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Geop
Oct 26, 2007


Image done by nine-gear crow!

Okay, you guys know the drill (hopefully)! The point of this thread is to basically recommend LPs for folks to read. Sounds basic enough, but let's keep a few things in mind...:

  1. Do not recommend/plug your thread or one that you are guesting in unprompted. This is probatable, bear in mind. This is not the self-promotion thread. However, if someone puts in a recommendation request for an LP and you sincerely believe that an LP you've done or are working on would fit the bill for it, you are free to suggest it. Abuse of this loophole will result in a probation, however.

  2. When recommending a thread, use some reasoning or explanation. Don't say "the hearthstone LP is pretty good". No. Don't do this.

    Instead, go in to detail. Is it funny? What are they doing that makes it special? Just put in a couple sentences to sell people on why it should be worth looking in to.

  3. If someone makes a recommendation, don't poo poo on it (ie: criticize the author/LP just for the sake of doing it). Of course, you have a solid reason to disagree (ie: video quality, outdated humor, better alternatives overall), those are welcome. Also, feel free to comment if you agree with the suggestion and have more to add as to why people should watch it.

  4. Off-site LPs can be suggested, of course! Just please make sure they're actually of decent quality (which seems to be a tricky thing to find).

  5. Whatever you recommend, please keep it to LPs which are well underway or finished. There's no reason to plug something that is two updates in; there's no guarantee that the thread won't just fizzle out as many tend to.

  6. Once again, this thread is for LP recommendations. This isn't the place for discussions about your thoughts on video hosting or why LPer X is bad and you don't like their stuff. Additional note, but this thread is also the place for general posts along the lines of "I liked LP X. Are there any others similar to it?"

  7. Please check the Master List and LPArchive.org if you're curious of whether something's been LP'd already. Also, if you're using LPArchive.org, there are numerous older LPs which you'll come across. Hosts have died over time, but many of these LPs have been uploaded to Archive.org! Keep an eye out for this banner in those cases:


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Geop
Oct 26, 2007

Recommended LPs
This was put together at the end of the previous thread, and it consists of a good number of "must-see" sorts of LPs (both new and old). Are you new? This should get you pointed in the right direction!

Solo Commentary
  • Deadly Premonition by supergreatfriend - A few years dated now, but a must see for anyone who even remotely enjoys video let's play. DP (haha) is the kind of game that's significantly more fun to watch than it is to play. It has a pretty interesting plot, setting, and characters, but the game play is pretty sub par. SGF has a passion for this game and has probably played it more than anyone on this planet should or will. He shows it off in such a way that it can present itself clearly, and in an even cinematic way. This might be a little hyperbolic, but there's not many LPs as special as this one that convey the essence of the game so well through the whole thing. I'm envious of you if you haven't discovered this gem. (Recommended by AssailantLF)
  • Jurassic Park: Trespasser by Research Indicates - The first video lp to ever reach the goldmine; Research Indicates explores Jurrasic Park as a set of animated breasts while grappling with Dinosaurs and solving terrible physics puzzles. (Recommended by Ursus Veritas)
  • Battlefield 1942 by James315 - He is incredibly skilled at the game, and despite being a strictly multiplayer game, everything is introduced at a reasonable rate, and is always engaging. At the end of each map, he gives a good overview of what went well for each side, and how the outcome of the game could have changed. (Recommended by unpronounceable)
  • Demon's Souls by Squint - Squint is incredibly thorough showing off a ton of what the game has to offer. He points out a lot of plot elements that may otherwise be missed. To complement his playthrough, there are a couple others: one for a new game+ playthrough, and the punchyfist run. (Recommended by unpronounceable)
  • Spec Ops: The Line by OatmealRaisin - An exemplary case of how and why an LP should be done. The game itself is a generic effort in an over-done genre that many people are sick of or never liked in the first place, but it has a lot of profound, thought-provoking, and utterly devastating things to say to its players. OatmealRaisin's commentary is expertly paced and carefully toned to present the game's unanswerable questions in such a way that the viewer can't help but ruminate on them as they were meant to, and it honestly helps to have a guiding voice in some of the darker moments. Spec Ops: The Line is practically a required experience, and this Let's Play might be the best way to go about that. (Recommended by Fiendly)
  • Devil May Cry 3 by AccountingNightmare - Devil May Cry 3 is a hard game. AccountingNightmare provides a skilled playthrough of both of its highest difficulties while providing informative commentary and she does it all live. (Recommended by Ursus Veritas)
  • Hopkins FBI by davidspackage - Special Agent Hopkins is faced with a reality that most of us would not be able to reckon with. Yet instead of succumbing to insanity or existential dread, he celebrates the human condition with cheerful optimism. Hopkins doesn't question his purpose in an uncaring and hostile universe because he has already reaffirmed his purpose; to make you laugh. (Recommended by Kuvo)
  • Dark Souls by Kay - Starts off really slow with basically no editing and she's initially as bad as any newcomer to the Souls series, so you might want to skip the first few episodes. Kay has a very methodical play style, is very observant of her surroundings, and even takes notes to keep track of all the lore and sprawling paths in the game. It's fantastic and entertaining to see her grow as a player and tackle all of the various challenges this game has throughout. It feels like a very complete LP and almost like how the developers intended the game to be played, as she's even able to piece together all of the lore on her own, unlike most first timers. (Recommended by AssailantLF)

Multiple Commentators
  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance by Chip Cheezum & General Ironicus - Hands-down the most informative LP you're likely to find for this game. Chip goes through the mechanics of how to properly play, how to do well, and also shows off a perfect-ranked playthrough on a relatively hard difficulty. If you like action, amazing music, more action, and memes born of song lyrics, this is an absolute must-see. (Recommended by Geop)
  • Dead to Rights by Slowbeef & Diabetus - Join 'Beef and 'Betus as super cop Jack Slate is framed for murder, meets his bff Wireboy, unravels the mysterious past of Longshoreman X and fights a middle eastern Prince who breathes fire. Maybe the dumbest game ever made ridiculed in that Retsupurae fashion we all love. (Recommended by Ursus Veritas)
  • Bayonetta by Yoshesque & Hans - In the same line as Revengeance and DMC, this is an incredibly skilled 100% playthrough of Bayonetta. This is a multiple year labor of love by Yoshesque and a must-see as far as skilled LPs go. (Recommended by Geop)
  • Chaos Legion by Edo Animus - Chaos Legion is a moderately obscure PS2 action game made by Capcom. The game got a middling reception, mostly from reviewers who were trying to play it as a Devil May Cry-clone and failing. Edo Animus shows off how to play the game properly and then some. He and his co-commentator are also highly knowledgeable about the legends and mythologies that the characters in the game are based on. (Recommended by JordanKai)
  • High School Dreams: Best Friends Forever by Dyslexiactic & Proxx Choxx - A fantastic LP of an obscure game. Two dudes blindly stumble through a mediocre, poorly-implemented, and seemingly half-finished high school life simulator and have a good time pointing out all of the mistakes the game can make with no rudeness or anger. The amount of effort Dys put in to showing off this game, even getting to 100% completion (with all of the inconsistencies it causes between the characters) and putting way more work into production than this game really deserves. It's a good time for all. (Recommended by ChorpSaway)

Co-Op
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii by The Freelance Astronauts - Some games are about banding together and using teamwork to overcome adversity -- this is not one of them. A hilarious LP where the biggest threat doesn't come from the enemies along the way, but from man itself. Enjoy watching suffering and four-player co-op dickery? This is it. (Recommended by Geop)
  • Mercenaries 2 by helloitsdan & lithuanian dad - A wonderfully amazing co-op romp through South America! Probably one of the first things that someone new to the subforum should watch! (Recommended by Geop)
  • Saints Row 2 by Kaubocks & Panzer Skank - Between Idol Ninja's mods and the general antics Kaubocks & Panzer get in to, calling this LP "funny" is an understatement. Definitely one of the best things I've seen around here. (Recommended by Geop)
  • Demon's Souls by WanderinNewbie & Taoto - Two people take on a famously difficult game and bend it to their will while taking requests from the thread on weapons and equipment. (Recommended by Lazyfire)
  • Resident Evil 5 by RChimp Cola & Sinatrapod - I cannot recommend this highly enough, easily the funniest LP on the archive. I rewatch it every so often to remind myself of the Legend of Spaghetti. (Recommended by Kaboom Dragoon)
  • Amulets and Armor by Mzbundifund & Bacter - It's a first person action RPG in an engine not dissimilar to Doom's. There is a great dynamic between Mzbundifund who has in-depth knowledge of the game and Bacter who has never played it before. The LP came to the notice of one of the original developers who had interesting insights and went on to release a Windows compatible version. (Recommended by Ptarmigans)
  • Left 4 Dead by Baldurk / cKnoor / ethansteele / Blister - Four besties do their best to survive the zombie apocalypse in classic co-op fashion (which is to say loving each other over). Features playthroughs of the main campaign, mod campaigns, and multiplayer videos. (Recommended by Ursus Veritas)
  • Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures by pokecapn / kungfujesus / medibot / My Name Is Kaz - Watch the best Zelda game you never played with the most absurd recording setup in subforum history, to quote the OP: "4 GameCubes, 4 GBA Players, 4 GCN-GBA cables, a Wii to plug them all into, 4 SD capture cards, 1 HD-PVR, and 2 computers." (Recommended by Ursus Veritas)
  • Daikatana by Proteus4994 & Suspicious - The most over-hyped game of the decade gets more than it deserves when Proteus and Suspicious make John Romero their bitch. (Recommended by Bobbin Threadbare)

Subtitled
  • Silent Hill: Homecoming by Kamoc - one of the most technically clever LP's I've ever seen, Kamoc uses Youtube annotations to offer a Choose Your Own Adventure-style way of showing off the game's dialogue and decisions. It's simple, but it works extremely well and manages to set up some great gags, as a bonus. (Recommended by Kaboom Dragoon)
  • Silent Hill by VoidBurger - Much like Kamoc, VoidBurger goes through the game showing it off in good detail, as well as explaining little easter eggs/references wherever they lie. If you enjoyed the Homecoming LP, this is definitely right up your alley, and vice versa! (Recommended by Geop)
  • The Last Express by Olive Branch - It's a murder-mystery-on-a-train sort of game and there are multiple paths and endings, most of them bad, and he goes out of his way to show off every one of them. He even went the extra mile and got every foreign language translated into English for your benefit, including French and Arabic. The guy really loved the game and the effort he went through to present it really showed. (Recommended by Maple Leaf)
  • Final Fantasy XII IZJS by BrainWeasel - An incredibly informative subtitled VLP of, in my opinion, an under-rated game with a very unique presentation. (("People with archives should read the original thread where possible" --Brainweasel)) (Recommended by Ilyich)
  • Cold Fear by Giragast - Something I constantly recommend to people as it's not only a really well done subtitled LP, but has a set of Extreme mode videos and the LPer basically takes the game apart to show you the tricks and methods the developers used to make the game do what it does, which is pretty unique. (Recommended by Lazyfire)
  • Dead Space by The Man With a Hat - Another subtitled LP of a horror game that works incredibly well and done by someone who clearly loves the game and knows it inside and out. (Recommended by Lazyfire)

Laid Back
  • The Void by CannibalK9 - The Russian-est game that you'll ever see. You play as a disembodied soul wandering around in a barren dreamlike landscape, and CannibalK9's commentary is relaxing and low key, very appopriate to the slow pace of the game. (Recommended by Fat Samurai)
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn by medibot & My Name Is Kaz - As much as I hate using the word, this is one of the most chill LPs you'll find around these here parts. Medibot and Kaz play through the game in co-op mode and just have such a darned relaxing, fun time with it all. (Recommended by Geop)
  • The Thief Trilogy by Bobbin Threadbare - A sneaky, quiet 100% playthrough of all three Thief games (Recommended by Brainamp)
  • Kirby's Dream Course by Psymonkey - chill, pleasant commentary while still showing great skill at a unique and interesting game. (Recommended by Civil Twilight)

Grab-Bags/Megathreads/Miscellaneous
  • Advergames by The Men Drinkin' Coffee - In which the Men Drinkin' Coffee play and riff on numerous titles intended to shill out some cheap advertisement under the guise of being subpar games. Some are halfway decent! Many aren't! (Recommended by Geop)
  • The Girl Games Megathread by DeviousVacuum - Girl games are horrible. Absolutely terrible. Watch as Devac plays through dozens of horrendous bright pink, glittery flash games including how to date the cutest boy and blasting growths in your nose. I'm serious. (Recommended by Geop)
  • Let's Play Dungeons & Dragons - Archived on Zorak's site, there are also a number of threads rolling around involving most of the same folks! Want to learn more about D&D or just eavesdrop on various misadventures? Look no further! (Recommended by Geop)

Informative SSLPs
  • The Chzo Mythos by Quovak - The games are point and click adventures, and Quovak shows where they work, where they don't, and breaks down why they do or don't. It's critical, but not overwhelmingly so, and Yahtzee's retrospective commentary really complements Quovak's analysis. (Recommended by unpronounceable)
  • The World Ends with You by Orange Fluffy Sheep - One of the best JRPG to come from Square in the last years. The game drops the usual fantasy setting for modern-day Tokyo and changes potions into hamburgers, equipment into garish fashion statements and angst into the most :smug: character in the story of videogames. OFS does a great job of showing everything the game has to offer, up to and including the post-game. (Recommended by Fat Samurai)
  • KotORII by Scorchy - ludicrously in-depth, this was one of the best places to get info on the ridiculous amounts of cut content the game had before the restoration patches. Offers some great analysis of the game and the characters, don't be surprised if you learn something new about the game while reading it. (Recommended by Kaboom Dragoon)
  • Dangan Ronpa by orenronen - An amazing testament to Oren's work and talents. It's also batshit glorious. Who could resist Battle Royale meets Phoenix Wright? (Recommended by Ghostwoods)
  • OFF by Panzer Skank - OFF is an interesting and perplexing abstract RPG. Panzer Skank lets the game speak for itself very well and it has tons of fun fanart. (Recommended by Obscil)

Narrative SSLPs
  • Planescape: Torment by ShadowCatboy - An enormous effort, with 150+ updates over the course of five years. (Recommended by cmndstab)
  • Seiken Densetsu 3 by ddegenha - Covers multiple playthroughs of the game where ddegenha's added characterization makes even the repetitive parts completely worth reading. (Recommended by unpronounceable)
  • Gazillionaire Deluxe by Didja Redo - A funny narrative LP of a space economy sim that doesn't have a narrative. (Recommended by Skwirl)
  • Icewind Dale 2 by CaptainGarlic - Another great narrative LP, both LPs have great characterization of people that don't have any built in characters. (Recommended by Skwirl)
  • The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing by Chewbot - Chewbot takes a completely freeform game without any kind of backstory and writes a short novel not unlike a summer slash film (but in a good way). Don't expect any gameplay in here, though. (Recommended by Fat Samurai)

Comedic SSLPs
  • Dirge of Cerbeus: Final Fantasy VII by TheDarkId - The Final Fantasy series hits its stupidest, and TheDarkId hits it right back, taking the piss out what has to be the worst video game Square has ever produced in a hilarious semi-narrative SSLP. I'm already loving this poo poo. (Recommended by nine-gear crow)
  • Ultima IV-VI (and onward) all by Nakar - Nakar plays Ultima the way it was never intended to be played, with every loophole, cheap trick, and underhanded tactic possible exploited by the sociopathic Steve the Avatar, one of the funniest anti-heroes ever conceived of, and her ever-changing gang of long-suffering tag-along companions. Although U4 and U5 are kind of by-the-numbers, the introduction of portraits in U6 and beyond enable Nakar to inject an enormous amount of personality and humour into the LPs, while still showing off everything worth seeing in some of the best open-world RPGs of all time. Also Martian Dreams is awesome all by itself, as Steve travels back in time to team up with Marie Curie and Sigmund Freud to battle Rasputin on a coal-powered, steampunk Mars! (Recommended by cmndstab)
  • X-Com: UFO Defence and Apocalypse by GuavaMoment - Well-written, funny as hell, with great thread interaction that manages to avoid coming across as fanfic for the most part. You'll believe a janitor can fly. But not for very long. (Recommended by Kaboom Dragoon)
  • MySims Agents by Picayune - Just utterly charming and lovely in every possible way. (Recommended by Ghostwoods)

Geop fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Mar 21, 2015

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!
I've got one. Started watching AnilEhilated's Shadow Warrior 2013 LP and it's really good. The game looks like quite a bit of fun. All the knowledge I really had of it was that it's a remake of an older shooter that involved a lot of racial caricatures and stereotypes. I figured the game would be basically another Duke Nukem Forever. So far that doesn't seem to be the case. The combat looks really satisfying and the humour is actually genuinely funny for the most part. AnilEhilated also has a really good rapid-fire commentary that fits well with the game's quick pace. The LP is worth a peek, at any rate, just because it's so uncommon to see FPSes developed solely for the PC anymore.

Pyrogenesis
Feb 19, 2013

None of Devil May Cry 3 videos actually work. Is there another source?

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Pyrogenesis posted:

None of Devil May Cry 3 videos actually work. Is there another source?

Come on man, the Internet Archive banner is right at the top of that page!

JordanKai
Aug 19, 2011

Get high and think of me.


Pyrogenesis posted:

None of Devil May Cry 3 videos actually work. Is there another source?

Geop posted:

7) Please check the Master List and LPArchive.org if you're curious of whether something's been LP'd already. Also, if you're using LPArchive.org, there are numerous older LPs which you'll come across. Hosts have died over time, but many of these LPs have been uploaded to Archive.org! Keep an eye out for this banner in those cases:



The internet archive banner will never be noticed. :(

Color Printer
May 9, 2011

You get used to it. I don't
even see the code. All I see
is Ipecac, Scapular, Polyphemus...


Pyrogenesis posted:

None of Devil May Cry 3 videos actually work. Is there another source?

See bottom image of OP and look very closely at the LP page.

At this point maybe someone should go through and see which LPs on the list can only be viewed that way and tell Geop so he can put a note by them on the list. :v:

Bobbin Threadbare
Jan 2, 2009

I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

Just a heads up, but Daikatana was co-op, not just group commentary.

Queer Salutations
Aug 20, 2009

kind of a shitty wizard...

Color Printer posted:

At this point maybe someone should go through and see which LPs on the list can only be viewed that way and tell Geop so he can put a note by them on the list. :v:

Okay.

Devil May Cry 3
Hopkins FBI
Daikatana
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Dead Space

I know that someone uploaded NSMBW to youtube but it isn't linked in the archive, actually I'm willing to bet quite a few of these are on youtube so maybe someone could look into finding them and seeing if Baldurk can add them to their respective Archive page.

Geop
Oct 26, 2007

Bobbin Threadbare posted:

Just a heads up, but Daikatana was co-op, not just group commentary.
Noted and changed! Thanks!

As a reminder, give me a shout if anything else is out-of-place and I'll change it accordingly :v:

Admiral H. Curtiss
May 11, 2010

I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.
You missed and/or ignored the recommendation of Disaster in the last thread, so...


Disaster: Day of Crisis by Coulis and friends - Disaster is a Wii game only released in Japan and Europe that tries to tell a completely serious story about a city suffering from natural disasters, and fails miserably at it on account of having absurd gameplay mechanics and characters. Sadly, the LP was never finished, but the thirteen existing episodes are some of the funniest stuff you can find on these forums.

Queer Salutations
Aug 20, 2009

kind of a shitty wizard...

Geop posted:

As a reminder, give me a shout if anything else is out-of-place and I'll change it accordingly :v:

You're missing a space in The Void recommendation, in between the title and byline.

Admiral H. Curtiss posted:

You missed and/or ignored the recommendation of Disaster in the last thread, so...

Disaster: Day of Crisis by Coulis and friends - Disaster is a Wii game only released in Japan and Europe that tries to tell a completely serious story about a city suffering from natural disasters, and fails miserably at it on account of having absurd gameplay mechanics and characters. Sadly, the LP was never finished, but the thirteen existing episodes are some of the funniest stuff you can find on these forums.

He didn't add every single recommendation, I'm guessing in that case he probably didn't want to add an incomplete LP to the list.

Geop
Oct 26, 2007

For the stuff which has been mirrored (on archive or Youtube), I'll probably whip up an icon to stick in there, with a link.

If people are making note of the LPs with Archive.org entries and Youtube mirrors, please give me links with the names!

Geop fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Jul 9, 2014

Carbolic Smokeball
Nov 2, 2011
I know YouTube LPs are frowned upon, but
HideOfBeast is absurdly good at Mega Man X games. He has done minimalist runs of most of them, collecting as few power ups as possible and taking no damage. In particular I love his runs of Mega Man X1-3. No power ups, no dash, no damage. It's especially impressive for X2-3 because Dashing became an ingrained mechanic and levels were designed with it in mind. I personally love his bitter, sarcastic style of commentary, and he throughly explains every obstacle and strategy required of a challenge run like this so you understand exactly what's going on. But if you don't care for it, or prefer just gameplay he has a separate playlist of game audio only.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5FA65F3FB1E2625 (commentary)

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8447ABF968E418F3 (no commentary)

discworld is all I read
Apr 7, 2009

DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?
HideofBeast is a goon, but yeah, he's extremely talented and the amount of effort he puts in doing the challenges is amazing; and I'm sure off-site recommendations are fine, especially since some are mentioned in the OP.

discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jul 9, 2014

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
This thread title brought to you by raocow.


HideofBeast goes as Violen on the SA forums, i think. Loved his Megaman challenge runs, even though i never played the games.

Fat Samurai
Feb 16, 2011

To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.
Just a minor nitpick on The Last Express recommendation. While I agree that the LP is great, both because the way Olive Branch handles subtitles and the exploration of almost all the options that game gives the player (of which are many), the game translates non-English languages on it's own. Either that or my memory is faulty AND Olive Branch knows French, Arabic, Serbian, German and probably a few others.

Ignore all this, I don't know what I'm talking about.

Fat Samurai fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jul 9, 2014

Heffer
May 1, 2003

Geop's Assassin's Creed LPs make learning crusade era history both fun and bloody. You put a lot of effort into them, and it shows.

my dad
Oct 17, 2012

this shall be humorous

Fat Samurai posted:

Just a minor nitpick on The Last Express recommendation. While I agree that the LP is great, both because the way Olive Branch handles subtitles and the exploration of almost all the options that game gives the player (of which are many), the game translates non-English languages on it's own. Either that or my memory is faulty AND Olive Branch knows French, Arabic, Serbian, German and probably a few others.

The game only translates some conversations, and Olive branch found people who know these languages to translate the rest for him. I wanted to offer to translate the Serbian part, but someone beat me to it.

Fat Samurai
Feb 16, 2011

To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.

my dad posted:

The game only translates some conversations, and Olive branch found people who know these languages to translate the rest for him. I wanted to offer to translate the Serbian part, but someone beat me to it.

Well, ain't that an egg on my face. I stand corrected.

Ghostwoods
May 9, 2013

Say "Cheese!"
Geop's Dark Souls LP (with Vicas and various other guests) was not only a great overview of the game, it was also funny, charming, and often surprisingly erudite. One of the best LPs I've watched. Plus, as Lizard Wizard reminds me, "Geop is playing the game blind, whereas his guests know what's what." Which often led to hilarious moments.

Ghostwoods fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Jul 9, 2014

Felinoid
Mar 8, 2009

Marginally better than Shepard's dancing. 2/10

Heffer posted:

Geop's Assassin's Creed LPs make learning crusade era history both fun and bloody. You put a lot of effort into them, and it shows.

There's a category that's missing. Edutainment. Geop's Assassin's Creed LPs, Zorak's Endless Ocean 1 LP (why in the watery world isn't that on the archive), and I think there's another that I'm forgetting.

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

Ghostwoods posted:

Geop's Dark Souls LP (with Vicas and various other guests) was not only a great overview of the game, it was also funny, charming, and often surprisingly erudite. One of the best LPs I've watched.

The main 'gimmick' of the LP should be mentioned as well - Geop is playing the game blind, whereas his guests know what's what.

PAMaster
Mar 2, 2013

Tiger Bard Apprentice
The Kickboat Saga is a pretty classic LP by the Freelance Astronauts of modded Half Life 2.

The name comes from the Gordon Kick, a physics kick included in one of the mods. For why it's the KickBOAT saga, the answer is about 10 minutes into the linked video.

Heatwizard
Nov 6, 2009

Academagia is a wizard school simulator where you get admitted to, uh, wizard school and handle the year in Choose Your Own Adventure format, assisted by more stats than you can shake a stick at. Bobbin pilots a thread-created protagonist (a shadowy schemer who regularly proves that she's too clever for her own good) and ties the game's different events together with homebrew dialogue, doing a pretty good job of blending it into the game's original text.

RoadCrewWorker
Nov 19, 2007

camels aren't so great
Not really a "single LP", but MoominBiscuit and SuperGraffitis PS2 Bargain Bin thread (requires archive) has some of the most insane "game" selection and funniest duo commentary i've seen since 2007 and continues to be one of my favorites when it comes to people with great chemistry riffing on unbelievably hilarious garbage.

Through some surreal miracle it appears like their blip.tv account is still alive and has (most of?) the videos. The thread was back in 09 and i don't think they ever bothered to transfer to a youtube backup.

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

RoadCrewWorker posted:

Not really a "single LP", but MoominBiscuit and SuperGraffitis PS2 Bargain Bin thread (requires archive) has some of the most insane "game" selection and funniest duo commentary i've seen since 2007 and continues to be one of my favorites when it comes to people with great chemistry riffing on unbelievably hilarious garbage.

Eh, it's not a single LP but neither is the Advergames LP.

Dice_
May 29, 2013

Afraid of being hollow?

Join the club, my face is more caved in than your mother.

Geop posted:

For the stuff which has been mirrored (on archive or Youtube), I'll probably whip up an icon to stick in there, with a link.

If people are making note of the LPs with Archive.org entries and Youtube mirrors, please give me links with the names!

I remembered watching Accounting Nightmare's Devil May Cry 3 LP on Youtube. The playlist is below.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL93CFC73CF3D39E91

slowbeef
Mar 15, 2005

Will Harvey hates you, and everything you stand for.
Pillbug
I know what you're saying. "You're not supposed to recommend gold-rated threads!"

But you might also be saying, "I don't really like/care about the Wii U, and of the games I do care about, Wonderful 101 seems kind of anonymous." (Then my wife got me one, and that first part changed.)

And if you're like me, you probably said the latter. Even having seen videos of Wonderful 101, I didn't really get it and it didn't seem to hold my interest. But Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus do their thing on Wonderful 101 and you get cut and uncut commentary, gameplay tips, and the combination of expert play (Chip) and first-time experience (Ironicus). If you've seen their LPs, it's that usual five-star experience.

If you skipped this at first because "much as I like C&I, I don't know that I care about this game", give it a shot. What seemed like "actiony Pikmin" is maybe more like Pikmin meets Bayonetta, while Chip shows off and gets Pure Platinum on everything (EXCEPT THAT FIRST VIDEO, HA). In fact, the only reason I stopped at episode 3-1 is because they convinced me to get the game and I'd like to experience more myself! Is there a better recommendation than that?

Ghostwoods
May 9, 2013

Say "Cheese!"

Lizard Wizard posted:

The main 'gimmick' of the LP should be mentioned as well - Geop is playing the game blind, whereas his guests know what's what.

Good point. Added that to my post. Ta.

StrangeAeon
Jul 11, 2011


Kinda surprised Man With a Hat's Dead Space lp isn't on here. It's subtitled, funny, and massively informative. I think he had like 5 concurrent runs going at the same time to get footage for it.

It's archived, with the internet archive banner thingy.

Jenner
Jun 5, 2011
Lowtax banned me because he thought I was trolling by acting really stupid. I wasn't acting.
I don't do this much, but I feel it really needs to be added to the OP. I absolutely loved BrainWeasel's LP of Final Fantasy X-2 (good parts version). It shows off all the promise and potential the game had, is unashamed, thorough, and also absolutely beautiful. You can find it right over here. I strongly recommend it.

discworld is all I read
Apr 7, 2009

DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?

StrangeAeon posted:

Kinda surprised Man With a Hat's Dead Space lp isn't on here. It's subtitled, funny, and massively informative. I think he had like 5 concurrent runs going at the same time to get footage for it.

It's archived, with the internet archive banner thingy.
It's in the OP?

majormonotone
Jan 25, 2013

The OP needs pokecapn and crew's Sonic 06 LP as well as Zorak's Pokemon Quartz and SynthOrange's Princess Maker 2.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Going off of MySims Agents in the OP, Picayune is currently doing one of Agents' predecessors, MySims Kingdom. Is it as charming as Agents?

No, it's not.



(It is very charming.)

Heffer
May 1, 2003

slowbeef posted:

I know what you're saying. "You're not supposed to recommend gold-rated threads!"

But you might also be saying, "I don't really like/care about the Wii U, and of the games I do care about, Wonderful 101 seems kind of anonymous." (Then my wife got me one, and that first part changed.)

And if you're like me, you probably said the latter. Even having seen videos of Wonderful 101, I didn't really get it and it didn't seem to hold my interest. But Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus do their thing on Wonderful 101 and you get cut and uncut commentary, gameplay tips, and the combination of expert play (Chip) and first-time experience (Ironicus). If you've seen their LPs, it's that usual five-star experience.

If you skipped this at first because "much as I like C&I, I don't know that I care about this game", give it a shot. What seemed like "actiony Pikmin" is maybe more like Pikmin meets Bayonetta, while Chip shows off and gets Pure Platinum on everything (EXCEPT THAT FIRST VIDEO, HA). In fact, the only reason I stopped at episode 3-1 is because they convinced me to get the game and I'd like to experience more myself! Is there a better recommendation than that?

I don't disagree with you on any point, but it does seem premature to enshrine them when they're only three updates in.

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012



I have to recommend two of my favorite LPs, Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 by Taisan. (NOT ANIME) I checked the last thread and saw that slowbeef recommended one in the second post, but it deserves restating in the new thread.

They are about a genre of games which are not good for LPing, primarily because there's usually not much to say about music games besides "Hitting these dots is tough" and "Boy, this song is good"! Taisan sets this one apart with his hilarious writing. Instead of just translating from japanese to english, he creates his own story which is genuinely quite funny. This is on top of the game itself being very enjoyable, with excellent music. Each episode comes with two music links. One for the in-game track and another for the original version, very hand and much appreciated.

The LP is a subtitle LP with subtitles both for Taisan's commentary as well as separate subtitles "translating" the mid-level dialogue. The cutscenes are delivered with pictures and word bubbles, but Taisan dubs his voice over them.

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

Heffer posted:

I don't disagree with you on any point, but it does seem premature to enshrine them when they're only three updates in.

Four, thank you very much. :colbert:

It's preemptive, sure, but it's already got the standard C&I touch and more, which I think earns it a spot on the recommended list.

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Darkseed 2 by Slowbeef and Diabetus. It's a weird and terrible adventure game that they manage to make entertaining, but what happens near the end is what makes it essential viewing. You don't want to skip ahead or read about what it is beforehand, because it's best if it takes you totally by surprise.

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Kloro
Oct 24, 2008

Fancy a grown man saying hujus hujus hujus as if he were proud of it it is not english and do not make SENSE.
Hah, I went to recommend Psychedelic Eyeball's Spelunky LP, but it's not been archived because he still apparently has one more episode to go! Here's the thread, for anyone who wants to enjoy an informative LP of a notoriously difficult game. The commentary is appropriately light-hearted, the level of skill on show is terrifying, and once he runs out of new things to talk about he starts bringing in co-commentators to fill in the gaps.

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