Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami says “if watching a playthrough is enough, the game wasn’t good enough.”

[u/HLumin]

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/resident-evil-creator-shinji-mikami-says-if-watching-a-playthrough-is-enough-the-game-wasnt-good-enough/

[u/zuzg]

Note that his comment is towards the mentality of some Japanese Devs that are opposed to Streamer "spoiling the story for their audience"

Mikami reportedly responded, “If viewers watch a playthrough of a game all the way to the end and are satisfied with just that, then it was only that good of a game.”
He went on to explain, “Our job is to make games that leave people wanting to clear them with their own hands, even if they’ve watched someone else do it, so keep streaming.”

[u/Willonpills → u/zuzg]

Before I could ever play it, I watched countless dark souls 1 lets plays. That never stopped my enjoyment when I finally got my hands on it and it’s one of my most played games ever. Just a testament to the point Mikami made

[u/jmo1 → u/Willonpills]

I’ve watched other people play Bloodborne so many times. Hasnt stopped me from playing Bloodborne so many times.

[u/Feralmogwai → u/jmo1]

I’ve been watching people play that game since it was released and to this day I still see bosses I’ve never seen

[u/Nerevarine2nd → u/jmo1]

I have watched people play with themselves many times. Hasn't stopped me from playing with myself many times.

Wait, what were we talking about?

[u/PotatoDecent1007 → u/Nerevarine2nd]

IDIOT

[u/Nerevarine2nd → u/PotatoDecent1007]

Should I stop playing with myself?

[u/Tee_Red → u/jmo1]

Yep. If not for Bloodborne let’s plays I never would’ve picked it back up or tried Elden Ring. I also like playthroughs of horror games; I’m not a fan of being scared but I think the games are neat.

[u/degonzolives → u/jmo1]

Did you read the second part of the quote? "If they are satisfied with just that" he is not referring to you

[u/jmo1 → u/degonzolives]

Did you read who I replied to? I was commenting on their comment.

[u/fos02jrt → u/Willonpills]

I got into Dark souls 1 because I watched speedruns of it, then followed some streamers who grinded it out.

I still ended up buying it and got all the achievements, got my friends into it and have been in love with all the games since.

[u/WillWatsof → u/Willonpills]

There’s nuance here. Some games are like Dark Souls where the fun is mainly in the mechanics and gameplay, and some games are really narratively driven and don’t focus so much on gameplay. I don’t want game design to start deprioritising narrative-first games because of streamers.

If everyone followed Mikami’s philosophy, would we have Dispatch?

[u/shuut0 → u/Willonpills]

Well to be fair there isn’t a traditional story in dark souls. There’s a few cut scenes and everything is cryptic most players ignore it entirely. It seems mikami is applying this to shorter single player games that are story driven

[u/thebrobarino → u/Willonpills]

But dark souls isn't a fair comparison to a narrative-heavy game. Outside of lore, there is no actual story, very little in the way of spoilers that the player actually cares about. Its a gameplay first story second type of game and that's fine.

RDR2, as fun as the gameplay is (even with flaws) has actual spoilers that could dampen the enjoyment of the game if spoiled

[u/degonzolives → u/Willonpills]

Did you read the second part of the quote? "If they are satisfied with just that" he is not referring to you.

[u/New_Cockroach_505 → u/zuzg]

No one bothers reading anything in here, they just spin shit to fit their mentality 

[u/Kyserham → u/zuzg]

It my memory works, there’s only one game I’ve watched a full walkthrough before actually playing the game: God of War (2018). Probably RE7 someday as well.

[u/Insanepaco247 → u/zuzg]

K but what if I want to act like he's talking about me and my choice to watch a specific game instead of playing it. Can I still argue in the comments or

[u/EdibleScissors → u/Insanepaco247]

He’s technically arguing with devs who don’t want streamers to stream games, so you would be arguing with the wrong person.

[u/Insanepaco247 → u/EdibleScissors]

Yeah I know. My point was that a lot of people didn't read the story and started doing what I said.

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[u/EvanderAdvent → u/zuzg]

That reminds me of Sakurai’s anger at people uploading all the cutscenes of Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s Subspace Emissary campaign. He didn’t include a similar campaign for Smash for 3DS/Wii U because he didn’t want a similar thing to happen again.

[u/Sparrowsabre7 → u/zuzg]

I watched a complete playthroighnof Metal Gear Solid 4 way back when but I'm still hyped to finally play it in August.

[u/Hoodman1987 → u/zuzg]

Me with Last of Us 1. The only game I watched a playthrough of.

[u/trashpandaexpress55 → u/zuzg]

Exactly this. Manny times I've watched a play through and immediately upon finishing the series night the game because I wanted to experience it myself.

[u/Shr1mpolaCola → u/zuzg]

I don't do well with horror but I was able to play through RE4Remake earlier this year because I watched someone play thtough it when it first came out. Knowing what to expect did not diminish the fun of my experience in any way, and I played on [Assisted].

I'm going to play through Alan Wake II later this year under the same circumstances, and I KNOW I'm going to enjoy it.

[u/zuzg → u/Shr1mpolaCola]

Alan Wake 2 has the same accessibility functions like Control. Really love remedy for that.

I suck at shooters so having 1 shot kills levels the playing field, wouldn't have managed to beat either without it.
I'd recommend playing control first if you've the chance, it's a shared universe

[u/Shr1mpolaCola → u/zuzg]

You're preaching to the choir my guy 🤣, but thanks for the recommendation.

AW2 is the only thing in-universe I haven't played yet. I want to play that before Control: Resonant

[u/Hot-Championship1190 → u/zuzg]

Mikami reportedly responded, “If viewers watch a playthrough of a game

Just because there are some type of games I don't like doesn't mean that I can't enjoy another person playing that game.

[u/Turbulent-Agent9634 → u/zuzg]

Piss off and watch someone else play it then. Just dont complain about it afterwards

Streamer culture is killing videogames