#but people are suckers for long video essays and summaries IT'S ME I'M PEOPLE

[svtskneecaps]

friends and fiends if this truly spells the Over for the qsmp i may let the brainworms that have been festering in me for MONTHS--A YEAR, EVEN--win.

i may summarize the goddamn fucking lore.

[charmcoindied]

you know a lot of youtubers need to do a much better job of asking themselves who their audience is. i'm watching this big long (~6 ish) hour video about mgs v and like, it's good, the guy talks about his personal connection to the series and the drama around the game's development (giving context as to Why he likes it and Why it was a messy game, which i like) and he gives a brief recap of peace walker to contextualize mgsv since it is a direct sequel but then he launches into a full plot detail of ground zeroes and tpp?

which i get it, the video is about mgs v, but it just feels like he can't decide if the video is for people who have played the game for themselves or if it's for people who are unfamiliar with the series. i can appreciate wanting to cover your bases because there are definitely people who watch these things that Aren't the intended target audience and who just want to listen to a 6 hour video essay while they're doing laundry or whatever but also 95% of the jokes are based on knowing shit about metal gear so like i don't get the appeal in that scenario.

i just feel like if you have a point to make about why you liked the game or why you didn't like the game (what the video is ultimately about) then giving a detailed summary of the entire game and its story is a little superfluous. and that could just be because i'm not super far into it and i haven't gotten to a part where he says something of substance but it very much feels like a victim of the "making long videos just to make long videos" style of youtube editing.

i mean i'll still watch it because i Want to watch a 6 hour video about metal gear solid v so i suppose that makes me the real sucker here but i hesitate to call it a "Good Video" because it meanders so much and refuses to focus on the actual point (the op's actual opinion)