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David D. Davidson posted:The most horrible man on the internet. Well, he's anti-GG, so he's at least better than all THOSE guys. Really, the only bad thing you can say about him is he's a manchild who's bad at games.
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ApeHawk posted:Really, the only bad thing you can say about him is he's a manchild who's bad at games. the most heinous of all crimes
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David D. Davidson posted:The most horrible man on the internet.
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SelenicMartian posted:"How do I man?! They didn't explain me how to man!" 
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ApeHawk posted:Well, he's anti-GG, so he's at least better than all THOSE guys. This is a thread about recommending LPs, so in that context that's a pretty damning complaint.
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Speaking of Run Button, I've recently watched their Sonic and Mario (ongoing) playthroughs, and they are absolutely fantastic  Their style of commentary fits perfectly with those kind of games and is consistently very good. They feel like kinda normal people playing games, and I honestly don't care about the game mechanics or story or whatever in those games, and would rather avoid any let's player doing mario or sonic seriously because that's just weird. Not saying that they're just joking around, but it feels like they're playing the games for fun and that's something few let's players have done well.
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Dec 3, 2014 10:37
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Listening to their commentary, it sounds they completely hate every single game they ever play, possibly because they're so bad at playing them. It's not my idea of fun, to say the least.
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David D. Davidson posted:The most horrible man on the internet. So horrible that half of the subforum follows his every move religiously.
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Carbon dioxide posted:Listening to their commentary, it sounds they completely hate every single game they ever play, possibly because they're so bad at playing them. It's not my idea of fun, to say the least. to be fair, they played every single Sonic game. as has been mentioned, their commentary definitely isn't for everyone, but plenty of people have enjoyed it.
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I like Run Button for the same reason I like Pork Lift and wateyad's LPs; I'm not there for the game, or to watch anyone play it, I'm there to listen to funny people bullshit about stuff and make fun of the game they're playing because it reminds me of when I was younger and sat on the couch with a bunch of my friends chatting about nothing while playing video games. If that's what you want and expect going in then you're not going to be disappointed but if you expect a more "traditional" LP then yeah you are not going to like it in the slightest and that's okay too!
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Dec 3, 2014 11:09
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ImPureAwesome posted:I'd like to find some more stuff to watch and hoping you guys could help me out. I'm looking for some lps where at least one of the commentators is blind so I can experience the game along with someone funny, who are playing games with stories that are sincere, but slide off-the-deep-end, stuff like David Cage's games, deadly premonition, persona 4, etc. Some stuff I've seen to give kinda a ballpark is like the giant bomb stuff, some super best friends stuff, diabetus and slowbeef stuff like dead to rights/metroid/the longplay stuff, geop's dark souls. Any ideas of stuff that could fit?
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Carbon dioxide posted:Listening to their commentary, it sounds they completely hate every single game they ever play, possibly because they're so bad at playing them. It's not my idea of fun, to say the least. Well, I disagree Maybe in their Silent Hill series, but I didn't watch those because of that reason. They seem to have fun playing Sonic and Mario!And seriously, I LIKE that they aren't the best at the games they play, because like Faerie said, it's just watching a relaxed playthough by two best friends, and sometimes complaining about dumb stuff is fun. It's all a matter of taste though, I understand if people don't like it. I love it!
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I think my main issue with the Run Button LPs is that they tend to not talk about the game... At all. I mean, I'd be all for watching someone figure out Silent Hill and I understand it's hard to stay on topic when you're stuck but as far as I got into that LP(which, admittedly, wasn't too far), the commentary had literally nothing to do with the game. Different strokes for different folks. Speaking of, there's a recently started LP of Transistor and the game's enough of a treat to watch on its own it doesn't really need much added to it; still, it does a good of providing unintrusive subtitles while being entertaining. I normally don't watch subtitled LPs, but this one is great.
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Jordbo posted:Well, I disagree They thought Yoshi's Island was bad (and somehow thought this was a common opinion), but somehow they have had three separate runs of Sonic 06. Not just one. THREE. They had more fun playing Sonic 06 than Yoshi's Island. I tell ya, that's not natural.
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So the Run Button lps are the lps I should argue about??
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Earnestly posted:So the Run Button lps are the lps I should argue about?? No, pretty much everyone hates run button.
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Turtlicious posted:No, pretty much everyone hates run button. It's why most games just have you automatically run if you push the stick all the way forward. 
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Turtlicious posted:No, pretty much everyone hates run button. Which is why they have consistently popular threads and a fairly large viewer base, and are often mentioned in this very thread! They are just funny guys who are being funny over video games, and basically every game they've done has been done by someone else so you aren't even being forced to watch them to experience the game. People can like different things for different reasons and that's okay! Not everyone shares the hateboner you have for Runbutton.
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I love it every time some group is brought up and people come streaming in with glowing recommendations such as "Yeah, they are barely above what I would consider sucking, but I still watch them because I don't value my time."
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I know the thread is for recommendations, but not lovely arguments/derails like this. Back on topic, please.
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Do you guys enjoy a relaxing stroll through a lovely puzzle platformer accompanied by knowledgeable, chill commentary? If that's the case then you should probably check out frozentreasure's current LP of Fez: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3680010 Just leave that unnecessary Phil Fish hate at the door, and just come to have a good time.
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I'd like to recommend Camel Pimp's great and elaborate (if out of season) April Fool's Day joke of an LP where he makes the worst RPG.
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alcharagia posted:I'd like to recommend Camel Pimp's great and elaborate (if out of season) April Fool's Day joke of an LP where he makes the worst RPG. I second the recommendation of this thread, as it is a fascinating look at a complete trainwreck of a game in which nearly EVERY element is so completely bad one begins to wonder if it isn't intentional for comedic value. Also, Camel Pimp isn't a "he." 
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The Majora's Mask TAS is the only one in the recommended list on TASVideos I haven't seen, because I feel like without knowing much about Majora's Mask I'd be missing a lot of context. Is there a good informative video LP for the game?
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:The Majora's Mask TAS is the only one in the recommended list on TASVideos I haven't seen, because I feel like without knowing much about Majora's Mask I'd be missing a lot of context. Is there a good informative video LP for the game? I believe Maxwell Adams did a decent 100% run, though it's old so the video quality isn't amazing. I'm pretty sure Ambisagrus did one as well?
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:The Majora's Mask TAS is the only one in the recommended list on TASVideos I haven't seen, because I feel like without knowing much about Majora's Mask I'd be missing a lot of context. Is there a good informative video LP for the game?
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majormonotone posted:I believe Maxwell Adams did a decent 100% run, though it's old so the video quality isn't amazing. I'm pretty sure Ambisagrus did one as well? I'll admit though, I've always enjoyed their LPs. e: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3581697 There is also cool art because one of the LPrs is an artist or something. Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Dec 7, 2014 |
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I'm pretty sure they're going to come back to Wind Waker when they finish up their Punch Out thread.
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ChaosArgate posted:I'm pretty sure they're going to come back to Wind Waker when they finish up their Punch Out thread.
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I'd like to watch something funny, fun, and video game oriented. I really liked the Resident Evil, and Dino Crisis Lp's done by DO IT TO IT. And the Pikmin 3 LP is one of my favorites, if that gives you an idea of what I like. I also love Retsupraes Let's watch or whatever it's called where they commentate someone elses speed run.
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Turtlicious posted:I'd like to watch something funny, fun, and video game oriented. I really liked the Resident Evil, and Dino Crisis Lp's done by DO IT TO IT. And the Pikmin 3 LP is one of my favorites, if that gives you an idea of what I like. Given your criteria I recommend you check out the Men Drinkin' Coffee if you haven't already. They've done multiple LPs here as well as some stuff that's on their YouTube channel given that it would be in violation of the three month rule. If you like LPs where three dudes play games that maybe aren't so good but don't spend the whole.time hyperbolically raging about it they're a good watch.
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Turtlicious posted:I'd like to watch something funny, fun, and video game oriented. I really liked the Resident Evil, and Dino Crisis Lp's done by DO IT TO IT. And the Pikmin 3 LP is one of my favorites, if that gives you an idea of what I like. I loved those LPs, especially Pikmin. One of my favorite LPs (one of the funniest I have seen) was ThornBrain's LP of 007 Agent Under Fire. Then there is the classic 50 Cent: Blood On the Sand LP from Chip and Ironicus.
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The greatest LP I've ever seen is still Trespasser by "Research Indicates", and that came out more than 6 years ago. It was like watching a fascinating documentary that covered everything about the history of the game. Since then, it's been difficult to find an LP as thoroughly entertaining. Basically, I'm looking for an LP that is extremely good. Any game, I don't care. Preferably, I'm looking for something in the same style as Trespasser. Something that covers the history of the game's production, facts about game mechanics, etc. I just like learning about interesting behind-the-scenes stuff, I guess.
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WITNESS THE POWER! posted:The greatest LP I've ever seen is still Trespasser by "Research Indicates", and that came out more than 6 years ago. It was like watching a fascinating documentary that covered everything about the history of the game. Since then, it's been difficult to find an LP as thoroughly entertaining. It's sort of the opposite direction of what you're asking about, but Geop's LPs of the Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2 get heavy into the real life history of the eras those games take place in.
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WITNESS THE POWER! posted:The greatest LP I've ever seen is still Trespasser by "Research Indicates", and that came out more than 6 years ago. It was like watching a fascinating documentary that covered everything about the history of the game. Since then, it's been difficult to find an LP as thoroughly entertaining. Giragast's LP of Cold Fear is in a similar vein. It doesn't really go into a ton of detail about the history and production that I recall (it's been a while since I watched it however) but he breaks down the level design and gameplay elements in exhaustive detail, illustrating level layouts and setpiece triggers using debugging modes and wireframe views and generally doing way more to show off how the game is made than you see in most LPs, and the overall LP itself is well done to boot.
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Kai Tave posted:Giragast's LP of Cold Fear is in a similar vein. It doesn't really go into a ton of detail about the history and production that I recall (it's been a while since I watched it however) but he breaks down the level design and gameplay elements in exhaustive detail, illustrating level layouts and setpiece triggers using debugging modes and wireframe views and generally doing way more to show off how the game is made than you see in most LPs, and the overall LP itself is well done to boot. I'll never stop promoting that LP. It's really well done on every level and seeing the way the game comes together in terms of models and scripting and wireframes is way more entertaining than it has a right to be.
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Unfortunately, pretty much all the links in the archived LPD&D thread on the master list have stopped working. There's a temporary Dropbox archive here pooled by fans. For more tabletop games like that, there's the 13th Age and new D&D threads where we play a variety of games, the similar One Shot RPG podcast, the Dice projects by the forum-favorite Kilobops, and the Men Drinkin' Coffee playing a dice game made just for them.
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I reiterate this every time it gets brought up but these are the funniest poo poo and everyone should listen to them, and Pods is an exceptionally good DM.
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I'd like to watch/read some LPs of games with good stories, done in a way that presents the story well and perhaps commentates on it some. Fantasy-esque games are preferred, but if there's something really good that's sci-fi or something then that would be cool too.
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Lt. Danger's Mass Effect 3 is a treat, although it hasn't updated for a while. There's still a whole lot of interesting material to go through. Not sure whether I'd call that game's story good, but he analyses it from a whole lot of different angles and explains its themes very thoroughly.
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