For me, it is any city/building construction game like City Skylines, Two Point Hospital, Planet Zoo etc.
Competitive games and broken games (in the se se that there are glitches that can be expolited for fun)
I’ll never be on that level, So i prefer to watch them.
imo you don’t have to be good at those games to still enjoy them. I loved playing counter strike, and I never made it out of the lowest possible rank.
Yeah, i agree. I fact i play Rocket League casually with friend. But seeing people playing in another level it’s like seeing another dimension of the game that always surprises me and i never expect what may happen.
that’s fair and understandable
Speed runs to games I know how to play.
That’s basically like watching sports. Sure I can play tennis, but watching professionals play is more entertaining.
Do I really want to see how shit I am at a game? Lol
Speed runners ain’t even playing the same game, it’s fascinating to watch.
Don’t gotta bring your ego into it, it’s a single player video game lmao
I’m from an Era when most games were single player and didn’t hardly have any sort of story. The only reason you played those games was for the challenge of beating them. You didn’t play Mike Tysons Punch Out for a story. You played it to try an beat Mike Tyson and win the game.
I started playing games on MS-DOS. Lol.
I understand enjoying the challenge of a single player game.
Speed runners are doing an entirely different thing. It’s an art form.
But you like what you like. If you don’t like it, that’s no business of mine.
I typically don’t watch playthrough videos, but I would say games that require more time or skill than I can offer. If the video creator can take a long, challenging game, and make a video of the highlights and random silly things they encountered while cutting out the monotony that happens in between, I’ll enjoy the video.
For example, Elden Ring. I played it for an hour and decided it wasn’t for me, but the kids will watch Elden Ring videos, and I’ll watch with them and learn about and experience that game without wasting my time playing something I don’t enjoy.
Anything with a mechanic where every choice matters and will affect the next 50 hours of gameplay, and where it’s possible to choose wrong. That’s a lot of pressure, and I’d rather someone else deal with that.
Also, anything that’s 100 hours of gameplay and 10 hours of story.
Triple A titles with a story. I don’t have the rig or the patience myself, but I stream some video gameplay on another monitor while I work…
Literally none. I enjoy interactive entertainment much more than passive consumption.
Hmm.
I think that there are a couple of ways to look at this.
First, there’s just casually looking over someone’s shoulder.
I haven’t done this for many years now, but I don’t enjoy playing jumpscare games – don’t enjoy being startled – but I don’t mind watching someone else play one, can enjoy the story.
I was, years back, at least okay at FPSes, but never outstanding. I had a friend who was really solid and didn’t mind having people side-seat driving, and I enjoyed that.
Second, there’s outright collaborative play, but where one person has the controls. I think that this often comes up a fair bit with adventure games – I read about a number of guys talk about playing a game with their wife, but where they’re doing the clicking. Adventure games aren’t much about the control, but figuring things out and experiencing the story. I think that the experience watching and thinking it through here can be pretty comparable to playing. Maybe more fun if there are some tedious bits that you can just skip.
Third, there are professional streamers. That’s a whole 'nother ball of wax.
Cataclysm: Dark Days has some streamers like Vormithrax that amount to being the tutorial to the game for many players, because it’s so stupendously complicated and ever-changing, and he verbally walks through what he’s doing.
There are e-sports players. I don’t really like playing Starcraft or DoTA 2 multiplayer, but I can enjoy watching a presented event.
I understand that there are some “gamer girl” streamers; obviously there are people who enjoy that. I’ve never looked into it, but I imagine that it could be entertaining in a way that the game alone isn’t.
I remember once watching a fighter pilot watch an arcade-ish air combat game (IIRC either something in the Ace Combat or Project Wingman series). They were commenting on tactics, realism, and plane capabilities. Again, interesting in a way that the game itself isn’t.
I really like to watch competitive FPS like CS and Valorant but I’d hate to play them since my jam is turn-based games. Heck I’d even watch competitions of games like Lol or Starcraft but the Jargon is too much for me!
Most RPG/Crafting games.
Any game that starts with you punching trees for wood can fuck right off at this point.
There are a couple of occasions where I watch someone else playing: when deciding if the game is worth buying (gameplay vs cutscenes) and when I’m stuck in a part of a game I can’t really google.
I didn’t really grow up playing video games. Never built the muscle memory for controllers, and I don’t really have the time or desire to learn now.
But there are many games with intriguing stories that explore fascinating concepts. Some of them, like Disco Elysium for example, don’t require any skill with a controller, and I would rather play those myself.
As technically easy as Detroit Become Human was, some points like the rooftop chase scene pushed the limits of my capability. So anything that demands more controller skill than that is something I would rather watch than waste my time fumbling around with.
Any shooter or other twitch game.
None … I understand how video games work. You play them.
You’re not being downvoted for your view. You’re being downvoted for your condescending tone.
Oh man we’re going to tell the NFL, FIFA, and the others that fans are out of line and must be prevented from watching any games.
P.s. you’re being downvoted for a gatekeepy asshole comment.
I’m not saying anybody is out of line… I’m just saying * I * would rather play games than watch them. And I think games are most fun when played (which I don’t think is really a crazy statement).
But it’s true, I’m not really into spectating sports either, I don’t get much out of it. I would much rather play a pickup game of basketball than watch the NBA finals.
You play them.
Funny how that means “I”.
My spouse and I are gamers. It’s fun to introduce them to a game and watch them experience it for the first time. Every now and then they don’t like a game I’ve introduced, and other times they end falling in love with the game. Right now my spouse is introducing me to Hades, and they’re watching my experiences with it: it’s a good game so far, but they rave about it so I wanted to know what it’s like. We get to hang out while they watch me play, and it’s quality time together. Who knows, maybe this will be a favorite game of mine too?
I don’t watch strangers online play games, but let’s pretend there’s a content creator who I enjoy watching, is close to my age, and I enjoy their personality. How cool would it be to watch that person play some of my favorite games: nostalgic games, ones that inspired me, introduced me to new concepts, broke me, etc. If I aligned with that content creator, I’d love to hear what they think - what they liked and didn’t like about the game, how they felt with the thought-provoking moments, etc.
With that said, some persons like to watch others play games for these reasons and more.
for a bit a few years ago i watched a ton of minecraft experts create very advanced things that i never would’ve been able to. eventually i had seen enough.
You know what I did in minecraft? I dug a hole. Then I dug it downwards. It was like 60x60. Just a square hole. And next to it was a tall tower. I’d get that cobblestone from diging, and used it to build a tower. Then at the top of the tower I built a sky highway using cobblestone roads, and track.
I want actual trains in minecraft. Old timey steam trains. But a minecart and redstone is all I have.
I read the first two sentences and diggy diggy hole started playing in my head. Thank you for that. I haven’t decided if I’m being sarcastic yet.
Dig a tunnell, dig dig a tunnel.
Dig a tunnell, dig dig a tunnel.
Dig a tunnell, dig dig a tunnel.
Quick before the hyeenas cum!!!
You know what I did in minecraft?
Yes, I actually knew that.
Horror games
