Let's Play video lenghts? (Skyrim SE)

Most enjoyable length for a Skyrim Let's Play?

  • 30 min.

    Votes: 4 66.7%

  • 45 min.

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • 1 hour

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The length of the video is less important than having a good stopping point between episodes.

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Total voters
    6
FatherofTwo

FatherofTwo

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FatherofTwo here,

I just started a Skyrim Special Edition Let's Play, generally I have been keeping my videos to approximately a half and hour. However, Skyrim has lots of exploration and longer conversations with NPC's and my videos so far are about 45 minutes.

So my question is, what is your preferred video length for a longer game like Skyrim?
Poll at the top of this thread, any other comments or suggestions are also welcome.

Thank you for your input.
 
I think anywhere between 20-45 min is good, as long as you have a good stopping point. I try to keep mine between 20-30 minutes because I've gotten feedback from my subscribers asking that I make two or three shorter videos as apposed to one long video. A lot of people just don't have the time or the attention span to watch sometime that long unless they're super into it, which at this point, Skyrim is kind of old and isn't as exciting. But if 45 min works best for you, go for it. There really is no right answer here.
 
I keep my videos shorter by editing out a lot of the wandering around while nothing's happening. For example, I finally got around to following the main questline to Whiterun and killing the dragon there, and I edited out my walking from Riverwood to Whiterun and from Dragonsreach to the site where you kill the dragon. I'll say something like "I'll be back when I get there or if something interesting happens" and pick it up when I get wherever I'm going with "alright, here we are" or something like that. But like I said, do whatever works and feels best for you.
 
Thank you to everyone for their input, I know I have to ultimately do what feels best for me and my style of gameplay. This was helpful and I appreciate that you took time to vote and comment.
 
I personally like about 20-30 minute long segments. Play longer than that in one go (a few hours ideally) but split up the videos so they aren't super long.

Sometimes I have time to watch for 3-4 hours or whatever, but other times I might only have 30 minutes to watch, and it's nice if I can just watch one video rather than having to remember where I left off next time in an hour long video (especially if I switch computers and YouTube doesn't keep the place I left off).
 
I was watching a skyrim stream the other day and personally got bored some 30 mins into it, its hard for people like me to really dedicate more than 20-30 mins to something at one given time. I try to keep my vids like max 15 mins, maybe little bit longer if there's a lot of content, but yeah... sometimes it's better to keep things short an sweet.
 
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