Still One of My Favorite Let's Plays: Jurassic Park Trespasser
This is just a short post to talk about one of my favorite let's plays that I've watched over the years. It might sound weird to have a favorite let's play video, not a favorite YouTuber or anything, but this particular let's play series that tackles Jurassic Park: Trespasser is just so well done and interesting that every couple of years I find myself watching the whole thing again! The person doing the video, Research Indicates, has a nice narration voice, and takes you through the ins and outs of the game, detailing the high hopes the developers had for the game, and the myriad ways in which it all crashed and burned. But he does it in a way that shows a real respect for what they tried to do. This is a well-researched let's play video dealing with a game that most YouTubers would probably play just to mock and laugh at it, yet when Research Indicates talks about it, it makes you want to play the game that is only vaguely hinted at as you play, the one that the team really tried to do.
For those that don't know, Jurassic Park: Trespasser had extremely lofty ambitions, including physics-based puzzle design, no user interface to distract you from the game world, and dinosaurs that would act realistically through their AI so they would appear as living creatures. Absolutely none of those things ended up working properly, and Research Indicates goes into what happened, all the while guiding you through the game. It's a great watch and I highly recommend checking it out.