For me, it is any city/building construction game like City Skylines, Two Point Hospital, Planet Zoo etc.
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.
Most horror games. My startle threshold is through the floor, even when I know a jumpscare is coming it still gets me a lot of the time. I also hate feeling panicked and chased.
Imo horror games are best enjoyed in a group anyway. Get the ballsy yolo friend to stream for everyone else
I’m the same way. I think it has to do with being the one who has to make the decision to keep moving forward as opposed to just passively observing
Same. I love watching people play games like Amnesia or the SCP ones, but I could never play them myself.
ManlyBadassHero anyone?
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.
None.
I have absolutely no interest in watching someone else play a video game, excluding short clips of gameplay to get a feel for the mechanics.
I was talking to a friend about a parallel topic yesterday, regarding movies/TV shows about video games. I argued that it’s like watching porn when you can be having sex - I’d much rather be in control than watching an idiot fuck it all up.
In porn, don’t you WANT them to fuck it all up???
“oh no baby, I’m cumming so hard I just sharted on the dog” as the dog starts to bite the guys sack, the camera falls over, she’s screaming and he’s losing a heavy amount of blood, the emergency services arrive and the video ends with their OnlyFans link
And I’m like “…and I paid pornhub for THIS?”
You know for a god dang fact that’s someone’s kink.
Lmfao
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Starcraft. I still love playing through the campaigns and coop, but I don’t have the time or energy to keep up with the 1v1 anymore. Used to play it a ton back before Legacy of the Void, but you basically have to treat that game like a second job in order to be competitive and not get destroyed most of the time. I remember going like 3-4 days without playing back then and it’d take me 3-5 hours to get back up to my usual level of play.
It’s still a lot of fun to watch pros or high level players play the game though, at least IMO.
This completely. I miss playing, but I have a job and responsibilities and not enough time to practice or follow the meta. Love watching really skilled players play though.
This is how I feel about Ultima Online. I played 20 years ago as a teen…I do NOT have the time for it now.
Not a Starcraft player, but in my experience (Age of Empires, Overwatch) the solution is to stop caring about your rank and just focus on improving where you can.
Oh I agree, I play Overwatch casually and couldn’t care less about my rank, in fact I exclusively play quick play even after 150 hours. But Starcraft is inherently competitive to me due to its 1v1 focus and even without caring about my rank I still find it too stressful and hard to play without a ton of time invested. When I do play it, I prefer to play the campaigns or coop. 1v1 is too time consuming even without caring about rank and only playing unranked.
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.
Age of Empires 2. It’s like watching a live chess match. The more I learn about the game, the more my own gameplay feels clumsy. Thankfully, the aoe community is larger than ever, even though it’s been 20 years since release.
The same goes for me and Total War. I love battle strategy but I am just no good at it haha. Some of my favorite streamers will occasionally play them, which is good enough for me
DauT is my spirit animal
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
Jump scare games, definitely. And survival horror, like that Alien game where you walk around and hide. Yeesh. Stuff like that. Also racing sims.
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.
You know what I did in minecraft?
Yes, I actually knew that.
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!!!
Elden Ring and most other soulslikes - I don’t have the skill, time or will to “git gud” at them, but they are a beautiful spectacle and a joy to watch, especially when watching someone who plays really well.
Dwarf fortress, I love to see how and what people build and the emergent chaotic stories when a giant or vampire or whatever shows up.
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…
Any of the 4x/grand strategy type games (e.g., Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron, Civilization). I don’t really enjoy the menu management of some of those games and the density of information and mechanics is anxiety inducing. However the emergent narrative those games provide really interests me so watching someone else play is the best way to access what I enjoy about those games.
Literally none. I enjoy interactive entertainment much more than passive consumption.
