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bobbertoriley posted:- F-Zero GX (Highly recommended. This guy made the game look much easier than it ever should) Holy crap this run was incredible. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time. There were a few runs in particular I wanted to catch that I missed, so I'll probably be waiting for them to hit Youtube when they'll be a bit easier to find.
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You'll also be able to download them from their archive.org page, which is great if you want to watch certain games at 60 fps. The Source quality stream is also 60 fps, but all the lower quality encodes are 30.
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 14:40 |
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Do you have a link to the archive.org page, or is that not up yet? There's also the VODs thread on Reddit here.
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 15:40 |
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FrickenMoron posted:Slowbeef are you just recording dark souls or actually streaming your runs as you record? Still enjoying the videos so far! I'm just recording them, mostly offline - a couple online.
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 16:42 |
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That loving Sned posted:You'll also be able to download them from their archive.org page, which is great if you want to watch certain games at 60 fps. The Source quality stream is also 60 fps, but all the lower quality encodes are 30. This. One other advantage is that they'll also include a game only audio track if commentary isn't your thing. They also post their stuff on their youtube page(speedDemosArchiveSDA). I recommend taking a look at previous marathons as well.
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 16:50 |
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ManyATrueNerd just finished up his Fallout: New Vegas Kill Everything run, and I enjoyed it because it made me giggle more than I should have. His editing is great, and his commentary is solid overall. However, the series gets repetitive, since he spends a lot of his time hiding and exploiting the buggy structure of the game. His No Kill run is a worthwhile watch, too, as more and more enemies show up to use him as target practice. Also: you might be reminded of OfficialNerdCubed while watching his videos. That's actually because he's a big fan of his.
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 17:48 |
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Samiz posted:One F Jef is one of my favourite lpers. He started in december of 2009 with a let's play of Dwarf Fortress: Adventure Mode Thank you for this recommendation without it I would never see THIS WARNING LOUD!
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# ? Jan 12, 2014 22:49 |
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Forgall posted:I just want Fraser to play Dark Souls. Cause he's going to be bad at it and he'll blame the game every step of the way and it'll be hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6J7RO-C04&t=685s (11:25) Get stumped by a simple riddle (select the chess pieces in the order they appear in the clue), has to get the solution from the chat and then spends several minutes whining about how it doesn't make sense.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 00:11 |
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kissekatt posted:I decided to check out a few of their videos and you weren't kidding. I watched the video and was going to comment about how the riddle really doesn't make much sense but then I saw that they had trouble figuring out which piece was the rook.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 01:27 |
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kissekatt posted:I decided to check out a few of their videos and you weren't kidding. That video just highlights my love/hate relationship with VGA. On one hand I appreciate their enthusiasm and passion towards the games they play, even going as far as making costumes for their live shows just to show how much care and effort they put into their videos. On the other, Fraser and Co. going into a game blind and bumbling around the game, even accomplishing nothing at times, really wears on my patience, with their moments trying to work out a difficult part of a game with the delayed chatroom being the worst bits as it grinds the video to a halt. Still, I can't bring myself to call them bad because their format is more tailored as a fresh impression of games they haven't played. They've never claimed that the show exists to guide viewers through a game, much like a standard Let's Play, and that's probably for the best.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 03:16 |
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kissekatt posted:I decided to check out a few of their videos and you weren't kidding. I mostly stopped watching them when they were doing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and Justice For All because Fraser kept spending the trials whining about leaps of logic they were taking and when that is the majority of a 15-30 min video making what should be a three or four video trial into something like 10 part starts to wear thin.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 05:01 |
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mateo360 posted:I mostly stopped watching them when they were doing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and Justice For All because Fraser kept spending the trials whining about leaps of logic they were taking and when that is the majority of a 15-30 min video making what should be a three or four video trial into something like 10 part starts to wear thin. Their DX:HR one was kind of frustrating. He wanted to explore Sarif Industries despite numerous warnings that something bad would happen. When it does happen, he says that the game didn't tell them. Then he kept killing cops for no reason.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 06:36 |
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mateo360 posted:I mostly stopped watching them when they were doing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and Justice For All because Fraser kept spending the trials whining about leaps of logic they were taking and when that is the majority of a 15-30 min video making what should be a three or four video trial into something like 10 part starts to wear thin. That's like the worst game to play in that format.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 06:37 |
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theCalamity posted:Their DX:HR one was kind of frustrating. He wanted to explore Sarif Industries despite numerous warnings that something bad would happen. When it does happen, he says that the game didn't tell them. Then he kept killing cops for no reason. How do you get something bad to happen from exploring Sarif Industries? I hacked all the keypads in plain view of everyone and all that happened was a few emails worrying about a thief.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 07:19 |
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:How do you get something bad to happen from exploring Sarif Industries? I hacked all the keypads in plain view of everyone and all that happened was a few emails worrying about a thief. If you wait too long getting to the plant, the hostages will have already been killed.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 07:22 |
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:How do you get something bad to happen from exploring Sarif Industries? I hacked all the keypads in plain view of everyone and all that happened was a few emails worrying about a thief. It's before the first mission where you have to go investigate the hostage crisis at one of the factories. It's right after Adam gets his augmentations. Wait too long, and the hostages get killed.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 07:22 |
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If you take too long before you head to the manufacturing plant you run out of time to save the hostages and they die before you arrive. e: ok i guess you've been sufficiently informed
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 07:22 |
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Ah, that. Yeah, that one's fair, especially with how often they tell you in-game to get your rear end moving.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 07:58 |
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Modern games seem to bother you a lot with tutorialized instructions though if you aren't following their orders exactly. I can see someone not expecting anything to really happen by ignoring the game prompts. It's actually a good game design in the tutorial sense, because it lets you know they aren't messing around - and your actions can make a difference in the story. I almost wish it happened a little faster, since they give you like 10-20 minutes before it has an impact - so only the most thorough explorers will run into it.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 08:16 |
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I poked around everything, and I still rescued all the hostages. So I guess it's kinda generous.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 09:19 |
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Yeah, I had no idea that was a thing and have always managed to rescue the civvies. I play pretty conservatively too... so is it just 10 minutes until you go to the mission, or 10 minutes flat out?
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 09:56 |
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Doctor Reynolds posted:Yeah, I had no idea that was a thing and have always managed to rescue the civvies. I play pretty conservatively too... so is it just 10 minutes until you go to the mission, or 10 minutes flat out? Once you take the helicopter it's locked in. I you get either one or two warnings while faffing about Sarif, then a "great job screwing it up Jensen" message.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 10:02 |
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FailAtMagic posted:Thank you for this recommendation without it I would never see THIS WARNING LOUD! Ahhh, his Silent Hunter IV let's play, that one is awesome. A little slow, but in a good way. I recommend seeing the entire thing if you get the time
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 10:18 |
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Everyone's watching Supergreatfriend's stuff, right? He doesn't post most of it on SA, only his "real" LPs, but the streams and XBLIG videos are fantastic. He mostly plays old and/or weird adventure games on stream. He's currently playing Virtue's Last Reward (blind!) and some MDickie games, has played stuff like Indigo Prophecy and also 999 (also blind) Now, I hear you saying "Live, blind playthroughs of adventure games/visual novels?" And I say they're pretty good. If you're watching the streams live, you'll be there screaming the answers for him in chat when he misses something, and if you're watching recorded, just skip past those parts. I mean, it's not ideal, but SGF is a pretty funny dude and the chat scrolling by gives you something else to watch in the sometimes boring segments.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 15:04 |
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I watched his Hard Time stream, and it was pretty funny since the game is so crazy, but his commentary ended up becoming too predictable. It's the same for every other video of this that I watched.. so it's a mixed bag. I'd never be a frequent viewer of his for that reason, but some others might like his work more.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 15:11 |
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Amppelix posted:Everyone's watching Supergreatfriend's stuff, right? He doesn't post most of it on SA, only his "real" LPs, but the streams and XBLIG videos are fantastic. He mostly plays old and/or weird adventure games on stream. He's currently playing Virtue's Last Reward (blind!) and some MDickie games, has played stuff like Indigo Prophecy and also 999 (also blind) He's probably one of the only people who doesn't LP visual novels by reading all the text in "funny" voices so that's another point in favor.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 17:30 |
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whitehelm posted:He's probably one of the only people who doesn't LP visual novels by reading all the text in "funny" voices so that's another point in favor. I was really skeptical, but it's more about interacting with chat as they react to things too, rather than just focusing on long text sequences.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 17:38 |
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One SGF stream everyone should watch is the Plumbers Don't Wear Ties one. Mainly because of the chat's interaction with the game's stupidity.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 19:18 |
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I got a few let's players I watch every day. The first one that would come into my mind is AllShamNoWow - which appearently is a goon as well. His let's plays are all well edited, funny. They seem unforced, and the way he rages about things is amazing. http://www.youtube.com/user/AllShamNoWow The second would be Dilandau3000, with his amazing LPs of the entire Myst-series in the format I love quite a lot - well informed, and packed with so much side-notes and informations. He has a pleasent voice as well, which is always a plus. https://www.youtube.com/user/Dilandau3000 And the last one would be...ehm...Yahtzee, who is probably more known for ZeroPunctuation. Even tho' the LPs on his own channel with his friend - mostly very old games - are very nice to simply listen too in the background while doing something else. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Q4WBqNtMF_2GbIsGjic4A That's it for me, really.
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Michaellaneous posted:I got a few let's players I watch every day. The first one that would come into my mind is AllShamNoWow - which appearently is a goon as well. His let's plays are all well edited, funny. They seem unforced, and the way he rages about things is amazing. He also has one of the best laughs. It's contagious, without being piercing.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 23:32 |
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djw175 posted:He also has one of the best laughs. It's contagious, without being piercing. That is so loving true. It really is the only guy I can stand laughing out so loud - at least from those I know.
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# ? Jan 13, 2014 23:41 |
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Look, here's the deal. 1. You like Woolie, from Two Best Friends Play. 2. You have to pretend to like me, or I'll ban you. So what happens when you add two things you like, or one thing you like and one thing you have to? This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vBtIstuv80
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:37 |
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Slowbeef posted:Look, here's the deal. Oh man, been looking forward to this since they posted that con panel video.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:55 |
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When he says 8 hour DSP montage, I think this is the one, assuming there aren't multiple such things.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:20 |
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MooCowlian posted:When he says 8 hour DSP montage, I think this is the one, assuming there aren't multiple such things. There are multiple DSP montages that break the hour mark. As a matter of fact they seem to be a subgenre of video on YouTube unto themselves. I guess that can't be too surprising when you consider that Phil's insane schedule leads him to post, in a week's time, 64 videos of just Blue Dragon, and about 40 videos of Dragon Age Origins in two weeks. You could literally never run out of material to put in those montages.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:30 |
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Lazyfire posted:There are multiple DSP montages that break the hour mark. As a matter of fact they seem to be a subgenre of video on YouTube unto themselves. I guess that can't be too surprising when you consider that Phil's insane schedule leads him to post, in a week's time, 64 videos of just Blue Dragon, and about 40 videos of Dragon Age Origins in two weeks. You could literally never run out of material to put in those montages. Oh yeah, I'm very much familiar with the set of videos themselves. I've watched pretty much every one of them I can find, and the eight hour one was already in my playlist. Not actually got around to starting it yet. I wouldn't be surprised if there are multiple really, really long ones. On the DSP topic, does he actually expect people to watch everything he does? He talks like he really does think people are just going to sit there and watch hours of effectively raw footage every day. I kind of considered it originally as more of an archive sort of thing, so you might only watch one of his games over a couple of weeks and just ignore the rest, or for people who just wanted a particular game.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:45 |
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Didn't he once ask his subscribers to click and like every video even if they weren't going to watch it? "It only takes a few seconds and it lets me keep entertaining you" or some poo poo? Maybe I have him confused with someone else.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:50 |
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I was watching some of those montages earlier in the week and they were rapidly driving me insane. Watch them with caution.
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# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:54 |
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I was watching some of those montages earlier in the week and they were rapidly driving me insane. Watch them with caution. I can do about 15 minutes to half an hour at a time. He actually has a real live fan base who watches him suck at games and think he's worth defending on the internet (the most serious and sacred battleground). The person who can come home from school (let's face it, they aren't working age) and think "Awesome, 12 new videos from Phil!" scares me.
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Since we are back on DSP chat, there is a video This is how you DON'T lay Jak and Daxter, which is a game I went back to this weekend, and have almost beaten in 2 days. Many of his issues, I finished in 1 or 2 tries. Not great at these games, but it really is not a hard game.
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