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jesse does katawa shoujo!
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Merlyn_LeRoy
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Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Hey thank you for that.
"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." ~ The Doctor.
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
People trying it out is good. His garbage getting 400k views, not so much.pandaphil wrote:That's gotta be a good thing.
People with talent deserve those views. 
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Katawa Shoujo isn't something that should be made into a LP.
If you haven't played it, then you're ruining a wonderful experience for yourself by watching someone else make decisions in the game, thus influencing yours if you DO decide to play it. Since it's so heavily reading-based, there's the danger that the LPer scrolls too fast for the viewer to read it, and watching someone else go through the story takes half the fun out of the story itself. Katawa Shoujo is an interactive experience, and though that's hardly less true of any other game, the fact that there's SO little gameplay makes it more or less pointless to see anyone other than yourself experience it.
If you've already played it, then you're getting nothing out of it-- it's primarily a reading experience more than anything else, and you can easily go back and read it yourself. Voiceovers would ruin the mood set by the music (if it's even audible), and would more or less be pointless and unnecessary. The only way I can see a KS LP being worthwhile to watch is if the LPer is giving really intelligent and in-depth commentary on the story as it unfolds, and even then I wouldn't expect anyone to be able to have something interesting to say throughout an entire several-hour-long story route.
It just doesn't really make sense. I feel the same way about other such games like The Walking Dead and whatnot... It's like watching someone read a book. Why the hell bother when you can just read it yourself? (I mean it's even free in the case of KS for cripes' sake)
If you haven't played it, then you're ruining a wonderful experience for yourself by watching someone else make decisions in the game, thus influencing yours if you DO decide to play it. Since it's so heavily reading-based, there's the danger that the LPer scrolls too fast for the viewer to read it, and watching someone else go through the story takes half the fun out of the story itself. Katawa Shoujo is an interactive experience, and though that's hardly less true of any other game, the fact that there's SO little gameplay makes it more or less pointless to see anyone other than yourself experience it.
If you've already played it, then you're getting nothing out of it-- it's primarily a reading experience more than anything else, and you can easily go back and read it yourself. Voiceovers would ruin the mood set by the music (if it's even audible), and would more or less be pointless and unnecessary. The only way I can see a KS LP being worthwhile to watch is if the LPer is giving really intelligent and in-depth commentary on the story as it unfolds, and even then I wouldn't expect anyone to be able to have something interesting to say throughout an entire several-hour-long story route.
It just doesn't really make sense. I feel the same way about other such games like The Walking Dead and whatnot... It's like watching someone read a book. Why the hell bother when you can just read it yourself? (I mean it's even free in the case of KS for cripes' sake)
Holy shit how do I practically have 50 posts already
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
The Walking Dead at least has some gameplay. KS is a picture book.Banryu wrote:[words words words no boobs]
You just can't LP a picture book with very good results.<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Figured this was a close enought thread: As some of you might already know, it seems Chilled Chaos has taken down his LP of Katawa Shoujo or set it on private, and doesn't appear on his channel anymore. Anyone knows what's up with that? I mean, if he ever said somewhere why he did or anything like that.
Also, i'm not entirely sure of this, but i think swiftly was making a joke of some sorts.
Also, i'm not entirely sure of this, but i think swiftly was making a joke of some sorts.
"It is not reason, more or less furnished, but will that makes the world march"
"Unfortunately, if you can think of something really stupid, someone out there probably believes it." -Xanatos
"Unfortunately, if you can think of something really stupid, someone out there probably believes it." -Xanatos
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Maybe he realized that doing a LP of something like Katawa Shoujo is stupid (for reasons previously stated).Dream wrote:Figured this was a close enought thread: As some of you might already know, it seems Chilled Chaos has taken down his LP of Katawa Shoujo or set it on private, and doesn't appear on his channel anymore. Anyone knows what's up with that? I mean, if he ever said somewhere why he did or anything like that.
Also, i'm not entirely sure of this, but i think swiftly was making a joke of some sorts.
Holy shit how do I practically have 50 posts already
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
Goddammit KS stop consuming my life
I mean it
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Banryu wrote:Maybe he realized that doing a LP of something like Katawa Shoujo is stupid (for reasons previously stated).Dream wrote:Figured this was a close enought thread: As some of you might already know, it seems Chilled Chaos has taken down his LP of Katawa Shoujo or set it on private, and doesn't appear on his channel anymore. Anyone knows what's up with that? I mean, if he ever said somewhere why he did or anything like that.
Also, i'm not entirely sure of this, but i think swiftly was making a joke of some sorts.
Now if only Farmville players and idiots with scarecams would come to similar realizations...
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
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I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." ~ The Doctor.
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Having people add voices only makes it even worse...pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
<KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
Xanatos wrote:Having people add voices only makes it even worse...pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." ~ The Doctor.
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skyzefawlun
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Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
This is actually where I found out about KS, and I'm so glad that I did. I've never been into anything anime related (closest I've come was Akira back in the day) so for me to enjoy this despite my tastes says a lot. I think the way the metadating group handles the material is pushing it a little with the comical voices, but in their defense, their actual commentary is pretty spot on for the most part, and I think to some degree, the voices help keep them from getting too wrapped up in the story. Shit, I have a hard time keeping my eyes dry reading through some of the scenes.pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.
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And this is why the voices are bad.skyzefawlun wrote:the voices help keep them from getting too wrapped up in the story.
Yes, it's just my opinion, but it's the only one that's right. <KeiichiO>: "I wonder what Misha's WAHAHA's sound like with a cock stuffed down her throat..."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
<Ascension>: "I laughed, cried, vomited in my mouth a little, and even had time for marshmallows afterwards. Well played, Xanatos. Well played."
<KeiichiO>: "That's a beautiful response to chocolate."
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Yeah, the voices were silly, but I really liked their enthusiasm. Emi and Misha really are that perky.
"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." ~ The Doctor.
Re: jesse does katawa shoujo!
In their defense, the parts they played through were not all that serious/dramatic yet, and I know I for one didn't know how serious this game would be until i got at a serious point in the game.pandaphil wrote:I thought the guys over at MetaDating did a pretty good LP. Having different people reading each character helps a LOT. Even if they did giggle way too damn much.