Eh, not in my anecdotal experience. I only watch LPs (and very specifically not streams) of games that I have no intent of playing myself, or of games that I already played and loved so much that I want to watch others play it as well.
Clair Obscur, for example, I really want to watch some LPs of but I haven’t yet because I intend to play the game.
Same. Sometimes I’ll try a game and learn that it’s not for me. Hop on free tube and find an LP.
I do watch streams but that puts me in a minority of people, especially after covid lockdowns ended. Variety gaming live stream channels… the viewership is quite low? Especially real numbers. You’d think the corporations and advertisers would’ve got word about all the egregious view botting going on by now too.
Yes, but also absolutely no.
If every game becomes a paralyzing consequence nexus, some of us wont play them who would otherwise actually play a linear RPG like we’ve come to expect from the FF franchise.
Final fantasy is not the same niche as baludars gate, and they really need to not see themselves as competitors. Fewer cutscenes and more play? Absolutely. Changing the entire genre of the game? Ehh.
I genuinely dislike games where I can play multiple times and not get all the content. Im always stuck. I want to experience as much as I can for the least time investment (hated choose your own ending books for the same reason), but they are made to be infinitely replayable and I’m not into that. There are more games out there. 🤷🏻
Not exactly something new even for a JRPG, Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean offered some choices that affected what you experienced and the story’s final outcome. Aiming for a Baldurs’ Gate 3 level of choice is inadequate for FF7, especially as Larian prizes itself in trying to offer plenty of roleplay options, not unlike how Deus Ex games offer 2 or 3 different approaches to solve most problems.
That makes sense. If the game is basically a movie, why not just watch someone else play it?
Do streams then and not a RPG?!Edit: ~
You must have misunderstood. He means that RPGs need more freedom/choices because otherwise people will just just watch streams instead of playing the games.
