Looking for recommendations of games you think translate well to a Let’s Play.

Here’s a few I’ve watched as some examples:

  • Dispatch
  • Dead Space: Remake
  • Dave the Diver
  • Outer Wilds
  • Claire Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Black Myth: Wukong

Some games I want to play for myself, but others I’d rather just watch. Either I don’t want to buy it, or maybe the game mechanics don’t interest me but the story does. (Dispatch falls under that category.)

Any other ideas?

  • Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    11 days ago

    Stray. I dont watch people play games but I think the game fits nicely as a cinematic and its fun to play.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    11 days ago

    I like watching people play Super Mario World romhacks. Grand Poo World is big and the streamer who made it (barbarousking) is entertaining

  • salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    11 days ago

    Ooh, I think Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero may be good for you to watch. Subnautica has really nice exploration mechanics and Outer Wilds reminds me of it in that aspect :)

    • Dalacos@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      11 days ago

      I started a Let’s Play of that and liked it so much I quit early on and now it’s on a (lengthy) backlist of games I want to actually play. It looks really fun and I love the aesthetic.

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    11 days ago

    I think the Quantic Dream games (Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, etc.) work well to watch since there isn’t much to miss out in the gameplay, mostly just walking, talking, and QTEs. The writing varies wildly in quality, so it’s often a MST3K-like experience with the game being mocked (at least ones I’ve watched), just depends whose playthrough you’re watching.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    10 days ago

    All of the old scummVM adventure games; Sam and max hit the road, monkey island, day of the tentacle, etc

    For something more cinematic I’d look at platinum games like Bayonetta, god of wars, mass effects, gears, half-lifes, dark souls

    I would avoid something really puzzle heavy like professor Layton or tactical like civ or Stellaris I enjoy watching/listening to people play games but those usually can’t hold my interest unless I’m playing

    Edit: a couple more recent titles to add are Pentiment and Kentucky route zero

  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Pacific Drive?

    It’s a great game with a great story ( that I kinda rushed through because I couldn’t enjoy the constant tension - instead the couple playthroughs I watched were very enjoyable )

  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Highly recommend Voices of the Void

    A semi horror/base management game where you’re a lone Doctor of Astrophysics on a radio signal listening station in the Swiss Alps, tasked with cleaning up the trashed base, maintaining servers, the site transformers running so you have power to lock your doors, and collecting extraterrestrial signals.

    You may or may not be alone, if you can’t save the game, then it’s definitely more ‘may’ than ‘may not’.

    Recently updated to v0.9 (unstable but functional) with a Christmas event active this month. Even as a game still in alpha it’s worth the pricetag, currently on itch.io under mrdrnose, believe there’s plans for it to end up on steam.

    TearofGrace (TearofDisgrace on youtube) is a proper character of a guy, livestreams it at least once a week and recently put out a video of his exploits in v0.8

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 days ago

    Thoroughly enjoyed a supercut of Jerma’s elden ring playthrough

    That was some top tier second screen content

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    For Dispatch-likes, perhaps other Telltale games would interest you. The Wolf Among Us was really good if I remember correctly. And the Walking Dead games were… a lot, emotionally, but good stories, the first one especially.

    But gosh there’s just so many games out there. Maybe a Breath of the Wild playthrough would be up your alley.
    A Hollowknight let’s play might be a bit boring, but I’m certain a lore video would be engaging.
    Thomas Was Alone - that’s an older game so I couldn’t tell you if there’s any good videos of it, but it’s great.
    Along similar old lines, BioShock games are good. And Dishonored in that same era/vein.

    Killer Frequency might also be in the realm of Dispatch. Potentially Potionomics as well.

    And any and all Supergiant games I think are great to watch or play. Loads of content in that company. And great songs :3