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Get your game movies of adventure games here.
Here we go, the first game movie to give you an idea what they’re like. Rather than make a separate thread for each one, I thought it best to just make a one stop shop and update this thread as I get them done. If anyone else is doing something similar, then by all means post your links here as well. 
This is not just about me, but about game movies of adventures in general. I’d be interested in checking other people’s work out myself. 
Let’s start with Full Throttle Remastered:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiCwdvC57cBrM4jf_buhltJJRoeKk_5EY
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Now you’re just spamming the forum. Not a good start is it
Now you’re just spamming the forum. Not a good start is it
How am I spamming the forum? I thought this solution was just the opposite.
Not sure I understand. The “Full Game” at 21 minutes is shorter by about two hours if one plays the segments individually. This may be a great idea, but I don’t get it.
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Not sure I understand. The “Full Game” at 21 minutes is shorter by about two hours if one plays the segments individually. This may be a great idea, but I don’t get it.
And I’m not sure I understand you right now. 
The whole playlist is just under 2 hours long. What is shorter than the full game?
I have watched some video walkthroughs for Windows games that interest me but are ones can’t play on my Mac. Also, I sometimes use them as a quick way to search for a particular scene from a game I’ve already played. I do prefer them without commentary, which I find distracting, especially when the commentator tries to be funny or mocks the game too much.
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The only adventure game videos I ever watch are some Top 10, Top 15, or something lists made by other people. There are very few good ones as it’s kind of difficult to balance the line where you tell enough about the game, but on the other hand don’t have any real spoilers.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but story + gameplay = a game, not a movie. Your videos seem like playthroughs without commentary to me. Personaly I see nothing wrong with it, people enjoy doing them nowadays, and they are handy for finding a visual solution to something like that marble puzzle from Shivers. But I don’t watch them for the sake of watching, of course, I can play games myself. I, too, like watching tops and those nostalgic reviews of the gaming history and how video games were better back in the day.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but story + gameplay = a game, not a movie. Your videos seem like playthroughs without commentary to me.
They’re not meant to be movies, they’re game movies. It’s a term describing this particular genre. Like let’s plays for playthroughs with commentary, or walkthroughs showing how to beat a game. Game movies don’t include sections irrelevant to story, so you can’t rely on them as guides on how to get through a certain puzzle or smth. For the most part though, yeah they feel like playthroughs, albeit with a lot of editing to keep the story moving at a steady pace.
Game movies are actually quite popular among blockbuster games these days. Not so much with adventures though, I only know myself who focuses on adventures. But I know a lot of channels working on action games. That said, they aren’t for everyone ofc. If it doesn’t sound like something up your alley, then move along, nothing to see here.
From what I’m understanding, Tamiil’s videos are abridged versions of games that are made specifically to focus on the story elements & intended to be watched as a ‘movie’ rather than be used as a walkthrough?
I’ve known posters in the past offering comments here about games that they’ve only ever experienced by watching walkthroughs on You Tube so perhaps a game movie might appeal to those non-players.
I’m not sure whether I’d watch a game movie as I prefer to play. But perhaps a game movie with a great story & graphics with otherwise far too much action for me to want to play might be of interest.
EDIT: You beat me to it Tamiil & have more or less confirmed what I thought!
I have watched some video walkthroughs for Windows games that interest me but are ones can’t play on my Mac. Also, I sometimes use them as a quick way to search for a particular scene from a game I’ve already played. I do prefer them without commentary, which I find distracting, especially when the commentator tries to be funny or mocks the game too much.
This is pretty much why I started doing game movies. I didn’t like how walkthroughs showed everything, even aimless wandering and other things that dragged the pace down. As you’re playing time flies and you don’t notice it, but passively watching someone figuring out where to go or what to do is boring. Since I didn’t find videos that suited my preferences, I started making game movies myself.
From what I’m understanding, Tamiil’s videos are abridged versions of games that are made specifically to focus on the story elements & intended to be watched as a ‘movie’ rather than be used as a walkthrough?
The only problem is… What part of an adventure game isn’t a story element?
Do you take out the puzzles? But surely Guybrush insult swordfighting his way to beat the swordmaster is part of the story too?
I find that most youtube playthroughs don’t have any aimless wandering anyway.
How does your “game movies” differ from this Fate of Atlantis playthrough, for example?
......I didn’t like how walkthroughs showed everything, even aimless wandering and other things that dragged the pace down. As you’re playing time flies and you don’t notice it, but passively watching someone figuring out where to go or what to do is boring….
Much as I appreciate the effort that goes into a video walkthrough I don’t quite get why some of the up-loaders of these don’t work out the game first. No, I don’t want to watch someone struggling through a game (I don’t need any help to do that! 
) & agree - it’s boring!
The only problem is… What part of an adventure game isn’t a story element?
Do you take out the puzzles? But surely Guybrush insult swordfighting his way to beat the swordmaster is part of the story too?
Tamiil does state in his other thread that he does include story relevant gameplay so I guess that would include Guybrush’s insult swordfighting.
There’s plenty of games that include stand-alone puzzles which don’t add anything to the story except perhaps on completion.
The only problem is… What part of an adventure game isn’t a story element?
Do you take out the puzzles? But surely Guybrush insult swordfighting his way to beat the swordmaster is part of the story too?Tamiil does state in his other thread that he does include story relevant gameplay so I guess that would include Guybrush’s insult swordfighting.
There’s plenty of games that include stand-alone puzzles which don’t add anything to the story except perhaps on completion.
Yeah, this sums up things nicely. There probably wouldn’t be much difference between what I’d do and that Indiana Jones longplay. Something I’ve realized after doing this for a while is that older adventures don’t have that much filler. Puzzles are very nicely tied to the story and have a reason to be there, so I can’t cut them out. Newer games however usually have quite a few standalone puzzles that have nothing to do with anything other than being obstacles. Those aren’t included in my videos.
Ok, thank you for explanation. This actually makes sence as a standalone genre I guess: people can watch games flow without any distraction, like they were originally meant to be played. I’d like to see The 7th Guest movie though 
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