Poll: Videogame endings and youtube.

[O maestre]

i despised the SWTOR online gameplay so i watched the cutscenes on youtube because i have been starved for the kotor universe for a long time.

likewise i did not enjoy the look or gameplay of dragon age, but i like the setting.

the arkham games dont have feature to review cutscenes, and sometimes i skipped them either intentionally but mostly by accident.

and finally if ive already beaten a game but dont have the time or just cant be arsed to play the game again, but still want to experience the story,

 

[socialmenace42]

I watch the endings of games which I feel have compelling stories and to which I have been informed of key points of the story and lore but which I know I will never play.

Case in point: only today I watched the ending of Dead space 3 on You-Tube. The Dead-space trillogy is the kind of gripping story I go for, love sci-fi, love 'self-destructive Mankind' type stories and I love narative that is driven by a compelling protagonist, so Dead-space would be basically made for me. One problem:

I'm a pussy.

I don't like horror, even abstract sci-fi horror freaks me the fuck out. I don't even like watching other people play horror. So, watched the ending to the series out of curiosity on You-Tube. Then went back to cuddly friendly Mass Effect. Doesn't give me nightmares.

 

[lechat]

i friggn love youtube endings and heres why.
i refuse to play a game to 100% completion or evil/good ending if i don't find it engaging enough. if a game forces me to do so just so i can get the "real ending" then i will just go youtube it.
if a games story is engaging but the gameplay is lacking i will not wade through 50 hours of boredom just so i can watch a 5 minuet cutscene so i will instead get a plot summery and go watch the cutscene on youtube

 

[DeltaEdge]

If I am unable to, or have no intention of playing a game, then I have no problem with watching a video game's ending on Youtube. If I have every intention of playing a game in the near future, then I don't want to see it's ending on Youtube, and will probably avoid any video pertaining to it until I play it.

 

[Vykrel]

yeah, ill watch the endings to games that have multiple endings. ill do one myself, obviously, and watch the other endings online. recent examples being Far Cry 3, Dishonored, and Spec Ops: The Line (i just bought it)

 

[Magicman10893]

I usually look up endings to games I either don't really want to play/finish or if the game has multiple endings and I don't really care to play again or if I don't know how to achieve it.

For instance, I looked up the Legendary ending to Halo 1 because I couldn't beat it myself, but I avoided watching the ending to Far Cry 3 and the Dead Space games because I was interested in the story (although I already know the twist to Dead Space 1 thanks to Yahtzee).

 

[Nexxis]

I'll watch the endings of games that I'm interested in but do not intend to play. I'll also watch the "alternate" endings to games I do play if the criteria to get those endings is something I don't feel like doing myself.

 

[romxxii]

I'd only watch the endings on youtube if it's for a game I can't be arsed to play. Otherwise, I avoid them.

 

[Terramax]

Do you watching videogame endings on youtube?

Yes, I do watching videogame endings on youtube. Sometimes. If it's a game I'm not going to play, or not play to the end.

 

[MrMixelPixel]

Nope.
I don't care to. However, sometimes I'll see a game's ending on youtube, and then want to play it.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

Not a chance. However with some games where I'm unlikely to make a second pass after completing it I may check out the alternate endings if I'm curious enough.

Don't see the point in spoiling it if it's a game I'm enjoying. Heck, I've had a certain game on the back burner for years while I try to get every little thing done/explored before the finale. Can't wait to see how it all wraps up, but I'd never dream of ruining the hours I've put into it by watching a video.