For me, it is any city/building construction game like City Skylines, Two Point Hospital, Planet Zoo etc.
None.
I have absolutely no interest in watching someone else play a video game, excluding short clips of gameplay to get a feel for the mechanics.
I was talking to a friend about a parallel topic yesterday, regarding movies/TV shows about video games. I argued that it’s like watching porn when you can be having sex - I’d much rather be in control than watching an idiot fuck it all up.
“oh no baby, I’m cumming so hard I just sharted on the dog” as the dog starts to bite the guys sack, the camera falls over, she’s screaming and he’s losing a heavy amount of blood, the emergency services arrive and the video ends with their OnlyFans link
And I’m like “…and I paid pornhub for THIS?”
Anything with a mechanic where every choice matters and will affect the next 50 hours of gameplay, and where it’s possible to choose wrong. That’s a lot of pressure, and I’d rather someone else deal with that.
Also, anything that’s 100 hours of gameplay and 10 hours of story.
I typically don’t watch playthrough videos, but I would say games that require more time or skill than I can offer. If the video creator can take a long, challenging game, and make a video of the highlights and random silly things they encountered while cutting out the monotony that happens in between, I’ll enjoy the video.
For example, Elden Ring. I played it for an hour and decided it wasn’t for me, but the kids will watch Elden Ring videos, and I’ll watch with them and learn about and experience that game without wasting my time playing something I don’t enjoy.
Speed runs to games I know how to play.
Speed runners ain’t even playing the same game, it’s fascinating to watch.
Don’t gotta bring your ego into it, it’s a single player video game lmao
I’m from an Era when most games were single player and didn’t hardly have any sort of story. The only reason you played those games was for the challenge of beating them. You didn’t play Mike Tysons Punch Out for a story. You played it to try an beat Mike Tyson and win the game.
Literally none. I enjoy interactive entertainment much more than passive consumption.
