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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5614292" data-attributes="member: 23094"><p>There are several varieties of Let's Plays.</p><p></p><p>Apart from the difference between screenshot LPs (in which written narratives and selected screencaptures form the basis) and video LPs (in which recorded video and voice overs form the basis), there are also variations in the amount of viewer participation.</p><p></p><p>There are some that have none - in which case, you get something very like a walk-through; do a YouTube search for Helloween to see a usually-pretty-funny British guy play through some nominally scary games. </p><p></p><p>There are some which are pretty heavily involved - <a href="http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=124521" target="_blank">I'm taking part in one right now</a> which is playing through the entire chain of Paradox's grand strategy games; we started with Crusader Kings, and are now into Europa Universalis; eventually, we'll head off to Victoria, then Hearts of Iron. Each participant takes a turn as a ruling head of state (we started from the last heir of Charlemagne), and when he dies, the next person in line plays their turn as his heir.</p><p></p><p>The earlier-linked X-Com LP uses posters from a game-focused message board as the troopers in a notoriously difficult and blood-bathy strategy and tactics game, and the posting habits / persona of each person is reflected in the way Fishman, the LPer, writes out the story of Earth's fight against alien invaders.</p><p></p><p>The link I posted earlier for the Demon's Souls "walk-through" walks a middle line, where audience input determines the order in which he plays the game, but the decisions within each play session is his own.</p><p></p><p>So, no, I would not paint with a broad brush and call a Let's Play a "walkthrough" by definition, and the amount of "footage," for lack of a better term, varies wildly between styles.</p><p></p><p>But, seriously, you don't need to read through the entire example I provided; a short skim of any of them will give you a much better understanding of what an LP is.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I wouldn't call an LP of EUIII, such as the one I'm playing, a walkthrough of the game any more than I would call Sepulchrave's Story Hours a walkthrough for D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 5614292, member: 23094"] There are several varieties of Let's Plays. Apart from the difference between screenshot LPs (in which written narratives and selected screencaptures form the basis) and video LPs (in which recorded video and voice overs form the basis), there are also variations in the amount of viewer participation. There are some that have none - in which case, you get something very like a walk-through; do a YouTube search for Helloween to see a usually-pretty-funny British guy play through some nominally scary games. There are some which are pretty heavily involved - [url=http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=124521]I'm taking part in one right now[/url] which is playing through the entire chain of Paradox's grand strategy games; we started with Crusader Kings, and are now into Europa Universalis; eventually, we'll head off to Victoria, then Hearts of Iron. Each participant takes a turn as a ruling head of state (we started from the last heir of Charlemagne), and when he dies, the next person in line plays their turn as his heir. The earlier-linked X-Com LP uses posters from a game-focused message board as the troopers in a notoriously difficult and blood-bathy strategy and tactics game, and the posting habits / persona of each person is reflected in the way Fishman, the LPer, writes out the story of Earth's fight against alien invaders. The link I posted earlier for the Demon's Souls "walk-through" walks a middle line, where audience input determines the order in which he plays the game, but the decisions within each play session is his own. So, no, I would not paint with a broad brush and call a Let's Play a "walkthrough" by definition, and the amount of "footage," for lack of a better term, varies wildly between styles. But, seriously, you don't need to read through the entire example I provided; a short skim of any of them will give you a much better understanding of what an LP is. EDIT: I wouldn't call an LP of EUIII, such as the one I'm playing, a walkthrough of the game any more than I would call Sepulchrave's Story Hours a walkthrough for D&D. [/QUOTE]
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