplay combined with the scale of some of the environments and enemies. The way the story is told as a recollection of events narrated by a third party adds to this as well. Again, the game is almost 100% gameplay.


But yea, I don't mind it being movie-esque as long as the gamplay is still there. Even if I don't pick it up after finishing the story there's a difference between not picking it up because I want to play something else now and not picking it up because there's nothing to do after the 6 hour story.

It just seems that game devs are trying to make movies, rather than games that feel like movies.

 

[Geoni]

You guys should try out this fun and adorable game called amnesia.

 

[Tao]

You guys should try out this fun and adorable game called amnesia.

I loved that game! So adorable <3 I would love to cuddle those Amnesia things!






That's a lie, I hid in the first place I found and classed it as I won.



Those games where you have literally no way to defend yourself, limited movement and something indestructible that will kill you instantly if it get's to close are just too much for me. They don't necessarily have to be horror games (they don't necessarily even have to be good) but that obviously makes it worse. Even simply being able to kick/punch them out of the way would be enough but these games often don't let you do anything at all.
I guess I just don't like being completely useless/powerless. Even a rolled up newspaper as a weapon would be enough 'defense' for me to get through those games.

I'm fine watching them though, I just turn into a coward when I'm actually given the controller.


Obviously games like Slender fall into this category but I don't generally think they're scary or good games. They're just bad games that happen to prey on one of my 'bigger fears' I guess. I can still tell which games suck.

 

[PinkWater]

Any horror or shooting games. Examples include: FNAF, Metroid, Star Fox, any FPS game, any game involving zombies, etc.

Might make an exception for Splatoon, especially if it has good online.