Three Things That Drive You Nuts About Let's Players

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GribbleGrunger said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:
I've never really watched Let's Plays. Out of curiosity, why do you guys watch them? Is it to check out gameplay before you buy? Or see different strategies? Or just for entertainment? Or all three?

If you look at big let's plays like TLOU or UC4, you'll see a huge drop off of views after the first episode. Part of that will be lack of interest but a lot of it will be because people have watched the first episode to help them decide whether they'd like the game or not. I watched about 25 FULL let's plays for TLOU (played it myself 11 times) and the reason was to see their reactions to certain moments in gameplay and scenes.

I did the same with the last of us, just not that many times xD. For the most part I find let's plays pointless as entertainment, I also watch the first episode for games I'm interested in but that's it.