Need suggestions for Let's Play videos

WHAM · Mon 07/03/2011 14:31:15

I'm planning on making some of those highly popular newfangled "Let's Play" videos on youtube.
The idea is to play a game, record it and comment it while I play. I already tried once on Ultima IX for the PC (http://www.youtube.com/user/whamtheman#g/c/5CF5058A90C49591), but my PC disagreed and promptly disassembled itself into its base components, and corrupted my save files in the process.

Now I am planning to try with a more reliable setup, ie. console games. Namely the PS1 and PS2, and perhaps GameCube.

What I need: suggestions on good games to play!

Must be single player, can be any genre, as long as it isn't too boring to watch (ie. no formula 1 games or the like, it gets dull after a while)
Preferrably some fairly short games to start off with, so no Final Fantasy games, thank you. =)

Speak up and be heard! Whoever has the best idea that I use to make a video gets mentioned in the video and thus earns unlimited internet fame!

Radiant · Mon 07/03/2011 14:53:51

I think that the adventure game genre is highly suitable to Let's Play videos, so you've come to the right forum.

Personally I'd love to see an LP of A Tale Of Two Kingdoms, although of course that's not a console game.

WHAM · Mon 07/03/2011 17:54:23

Sorry but no. I'm specifically targeting games for the consoles and avoiding PC games due to their instability. I think my attempts at making let's play videos on the PC are cursed...

Babar · Mon 07/03/2011 18:08:40

Beyond Good & Evil

Definitely.

Moresco · Mon 07/03/2011 19:45:33

Quote from: WHAM on Mon 07/03/2011 17:54:23
Sorry but no. I'm specifically targeting games for the consoles and avoiding PC games due to their instability. I think my attempts at making let's play videos on the PC are cursed...

Instability? If the game crashes, pause the recording and pick up before it crashed.... And if you avoid the game because it crashes, but that's how everyone has experienced the game, then what's the difference? You're doing Let's Play justice!

WHAM · Mon 07/03/2011 19:58:38

Moresco: you do have a point. I've just had abominable luck with PC gaming of late and as such I am, at least for a while, concentrating on console games. Also, I already got myself a video capturing device just for this, so...

Moresco · Mon 07/03/2011 20:23:42

Well dude, that's awesome. Either way, sure look forward to your videos. Let's Plays are one of my favorite things to do when I get burnt out from drawing for ten hours.

IndieBoy · Tue 08/03/2011 23:11:08

Eternal darkness on the gamecube!!

Stupot · Wed 09/03/2011 02:12:20

How about:
Fighting Force
Deathtrap Dungeon
Soul Reaver
Abe's Oddysee

...for starters.

Mati256 · Wed 09/03/2011 02:23:31

You could try ScummVM for PlayStation and play Adventure Games.

WHAM · Wed 09/03/2011 07:46:44

So far, from a few different sources, my list of potential games is boiling down to (arranged, top to bottom, by popularity, with platform and comments):

- Beyond Good and Evil (GC) (An interesting game, though I played it through not too long ago)
- Tombi / Tombi 2 (PSX) (Hard as all hell, but fun to play, might end up backtracking too much to make it entertaining to watch)
- Resident Evil 3 (PSX) (Been a long time since I played, entertaining, to be sure!)
- Abe's Oddysee (PSX) (I was never good at this, but if people want to watch poor Abe die over and over again...)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PSX) (Oh what fun I had with this as a kid!)
- Eternal Darkness (GC) (Controls and gameplay were not too good, but the story IS interesting...)
- Ace Combat 5 (PS2) (Fun as heck to play, probably not too entertaining to watch)
- Jak & Daxter 1-3 (PS2) (A lot to play, and the games are funny, but the voice acting is too good to ruin by me muttering over it)
- Quake 2 (PSX) (THE retro FPS for the PSX, never was too good at it, though, which might actually make it more entertaining)
- Soul Reaver (PSX) (I've only ever played the demo, now that I think about it...)
- Deathtrap Dungeon (PSX) (I've never even heard of this one before... hmmmmm...)
- Resident Evil 4 (GC) ("Leeeoooon, Heeeeeeeelp!" This game makes the comedy appear without any assistance!)

I would love to do fighting force, but I really think it is best with 2 or more players, and none of my available friends speak adequate english to make the video not hurt people's ears. Finnish accent is not a pretty thing most of the time...