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Let's Talk About Game Reviews (piefed.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk
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I love watching game reviews on YouTube, but I find many reviewers sharing these annoyances:

  • Loud background music making it difficult to listen to the actual review
  • Spending way too much time talking about the story. I only want to know the theme of the story, not the entire plot
  • Making it a game tutorial. It is helpful to briefly describe the game mechanics so I can find out whether the game is for me. But it becomes excessive when you explain it in detail.

What I want to hear more:

  • Whether the game is good
  • How it compares with other games in the genre
  • How is the music in the game?

Game channels I like/recommend:
TheKisekiNut, JohnRiggs, MortismalGaming, davidvinc, gameranx, ircha

Can someone recommend other good gaming channels? I especially like retro games.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

I only play 3 genres, so I probably won't be of much help:

  1. For action games, my go to is Combat Overview.
  2. For shmups, TheElectricUnderground.
  3. For fighting games, I don't watch anyone in particular, but you can't go wrong with Sajam/Max.

My only rule is: the reviewer's level of interest in/knowledge about the genre has to match mine.

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