Watching Youtubers Play and Freak Out @ Horror Games Is Hilarious and Entertaining For Some Reason
I know in the past I have sort of complained about the fact that there are some horror games out there that are just straight up Youtube-fodder. I don't mean that in a mean way, I only mean that in the way where all you'll see in your subscription box is of that horror game. However, I suppose it's a good way to get the name of that game out there, so more power to them right? Well, one of the many things I enjoy is actually watching Youtubers play well known and sometimes not so well known horror games and just see them lose their **** / cry like a little baby. I've heard a lot of people say that they don't really understand why it's fun to watch someone go through the torture of a video game, well i'll tell you why I like it.
If i'm playing a horror game for the first time by myself, and I know it's supposed to be scary, i'm already feeling uneasy and I know it's going to be an experience on it's own. When it's game that I want to experience for myself, I won't really make a point to watch a Youtuber play it, unless I've beaten the game for myself. However, if there are horror games that i'm not entirely interested in, and I just want to see someone else struggle with it, than that's when watching a Youtuber play it is extremely helpful. Sure, I do like seeing people like Markiplier and PewDiePie react the way that they do, but I imagine most of their reactions are truly genuine. Though, there's also the argument that there doing it just for the video, but hey, if it's entertaining, why not right? Here's an example: When I played through Outlast for the first time a few months ago, I wanted to playthrough it and beat myself and experience the game all on my own with no help from guides or videos or anything like that. Honestly, the experience like that was a lot of fun and I was extremely happy when I was able to beat the game on my own. When I finished it, I was curious to see if any Youtuber that I follow did a let's play / playthrough of the game, and I decided to watch some videos on it. The funny connection is that there are certain parts in the game that I found to be really scary, and that the Youtuber found scary as well, and even funnier, I still would get scared mostly because of their reaction getting scared to it. It's as if i'm still playing the game alongside them, and that's fun for me.
Watching Youtubers on it's own is still a fun hobby of mine, and when you just mix that with another hobby of mine when it comes to horror games, it just makes for something special.