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Tito Puintay

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For some reason my roommate likes watching me play certain games, but personally I can't watch others game for too long...unless its some game that is more like a movie.... MGS4?
 

Kajt

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I enjoy watching online matches of Starcraft and Starcraft 2 on Youtube, even though I myself never play RTS games online, if that counts.
 

Bobbovski

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I do watch Let's plays on youtube. They can be very entertaining if the person who's playing the game is a good/funny commentor.
 

AvsJoe

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All the time. I enjoy watching almost as much as I enjoy playing (unless it's a sports game. I'd much rather play than watch those).
 

dudeman0001

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TheLazyKnight said:
Whitenight2008 said:
Heavy Rain, I watched my Suite-mate play it for hours and had no urge to play it myself.
Same here.

I like watching people play games like Heavy Rain and God of War. It's just as fun as playing them sometimes.
What on earth do heavy rain and god of war have in common other than both being on the ps3?

OT: I like to watch Let's play... videos, but I think that's more the people playing the games than the games themselves.
 
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MurderousToaster said:
I like to watch people who are good at them play RTS games.

The way they memorize all of those hotkeys just astounds me.
That's the only time I will really be contented to watch - when someone is kicking arse at something they are better than me at (if I feel I'm better I won't rest).

I do have a friend who in turn astounds me by being content to watch when I help him on the games he's stuck on. I simply don't understand how he is fine about it, and constantly ask him if he's sure about it.

dudeman0001 said:
What on earth do heavy rain and god of war have in common other than both being on the ps3?
They both are known for QTEs.
 

SnippyWings

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Well just recently I had 3 freinds over and we bought heavy rain and each took it in turns to play as a character and that was great fun.
And before we did something similar with condemed took it in turns for each level.
 

Soxafloppin

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Its fun watching any GTA being played, not so much the story but the whole police chase thing is fun.
 

Shockolate

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I always watch my brother finish whatever it is he's doing on WoW (I quit last year), mainly because I'm waiting for him to get off.

While I don't play the game, The story has been ingrained in me since the original warcraft (One of the first games I ever played) and I get excited when they continue the story with the expansion packs. So many questions, just gotta wait for them to get off their lazy asses and finish it.
 

TheLazyKnight

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dudeman0001 said:
TheLazyKnight said:
Whitenight2008 said:
Heavy Rain, I watched my Suite-mate play it for hours and had no urge to play it myself.
Same here.

I like watching people play games like Heavy Rain and God of War. It's just as fun as playing them sometimes.
What on earth do heavy rain and god of war have in common other than both being on the ps3?

OT: I like to watch Let's play... videos, but I think that's more the people playing the games than the games themselves.
I just like to watch both of them being played.: Heavy Rain for the narrative and God of war for the over-the-top action.
 

necromanzer52

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I only like watching people who are really good at the game. Or atleast better than me.
Watching someone suck at something you're really good at is just infuriating.
 

MrGFunk

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I'm always the player in this scenario and I have had many watchers over the years. As long as there's a narrative I can get an audience.
 

mercenator3000

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It is pretty entertaining to watch a friend of mine play. He always deliberately does something incredibly stupid just for the spectacle. (Such as attempting to rocket jump in Fallout 3 with the Fat Man).
 

cormacdffy

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It really depends on the game and who is playing it.
For example: Watching my 13 year old cousin play Condemned 1. That was the funniest shit I've ever seen lol.
 

Mozza444

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I'll watch... but only if the person is good.

Which they usually are not.. this just turns extremely frustrating.
Expecially with people with very little control over the player/camera.. and get lost in amazingly simple rooms, hell i've even seen them do it in corridors.