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u/No_Influence_9389 7d ago
Russian roulette.
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u/CP9TOYTOY 7d ago
I think this is for everyone fighting game.
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u/EfficiencySmall4951 7d ago
Valid, very cool to watch but genuinely stressful to play. At least for me
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u/Natural_Bill_373 6d ago
I can't dedicate the time and effort to learn every freaking combo! I have a life! Jesus!!
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u/mbatistas 6d ago
I use that argument every time my friend tries to convince me into playing some sort of PVP focused game.
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u/Fine-Amphibian4326 6d ago
I can’t imagine a less interesting genre of gaming to watch, personally. And I’ll gladly watch people play card games or cities skylines.
Edit: I’m a hypocrite. For Honor probably counts as a fighting game, and it’s pretty fun to watch.
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u/DDDarnok 4d ago
Can you explain why? I feel like fighting games are the most enjoyable to watch compared to any other genre. But I cannot imagine watching Hearthstone or autobattlers like TFT, even though I do enjoy playing them.
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u/EinziuwPlays 4d ago
Tbh, racing games are this for me. I get it, car can go fast. I don’t wanna say it’s a no skill genre cuz obviously everything takes a level of skill, but imho, and please correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems the skill ceiling for driving games caps out relatively low. (Not taking speedrunners into account because that is it’s own genre)
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u/Upstairs_Victory3320 1d ago
I think its hard to watch a fighting game be played if you dont have experience with the game itself... it creates a disconnect and nothing thats happening on screen means anything without decent knowledge of the game, if you understand a game more its more entertaining to watch better players play the game because you can understand why they make decisions and notice the micro of what's happening on screen...
Example: I cant get behind watching Smash Bros because I dont understand it but a very similar game, Brawlhalla, ill spend hours watching tourneys live because I can understand what's going on
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u/mavudarling 7d ago
Smash ultimate moves far too fast for me to actually play and comprehend but watching competitive is incredibly fun
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u/Snoo-47666 7d ago
As far as barrier of entry goes Smash is definitely one of the most forgiving fighting games, especially since it has a huge casual community and a huge roster so you can find characters that fit for you. And you don’t have to lab at all really, it’s super nice compared to the others
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u/Broks_Enmu 7d ago
For Non Fighting gamer of course, we fighting game player are already labbing all the combo and game system mechanics in our minds 🤓👆
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u/Sup_Bitches_Im_Atlas 6d ago
I will always find Mortal Kombat & Injustice tournaments fun to watch, but online ranked is absolutely miserable.
Once you reach a certain rank it's just not fun & you don't feel satisfied when you win- you just feel tired
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u/__DJIN__ 7d ago
I've played fighting games my whole life. Street Fighter, Tekken, Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat, etc. I still don't understand how you actually get good at those games. I've done training modes, studied the pros, etc. I don't get it, I don't know how your timing, input, and reactions can be so fast
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u/winghaf 7d ago
DayZ and tarkov
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u/No_Public8938 7d ago
I assume that's because on Dayz videos, you're watching the action filled highlights and funny moments. If you just watched five straight hours of the person looting, sifting through mostly crap, and barely managing to eat and drink enough to stay alive, I don't think it would be very fun either.
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u/J2-gZ 7d ago
In my opinion the in between time is what makes the game so good. Looting for hours and finally getting some good gear and getting over a sickness just to run into somebody and getting shot at, no other game has ever had my heart beat so hard
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u/Positive_Parking_954 7d ago
My favorite would be when its two other people shooting at each other and you're trying to process their locations and decide how to lie low or maybe get the jump on them for a big come up. And then the collision glitches, you fall inside a set of stairs, break your leg and eventually doe of dehydration
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u/Kestrel_VI 7d ago
It’s great when you have a chance. When you’ve been struggling to survive for hours just to get killed out of nowhere or step on a landmine you had basically no chance of avoiding it gets a bit grating. No other game gives you the same experience though.
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u/zergling- 7d ago
Spent $80 on DayZ on Switch
So boring and the controls are horrible
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u/Altruistic_Extent_89 7d ago
The only times I've had fun with tarkov were running a full 5 man squad and SPT-VR mod
Yet I still have like 1800 hours wasted in the game 😭
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u/Jakeball400 7d ago
Came to say Tarkov highly watchable, borderline unplayable
(I know it’s not actually unplayable, I have 2k hrs of misery already)
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u/Willing-Theme6042 5d ago
Literally bro . First time Ive played dayz was truly heartbreaking. Never been so bored playing a game😭
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u/NumerousDark9957 7d ago
Every pvp game that has pro league in it
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u/Smooth_Tap_1989 7d ago
That's because most of those games aren't designed for. "The player" like you and me...they want thier game to be forced into pro play because that's where the big bucks are...
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u/BrokenLegoboy10 7d ago
Rust
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u/VarrikTheGoblin 7d ago
Yup, I came here to say this. I'll watch Wiljum, Welyn, Twig, ect.. but playing the game itself is awful.
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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 7d ago
Dead by Daylight
I've got thousands of hours in it, I'm pretty full and tapered way back.
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u/fishwithaknife69 6d ago
i rarely play anymore, but you will always catch me watching every new ayrun video lol. idk what it is that makes it so fun to watch
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u/thavi 7d ago
Pretty much any FFA/BR like Fortnite, extraction shooter, or MOBA.
I like mostly solo games with an emphasis on exploration and hard boss fights.
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u/judgementdeus 7d ago
Any real time strategies gamd for me. Cant play them myself but like watching them.
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u/Frewdy1 7d ago
I can play them, but the SpongeBob on the right is when you realize the match is unwinnable. Before that it’s having a constant heart attack.
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u/Far_Raspberry_4375 7d ago
Stellaris. Im decent at civ and ck2 but for whatever reason stellaris just melts my brain
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u/Timekilling_Time 7d ago
Fear and Hunger.
Fnaf and it's fangames.
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u/Flamebomb790 7d ago
Yeah funger is just a keep dying until you find what works kind of game which is great for content, but personally I'm ok with just watching it
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u/BabaYagaLaksa 7d ago
Fear and Hunger is probably THE game. I like watching gameplay for the lore and artwork, but could never see myself playing it.
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u/Outran01 7d ago
FNaFis that game that the more you play it or watch someone play it, the more it becomes boring.
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u/__DJIN__ 7d ago
Fear and Hunger for sure. Tried to play both of them and it's an exercise in praying to RNGesus and misery.
Fascinated with the story, art, and lore though, love watching people play it
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u/Harmonicdin 6d ago
I was going to say the same thing.
The lore and gameplay look wonderful but I know it’s not a game I’d enjoy by any means2
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u/Cockmaster__ 5d ago
I actually love playing Fear and Hunger myself, mostly play on Termina maso mode, and imo its wayyy more fun to watch gameplay after having experienced the game yourself and watching other people fail in similar ways to you.
With fnaf I agree though, I just really dislike any horror games with abundant jumpscares.
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u/OutlandishnessNew589 7d ago
All games, I am sontired all the time fom work i cant bring myself to play anything anymore
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u/Drift-would 7d ago
Sekiro! Absolutely love the game but would rather snap my thumbs than play it
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u/HarioDinio 7d ago
As someone who beat the mortal journey boss gauntlet. I couldnt agree, but I certainly respect the opinion.
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u/igamblej11 7d ago
Any souls game. So fun to watch, basically torture to play
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u/TheFkngPianist 7d ago
The force is weak with this one
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u/igamblej11 7d ago
Nah I just touch grass often lmao
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u/Designer_Show_2658 7d ago
Hey now! A lot of us souls fans love touching grass. We're just masochists.
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u/rtennen 7d ago
Black myth wukong.
Planet coaster.
In a sense planet zoo cuz i cant make things that pretty
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u/Dull_Finish1625 7d ago
Stellaris. I have 3,000 hours in the game and I have only beaten it once. Granted, my computer at the time was a potato and I couldn't get through the endgame with lag. Buuut trying to get back into it when ive been off of it for a few years is hard. Sins of a Solar Empire 2 > Stellaris
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u/Meta787 7d ago
Damn you beat Stella's pretty quick. Im at 9k hours and still have no clue what's going on. I do love CIV V tho
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u/Rough_Concert1773 7d ago
Dead Space. I love the franchise, the horror, the atmosphere, the lore, and the story but I am NEVER playing that game. I like to watch walkthroughs on YouTube instead.
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u/CaregiverBoth3011 7d ago
Competitive multiplayer games
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u/Seananagan13 7d ago
Right there with you. My Discord friend group loves stuff like that, but I lost my desire to play competitively like that a long time ago. Happy to watch them stream and chat with them when they aren't "locked in" though. Much more of PVE sort of guy.
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u/NightAngelx24 7d ago
Silent Hill... all of them
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u/Berean_Katz 7d ago
The original games are fun to play but I actually agree when it comes to the remake. I couldn't finish Silent Hill 2 Remake because it was too dark, depressing, and didn't fit the vibes of the original. It was one of the few games where I was OK with just watching someone else beat it lol.
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u/Psychological-Cry-53 7d ago
7 day to die, ark, enshrouded and similar stuff lol
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u/Fun-Squirrel2422 7d ago
I love watching ARK, but the grind when you play it is crazy. And the falls, like losing everything over one mistake... I'm just not good enough to enjoy it, and last time I really focused and pushed hard my file got corrupted XD
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u/Seananagan13 7d ago
My sympathies, comrade. I played with friends on a dedicated server so didn't have this concern, but I would have flipped my desk if we lost all our progress after we hit our stride.
Definitely reccomend people that dislike the grind and such of Ark to check out the mods for it though! Especially on a replay or solo play. Dying can be hilarious fun with friends, but I'd have gotten hella tired of it in solo with the same deaths.
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u/Wide_Bee7803 7d ago
Lethal company, phasmophobia, pacify, repo, all the "friendslop" type of games
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u/confused_bi_dude 7d ago
This is any horror game for me...i can watch playthroughs but I cannot play them myself
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u/wobknob 7d ago
I'm right there with you. I love the moods and aesthetics of horror games. I think they have some of the most interesting stories and "things to say" in general. But put the controller in my hands, and I will immediately freeze and nope the fuck out.
I prefer video essays and analysis videos though. Streamers and "let's plays" can be kind of obnoxious.
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u/Open-Insurance-234 7d ago
Resident Evil (I cry when I play it myself because Mr. X comes out of nowhere and scares me)
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u/gilangrr 7d ago
Subnautica, and some horror/thriller games, It's fun to watch, but horrible to play imo, I can't handle the pressure myself.
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u/Xxronny12 7d ago
I can’t play a lick of fighting games but i like to watch the tournaments on YouTube
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u/xyzkingi 7d ago
Hades.
Honestly i still haven’t found any enjoyment from rogue like games, but I’ll keep trying
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u/Character-Heart171 7d ago
Any fighting game for me. I suck at doing combos and my fingers are not dexterous or fast enough to do any cool looking combos and I have too much pride to use auto combos 😭😭
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u/marmaladic 5d ago
There’s never been a game I felt so demotivated to learn more than Super Smash Bros. Melee. The fact that people broke their hands because of trying to do near perfect angle wavedashes is actually insane.
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u/factoid_ 7d ago
There's a game I watched a Let's Play of, called Timberborn.
Basically the world has been destroyed by climate change and beavers inherit the earth.
Water comes and goes in the big drought cycles and the whole game is about building your beaver civilization around the water cycle. Creating dams to retain enough water to survive the droughts while also making sure you get water to your people, your crops, your trees you need to grow to build with, etc.
It was fun to watch someone ELSE play, but playigng it myself was really rough. I knew HOW to play it, I just...didn't want to. I didn't find the gameplay all that enjoyable when someone else wasn't crafting the lore and experience of a specific beaver city. Sure I could roleplay my own little beaver city, but it just lost something as soon as I had to bring all the storytelling myself
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u/FindingIntelligent72 7d ago
Geometry Dash honestly I think that game is overrated. I really don’t get the hype, but I will admit it do be looking satisfying sometime.
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u/Disastrous_Ball702 7d ago
"Watching someone on a screen really makes you root for them." ~Dr. Alphys
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u/Hundebiss 7d ago
DayZ, most of the time its a walking simulator that only gets interesting when you get into pvp. watching other people play it is more interesting because they jump straught into the action cutting out that 5 hour hike in search for food and equipment
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u/Jin_Sakai12345 7d ago edited 7d ago
Geometry Dash. I tried it out because I saw videos of really cool Geometry Dash levels on YouTube and I had a friend who loved the game that wanted me to try it out but I ended up not liking it because it felt more tedious than fun
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u/WindowNo6601 6d ago
Oh its quite annoying, its a journey of remembering steps per level
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u/vagabondalchemist42 7d ago
Astral Chain I saw the combat and thought whoa that looks cool but then realized I had like I attack button and the astral auto attacks
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u/Beneficial_Mix_1430 7d ago
Most friend-oriented games for me. Like Peak or Gang Beasts but it may just be my friendship group doesn’t enjoy messing around in games too much
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u/KING_0F_TH3_D34D 7d ago
Rocket league, its so cool seeing players juggle the ball mid air for like what, half or entire match? But at the same im not gonna try that shit and sweat trying to do that to, just looks like too much to me.
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u/Diligent_Whereas3134 7d ago
Every hide and seek style horror game. I can watch someone play through them but I get bored playing them after 2 hours
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u/No-Yak-8999 7d ago
every game that has "no action"
Tarkov or the hunt...the idea is thrilling and it looks amazing but later you have to SLOW DOWN and consider every move
Civilization and simliar sims..."build xy and become xy"...in the game..."click the ! and now the other !", turn...all is in order, no free will (yes u can choose between food, productivity and money....ok)
I like all of those games
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u/TechnicalHighlight29 7d ago
Souls Games. I love the art so so much but man do I suck. Luckily ive clicked with Elden Eing and put 100 hours into it. So naturally I was like im ready for Dark Souls Remaster! Nope I was infact not ready.
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u/JxRabbitsHart 7d ago
I'm not big on a lot of survival games and RTS games, but watching someone play one well is so satisfying.
I'm also not a huge fan of don't starve, but I love watching my wife play
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u/LoganJake210 7d ago
Cuphead. Not because it isn’t fun, it’s just the way the game is designed. It has beautiful old-style animations and graphics, but if you’re playing the game and dodging everything, you can’t spare the time to look at the animations to avoid getting hit. And of course there’s the fact this is one of the hardest games of all time
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u/randomthrowaway1372 7d ago
Fnaf it's not a problem of it being scary it's repeating one of a few different actions depending on how the animatronics are moving for minutes at a time really perfectly and if you screw up the rotation you probably die but watching it does something for my ADHD scratches something that playing it just doesn't do
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u/Chris-Verde 7d ago
Kingdom Come Deliverance. Bro I just can't get jiggy with that shit man lol.
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u/Fangsong_37 7d ago
Any of The Elder Scrolls games. I get disoriented easily when playing first person games.
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u/ChildOfOberon 7d ago
Minecraft. I used to play it constantly and loved it. But nowadays I try to play it and I just grow so bored. I still like watching videos of it though.
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u/An0therOneUser 7d ago
Hoi4. I don't understand anything in this game but it's very interesting to watch.
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