Do you prefer commentary? Are you more or less inclined to watch an LP without commentary? This is out of curiosity more than anything. I remember before LPs were "a thing" when people would just upload commentary-less videos of them playing games. I like commentary, as long as the commentator is entertaining. What about you?
How do you feel about silent LPs?
#1
Posted 21 February 2017 - 11:32 PM
#2
Posted 21 February 2017 - 11:36 PM
I don't even consider them a Lets Play unless there's commentary. lol
A Lets Play is generally supposed to be transformative, which is why they are fair use (even though we all know that doesn't really even matter, not even in the slightest).
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#3
Posted 22 February 2017 - 10:25 AM
I do prefer let's plays when they have commentary to be honest. I've done commentary-less let's plays myself though, I call them walkthroughs. Walkthroughs can still be really entertaining to watch.
#4
Posted 22 February 2017 - 10:30 AM
I can enjoy an LP with or without commentary, depending on the game being played and what the LPer does otherwise, I think. But most of the time I think voice commentary often helps. I know there is a certain skill that goes with that, as some are better at talking for long periods of time without breaks than others. I can imagine I'd have plenty of "ums" in there myself, and I am a teacher! But to be fair, I am not experienced talking about games I am playing while I am playing them.
What I don't care much for though are annotations instead of voice commentary. If you have to read what is on the screen, I find it harder to watch the rest of the video. I know I have seen a few people using those annotations, which is fine once in a rare while in a video, but using it regularly throughout the video makes it harder to watch the actual video. I could periodically pause the video to read them, but I find this to be an annoyance doing that a lot.
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#5
Posted 22 February 2017 - 02:36 PM
What I don't care much for though are annotations instead of voice commentary. If you have to read what is on the screen, I find it harder to watch the rest of the video. I know I have seen a few people using those annotations, which is fine once in a rare while in a video, but using it regularly throughout the video makes it harder to watch the actual video. I could periodically pause the video to read them, but I find this to be an annoyance doing that a lot.
Hm that's what I did. They are not there constantly though, I only use them for some occasional thoughts.
#6
Posted 03 March 2017 - 11:59 PM
It has to have commentary to be a let's play. If it's silent then really it's just a playthrough
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