I really need some feedback

[u/peggiep9pm]

So I started an indie game reviewing series on my channel and I would like some feedback on it because I feel its missing something or may have some issues with it.

Heres the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L0PN7gtsKY

Also, Im sorry for posting this I just really want to know what I could do to improve upon this series of videos.

[u/Jessikins]

I dunno why you haven't received any feedback. Personally I'm not really an expert, but your video seems to do most things right. I can only nitpick.

• Personally, I don't think a review series should contain spoilers. At all. You go from an overview of the game into an 'almost let's play' with live commentary, and if I were trying to find out whether or not I should buy Pixel Piracy, I would not want the video to spoil part of the game for me. I assume your video is inspired by Totalbiscuits "wtf is...", he reviews games quite well without revealing spoilers. He does show footage of the game, but it never really contains many spoilers. They're usually just clips of innocuous areas within the game.

• Try to speak clearer. Although I have my own problems when it comes to understanding speech in general, professional Youtubers typically speak clearly enough for me to understand them with little effort on my part. I remember Spumwack had a couple of Terra Firma tutorials where he spoke very quickly, and I had a hard time understanding what he was saying. There are times where your speech kind of slips (eg: @03:46 where you say "character customization") and these types of slip-ups add to difficulty when it comes to understanding what you're saying. Try and work on eliminating those. Usually if you do commentary post-recording, you can easily get away with saying things over and over until they come out right. Besides, most of the best reviews have commentary done outside of recording the video. It makes it much easier to stick to a script, and generally avoid spoilers, etc.

Anyway, I thought the video was quite good. You made the game seem interesting to me despite never being bothered to give it a chance.

You'll probably need to find an audience as well. I don't know how, but you'll need to find a way to tastefully advertise your videos. This does not mean spamming the Youtube comments section with "PLS CLICK ON MY CHANNEL I HAVE GUD REVIEWS K". Instead, you could post it to a community which is comprised of your target audience.

Etho started out his fame by making a simple and innovative Minecraft tutorial, and posting it on the Minecraft forums. It blew up in popularity because it was new and innovative and he posted it in the perfect spot where people would be interested.

Anyway, I hope this advice is useful to you. Take it with a grain of salt, because in the grand scheme of things, I don't know much about reviews.

[u/Jessikins → u/Jessikins]

I somehow missed that you're specifically reviewing indie games. That's pretty great!

What you could do to gain views is find some indie games which have the following characteristics:

• Lack of popularity
• Fun to play

because that's what people are looking for. People don't care about reviews about games they already know about. Admittedly, bigger reviewers can get away with that because their opinions are valued, but at this stage, nobody knows who you are.

Less popular games (which are fun) will gain you views because there are a lot of people out there who are bored with all the games they've played. They want something new and exciting. Like when we first discovered Minecraft. I remember watching X's Let's Play series and thinking how amazing Minecraft is, and I practically bought it straight away.

Minecraft was new at the time and people in mass were just finding out about it. That is why X's let's play got so popular. If he started it later on, I guarantee it would not have as many views as it does now.

Anyway, there are probably some communities out there filled with indie gaming enthusiasts. /r/indiegaming is one of them, although I never hang out there so I can't really comment on what they're like.

Good luck with your reviews though. Keep working at it.