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I enjoyed watching Sonny's Rain World stream last night! Well, not really - I fell asleep midway (my issue, not Sonny's) and only caught the rest of the VOD this morning.
Rain World is an odd game to stream. It is - as Sonny said - probably the most punishing game he's ever played. The game rarely tells you what to do; it gives you plenty of hints instead that you have to catch onto - and that's not easy if you're (1) retarded and (2) trying to stream at the same time. You have to try different things and learn from your deaths, but you also can't die if you want to progress. It doesn't help that Sonny is genuinely terrible at the game and does things like dying to the same jump in front of a shelter multiple times, but this game can get repetitive for viewers fast.
So, it's not really an engaging stream. That's fine for me because I multitask while watching anyways and I enjoy chill streams, but I can see why others might not enjoy it. Maybe if he were better at zatsudan, but this game isn't really one you can split your attention on while playing. Maybe if he had a gimmick to play with, but singing DCL over and over gets just as monotonous as the gameplay. Maybe if he'd looked up one of the many spoiler-free guides for this game to get a better idea of what to do, but then we'd miss out on the fun of seeing someone play through this game blind. There's no way to please everyone with this game besides getting good; the best way to handle it is just to balance it out with more engaging content on the rest of your schedule.
That's about it, then. I've got mixed feelings about backseating, but I did appreciate whoever told him about taming lizards since that brought a new dimension to this stream and gave him a lot to work with. Animal abuse will probably get old for me eventually, but for now it's still a funny recurring motif and I love the back-and-forth betrayal arcs.
Thanks for listening to my TED talk. I haven't been posting much recently since I'm either asleep or have nothing to say, but I saw some posts about not enjoying Rain World in the previous threads and couldn't resist essayposting. Sorry for interrupting regular stream hours by taking the bait, I guess.