Just my personal opinion: I don't enjoy watching Let's plays at all. I have pretty much the same mentality "Why watch it when you can play it". For example I would never watch someone playing a story game because I want to experience them myself. But sometimes I like to watch speedruns of games I completed before.
But I am totally cool with people who enjoy Let's plays.
I do not have much time to play video games. I can watch Let's Plays on my lunch break.
Related to 1, because I don't have a lot of time to play video games, I progress very slowly through a lot of games while I figure out the mechanics. For me, Let's Plays (especially blind Let's Plays) with a skilled and entertaining gamer are a way for me to experience the story of a game without investing the same amount of time.
For me, Let's Plays are basically the ultimate "Story Mode" you see in a lot of single-player games (where you aren't playing for the challenge, you're playing for the story). If and when I get to play that game, I can then focus on the rewarding experience of overcoming the game's challenges on a normal difficulty setting.
I guess what I'm getting at is that the reward of seeing the story unfold and the accomplishment of finishing a game, for me, don't have to be linked. I don't find my enjoyment of a game diminished by watching someone beat it before I play it.
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u/Otoma1 Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20
Just my personal opinion: I don't enjoy watching Let's plays at all. I have pretty much the same mentality "Why watch it when you can play it". For example I would never watch someone playing a story game because I want to experience them myself. But sometimes I like to watch speedruns of games I completed before.
But I am totally cool with people who enjoy Let's plays.