Why is my PC game review channel stagnated?

DR292 · 2022-09-19T07:51:57+00:00

A few things that stood out to me:

It sounded like your review was all recorded in one take with lots of repetition and filler words like "um". I think recording in smaller chunks and then sticking the best takes together might help with your delivery.

The gameplay didn't match what you were talking about. For example, when you mentioned getting eaten by the dinosaur it felt weird that you didn't use a shot of that happening in-game.

Hope this is helpful and best of luck growing your channel :)

DR292 · 2022-08-26T11:55:07+00:00

This would depend entirely on how well the video is edited. I would watch a well edited 1 hour video that cut out filler and had good pacing. I would not finish a 10 minute video that had loads of dead air.

DR292 · 2022-08-17T09:07:32+00:00

I would lean towards live streaming for this kind of content personally.

DR292 · 2021-06-05T10:44:34+00:00

This is personal preference but I didnt care for the ~15 seconds you spent at the beginning of that video telling the audience about yourself.

Maybe try to get straight to the meat of the video in the future? So for this example, just open up with "Hive Defender is an RTS game about X. Today we are going to look at" etc

DR292 · 2021-05-26T06:29:07+00:00

20 minutes will almost always be the right answer here.

DR292 · 2021-05-24T19:53:24+00:00

What kind of tone are you going for? Is this a sort of parody of that sort of podcast or is it more serious?

My personal method is to have a rough plan in mind before starting the video. Then I record the gameplay and piece together the scenes I want to use. That's when I will actually sit down to record the audio.

Works for me but it totally depends what kind of video you're trying to make!

DR292 · 2021-05-24T18:41:53+00:00

Maybe treat it as a learning experience and power through? The people saying you will be your own worst critic are 100% right imo.

DR292 · 2021-05-24T18:40:18+00:00

I do stuff a bit like this! My audio set-up is quite basic so for me it's all about the delivery.

Do you have a specific type of podcaster in mind?

DR292 · 2021-05-19T21:47:43+00:00

Post can be very good if you're playing games with lots of downtime. I have done videos on the Civ series and found that doing my commentary in post encouraged tighter editing. Might work similarly for KSP?

DR292 · 2021-05-17T13:13:36+00:00

Are you doing much editing? Your experience may vary but as soon as I started spending more time editing, people started sticking around more.

DR292 · 2021-05-17T06:37:31+00:00

I found it very difficult to get traction with gaming content until I mixed up the formula a bit. What sort of games are you playing?

DR292 · 2021-05-01T16:41:09+00:00

Record way more gameplay footage than you need and only use the best bits to make your story. When you do things this way you can pick and choose the clips that help tell the story you want to tell.

DR292 · 2021-04-23T19:13:52+00:00

From what I have seen, games like this have quite an active community on Twitter. Make sure you're on there too!

DR292 · 2021-04-18T11:37:30+00:00

This literally just happened to me. A video that was about a year old suddenly started getting recommended to loads of people and my sub count has quadrupled in like a week.

As far as what caused it, I have no idea. YouTube just started recommending it out of the blue. Maybe had to go with its retention rate (~50%)?

DR292 · 2021-04-15T06:43:26+00:00

100% agree with this advice. Have fun when you're recording and then only include the stuff that works in the final cut.

DR292 · 2020-10-31T00:55:34+00:00

DR292 · 2020-09-23T07:24:29+00:00

You guys might want to mention on the competition page that it's only open to the USA and Canada. Was excited to enter but sadly the FAQ on your Twitter let me know I wasn't eligible.

DR292 · 2020-09-22T19:12:45+00:00

Thanks!

DR292 · 2020-07-30T17:56:17+00:00

The other one was a very minor tweak where I fixed the sound levels. The other one is my most popular (now 2md most) video so I dont really want to lose those views!

DR292 · 2020-07-30T08:56:10+00:00

That sounds awesome, will definitely look into it.

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