Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
In 2008, several people (later dubbed “pokecapn & the Posse” set out to accomplish a grand feat: to finish the entirety of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) in one sitting. Dreams and hopes were crushed, sanity was lost, and brains were broken, to the point of singing Rocket Man. People generally loved this LP because:
Many figured that we should have a thread dedicated to their LPs or interesting streams in general just because it won’t be any use and most of us will end up talking about them eventually in other threads. This thread will mostly focus on the Let’s Plays done by pokecapn, My Name Is Kaz, Kung Fu Jesus, and medibot. Other LPs done by other people featured in some of these LPs can certainly be posted in this thread.
And if you find a neat video Let’s Play by anyone else, you can definitely post it in here as long as the person does not have his/her own thread (ex: Spoony, Giant Bomb, etc.). I’ll add it to the OP if people seem to like it. If you would like to check out other LPs that GAF recommends, we have two threads for that so far: this recent thread and this thread from 2010, which cover both text/screenshot and video LPs.
If I’m missing any LPs (and I know I am), please let me know.
[Updated 05/23/14 – Woooo! We back.]
Current Posse LPs: Recent Entries
Others:
Bean
RunButton
Diabetus
Slowbeef
Chip & Ironicus
supergreatfriend
Retsupurae!
pokecapn Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
Kung Fu Jesus Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
My Name Is Kaz Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
medibot Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
Video Let’s Plays by Others
Supergreatfriend: Deadly Premonition | Showing How to Get it Done Properly with 100% Completion (Site)
RunButton: 20 Years of Sonic | You Can Never Have Too Much Sonic
[RunButton] Sonic 0-Sick!: Part 1; Part 2
[Sega1991] Sonic and the Black Knight Complete Playthrough
[RunButton] They Probably Fixed This One: Let's Play Sonic 4: Episode 2 - Part 1; Part 2; Part Metal; Part 3
docfuture: Sonic 1: Easy Mode | Chillax, You Guys
docfuture: Sonic 2: Special Edition | It’s Very Special
Slowbeef & Diabetus: Dark Seed | The Horrors of Real Estate
Slowbeef & Diabetus: Dark Seed 2 | The Continuing Adventures of Mike Dawson
Slowbeef & Diabetus: King’s Quest VI | Throne High
Slowbeef & Diabetus: King’s Quest V | The Million Dollar Game
The Freelance Astronauts LPs (Site - Uses Viddler) | Noteworthy: Mass Effect, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Seaman
Happy watching!
- The people involved were fun to listen to, and supplied us with endless quotes
- “It’s no use! Take this!”
- Radical Train
- Screams of an Absolution
- Silver’s Billiards from Hell
- Why would you want to play this game yourself when you could watch others suffer through it for you?
Many figured that we should have a thread dedicated to their LPs or interesting streams in general just because it won’t be any use and most of us will end up talking about them eventually in other threads. This thread will mostly focus on the Let’s Plays done by pokecapn, My Name Is Kaz, Kung Fu Jesus, and medibot. Other LPs done by other people featured in some of these LPs can certainly be posted in this thread.
And if you find a neat video Let’s Play by anyone else, you can definitely post it in here as long as the person does not have his/her own thread (ex: Spoony, Giant Bomb, etc.). I’ll add it to the OP if people seem to like it. If you would like to check out other LPs that GAF recommends, we have two threads for that so far: this recent thread and this thread from 2010, which cover both text/screenshot and video LPs.
If I’m missing any LPs (and I know I am), please let me know.
[Updated 05/23/14 – Woooo! We back.]
Current Posse LPs: Recent Entries
Others:
Bean
RunButton
Diabetus
Slowbeef
[Dark Souls]
Part 61 – Me vs. Darkwraiths / Part 62 – Me vs. Demon Firesage and sorta Atatakakatta / Part 63 – Me vs Bed of Chaos / Part 64 - Me vs. Solaire / Part 65 - Me vs. Bed of Chaos, Kalameet, & Four Kings
[Schala’s Favourite ROMhack : Rockman 4: Minus Infinity!][Pink Hour]: Pink Hour = Cave Story + Ground Zeroes
Chip & Ironicus
[Uncharted 3 (Uncut)
#12: Thoomp II (Uncut Commentary)
#13: Marco Solo (Uncut Commentary)
#14 Blue Steel (Uncut Commentary)
#13: Marco Solo (Uncut Commentary)
#14 Blue Steel (Uncut Commentary)
supergreatfriend
[Demo Friend]: Kero Blaster / Conception II / Xbox Live Indie Games 05/11/14 - 05/17/14
[Space Funeral]: Part 1
[Virtue's Last Reward]: Part 62 / Part 63 / Part 64
[Bully Demise in WWE2K14]: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
[Space Funeral]: Part 1
[Virtue's Last Reward]: Part 62 / Part 63 / Part 64
[Bully Demise in WWE2K14]: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Retsupurae!
Retsupurae
- LET'S PLAY DARK SOULS 2!!!! .... ............. *cough* beta *cough* (Dark Souls II Beta) (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Marklipier, in Summation
- Mass Erect (Meet 'N' Fuck Star Mission) (slowbeef, Diabetus, Mr. DJB)
- SHBROOM (Growl) (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Science Adventures! Part 1, (Amazon: Guardians of Eden) (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Ow, My Back!: A Time Traveller's Story Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Let's Watch: "Phantasmagoria" Part 1, 2, 3, 4 (Phantasmagoria) (slowbeef, Lowtax)
- Video Game Therapist: The Facebook Rift
- T.R.A.G.: Terrible Resident Anime Game (a.k.a. Hard Edge for some reason) Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Hard Ege) (slowbeef, Diabetus, AllShamNoWow)
- Godlimations' Zombie Inglor - World Record Speedrun Part 1, 2, 3 (Zombie Inglor) (slowbeef, Diabetus, Proteus)
- Game 'n' Go with Richard Gamingo! (emphasis on Go) (Broforce) (slowbeef, Chip Cheezum)
- Kickstarter Nonstarters: Left 4 De- I mean, Left To Rot (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Kickstarter Nonstarters: Thera: Bullet Hell? OR BULLET HEAVEN??? (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Kickstarter Nonstarters: Massively Malfunded Online Role Playing Game (slowbeef, Diabetus)
- Kickstarter Nonstarters: Androx, Demon of Fire (slowbeef, Diabetus)
Retsutalk (Earlier episodes archived here)
- Retsutalk Episode 54: Three Good Acquaintances
- Retsutalk Episode 55: Podiumcast
- Retsutalk Episode 56: Volgarr the Viking Strategy Guide
- Retsutalk Episode 57: PAX 2014 Day 0 Recap
- Retsutalk Episode 58: PAX 2014 Nonary Game Podcast
- Retsutalk Episode 59: PAX Day 2 Roundabout(game.com)
- Retsutalk Episode 60: We Like Eike
Shadow of Destiny is incredible.
pokecapn Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (YouTube)
Sonic and the Black Knight (YouTube)
Sonic Unleashed (YouTube)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (YouTube)
Sonic Colours (YouTube)
Sonic Generations
Stupid Games Done for Money
Mario Party
Blade Kitten
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Sonic and the Black Knight (YouTube)
Sonic Unleashed (YouTube)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (YouTube)
Sonic Colours (YouTube)
Sonic Generations
Stupid Games Done for Money
Mario Party
Blade Kitten
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Kung Fu Jesus Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
Kingdom Hearts II
God Hand (YouTube)
Mega Man X8 (solo until halfway through)
Shadow Complex
Okami
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Datalog: Videotron links to unscrambled episodes; Kaz Dictating the Datalog; Kaz Dictating the Fragment List)
God Hand (YouTube)
Mega Man X8 (solo until halfway through)
Shadow Complex
Okami
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Datalog: Videotron links to unscrambled episodes; Kaz Dictating the Datalog; Kaz Dictating the Fragment List)
My Name Is Kaz Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
GrimGrimoire (Group)
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Odin Sphere (YouTube 1; YouTube 2)
Secret of Evermore
Dragon View (Text/Screenshot)
Kaz's Let's Play Let's Play Sonic 2006 2012
Second Sight
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Odin Sphere (YouTube 1; YouTube 2)
Secret of Evermore
Dragon View (Text/Screenshot)
Kaz's Let's Play Let's Play Sonic 2006 2012
Second Sight
medibot Let’s Plays
Twitch Archive
Every Extend Extra Extreme (solo)
Kirby 64 (solo)
Kirby Super Star
Kirby’s Dream Land 3
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Kirby’s Return to DreamLand
Kirby 64 (solo)
Kirby Super Star
Kirby’s Dream Land 3
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Kirby’s Return to DreamLand
Video Let’s Plays by Others
Supergreatfriend: Deadly Premonition | Showing How to Get it Done Properly with 100% Completion (Site)
RunButton: 20 Years of Sonic | You Can Never Have Too Much Sonic
[RunButton] Sonic 0-Sick!: Part 1; Part 2
[Sega1991] Sonic and the Black Knight Complete Playthrough
[RunButton] They Probably Fixed This One: Let's Play Sonic 4: Episode 2 - Part 1; Part 2; Part Metal; Part 3
docfuture: Sonic 1: Easy Mode | Chillax, You Guys
docfuture: Sonic 2: Special Edition | It’s Very Special
Slowbeef & Diabetus: Dark Seed | The Horrors of Real Estate
Slowbeef & Diabetus: Dark Seed 2 | The Continuing Adventures of Mike Dawson
Slowbeef & Diabetus: King’s Quest VI | Throne High
Slowbeef & Diabetus: King’s Quest V | The Million Dollar Game
The Freelance Astronauts LPs (Site - Uses Viddler) | Noteworthy: Mass Effect, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Seaman
I'd like to cast a vote for the LP group formerly known as Tipping Forties. They were mainly known for drinking heavily while playing through games and this came to a head during their Goldeneye LP (where they take turns playing while following conditions set by viewers such as always walk backwards, say an appropriate one liner after every kill etc and the player has to drink every time they can't or don't follow a condition) and Tales of Symphonia (where viewers would suggest words that everyone would have to take a drink when the characters say, this resulted in some guy in the thread playing the game ahead of them to pick the words that would come up most in order to destroy them). But they aren't just about drinking, they just generally have fun playing through games unless it is Final Fantasy or Fable in which case they start off okay then slowly hate the game and it's funny to see them suffer.
They also did Mario Party before Pokecapn made it cool.
They stopped doing LPs as a group recently and aren't called Tipping Forties any more, but Kuvo and Topikal from the group are continuing LPs and are doing a Deus Ex: Human Revolution (SA thread here, Youtube account here) one right now that still stands up to the standards of the previous LPs and probably has way more work put into it since now they actually show off all the stuff they miss as well as having a fun time. Aside from that, if anyone was to watch an old LP of theirs I'd probably suggest New Super Mario Bros Wii, Fallout New Vegas or LittleBigPlanet 2.
Chip and Ironicus. These guys are great. They've done just about every Metal Gear game and the first two Uncharted games. They go between being funny and informative, though things don't go so off the rails ridiculous like they can with Pokecapn and friends. Cabela's Dangerous Hunts is a good one to watch, if you're looking for something you probably haven't played. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is another good one to watch.
I usually like to encourage people to bring videos from new players to the thread, so I’m going to throw my hat to someone who I’ve been watching for a while, and whose videos I think should have been posted a little earlier on in this thread. I’ve obtained his permission to begin posting his playthroughs in this thread, and therefore I will begin doing so.
Bean has a channel mostly dedicated to Mega Man playthroughs and music, but he likes to dabble in Mario and Sonic every now and then. In the past, he’s done many thorough annotated playthroughs, but lately he’s begun to take to the microphone and put his voice to the test to supplement his playthroughs. I personally like both of his approaches, and I think he’s incredibly informative, a good writer, and a good speaker. These three aspects are generally the characteristics I look for in a video playthrough.
He’s been doing these informative playthroughs since 2008, combining his strengths as a writer and his wit into one playthrough or a single segment run. The majority of his playthrough videos are relegated to annotations and essentially act as “FAQs in motion”, but they’re very fun to watch, and it’s amazing seeing someone play a game as well as he does. He’s begun to do a few playthrough videos where he provides voiced commentary over his playthrough videos, and I think they do a good job at describing what he’s doing in a game and why he’s doing it in order to provide a skilled and thorough playthrough. Recently, through practice, he’s gotten a lot better at voicing over his playthroughs fluidly, confidently, and saliently. A good sample of his playthroughs include:
So, check these videos out, and give him a chance!
- his 100% complete Sonic CD playthrough (annotated)
- his 100% complete Mega Man X2 playthrough (annotated)
- his 100% complete Mega Man X3 playthrough (annotated)
- his Rockman 8 FC playthrough (voiceover + some videos that have no voiceover)
- his docfuture-inspired Mega Man 4 playthrough (voiceover)
- his playthrough of the Game Boy Mega Man games (annotated ; turn your YT annotations on)
Happy watching!