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So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Koopa Rs07 - 10-05-2015 ...do a review on custom stories instead. It would be something no one on Youtube has done before. After all, it's nearly impossible to get noticed when you do just let's plays nowadays. The video would be me talking about my experience with the custom story and would have gameplay of it in the background. At the end of the video I would give it a rating of x/10. Then I would ask you to tell me in the comments how good the custom story was to you. Here's the big idea of all the things I could cover and how the videos will be made: Spoiler below!
It would be a great way to talk more about a custom story. More than just in the comment section of Mod db or steam. So tell me what you think. RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Mudbill - 10-05-2015 Sounds good. Be sure to point out if the story is worth paying attention to without spoiling anything past the first 10 minutes. RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Koopa Rs07 - 10-05-2015 (10-05-2015, 04:39 PM)Robosprog Wrote: No offense, as I do think it's a good idea, and I like the fact more people are turning to the avenue of reviews, but this is something that has been done before in the past. Either way, I'd say go for it - it'd be good to have that kind of channel out there for any modding scene.Of course this wont be the only thing on my channel. I will have lore videos about the games from Frictional Games and I'm coming up with more ideas. I want my channel to be mostly about indie horror games similar to Penumbra, Amnesia and SOMA. (10-05-2015, 04:44 PM)Mudbill Wrote: Sounds good. Be sure to point out if the story is worth paying attention to without spoiling anything past the first 10 minutes. I'll take that into consideration! RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - WALP - 10-05-2015 given effort, the author will at the very least love or appreciate your review. you could probably also get a few more people watching by linking the review in the thread of the mod, given the authors permission. It depends quite a lot on the quality of your videos(of which I have watched none), but I think that if you can keep it up with the released and have them be relatively close to the mod releases you might be a able to build up a decent audience of people using your channel as a way to find mods and see if they are something they would like to play. You could probably also gain interest from people who have played mods you have reviewed, and wish to share their thoughts on it as well as see what others(you) thought about the mod. RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Koopa Rs07 - 10-05-2015 (10-05-2015, 04:48 PM)The Mug Wrote: It depends quite a lot on the quality of your videos(of which I have watched none), but I think that if you can keep it up with the released and have them be relatively close to the mod releases you might be a able to build up a decent audience of people using your channel as a way to find mods and see if they are something they would like to play.Well, I do have a Rode NT USB microphone. It's not an XLR, but it does sound very good. I already have a "professional" editing software, I guess you could say. It allows me to do an endless number of things. However, I'm not really the most experienced editor.. I mean I know how to slowly zoom in on things and add text that I can animate myself, etc. Also my videos will be 1080p and 60fps. So quality as far as gameplay footage and audio seem to be in check. RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Slanderous - 10-06-2015 Don't do let's plays, there's a ton of other let's players on the internet so why would anyone watch your particular series? Try to come up with something fresh, new and original that will attract people to your channel. Sure, it's a very difficult thing to do, but no one said that the path of becoming a YouTuber is easy. You gotta work hard, learn new things, study the tricks YouTubers use (tags, appropiate thumbnails, catchy names) and in my opinion you as well need a lot of patience, one of the most lacked traits that people struggle with. I'd say start with asking yourself "Why would people watch my channel?", and then try to come up with an answer to the question. Good luck on that! RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Nice - 10-06-2015 well to be fair, doing let's plays is really nothing wrong - I do them occasionally, and asides from one or two vids who have 400+ views for some specific reasons my average count is like 4 per vid I do it just because I find it fun to record stuff and clutter the internet with it, plus a few friends said they'd really want to watch me play X RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Koopa Rs07 - 10-06-2015 (10-06-2015, 02:38 PM)Slanderous Wrote: Don't do let's plays, there's a ton of other let's players on the internet so why would anyone watch your particular series?I do agree with you and I plan on stopping them altogether, but it was really just for fun. However, doing reviews for SOMA and the mods for it seem a lot more fun and a lot more original. Reviews are not original obviously, but a person dedicated to reviewing only indie horror games and SOMA mods hasn't happened yet.. As far as the SOMA mod part goes at least. Also I may do something different besides reviews like Lore videos on Penumbra, Amnesia and SOMA perhaps? Or I could write a creepypasta about a game and then make a video. I did that with Runescape and it's my most popular video on my channel (600 views and 12 likes, but that's a lot to me) people seemed to like it. (10-06-2015, 02:51 PM)Nice Wrote: I do it just because I find it fun to record stuff and clutter the internet with itThat's pretty much why I do it, but it's getting old for me.. RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - GrAVit - 10-06-2015 Why not do both? Record yourself playing through it and then make a video where you review it. SOMA would be a great place to start once all the mods start popping up! RE: So I'm deciding if I should stop doing let's plays of custom stories and... - Koopa Rs07 - 10-06-2015 (10-06-2015, 04:51 PM)GrAVit Wrote: Why not do both?I imagined this question being asked many times. I plan on doing more than just reviews and I wouldn't want to waste time on a let's play. I'm thinking of doing a lore series for Penumbra, Amnesia and SOMA, writing creepypastas for games, maybe even a series where I attempt to create my own custom story. Not to mention I need to write down notes while playing the game and that would be a boring let's play. My let's plays would also be spam worthy in any person's sub feed sense I would have to play a bunch of mods and other indie horror games while at the same time uploading videos about lore, creepypastas and reviews. And it's not just that... I would enjoy to play the game myself, by myself, to immerse myself, without spoiling anything for the viewer and instead tell about my experience through a review without again spoiling anything. |