Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Well, the reason I didn't buy it isn't cause I hated the game or I didn't like it that much but the reason I didn't buy it is cause if I did, I would waste my money cause I knew what to expect which is another point that can be highly argued. Watching a "Lets Play" deminishes the overall game experience imo because if you watched most of the "Lets Plays" (gonna call it LP from now on) from the beginning to the end or almost the end, you will have relatively a good idea on what to expect. You will know most of the level design, where to go, what to do, what surprises may await you that the developers intended as well as boss battles and how to beat them. Something like that affects a wide varity of games that doesn't nessessarily have to rely on Story alone. Zelda has many puzzles as well killer boss fights and dungeons but depending on which zelda you play, it is ment do be done in a "linersh" fashion and once you see all that the game has to offer, you may not want to bother purchasing it not because its a bad game but your experience will relatively be the same. You may do somethings differently but the overall experience will be close enough to it and the reason for actually buying the game will be a lot less because you know exactly what is going to happen and since its a single player game, that is hardly going to change hence why it you can just save the money and spend it on something that will give you more of a "newer" experience. |
I don't know man. If you're liking a game enough that you can sit through a 10+ hour playthrough and still not want to play the game, then I really don't know what to say. I think most people at that point would just buy the game to experience it for themselves, even if they know what to expect. Watching for me only makes me want to play it more, if I like what I'm seeing that is. But perhaps you have some crazy ability to suppress your desires (god that sounded wrong). Although I will agree that I've seen some people not buy David Cage's "games" because they just saw a playthrough of it. But then again I wouldn't really call any of his "games" games.
To address your other point about LPs being good for MP games. Taking that into account, LPs or gameplay videos, whatever you want to call them are overall good for the industry since many of the biggest games nowadays are very co-op/MP oriented.
