Cutscenes And Commentary

[Qazplm]

So what are people's opinions of Let's Players talking over cutscenes? Do you find it annoying? Do you not mind? Does it depend entirely on the game? Do you not give a f*** because there are starving children in Africa?

I recorded a few hours of gameplay this weekend and decided to talk over cutscenes which I think it turned out hilariously great, but now I'm wondering whether more people would find it annoying than not.

 

[Caber]

I myself like to talk over cutscenes, and my family gets p****d at me when I do it xD

 

[WolfWraith]

I'm mixed on it. During the dual commentary LPs I do, we talk over cutscenes cause we don't give a s**t and I also don't want any issues from R*, also we played the game before. During my solo LPs I try to avoid speaking over cutscenes unless I really need to say something but I try to say it inbetween any talking in the cutscene. This also depends on whether I've played the game or not as well. Talking over cutscenes can reduce some issues developers have with copyrights or spoilers. Otherwise just do the LP how you feel is right. If someone complains about not being able to watch the cutscene they should either watch someone else's LP or buy the game. Just as I did after watching 2BFP The Last of Us, I went and bought it but I was enticed by how good it was. They kept chatting over cutscenes, as entertaining as it was, it was annoying but I enjoyed the LP either way.

 

[KdawgCreations]

It really depends, if its a commentary that is like 5 facts from Roosterteeth then talking over is fine. But for a lets play, since the whole point, next to showing your own commentary style. Is to feature the game then I find it annoying if it isn't done properly. I've done it in the past only I would share a quick opinion when there was silence in the scene.

 

[KGATV]

Well a lot of times cutscenes will cause the system to pick up copyright claims, so commentary over it will probably get past that.

That aside, I don't really care if they're bringing something to it. If they're just talking about some story that happened to them or whatever, it's really annoying. I like it when people make funny voices and stuff xD

 

[DeathJohnson]

Depends a lot on the game, if it's a game with just text and no voice acting, then it's pretty much always okay with me. I watched a video the other day where it seemed like someone was a bit too worried about keeping quiet for the cutscenes. He was saying something along the lines of "Okay, I'll shut up now." and I was thinking "Why? So we can focus on listening to the text scrolling noise?"

When it's a game with voice acting and subtitles. It can work if it's done right.

When it's a game with just voice acting and no subtitles, I hate it unconditionally.