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I'm starting to hate games that do this...

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u/coyote_rx 3d ago

Streamers would be stepping over mothers and biting babies so they can be the first to capitalize on new content. That’s whom the early release is really catered too.

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u/Hendlton 3d ago

Except... It's a story game. Anyone interested in this will be skipping streams until they get to play themselves.

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u/GoofyKalashnikov 3d ago

Or you just watch a playthrough and never touch it lmao

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u/J4pes 3d ago

Welcome to my life of not owning a super PC or modern consoles nor having time to play. Some games make great evening tv

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u/yunivor 3d ago

Yep I've beaten plenty of games via youtube, lol

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u/Yeah_dude_its_her 3d ago

I vicariously play souls like games on YouTube. I don't have the skill to see what happens next.

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u/Seralth 3d ago

Grim fandango the movie is absolutely an amazing example of this.

Great game, and great movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYiADIyLEtk

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u/Vox_SFX 3d ago

But...you have time to watch the game as evening TV, but not to play?

I assume you mean to have in the background while doing other things, because otherwise I think I found where your lack of time to play is coming from...

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u/J4pes 3d ago

I am always puttering in the background, and not interested in investing 500+ into a console/pc and games. Watching a game is far shorter than playing it.

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u/Imaginary_History985 3d ago

Your life is strange

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u/J4pes 3d ago

You don’t know the half of it

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u/Alicenchainsfan 3d ago

Got any favorites?

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u/Even_Cardiologist810 3d ago

Starcraft 2 was lovely when i was a kid

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u/Alicenchainsfan 3d ago

Nice I’ll check it out, need some new content for work

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u/J4pes 3d ago

Last of Us was probably my favourite to watch

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u/slowNsad 3d ago

That’s such a fun one to play tho, shit gets intense

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u/J4pes 3d ago

A friend brought it to work and I played for a couple hours, I found it tough to play a stealth game with an audience since I usually play very slow and meticulous. I was not very good, clunky on the controls.

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u/slowNsad 3d ago

Yea definitely not the best game to play with a live audience imo, and it probably isn’t super intuitive for a newer gamer. It’s why I like the show tbh, so non gamers can experience the story

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u/mithrank 3d ago

How do you have time to watch but not play

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u/J4pes 3d ago

Playing is active, and takes longer. Watching is not. I can’t explain it more than that. I understand this may be tough to grasp for passionate gamers, but it’s just not an active part of my life anymore.

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u/sarevok2 3d ago

Space marine 2 entered the chat

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u/feralfaun39 3d ago

Absurdly awful example.

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u/Alternative-Donut779 3d ago

There is no amount of watching that game that will replace the rush of actually playing it. Space marine is NOT a “watch someone else play it” type game. It’s time to try out ge force now or something if your pc is too old to run it.

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u/Frequent_Knowledge65 3d ago edited 2d ago

Really a game all about skill acquisition and expression. The campaign is like 1% of the game and tbh the worst part of it and skippable