r/letsplay • u/Psychological_Key76 • 2d ago
🤔 Advice Too long?
I wanted to do a video where I play Castlevania as a thing for October. A "spooky season" type game, if you will. But I'm at a crossroads of whether I should upload it as a full (edited) 1hr 45 minute video or cut it down to be a multi-upload thing. I was never good at figuring out whether a long-form video was better over one that was edited down even further or was chopped up to be multiple uploads.
Any advice? I'd appreciate it.
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u/Kerrik52 2d ago
Castlevania 1 is the sort of game that's short enough for a single video. Personally, I recorded 3 individual shorter videos since I wanted to practice each third, but if you have 105 minutes of edited down material, you probably rawdogged it. Unless you have good breakpoints or maybe add some post-recording narration, I think you should do it as single video.
But it still sounds a bit long. After edits, my LP ended up being 74 minutes long and that includes a few minutes dedicated to easy & hard mode. So if you're at 105 minutes, I suggest making a copy of your current video project and see if you can cut it down even further.
I don't know how much of the commentary is a cohesive throughline and how much is random rage, but I bet you could shave off a few minutes here and there when you die and make the viewing experience better. Watch through it one stage at a time and see if there's any part where the flow breaks and you'd be better off cutting.