Gamermann - Let's Play

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What's up guys. Ive started doing LP's recently, and I have one up on youtube. I would greatly appreciate any comments or suggestions you could leave me, I want to be very succesful with my LP'S and I would like any criticism so that I may improve.

I shall have a title screen one day, but Im not that good at making NEW video assets. If anyone cares enough to make me a short intro piece that say Gamermann - Let's Play, or something similar, I would gladly accept it lol.

Anyway, here is my first LP, I did not practice the game or the narration, its all a first draft. Let me know what I should change.

Title : Gamermann - Let's Play Mike Tyson's Punch-out!!
 
Commentary feels a little dry. Maybe explain the mechanics a little more or make random comments about things. But I just finished watching Nintendocaprisun's Galaxy 2 LP. That's hard to come off from. Keep it up though. All LPers start off a little dry.
 
Thanks I really needed that, the finale of that LP isnt done because Ive been practicing the fights to be uber good, practicing commentary, as well as other things. I surely felt the commentary was really dry, so thanks for confirming that for me.
 
Don't you mean 007 373 5963?

Anyways, dont worry, Tyson is going down in the next video.
 
Tips:

  • Use the correct aspect ratio. This game wasn't in widescreen, and everything simply looks squished.
  • Avoid emulator filters. You're playing a game that a lot of people have a lot of fond memories of, and most of them will recognize that something isn't quite right.
  • Don't apologize for your commentary, it draws attention to its shortcomings.
  • I strongly recommend preparing an outline, and doing a practice run. It can really help with the pacing of the LP.
  • Don't have enough to say about what's currently happening? Go off on tangents. It's okay if your dialogue gets way sidetracked. Trivia, in-depth discussion of the game mechanics, glitches, or even something unrelated to the game entirely. Just keep talking.
  • Some of the very best LPers (Cybershell, for example) put a lot of effort into postproduction. You don't have to go crazy with the special effects like he does, but it can often be good to re-record, add, and replace portions of your commentary. I'm fairly certain Cybershell records ALL of his commentary after the fact, but even just embellishing and polishing can go a long way. It should feel like it's recorded live, but it doesn't actually have to be.

That being said, you seem to have done a good job with the technical aspects. You didn't use a camcorder or Unregistered Hypercam 2, you didn't suck at the game, and your voice was clear. Keep at it, I'm sure you'll get better with time.
 
I really enjoy all the criticism, it is exactly what I was looking for, I shall spend a bit more time on second part(partly because I suck at Tyson) and I will definitely take all your points into consideration when making the next vid. I sort of enjoyed the widescreen and HQ4X, but I may just go with HQ2x and no widescreen( I wondered if it would look appropriate.)

Ill post when I get the next video up. Maybe a few days.
 
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