This is Mario Odyssey for me, I enjoy playing it alot but everytime I see YouTube or Twitch streamers play this game it bores me to death somehow
Any games like that for you?
Any games like that for you?
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Games that are fun to play yourself but boring watching others play?
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Honestly? Most of them.
Game like CS/StarCraft (in the past) are the exceptions. Mostly because it's fascinating to see them played at such a high level.
Other ones would be certain speedruns...such as Metroid Prime, Dark Souls, etc. I feel like those are more subjective...I only tend to enjoy speedruns when I already have a pretty thorough knowledge of the game that's being played, otherwise a lot of the techniques/etc. might not appear impressive.
Game like CS/StarCraft (in the past) are the exceptions. Mostly because it's fascinating to see them played at such a high level.
Other ones would be certain speedruns...such as Metroid Prime, Dark Souls, etc. I feel like those are more subjective...I only tend to enjoy speedruns when I already have a pretty thorough knowledge of the game that's being played, otherwise a lot of the techniques/etc. might not appear impressive.
In most situations I don't like watching anyone play a music/rhythm game if they aren't playing on the hardest difficulty.
I'm 36, so of a generation that doesn't understand why anyone would watch someone play games. Which given that my kids are glued to YouTubers is disconcerting to say the least.
Path of Exile is a perfect example. This is one of my favorite games of all time and such an engrossing game to play but it is a pretty common sentiment among streamers that it is a bad stream game. I go to streamer testament just because they would have a good idea what gets views.
Yeah I don't want to do the edgy hottake or boring answer. But yeah. I play games to immerse myself in a fantasy or to experientially understand something. Watching someone play defeats the purpose of games for me. Outside of impossible skill or something really unexpected happening, watching people play is about interesting to me as watching people read a book.
A lot of games fall into this category for me; FPS games in general though (COD, BF etc.). Story driven (often adevnture) games are a treat to watch though like Until Dawn or Life is Strange.
same for me,unless i'm looking something up like a puzzle i'm stuck on,collectables locations or a YT video of easter eggs for a game i start to get all twitchy after a few minutes and want to take over,i also can't stop myself from giving advice even though i know how annoying it is,though obviously not to a YT video,i mean if a real person is sat next to me.
I don't like watching 4X games at all but I love to play them. I think I enjoy watching everything else though.
Personally, all of them. I'm 38 and struggle to get my head around the idea that people would rather watch others play games than actually play them in an age when hundreds of games are available to play for free. To each their own through.
Edit- when Mario Maker came out I watched a few videos, as they were only a couple of minutes long and it was mainly to see the creative/devious stuff players designed rather than to follow the 'player'.
Edit- when Mario Maker came out I watched a few videos, as they were only a couple of minutes long and it was mainly to see the creative/devious stuff players designed rather than to follow the 'player'.
Pretty much every game known to man? I just do not get the desire to watch someone else play anything.
You would think Stealth games right. While your hiding waiting for the perfect moment to sneak past any viewers watching would be thinking why the hell your not moving or shooting at something. I remember my wife watching me play Phantom Pain and would ask me why I was hiding behind a wall when I have a huge rocket launcher attatched to my back :-(
I like watching games, but the fun to play sports games I still find impossible to watch
we cannot be friends.
we cannot be friends.
Destiny 1/2 fall into that camp for me. What feels like an exciting battle as a player just looks like loads of mindless shooting as a spectator.
Pretty much my case. I feel like a really old guy that can't understand what the young generation likes and why...
I find some multiplayer games fun to watch, games like Dead By Daylight can be a good laugh with a group of friends or GTA Online when random stuff starts popping off.
I'm almost 31 years old.
EDIT: Fighting games are fun to watch too.
EDIT2: I got the topic the complete wrong way around lol.
Ok single player games like Uncharted, not fun at all to watch.
I'm almost 31 years old.
EDIT: Fighting games are fun to watch too.
EDIT2: I got the topic the complete wrong way around lol.
Ok single player games like Uncharted, not fun at all to watch.
Yep, me too. But to be fair, I can see why others would like to watch competitive multiplayer games. That tends not to be what I'm into, so, kind of a wash there too.
Souls games kind of feel that way. I've never been able to sit and watch someone play for more than 10 minutes.
I love watching games if it is in a social setting. Like passing the controller between a group of friends while playing a single player game.
Maybe bring some doobs, idk, they make watching most things better.
Maybe bring some doobs, idk, they make watching most things better.
Hmmmm, none really. I enjoy Let's Play videos and unless it's a game or genre i have no interest in at all or the streamer is a hyperactive clagnut with a voice like fingernails on a chalkboard i'll at least give it a watch to see if it has anything interesting. Actually now i think about it i find most multiplayer streams/videos boring as hell and can't usually watch more than a few minutes before going back to whatever else i was watching at the time.
I enjoy watching people play games i'll never have the skills to play well, or people with a good commentary on technical aspects, lore or history of the game/franchise.
I enjoy watching people play games i'll never have the skills to play well, or people with a good commentary on technical aspects, lore or history of the game/franchise.
Everything,why watch an interactive medium when u can play it?
I don't get why do many people flock to twitch or Yt to watch gameplay or let's plays.Way more engaging playing it yourself.
Only exceptions for me are reviews/reveals/previews and occasionaly top level esports in games like cs/sc2/r6 siege.
I don't get why do many people flock to twitch or Yt to watch gameplay or let's plays.Way more engaging playing it yourself.
Only exceptions for me are reviews/reveals/previews and occasionaly top level esports in games like cs/sc2/r6 siege.
- Watching is Passive. Playing is Active. Sometimes people are too tired to actively engage in games.
- It can be fun to watch a game you never plan on buying 'cause you're short on time, money, interest, or whatever.
- You can learn "leet stratz" from high-level players. I LOVE watching Paradox vets play CK2, EU4, etc.
- Many streamers are entertaining, funny & insightful. They're not a screamers.
- Picking up on the last, "genre streamers" are typically more versed in depth & intricacy than personal friends or game-forum folk.
- High-level play / speed runs can be fascinating to watch.
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Biohazard/Resident Evil [pre-4 entries] for me, I've completed my fair share of speedruns, but I don't know… Watching others play those games bores me.
Yup. I can't think of anything worse for me as a kid/adolescent than having to watch someone else play a game, yet it's all kids want to do now. As an adult, I'll watch the odd Giant Bomb quick look or when they do something fun like Murder Island or Steal My Sunshine, but I've never even been able to make it through an episode of a GB Endurance run. I'd always rather be playing the game myself.
Yeaah, most of them if not all. I'm not that much into watching.
I used to watch Internationals. But when I lost my will to play the game, I also didn't watch it anymore.
I enjoy watching my fiancè playing just about anything because I feel that I'm somehow involved in her successes or failures in the game. It's fun seeing her "sweat" in Rocket League for example, likewise I enjoy watching her resolve puzzles in games I may have already completed to see her reasoning. I will never, ever understand the appeal of watching a complete stranger play a game for hours. The only scenario I have interest in watching if it's a "special" gameplay (eg. a speed run, some glitched stuff, etc.). Call me old-fashioned but I have no interest in unknown people experiencing games. I want to experience the games.
But I don't want to derail the thread too much. Games that I find boring as fuck to watch are RTS titles like Age Of Empires, Starcraft, etc.. It's exciting to play them as you keep in mind all the various resource management issues, how you plan your attacks in your head, the way you prioritize things and manage everything. They're games where the actual minute-to-minute gameplay isn't necessarily fun, it's the constant planning ahead that truly makes the game. As such, watching someone else play and not know what's going on their minds is terribly boring. I can only see the strategy once it's done, and even then I may not have realized a lot of the steps that were done (or not done, of course) to get there. It's a genre that, imho, does not translate well to spectating and to this day it surprises me how Starcraft became such a phenomenon. One would think that just about any action-based game (shooters, fighters, etc.) would attract a bigger audience but they don't. Or maybe they do nowadays, I don't follow the scene enough.
But I don't want to derail the thread too much. Games that I find boring as fuck to watch are RTS titles like Age Of Empires, Starcraft, etc.. It's exciting to play them as you keep in mind all the various resource management issues, how you plan your attacks in your head, the way you prioritize things and manage everything. They're games where the actual minute-to-minute gameplay isn't necessarily fun, it's the constant planning ahead that truly makes the game. As such, watching someone else play and not know what's going on their minds is terribly boring. I can only see the strategy once it's done, and even then I may not have realized a lot of the steps that were done (or not done, of course) to get there. It's a genre that, imho, does not translate well to spectating and to this day it surprises me how Starcraft became such a phenomenon. One would think that just about any action-based game (shooters, fighters, etc.) would attract a bigger audience but they don't. Or maybe they do nowadays, I don't follow the scene enough.
For me all games. I don't get why I'd want to watch someone else play when I can play the game. For me the only exception is when I am stuck in a game and need help.
Literally every jrpg. I enjoy them immensely but even I can barely stand watching a friend play one unless it's one I love and we're talking about it while playing
