Trying to decide if I want to fully finish my Silent Hill 2 practice run before starting a gameplay commentary run. The idea was that I’d have two rolling games going using the manual saves, and I could play ahead a bit so I wouldn’t get lost for quite as long when I play whichever level “officially.” And really, so I’ll have some breathing room to talk and not be fighting for my goddamn life 24/7. But I wouldn’t wait until I’d finished the whole thing. (I fully know what happens in the game; that’s not an issue.) There are pros and cons to finishing the original run entirely before I start a second on New Game+:
Pros
Could open each video on a menu screen of a lovely lakeside hotel room instead of Urinalworld
If (IF) I learn simple video editing techniques, I could just splice in anything interesting from the first run (“Let’s take a quick look at me getting my ass kicked by the Flesh Lip”)
Could spend downtime outlining entire commentary in advance, instead of section by section
Might be able to get “Stillness,” my favorite ending
Would have a chainsaw
Cons
You wouldn’t see what ending the game handed me the first time around, if I finished it on my own (I guess editing it in would solve that)
I wouldn’t be able to say “Hey, I’m gonna hold off on the last hour of the game until I get there in the commentary, no practice, and I’ll figure out how to stream the ending live if anyone wants to see that”
Biggest con: at my current rate, waiting until I finish the practice run will take 10,000 years
Chainsaw really disrupts the Vibes
I don’t consider poll results to be binding, but y’all’s input really did help me decide to drop down to Light Combat, which turned out to be a much better fit for me.
Should I finish the practice run or start the commentary concurrently?
Life is long, finish the practice
Life is short, go ahead and start the commentary
CHAINSAW
