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If it's any consolation, Clement. You've made some of my favorite Let's Play videos I've seen and I routinely go back and listen to your Sonic videos while I'm working because your commentary in them were both humorous and informative. Some other standouts to me were your playthrough of Banjo Kazooie and Goemon 64 because I have nostalgic bias for them and Megaman X6 for obvious reasons. It's a pity you're going to be quitting the scene since you're one of the first Let's Players that I subscribed to. But it's understandable. I've gotten burnt out on a lot of things as well over the years. Nothing is stopping you picking it back up if you reconsider though. Good luck with whatever thing you decide to do next.
Hey, man! I've been watching you since I was around 10 or 11. This video hit me in a personal spot since I went through this a year ago; changing your content because you're essentially hitting a ceiling and/or not doing the numbers you wanna see. However, you have an extremely amazing personality, and I would love to see scripted videos from you. You're one of the most respectable creators on this platform and I couldn't be happier that you're moving on to brighter pastures. Keep moving, man, and never stop
Woah another content creator I’ve watched commenting on another content creator I watch. So this is what it feels like. This is wild. Also I think your stuff is cool, but you do a lot of stuff and I can’t keep up. Sorry.
Yeah I prefer content creators doing stuff they enjoy, because even if most of the world finds it boring, their energy and excitement for what they're talking about just makes the content that much better and more enjoyable to watch.
I watch Let's Plays when they're fiished. Came for the Megaman stayed for the personality. I never heard of steambot. I too am an adult at this point. It isn't that I had no interest. I am also trying to fix my life.
You were essencially one of the last "Let's Play" channels I still kept up with. I will say, I am very excited for the video essays as my youtube video tastes has changed into watching retrospectives, reviews and one off let's play videos these days. Watching your whole Sonic series was a blast and I can't wait for what you throw at us soon enough.
Doing lets plays on obscure games was always going to result in low views. Most people watch lets plays to see other people's thoughts on their favourite games, if barely anyone played it in the first place then that's going to be a very small portion of your audience. It's not a coincidence that games with massive passionate fanbases are the lets plays that get the most views.
Yeah, don't know why he was surprised that Steambot got low views when i'm sure a lot of people only find out about the game when he started to do a let's play on it. This is why a lot of let's players do playthroughs on well known games, you get much more of an audience if people have prior history with the game.
This was a good arc. Sorry to say, I was not particularly drawn to the latest let’s play. It just wasn’t my thing. Have a great time with whatever is next Clement. May you always be GREAT.
Wow, that’s a lotta likes. STOP IT!!! 😅👍🏻 Thx. On a more serious note, The GREAT Clement was actually the first youtuber I ever subscribed to, AND the first let’s play I ever saw was his playthrough of Megaman 2. Classic 🥰👍🏻
Honestly I felt the same way, I have so many youtubers I could watch and whenever there was a dry spout I completely forgot about clement heck even rn It's daunting to watch Chugga as rn he's so deep into xenoblade 2.
Well said. I wasn't interested in it, so I didn't watch it. I feel kinda bad now, because I never wanted him to leave Let's Plays. I haven't watched Let's Plays that I didn't care for. Such as I love watching Chuggaaconroy, but I didn't watch his Xenoblade Chronicles playthroughs because I am not interested in those games.
@@bebopknux5857 Sad part is if you aren't interested in Xenoblade, too bad cause there's basically a year's worth of videos OR MORE in those lengthy JRPGs lmao. I think that really shows how Lets Plays have died over the years. Back when watching people play games was a novelty and new and cool, you cared far less about what you were watching. But as you grow up and time is more valuable, you just want the content you know and love and it's way less appealing to take chances on stuff you don't care for already.
As I've gotten older, it's been harder and harder to dedicate time to a long running video series. I've been meaning to catch up on Steambot, but I cannot blame you for putting Let's Plays to rest. I'm looking forward to the scripted content!
Take care Clement, we'll always appreciate you for the work you've done! I'll never forget your Sonic or Mega Man Let's plays. Those will always be my childhood! Take care! Edit: I feel like I need to add this I always watched these let's plays not just for Sonic or Mega Man, but also because of the amazing commentary you provided. You're a legend, and you always will be Stay great Clement
It's been a fun ride, good sir. Granted, I wasn't too interested in Steambot, I think the last LP I watched of yours that wasn't Sonic related was Double Switch. I think the problem with Let's Plays is that it's a massive commitment to get through a game longer than 7 or 8 parts. That's a lot to go through. As someone who has been on RUclips as long as you, I've always had a firm belief that the best video projects are those you're most passionate about. If you feel most happy doing video essays on why you love a game, that's the way to go, and you have my support from here. It's better to take your time with one video and pour your heart into it than do several quick videos you're not fully committed to.
I do feel bad for not keeping up with the channel, as someone who found you back in College because of your Mega Man play throughs. I hope you find success in your scripted content!
(after the video) Eggman Plushie: "So that's it then? The Let's Play ends just like that because of a burnout. Son of a bitch! I was looking forward to the 30th anniversary Sonic game playthrough. Well, we would be getting it if it wasn't for this stupid coronavirus. Oh well, until we meet again!" But jokes aside, thank you for nearly two decades worth of gaming content, Great Clement. You earn yourself a big break. I'm looking forward towards the future.
Yeah, RUclips's hard to understand with the number of subscribers and the viewcounts. It's all over the place with me too, getting 3% or 300% of my subscribers to watch the same kind of content depending on weird factors. Don't worry too much about it and just make what you want to make, which you are going to do now, so right on. As for me not watching Steambot Chronicles yet, I tend to wait till the entire run of let'splays is done so I can binge them all in one go. If that helps.
You shouldn't expect all of your subscribers to watch certain content if your content varies a lot. Especially with let's plays, there are certain games with are just not interesting to certain people no matter who is doing the let's play. With is reason why certian things are obscured other mainstream.
That does not help in the slightest, in fact thats the most damaging thing you can do to any creator. For comic book writers, we prefer if customers buy the issues rather than wait for the trades which could take a year
Yup, I got just under 250 subs, a lot of my vids get around 50-1000 views, but one of my vids has 116K views for some reason. RUclips is a weird place lmaoo
Same. I turn Let's Plays on for background noise while I'm doing something else and just keep track of what part I'm at, where in that part, etc. Now that Steambot is finished, I am looking forward to watching it.
Gonna be honest clem, the only reason why i came back to watch this video was because i remembered your full review of sonic '06 and then said: "hey! Whats been of good old Clem? "Hey! Im supposed to be subscribed to Clem, why am i unsub????" "So Clem kept doing videos all this time??!!"" Fucking youtube, suddenly i noticed some old content creators i was subscribed are unsubbed and my question is why? This is beyond shadowbanning, its attempting against the desires of the youtuber to watch content of their favorite creator, and also noticed im subscribed to Fox and cnnlatam or whatever and some obscure local news channels from USA, what the actual fuck youtube (im very left and not even localized in US but in México)??? What is this meddling with my subs and algorithm, fuuuuuuuuuuck Now i gotta write the names of my subs apart so that youtube doesnt scramble all my content to whatever it wishes
It doesn't help that youtube's format has pretty much alienated the very thing that made it popular. Sure, maybe it's not all attributed to the algorithm but its a major obstacle that has caused a major roadblock. If you're not late-night tv or putting mentos in your coke, the algorithm just doesn't favour you. I've been seeing it happen to all varieties of channels such as music, art, gaming etc. Watching your rumble Roses playthrough and the very little views it got showed me that the "let's play" formula is no longer going to be able to work in the battlefield of this new youtube compared to the previous area. Even Brainscratchcomms seems to be having this problem. Needless to say, I started with your sonic and I'll always continue to watch your content even if I rarely comment.
It's really upsetting, I like his format and it's easier to find individual episodes on his channel but the algorithm really doesn't push those out on my sub feed so it feels like he's taken a break until something like this video shows up
@@ariesstar162 I know the feeling. I don't see his videos instantly so I'm surprised when I found out he uploaded a video ages ago upon first viewing. Even worse when my notifications system is all messed up (the bell system is completely broken for me).
I agree. RUclips is more in favor of being trendy. (Your CoDs and Fortnites and whatever have you.) More obscure games or some indie titles are hidden pretty deep.
I've been on RUclips for 15 years now, so I can safely say this: RUclips went downhill the second it became a career option. You do it primarily for money, the passion for each video is gonna suffer.
Fucking this, past the 3rd episode of steambot, i legitimately never saw a new one pop up in my feed. Its a shame that this is how the site functions, where subs arent actualy subs and you have a chance of it even apearing in the first place
I frequently say you’re the best let’s player on RUclips. I always rolled my eyes when folks say game grumps is a “let’s play” when it’s two dudes just farting around when your content goes above and beyond in organization, gameplay tips, development history, talking about the music mid playthrough and sometimes muting your mic to just turn the jams up. The Eggman Easter egg in every video where a boss is called “egg” something. Then there’s the antichrist of let’s plays darksydephil. Complete polar opposite. Anyway, you’re the best clement. I hope you can be the one to rejuvenate game reviews back to the glory days.
Yeah, what it comes down to is that let's plays are not only a massive time investment to create, but also to watch. People such as myself who grew up on the Sonic and Mega-Man content you produced loved you because you were covering things that we also loved. Niche' material such as Steambot Chronicles might resonate well with some of your fans, but ultimately we have busy lives as well now, and a let's play series with an upper double digit video count on something we've never heard of is just not appealing or viable. That's why I am so glad you are self aware on this and willing to embrace the change to scripted content. Releasing a tight, thought provoking video on something that is 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even an hour long will resonate so much more with people simply because it's something that can captivate, entertain, and potentially even educate, while remaining comfortably at the bookend of any given day. Good luck to you and your future, Clement. I know I'll certainly be tuning in to see what you have to say.
Honestly... yeah, I used to love those let's plays, and to a certain degree I still love older ones, but as you said. I'm older, I'm in college now about to move into Uni, and honestly scripted videos are just better because they're like podcasts in a way, somthing to put on and switch your brain off and just listen to.
Maybe I'm just reading it weirdly or getting an off vibe, or maybe I just felt more deeply the bit of the vid where Clement was talking about the depression phase, but the middle part of this comes off as... I don't know if the words I'm looking for is 'passive aggressive' or not, but it comes off as almost agreeing with how Clement was feeling in the depressive phase. The "They're not here for *me*, they're just here because *Megaman or Sonic*" Maybe I am just reading it weirdly.
That's part of what I said in my own comment above. Time and responsibilities change people. And forget the commentary of Let's Plays, the mere act of even *recording* the game alone takes enough effort on its own. Out of curiosity, I did my own non-commentary playthroughs on my own channel last year. It was fun at first,..... until I tried playing Mario Lost Levels, and promptly got burned out when I realized the footage was a waste due to the audio being out of sync. *Which meant I would've had to play the WHOLE thing all over again.* And I have not attempted recording another game sense.
Your Let’s Plays were my childhood, Clement. The footage of your past LP’s tugged on the heartstrings because I was there for all of them, watched every episode, appreciated every detail, and felt every bit of love you had for the games you shared with us. They were objectively the best Let’s Plays to be found, and subjectively, you are the reason every single one of your videos are great, scripted or unscripted. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Clement, for everything you have given us over the years. That being said, I want you to disregard every cope in this comment section, and even some that you mentioned. You were absolutely right that it’s possible some of your viewers are selfish, and I hope you are able to separate the obligatory comments from the sincere ones. I know you have selfish viewers, because I am one. I did not watch Steambot Chronicles. There is probably a point in time I can scroll back to and see when I fell off. My point being, that your viewers and the world around them has changed. Many of us, myself included, have grown up since our hopping on point. The world around most of us has changed to become real and unforgiving. Where we once had the energy, enthusiasm, discipline, and time to enjoy and appreciate your amazing Let’s Plays, most of us now are weaker, burdened, and dare I say it, selfish. We now would rather your LP’s be a happy memory than watch them. We have been coddled by the changing landscape to prefer an easy handheld tour through a scripted video rather than go on an adventure through a game we may or may not like. It pains me to say all of this, Clement. I feel horrible having changed so much to your detriment despite you remaining the same Great Clement, having only changed for the better if anything. I’m sorry, Clement. We love you, brother, and again, thank you. I think I’ll go catch up on your Let’s Plays now and start returning the favor. If anyone here reading this is a real one, you would do the same.
EDIT/DISCLAIMER: After a quick look at the channel, I can confirm that I only recently “fell off” at Luigi’s Mansion because I didn’t want to spoil the game for myself. I doubt my one-viewership would have been enough to change Clement’s mind on the whole thing, much less Steambot Chronicles, but that will never change the fact that Clement’s LP’s (all of his content actually) are an absolute joy, and that we should all be ashamed of ourselves. This man is a treasure and he never deserved to flop. Godspeed, Clement. You will never not be Great.
I'll be honest Clement, I am interested in your thoughts and opinions, and I like your personality. But I'll admit, I only watch your videos on topics that interest me. I like hearing your opinions on games and topics and do find them interesting, and I personally don't have any problem with the let's play format, but if the games/topics you cover don't interest me, then I won't be watching. When you cover things that you like, but are obscure, then unless I know of it, like it myself, or find something interesting about what you're covering, I won't click on the video. Steambot chronicles didn't interest me enough to click on those videos. I don't know if others here feel the same, but that's just how I feel.
I honestly don't think it's because of you. The problem probably lies with two things: 1) Bigger franchises just get bigger viewcounts. It's sadly how it is. It's the thing that really annoys me as well because I've been following a youtuber called totally not mark, and he's been reviewing Berserk, my absolute favorite Manga. And that stuff barely gets over 100k most of the time while all his other stuff like One Piece and Dragonball gets 300k AT LEAST. It's annoying, but sadly it cannot be really changed. 2) Let's plays like yours really aren't a thing anymore. And normally, you would think that makes you unique and gives you something to stand out, but that's not how youtube works. Only the popular thing gets the views. The quality of your let's plays has always been high specifically because of your knowledge and your sense of humor. However, most people wanting to see let's plays nowadays just want some random people playing it "live" while making jokes. I also just think most people don't have the attention to sit through a let's play like that. They always want highlights, which is why the whole game reviewer thing takes off so much. With your FF retrospective, you went roughly the same route, and it shows in the numbers. Either way, I am hyped to see more of your future videos. Goodbye, Let's Plays. Keep pushing forward, Clement.
Also i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of his subscribers are dead accounts (he did brought up in this video) since he's been making videos since 2008. I have noticed this in several channels i'm subscribed to, a big discrepancy between subscribers and the views the videos get. SomecallmeJohnny also kind of gets this, with him having 400k subcribers and yet his videos don't get half of that unless it's Sonic (and even his recent Sonic videos don't have 400k views).
2) really hurts but is true. There's basically Chuggaconroy and a few other people w/ 500+ subs that can be counted . But everyone else moved on to streaming, and I can't blame them. Less scripting, more audience interaction (for better or worse), donations, and an extra youtube kickback simply involves a highlights reel or some slight editing down. The game's changed.
@@okagron Yes, and no. Yes, to some extent many people who sub never unsub themselves. there may be people who haven't clicked on Clement's video in a decade but are subbed because they can't be bothered to unsub. But Google does occasionally do a small purge of removing spam or automatically unsubbing super inactive accounts. And I think there was a huge, global subscriber dip some years back. So there's less "dead" accounts than you think, but still many ones who may not even remmber they subbed to Clement.
It's also just market saturation, there's so much content I want to consume being produced every day and not enough time to get through it so a lot of other channels I'm subscribed too just get kinda buried and it's not because I don't wanna watch them it's just that there's too much to get through.
It's funny to think that the golden age of Let's Playing was when RUclips was a less popular, more functional platform with a 10 minute time limit and a 5 star rating system. I've been experimenting with my own LP's with underwhelming results, even having big name RUclipsrs like Chuggaaconroy helping me with DS and 3DS editing. I don't know when but I'm probably gonna wipe the slate clean and start anew someday.
A sad day indeed. I remember first finding your let’s plays of the Sonic Series and then finding Brainscratch Comms through your collab on the ‘06 commentary. Been a wild ride. Gonna miss your let’s plays man.
same this was how I found clement sonic , sonic 06 was funny as hell, and Johnny and clement verseing each other in sonic generations was halarious as well I enjoyed the skits you did, your great looking forward to your new content.
Clement, thanks for all the Let's Plays. I've tuned in when I first discovered your MegaMan 10 let's plays back in 2013, and I've been watching them ever since.
Been with ya since '08, dude. Do what ya gotta do and I'll be with ya more! You are THE great Clement. I can hear the passion and since this is a bit of an oversaturated market, it's hard to stand out. But, ya always entertained and brought awesome insight to everything you've done. Keep being great and enjoy this freedom!
I know I can't speak for everyone but... I always appreciated your commentary, humour, etc. But that isn't enough for me to watch a let's play if it's not behind a game I know or at least have heard of (it's what makes me care about a game). That's what made me stop watching your videos. It never came to my mind that you as a content creator are boring or anything like that. You could just increase the views by making let's plays of more popupar games, but I do think focusing on scripted videos will be a fresh new start.
That's the issue though, he didn't wanna just do popular stuff. He did enough with MegaMan and Sonic, he wanted to shed light on the lesser known stuff he personally enjoyed that not a lot if any ppl covered. But to see such a small percentage of your viewers is willing to sit through any of it can be a gut punch even if you can understand why. Ppl feel lame whenever they recommend a less popular game to just their circle of friends but none of them show interest or care, imagine that feeling magnified by trying to show over a 100k ppl a thing you like and having to put in a lot of time and effort to present it. I guess he can still do it in the scripted format as single videos like he mentioned but it is sad to hear he had to go through that
It’s a shame to see the end of these but I understand, and I hope your next step goes well, but I really hope you don’t delete your old let’s plays, I love them. I always thought steambot looked really cool but I didn’t start it since I’m very ADHD and I need to be in the right mindset before I get started watching something. *EDIT:* Oh good, you said you will keep the old videos, I’m glad.
Honestly, the "Let's play" format was dwindling since livestreams began to become a thing, people are no longer intetested in pre-recorded commentated playthrough, they want to see these players playing games LIVE. I'm glad you are going to pursue the content you want to do, that's the only way I can see people being happy on YT since the monetizing conditions for new channels are a thorn.
Well that, and Let's Plays are often times a rush to put gameplay vids for newer games, which can lead to content burnout. That and older games, unless they're pop culture juggernauts like RE4, tend to be cast aside in terms of viewership. I mean my Final Fantasy 1 NES let's play is a sign of that... I've all but abandoned it, though college has had some part to play in that.
You mean kids want to watch it live. As for me someone who is already in his mid 20's i cant imagine watching some guy every day live for 10 hours reading all his donations etc. Its just a masive waste of time no matter how much i like the person doing it.
@@HandheldGamer1991 that's kind of my thing. I'll watch a full lets play, but don't really like watching streams. I'll sometimes watch a recording of a stream, but at least with that I can pause or fast forward. I don't have to watch for 8 hours straight.
I think I’ve been watching you for over 10 years. You introduced me to Megaman and all of these let’s plays left a huge mark on my life. Thank you to all these amazing years Clement!
I'm sorry to hear that your creative outlet has been so painful for you recently, and I'm glad you are taking a step towards reclaiming your joy. Your LPs were always the gold standard for me, and I learned so much about classic platformers I loved or never got to play: Banjo-Kazooie, Luigi's Mansion, Goemon, Castlevania 4, and of course the two blue boys too! Your playthrough of the Mega Man Zero series will always have a special place in my heart, and you really inspired me to tackle harder games like them. Thank you for your hard work, Clement - I hope your new projects succeed, and wish you all the best!
I'll be honest, you could have just summed up this video with: "I don't enjoy making let's plays anymore so I'm moving on to something else." I got the impression that you cared too much about views and then tried to guilt your audience for not watching. People just don't have that kind of time for 15+ hours of videos of someone playing a game (no matter how good the production is), and I think that is completely fine. It was like saying: "I spend all this time making this content, why aren't you watching it all?" If you enjoyed making let's plays, then the lack of views shouldn't even concern you. No one was forcing you to keep up a tight schedule of 3 videos per week. I'm not sure if this is your full time job, but if it's just a hobby then you turned it into a depressing chore for no real reason. No hard feelings toward you but this how I interpreted this.
I felt as if he was coming off very passive aggressive towards the lack of people watching him play games that, frankly, doesn’t interest a crowd that comes for say Sonic let’s plays. To say that his viewers “don’t watch for him” is utter donkey arse; Clement’s been the only let’s player that I’ve come back to on momentous occasions to watch him play Sonic games. Am I watching for him? Yes, I like hearing his commentary on the game. Am I watching for the game? Also yes, I like watching video games I’m interested in. Very well thought out comment though, I feel as if you hit it right on the mark as to what I interpreted from this video too.
It's a soft shame that you're ending this. I came from Megaman and Sonic, stayed for your humor. I'm happy to see you decided on what you did. See you next time Clement. Toodles!
Yeah the way RUclips works now if you want to do let’s plays your either need to play the latest meme game, be a comedy duo, or have gotten a few million subscribers pre 2013 Personally speaking I always found the Final Fantasy retrospective and the Sonic 06 review more interesting than the let’s plays. Here’s to a brighter future
Gonna be real with you, Clement. I didn't come here to watch your Megaman content or whatever was demanded of you. I learned of you from collaborations you made with content creators I had watched at the time and I found your personality and commentary incredibly amusing. Your earnest endearment to playing oldschool games or just games your passionate with were such a huge appeal. You are genuinely a fascinating and entertaining person, however as much of a pleasure it is to watch you on screen and talk about stuff... I feel overwhelemed having to keep up with Let's Plays that span over 20-30 minutes or 40+ parts. I've stopped watching Let's Plays in general as growing up I found that you don't quite have the free time on my hands that I used to have. There are so many things I'd like to get to than to set myself to watch something that would eventually feel like an obligation. I've felt the same way with other Let's Play channels I adore to watch and it sucks I can't give them the attention I once used to. However your videos about "Clement Remembers" were a stroke of genius as not only could you go in depth about the game and the wonderful experiences you had with them, it felt like something that was friendly and approachable to consume with my time. It gave me a feeling that I could be done with the video and feel satisfied without having that feeling of leaving something unfinished. I feel as a content creator, you have the potential to become a grand entertainer. Your mix of informative and passionate commentary is incredibly appealing. I just feel you need to find a formula in which you can use this trait in an effective manner in which people would be able to enjoy in bite sized, consumable spurts. It's a bit of a meme response, but... "20-30 videos that are 20-40 parts? Nuh-uh. A 1-2 hour video/podcast about one particular game/topic? I got time." Don't ever doubt yourself as a person as you are not a failure or anything the like. I hope to see you continue to grow both as a prosperous content creator, and most importantly, a person. I look forward to seeing more of the content you create, but please also give yourself the time of day to have a life you can enjoy with friends and family as well!
I love this comment because it's true. Getting older and having other priorities changes things. You don't stop loving things but you do have to choose what to do with your time. I actually think the scripted content will be better for people like me, that want to see what you have to say but don't have 20 hours to consume it all.
People just don’t want to watch something they don’t know about or aren’t interested in, which is unfortunately at odds with your desire for showing off obscure games. If people don’t know what you’re let’s playing you need to catch their interest with things like the video title and thumbnail to still get them to watch, however you don’t try to do clickbait of any level so of course no one is going to watch those let’s plays. It has nothing to do with people not liking you, a lot of people just have to be interested in both the game and the let’s player to watch a video. You honestly kinda just screwed yourself over. The same will carry over to your scripted videos. Final fantasy is well known and liked so people will already be interested in those videos, but try a scripted video on steambot chronicles and make no effort to make the title and thumbnail enticing and the same thing will happen as with your let’s plays
You're taking it a bit too personal. I mean people watch you because of entertainment value. You as a person, we won't really actually get to know. While it is important to put a personal touch to your content, your personality is embedded in the content itself. You wrote the scripts and made the montages. All the editing, the jokes etc... If people didn't want to see "you", they wouldn't have watched your videos to begin with.
Honestly, I'd been noticing a decline of views that most of my favorite content creators has been suffering through... BSC, you, SGB, Runaway Guys, and etc It's been depressing because you guys upload nonstop for the last 11 Years and have a large subscriber base.. I love you though Clement!
I think Let's Plays as a video genre have kinda died off, people just don't want to sit through a 20-50 part video series anymore I've got 130 parts of Chugga's Xenoblade Chronicles 2 LP to watch and I just can't find time to watch all that content
@@IronBahamut That's pretty true, I'd been meaning to check out Chugga's Xenoblade 2 LP... But I don't have the will power to watch it entirely until it's fully completed.
people dont have patience for 30 parts when twitch gives out hours and hours of trash. Twitch is almost like cable for kids. never ending hours and hours of garb
I've always like 10 to 40 minute videos about a certain part of the game as supposed to a live stream of a game... Now if the stream of a game is something that can be beaten in like 2 hrs I wouldn't mind. But sometimes I find 8 hours streams I can't reasonably watch all in one sitting. I keep up with LPs better.
Sad to see let’s plays go. They helped me a lot during some hard times back in college. I remember even messaging you here on RUclips (back when that was a thing) to thank you for the content and you responded and I was so stoked that you had actually read my message that I ran to my girlfriend at the time to tell her. I’ve watched your Banjo-Kazooie videos more than I can count, and I will continue doing so! Glad you’re leaning towards content you want to make, and I’m excited to see what’s to come.
Let me first start by saying: The RUclips thing is tough and I really think it's something that you shouldn't tie your self worth towards especially with the relatively bad views you were getting with your recent Let's Plays. The internet is huge now, gaming is huge, so many other content creators out there, etc. etc. The sad truth is that even most dedicated fans simply don't have the interest or don't have the time to watch obscure and old games they've never heard about. I have a lot of different creators I would say I'm a fan of, but if they're making a video on something I'm simply not interested about, I'm not gonna watch it. There's so little time now, I have other hobbies too, there are other content creators, etc. etc. So you really shouldn't it's because the quality of your content is bad and that's why the views is bad, it's just the reality that people aren't very interested in watching full, hour-long playthroughs of obscure games. So I hope you don't take it as a "you" thing and tie your self worth to it. My honest advice if you're willing to listen to it would be to try and strike a balance between making videos that are "good for the algorithm" and making videos that are your passion projects. Good for the algorithm probably means making commentaries/gameplay clips/reviews/etc/etc of more modern, hot and fresh new games. I know that's not your style but maybe there are modern games that you genuinely enjoy and are willing to make content for. This is the way you can bring in a new wave of audience who can get to know you and find you interesting and like you enough that they can start to give even your retrospectives on old, obscure games a try. I'm not saying you should only make videos about what's hot and trending, nor should you force yourself to make videos on games you genuinely dislike or don't have fun with. Maybe do it 1:1, one "trendy" video and then one "passion" video, and then keep alternating, vary the ratio, etc. etc.
Personally, I haven't been actively following any LPs or commentaries in a while, but I do go back and watch completed playlists after they're done. As long as you're moving on to something you love, I say go for it.
That's what I do I wait to the playthrough is finished then I save it then I save the Playlist Even if it even if it's a person I sub too I wait to the is finished
As long as we're still getting Clement, I'm happy. And if Clement is happy, even better. I did discover your channel for MegaMan content, and your let's plays are really some of the most well produce LP on RUclips, but that was years ago, and RUclips has really changed. There is just so much stuff now. Watching someone, even a creator you like, play some game you don't especially care for? "I might get to it later", and then the episodes start to add up and it turns into a bigger time investment, "I'll just wait for the next let's play". Not only are your scripted videos usually of higher quality, but they are just much more digestible; Even the really long ones, like the Sonic 06 review, which is easily my favorite, is easier to pick up and get in to. I still think it would be cool for you to cover obscure games, but maybe in a shorter format? I rarely comment, kinda hard to in a second language, but this is the type of video that feels more important to give feedback to. Big decisions are pretty hard, but I think this should be a fun hobby, rather than something that can weight on you, so I think this is also a smart change to make. Looking forward to future videos.
Let's Play has been a dead format as it is. When you do it on games that no one knows or cares about, no one's going to discover it and find it. If you want to play random obscure gems, do it on Twitch. Learn to be a live entertainer. Then people will come to see you for you, rather than see you for the game you're playing and you can play anything you could ever want. Create reviews and videos like your Final Fantasy ones to build up a RUclips following and then bring them over to your Twitch where you play anything you want.
I will miss your let’s plays but I get why your quitting let’s plays I will still stick around for your future content exited to see your new content my man your funny and cool and entertaining as hell my man keep your head up my man also my first let’s play I watch was the mega man legends series and the og mega man and the x series you actually helped me beat the legends series
To be fair, like you said, lets plays take a lot of time out of people, especially post commentary. I'm surprised there are people out there trying so hard with their lets plays, despite they don't even have 200 subscribers. In other words, people with less than 1K subs are making lets plays for free.
Clement, you've been at this for much longer than I personally had exposure to RUclips's "secrets". The fact of the matter is, you should just do what you enjoy doing. Views will come and go, but as long as you do what you enjoy doing, it will not bother you. From the way you describe your experience with Steambot Chronicles, it sounds like you were not particularly enjoying that and it is great that you have decided to move onto things that you will enjoy! However, and that is a big however, the way you phrased yourself is a bit concerning. Not talking about the 5 stages of grief portions, I understand it was a skit and is not to be taken as this "You don't appreciate what I do" thing. However the way you talk about at the ending, how you want to talk about very specific stuff, as in "niche" content. Afterall, all of us creators are at the mercy of "the Algorithm" and while that description is the joke aspect of it, in reality, we are just at the mercy of the interests of our audiences and that is a reality we all need to accept. A lot of people on my channel are there for my Sonic content. Even more people are there for my Sword Art Online content. They are there, explicitly for me. Because they want to hear what I have to say... What I have to say on these specific series that is. Whenever I make different content that I enjoy, I just gotta deal with the fact that I am attempting something 95% of my audience do not have an existing interest in. As long as I do what's fun for me, it doesn't matter whether I get 5% of the views I get, despite putting more effort, because I already had my fun. The same reason why I started RUclips. I was just having fun playing games and uploading them on my channel, didn't care if anybody at all watched it. At a certain size, the RUclips process just wires your brain into thinking in metrics and to always do above a certain standard, but it doesn't tell you the reality of RUclips. The reality is that my audience cares for the combinations of "Gamerturk, Sonic, Sword Art Online". They do not care for the combinations of "Gamerturk, any anime series, any gaming series, any movie series, anything that is not Sonic or SAO". As a friendly advice, do not go into pivoting towards different topics, expecting you will have the same performance. If you are doing what you are having fun, that will not matter anyways. But if its just an attempt at recapturing an old success, by doing something else, know that it is not possible. Not saying it will not be a success, know that if it ever does happen, it will be a new success because you managed to reach a different audience than the established one you got here. Sadly, at the end, that is how the audience and recommendations systems work on RUclips, because that is how us, humans work. We have specific sets of preferences and we simply don't even give it a chance unless certain combinations are met. Being Gamerturk or Clement or Roger (Hi Roger, great to see you here!) is simply not enough. 95% of my audience is not here *solely* for me, 95% of yours is not here *solely* for you, 95% of Roger's is not there *solely* for him. We just gotta accept that fact and make a decision between having an efficient view machine or doing what we enjoy doing.
You are still the most subscribed channel I know that still has less max views than my own channel. Your videos have less rewatch value than mine. I hope you leave your old let’s plays your though even though you won’t make anymore.
I'm grateful for all the great videos you've put out. The Mega Man X6 rantfest, the Sonic 06 videos, I got to know Brainscratchcomms thanks to you, and a whole lot more, and became comfortable speaking English. Watching your content has had a lot to do with that.
Hey there Clement, for the most part of my childchood, i was always watching your Megaman and Sonic playthroughs and it's been a blast watching you. From there on, i've branched out to other "obscure" let's play of yours and i loved every seconds of it. So what i'm trying to say is that i still support you and i'm looking forward to your new videos. Thank you so much for everything, the great Clement.
You've always made the best let's plays imo, and we all appreciate the amount of effort you put into them, it always showed. But I'm looking forward to the future of the channel and wish you the best :)
It's certainly an end of an era. I'm willing to watch and support what other projects you do! I've been here since close to the beginning and I'm still here to stay
This is all very true. When Let’s Plays bomb, they bomb hard. It’s pretty risky to play any obscure game, and often a bad idea to play rpg games in general unfortunately. Also I’ve pretty much been a dead subscriber for a long time. I used to watch all of your videos and I think sometime after Tron Bonnie I stopped watching most LP content for years and got into watching movies and stuff. Coming back I’m a bit surprised at the audio quality - I imagine it’s harder for new viewers to get into this content when a lot of LPs have butter-smooth quality now. I’m sure people recommend the Blue Yeti but that mic sucks in terms of build quality - Audio Technica makes much better mics imo.
I am sorry to see you being done with Let's Play's though I will admit as a fan I had been too busy to really watch daily and keep up. I normally just watch Let's Play series when they are done so I can binge while working, which... Is detrimental to the LPer. But I hope to see what happens next with this channel!
11:30 Damn, I first heard of you via SomecallmeJohhny in his Sonic Generations video from back in the day (and his own Final Fantasy Retrospective). Once upon a time a watched stuff like the Game Grumps and the like, but I currently don't posses the time (and THE INTERNET until recently) to watch things like that. I was stuck downloading essays and reviews of whatever catched my eye on youtube at some crusty 240p on my phone. Im subbing my dude, your videos on the Final Fantasy series are great! Good luck.
Yeah I stopped watching in 2019 as I was losing interst in Let’s Plays a whole. I had gotten busier with life so I couldn’t deal with piece by piece content anymore and overall found myself gravetatijng more towards analysists. I used to be subscribed to dozens of Let’s Players but now I only watch 4 (Chuggaconroy, The Runaway Guys, Lucahjin and NicoB) and even then I only watch playthoughs of games that interst me. I haven’t watched Chugga in over a year as Xenoblade 2 seems like too big of a time sink. I abandoned my old account last year when I realized I was subscribed to over 600 channels but made sure to occasionally come back here to check of Final Fantasy. I’d be all for you doing scripted content for now on. As looking back my favorite Sonic videos weren’t the Let’s Plays they were the “Let’s look at” videos like Sonic Chroniclss or Sega Superstars
I know I'm really late to the game on this, but... The RUclips algorithm really is crap. Granted, a lot of this is from the viewer side and not the creator side (I have a bunch of let's play videos up, but having run my channel for under a year, I never got traction on getting a lot of viewers) - but right around when you'd noticed that your viewership dropped off, I noticed that a lot of creators that I watched - even ones that I go out of my way to watch every single day - simply did not show up in my feed any more. It would not be uncommon that I would have to manually search for my favorite creators - even ones that I've subscribed to and have notifications turned on for. So, just because you feel like it's bargaining and making excuses doesn't mean that the thing that you're blaming the issues on isn't a legitimate issue that is causing problems for both creators and viewers. Other than that... You feel like doing LPs is holding you back from doing what you want to do? That's fine - you have something you're passionate about and want to move forward on, and you should feel free to put your time and energy toward what you feel most passionate about. If that means leaving LPs behind, then that's what you should do. As much as I love watching LPs, if you feel they're holding you back, don't do them - it's as simple as that.
Hey, clement. Since your no longer doing lets plays, what’s your thoughts on the D series? D, Enemy zero, D2. I personally feel like they are they obscure horror games that not nearly enough people have played.
Your let's plays are the only reason I'm not absolute garbage at the Mega Man X games and Sonic Adventure 2, now I'm just about mediocre at them. Thanks to you, I even put myself through the absolute hell of Mega Man X6 and get enough nightmare souls for X and Zero to equip the max number of items and rescue all the reploids, and made myself finish Sonic 06. I prefer to watch let's plays when they're completed, so I mainly wait for that.
Watching this I kind of feel guilty because I never gave your other games a chance. I'm someone who sticks to what I know and what I've played as a kid or stuff I'd like to play but am too afraid to (legit any horror game). My tastes have changed over the years and I admit I love your sonic and megaman playthroughs and have watched them a few times. As I get older I watch less and less from the let's play department as a whole and watch more reruns or replays that I've watched before. I've watched banjo kazooie, punch out is probably one of my favorites from you, and star fox is a goodie. MMPR is a game I played the heck out of on the game boy and is one of those gems. I'll miss your content but I'll keep subbed because I'll be like "Man I miss that guy ya know...the great clement!" and I'll stick with what I'm familiar with. And I'll love it just the same as the first time I watched it! I hope to sit down someday and watch your video essays and hopefully enjoy them. Take good care of yourself and good luck in whatever endeavors you take on!
It's been a super crazy, wild and awesome ride. Thank you so much for ALL of your let's plays, Clement! Looking forward to what the future holds for you and your channel!
To be honest I’ve been around since the megaman days. I thought you stopped uploading years ago because I never saw a video of yours pop up. Then yesterday I got you talking about final fantasy. I thought it was weird that was a single non let’s play video. I watched a few and today I browse through your channel and see this video. That explains a lot. The algorithm definitely fucked you but I’m glad to know you’re still around. Been a follower for years and will continue to do so
Let's plays have officially reached the end. It's always a shame to see something enjoyable go but as all good things, it had to come to an end. Thank you for all the years of content regarding let's plays Clement. I will look forward to the kind of content you're comfortable with making and enjoy it all the same.
You’re pretty much one of the last “Let’s Player’s” on the platform outside of content creators with over millions of subscribers. The genre is now non existent and it’s about streaming gaming videos, or review/retrospectives for gaming content if want to be diverse.
As someone who has also made content on RUclips, this is extremely relatable. I have over 600 subscribers on my channel, yet despite that, most of the content I produced had been ignored, even when I attempted to improve it and promote it on my social media. It's either RUclips's algorithm or my subscribers choosing not to click on them. But you're one of the few youtubers who had inspired me to do RUclips and your Let's Plays on the Sonic and Mega Man games were really fun and entertaining to watch. I'm a little sad that you're ending playthroughs but I understand you want to do what's rightfully best. Good luck on your future scripted content, man! 😁👍
The reason why I think most of us didn't watch the let's plays is because of how much time it took from us. We can sit down and watch a 2 hour long video from you for sure, but an entire let's play essentially means we're putting aside the time it would take to play through our own game. All it was was a lack of time. Nothing against you at all Clement. But I am very excited to see all the scripted content, since I'll have time to watch those
It's part of being a creator. View decay and changing times. Hard work not getting acknowledgement. The evils of trying to go pro. For what it's worth I enjoyed all your stuff. I still believe let's plays, challenge runs, and analysis videos are king. The rest is just garbage. Unfortunately RUclips is pushing this RUclips shorts BS. If you're not doing it you don't get promoted. RUclips wants everyone to have the attention span of a gopher like all the TikTok people. It's super sad. Some RUclipsrs really don't want to create that garbage but have to if they want to be promoted. Up yours RUclips. Change can be dangerous. You need to ask what your community is founded on and what direction you're heading too. I'm going to talk about two RUclipsrs I watched and loved. Two RUclipsrs who are walking a path leading them to ruin. I will not be naming them. It'd be a disservice to them. One used to be a fun loving guy. Just played random stuff with his two friends. They do complete these projects, however. It was beyond hilarious and everyone was having a good time. He then switched to solely covering one mobile game. The hilarity left and the audience was left empty. He got a new following but the old following left. Unfortunately this decision led to his channel being basically dead now. Another guy used to be a juggernaut of RUclips. Incredible anime analysis videos with random shenanigans too. Dood was on top of the world. He's left anime analysis and his shenanigan videos are rare to see. He's become one of those trashy reaction RUclipsrs like MxR plays. A channel with 2m subs can't even get more than 10k views a video. That's brutal. Change can be good but can also be a horrible mistake. Think hard on what you want to do and regret nothing if it fails. Best of luck to ya.
"its an obscure atlus ps2 game"... you kind of explained why it didnt perform well right there. its a mix of your personality and the games you play being relevant.
I'm more megaman guy than this guy but whatever. This video shows why subscriptions don't mean much of anything. I knew he would eventually leave the let's play scene since let's plays are sadly not as popular anymore. he should however enter the livestreaming scene in my opinion. Or maybe even the Vtuber scene XD
Hey. It works for KingK and Liam Triforce. I like their content. Now since you switched the format tho. That means you gotta do Let's play of Sonic 06'
It's been a blast, Clement. Thanks for all the memories you've provided over the years. I discovered you through your LPs of the Sonic Game Gear games as you were the only one who seemed to have uploaded full playthroughs of them at the time. I came for the gameplay footage, stayed for your great commentary and charisma, and have been following you since. And I will continue to do so as your video essays are fantastic and the natural step forward.
Was a subscriber for years but stopped watching honestly cause let's play is just an ancient thing that people grew out of. Love it or hate it, it's part of RUclips history but it's pretty dead now.
That title was a shock if I’ve ever seen one. But honestly, hearing your reasons it makes a lot of sense. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us from beyond this point.
Rip his LPs. I personally prefer the on demand nature of LPs over streams and the sort because I can get to them when I get to them. As for his content going in a new direction, it was bound to happen and it can only go up from here.
hey clement, just wanted to say, you've been a massive inspiration to me since forever. first of all, it feels weird and it probably feels weird to read, i've been watching your videos since i was like, six. mainly your megaman videos as i myself owned megaman x on snes. i didn't own any of the other megaman games, and while i would eventually get around to playing the rest of them, i experienced them first on this channel. as time went on i eventually decided to make my own youtube channel, starting with my (at the time) favorite game of megaman x. i did x2 but then moved on to doing the whole zero series instead (zero 2 is now my favorite megaman game). hugely inspired by your format, and at one time thought of myself as competition... and looking back, i think my gameplay was pretty good for megaman, and my commentary was pretty good too (even if i might have shamefully stolen some of your jokes) like you now though, leaving the lets play scene is so rewarding, since i finished zero 4, started shadow of the colossus, and nobody wanted to watch it. so i quit. since then, i've still been on youtube, making short films and animations and reviews and things, which has been so much rewarding for me. i can't wait for what you come up with next, and i will admit that watching scripted content has been priority over lets plays in the last few years, which feeds into my excitement even more, stay alive man!
Its incredibly fitting that i did my first job interview yesterday after i’ve been watching you for years since i was a kid. I’m entering a new era and phase of my life when you’re moving onto a new one. You were my first favorite youtuber, thank you for all the memories ✌🏾
I see that your video future will look great im a fan of you and the videos and commentary you do make me happy and smile im looking forward to your fun ideas The Great Clement, from your fan Kauecrash.
I think my issue was that I started branching out to other lpers for certain games and ended up not purposely I add leaving the older ones in the dust I feel bad about it but I have so many I’m subbed to it’s difficult to keep up with them wonder if anyone else has this problem
8k, 2K views? Dude most RUclipsrs dream of those views. If you don’t like making let’s plays, that’s understandable but don’t act like 2K or 8K views are so terrible. If views were what I payed attention to I’d stop making videos years ago but I didn’t stop making videos because of views. I stopped because I didn’t want to make them anymore, so I understand why you’re quitting.
Honestly. I've had a few moments the last few years where I've thought the thought "Oh shoot I should watch some Clement, he's got all these new letsplays. These games look super quirky, and I really miss that dude's commentary." Back in the day I loved your videos because of your take on the format. You and Chugga were the two kings of the hill for me, and it was a treat every time you uploaded. I even drew you fanart back in the day (it meant the world when you thanked me for it), but I don't have that middle school internet kid time anymore. Work, and the ever restricting social calendar just don't lend me the time to catch up on multiple 30 minute episodes a week, and once I'm behind, the que just keeps getting longer. A whole let's play can be the equivalent of two Seasons of TV, and I can't even seem to find the time for the shows my friends want me to watch. About your audience, I would disagree with you directly. You did find an audience that was there for you, but the format of your content didn't grow with us. I think the format change is going to really help. I'm honestly jazzed to hear that you're going to be making more digestible videos. I think the great performance of your FF videos is proof that we're here and waiting for you Clement, so take your time, but also you can't get these new videos to us fast enough!
If it's any consolation, Clement. You've made some of my favorite Let's Play videos I've seen and I routinely go back and listen to your Sonic videos while I'm working because your commentary in them were both humorous and informative. Some other standouts to me were your playthrough of Banjo Kazooie and Goemon 64 because I have nostalgic bias for them and Megaman X6 for obvious reasons. It's a pity you're going to be quitting the scene since you're one of the first Let's Players that I subscribed to. But it's understandable. I've gotten burnt out on a lot of things as well over the years. Nothing is stopping you picking it back up if you reconsider though. Good luck with whatever thing you decide to do next.
His X6 let's play is still one of my favorites on the platform because it's him getting more and more pissed off with the game with each part.
Aren't you that racist anti BLM guy?
Oh hi mark! Gave you a few on kofi, hope your roof troubles go smoothly.
Yeah wait until he try the Mega Man X challenge volume 1 and 2 facing two Mavericks instead of one.
@@JCOdrjones This isn't the place.
Hey, man! I've been watching you since I was around 10 or 11.
This video hit me in a personal spot since I went through this a year ago; changing your content because you're essentially hitting a ceiling and/or not doing the numbers you wanna see. However, you have an extremely amazing personality, and I would love to see scripted videos from you. You're one of the most respectable creators on this platform and I couldn't be happier that you're moving on to brighter pastures. Keep moving, man, and never stop
I'd never thought I'd see the day where I'd see a Dumbsville comment on the Great Clement
I feel it. :D
Sellouts
Very excited to see more scripted content from you! Glad to hear you're pursuing stuff that you want to do!
Woah another content creator I’ve watched commenting on another content creator I watch. So this is what it feels like. This is wild. Also I think your stuff is cool, but you do a lot of stuff and I can’t keep up. Sorry.
Yeah I prefer content creators doing stuff they enjoy, because even if most of the world finds it boring, their energy and excitement for what they're talking about just makes the content that much better and more enjoyable to watch.
Too bad he had to bitch and moan about how his audience is terrible for not watching his last LP.
@@agreedboarart3188 grow up
it's not 2009 anymore so it's okay to change your content things change
Looks like it’s the End of an Era. Glad to be around for it for as long as I did, and I can’t wait for what the future brings.
I watch Let's Plays when they're fiished. Came for the Megaman stayed for the personality. I never heard of steambot. I too am an adult at this point. It isn't that I had no interest. I am also trying to fix my life.
You were essencially one of the last "Let's Play" channels I still kept up with. I will say, I am very excited for the video essays as my youtube video tastes has changed into watching retrospectives, reviews and one off let's play videos these days. Watching your whole Sonic series was a blast and I can't wait for what you throw at us soon enough.
It's sad let's plays are done but they will always be remembered.
They shall go down in... great... legend. :P
it's true
Let's plays are a thing of the past now. Streaming games is the more viable option now, but R.I.P Let's plays though
Doing lets plays on obscure games was always going to result in low views. Most people watch lets plays to see other people's thoughts on their favourite games, if barely anyone played it in the first place then that's going to be a very small portion of your audience. It's not a coincidence that games with massive passionate fanbases are the lets plays that get the most views.
Well said. The goemon game for the N64 wasn't very well known over here in the States so it's not that surprising the views for it are low.
Yeah, don't know why he was surprised that Steambot got low views when i'm sure a lot of people only find out about the game when he started to do a let's play on it. This is why a lot of let's players do playthroughs on well known games, you get much more of an audience if people have prior history with the game.
Also, subscriber numbers don't mean much. Some of the 130,000 subscribers may have subscribed a decade ago, accounts are dead etc.
This was a good arc. Sorry to say, I was not particularly drawn to the latest let’s play. It just wasn’t my thing. Have a great time with whatever is next Clement. May you always be GREAT.
Wow, that’s a lotta likes. STOP IT!!! 😅👍🏻 Thx. On a more serious note, The GREAT Clement was actually the first youtuber I ever subscribed to, AND the first let’s play I ever saw was his playthrough of Megaman 2. Classic 🥰👍🏻
Well said man. I remember the first Let’s play of his I watched was Mega Man Zero.
Honestly I felt the same way, I have so many youtubers I could watch and whenever there was a dry spout I completely forgot about clement heck even rn It's daunting to watch Chugga as rn he's so deep into xenoblade 2.
Well said. I wasn't interested in it, so I didn't watch it. I feel kinda bad now, because I never wanted him to leave Let's Plays. I haven't watched Let's Plays that I didn't care for. Such as I love watching Chuggaaconroy, but I didn't watch his Xenoblade Chronicles playthroughs because I am not interested in those games.
@@bebopknux5857 Sad part is if you aren't interested in Xenoblade, too bad cause there's basically a year's worth of videos OR MORE in those lengthy JRPGs lmao. I think that really shows how Lets Plays have died over the years. Back when watching people play games was a novelty and new and cool, you cared far less about what you were watching. But as you grow up and time is more valuable, you just want the content you know and love and it's way less appealing to take chances on stuff you don't care for already.
As I've gotten older, it's been harder and harder to dedicate time to a long running video series. I've been meaning to catch up on Steambot, but I cannot blame you for putting Let's Plays to rest. I'm looking forward to the scripted content!
Take care Clement, we'll always appreciate you for the work you've done! I'll never forget your Sonic or Mega Man Let's plays. Those will always be my childhood!
Take care!
Edit: I feel like I need to add this
I always watched these let's plays not just for Sonic or Mega Man, but also because of the amazing commentary you provided. You're a legend, and you always will be
Stay great Clement
It's been a fun ride, good sir. Granted, I wasn't too interested in Steambot, I think the last LP I watched of yours that wasn't Sonic related was Double Switch. I think the problem with Let's Plays is that it's a massive commitment to get through a game longer than 7 or 8 parts. That's a lot to go through. As someone who has been on RUclips as long as you, I've always had a firm belief that the best video projects are those you're most passionate about. If you feel most happy doing video essays on why you love a game, that's the way to go, and you have my support from here.
It's better to take your time with one video and pour your heart into it than do several quick videos you're not fully committed to.
I do feel bad for not keeping up with the channel, as someone who found you back in College because of your Mega Man play throughs.
I hope you find success in your scripted content!
(after the video)
Eggman Plushie: "So that's it then? The Let's Play ends just like that because of a burnout. Son of a bitch! I was looking forward to the 30th anniversary Sonic game playthrough. Well, we would be getting it if it wasn't for this stupid coronavirus. Oh well, until we meet again!"
But jokes aside, thank you for nearly two decades worth of gaming content, Great Clement. You earn yourself a big break. I'm looking forward towards the future.
Yeah, RUclips's hard to understand with the number of subscribers and the viewcounts.
It's all over the place with me too, getting 3% or 300% of my subscribers to watch the same kind of content depending on weird factors.
Don't worry too much about it and just make what you want to make, which you are going to do now, so right on.
As for me not watching Steambot Chronicles yet, I tend to wait till the entire run of let'splays is done so I can binge them all in one go.
If that helps.
Lol same here. I wait till brainscratch has finished a playthrough. God knows I waited forever for FF7 remake to be done.
You shouldn't expect all of your subscribers to watch certain content if your content varies a lot. Especially with let's plays, there are certain games with are just not interesting to certain people no matter who is doing the let's play. With is reason why certian things are obscured other mainstream.
That does not help in the slightest, in fact thats the most damaging thing you can do to any creator. For comic book writers, we prefer if customers buy the issues rather than wait for the trades which could take a year
Yup, I got just under 250 subs, a lot of my vids get around 50-1000 views, but one of my vids has 116K views for some reason. RUclips is a weird place lmaoo
Same. I turn Let's Plays on for background noise while I'm doing something else and just keep track of what part I'm at, where in that part, etc. Now that Steambot is finished, I am looking forward to watching it.
Gonna be honest clem, the only reason why i came back to watch this video was because i remembered your full review of sonic '06 and then said:
"hey! Whats been of good old Clem?
"Hey! Im supposed to be subscribed to Clem, why am i unsub????"
"So Clem kept doing videos all this time??!!""
Fucking youtube, suddenly i noticed some old content creators i was subscribed are unsubbed and my question is why? This is beyond shadowbanning, its attempting against the desires of the youtuber to watch content of their favorite creator, and also noticed im subscribed to Fox and cnnlatam or whatever and some obscure local news channels from USA, what the actual fuck youtube (im very left and not even localized in US but in México)??? What is this meddling with my subs and algorithm, fuuuuuuuuuuck
Now i gotta write the names of my subs apart so that youtube doesnt scramble all my content to whatever it wishes
It doesn't help that youtube's format has pretty much alienated the very thing that made it popular. Sure, maybe it's not all attributed to the algorithm but its a major obstacle that has caused a major roadblock. If you're not late-night tv or putting mentos in your coke, the algorithm just doesn't favour you. I've been seeing it happen to all varieties of channels such as music, art, gaming etc. Watching your rumble Roses playthrough and the very little views it got showed me that the "let's play" formula is no longer going to be able to work in the battlefield of this new youtube compared to the previous area. Even Brainscratchcomms seems to be having this problem.
Needless to say, I started with your sonic and I'll always continue to watch your content even if I rarely comment.
It's really upsetting, I like his format and it's easier to find individual episodes on his channel but the algorithm really doesn't push those out on my sub feed so it feels like he's taken a break until something like this video shows up
@@ariesstar162 I know the feeling. I don't see his videos instantly so I'm surprised when I found out he uploaded a video ages ago upon first viewing. Even worse when my notifications system is all messed up (the bell system is completely broken for me).
I agree. RUclips is more in favor of being trendy. (Your CoDs and Fortnites and whatever have you.) More obscure games or some indie titles are hidden pretty deep.
I've been on RUclips for 15 years now, so I can safely say this: RUclips went downhill the second it became a career option. You do it primarily for money, the passion for each video is gonna suffer.
Fucking this, past the 3rd episode of steambot, i legitimately never saw a new one pop up in my feed.
Its a shame that this is how the site functions, where subs arent actualy subs and you have a chance of it even apearing in the first place
I frequently say you’re the best let’s player on RUclips. I always rolled my eyes when folks say game grumps is a “let’s play” when it’s two dudes just farting around when your content goes above and beyond in organization, gameplay tips, development history, talking about the music mid playthrough and sometimes muting your mic to just turn the jams up. The Eggman Easter egg in every video where a boss is called “egg” something. Then there’s the antichrist of let’s plays darksydephil. Complete polar opposite. Anyway, you’re the best clement. I hope you can be the one to rejuvenate game reviews back to the glory days.
its more entertaining to see people play/see a game blind, that's not the reason game grumps sucks
Not to mention they never finished any project. Game Grumps are funny but the incomplete work is a huge problem. Unfortunate.
Yeah, what it comes down to is that let's plays are not only a massive time investment to create, but also to watch. People such as myself who grew up on the Sonic and Mega-Man content you produced loved you because you were covering things that we also loved. Niche' material such as Steambot Chronicles might resonate well with some of your fans, but ultimately we have busy lives as well now, and a let's play series with an upper double digit video count on something we've never heard of is just not appealing or viable. That's why I am so glad you are self aware on this and willing to embrace the change to scripted content. Releasing a tight, thought provoking video on something that is 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even an hour long will resonate so much more with people simply because it's something that can captivate, entertain, and potentially even educate, while remaining comfortably at the bookend of any given day. Good luck to you and your future, Clement. I know I'll certainly be tuning in to see what you have to say.
This is basically everything I've been trying to say, but you said it better and nicer. ☺️
Honestly... yeah, I used to love those let's plays, and to a certain degree I still love older ones, but as you said. I'm older, I'm in college now about to move into Uni, and honestly scripted videos are just better because they're like podcasts in a way, somthing to put on and switch your brain off and just listen to.
Maybe I'm just reading it weirdly or getting an off vibe, or maybe I just felt more deeply the bit of the vid where Clement was talking about the depression phase, but the middle part of this comes off as... I don't know if the words I'm looking for is 'passive aggressive' or not, but it comes off as almost agreeing with how Clement was feeling in the depressive phase. The "They're not here for *me*, they're just here because *Megaman or Sonic*"
Maybe I am just reading it weirdly.
That's part of what I said in my own comment above. Time and responsibilities change people.
And forget the commentary of Let's Plays, the mere act of even *recording* the game alone takes enough effort on its own. Out of curiosity, I did my own non-commentary playthroughs on my own channel last year. It was fun at first,..... until I tried playing Mario Lost Levels, and promptly got burned out when I realized the footage was a waste due to the audio being out of sync. *Which meant I would've had to play the WHOLE thing all over again.* And I have not attempted recording another game sense.
Your Let’s Plays were my childhood, Clement. The footage of your past LP’s tugged on the heartstrings because I was there for all of them, watched every episode, appreciated every detail, and felt every bit of love you had for the games you shared with us. They were objectively the best Let’s Plays to be found, and subjectively, you are the reason every single one of your videos are great, scripted or unscripted. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Clement, for everything you have given us over the years.
That being said, I want you to disregard every cope in this comment section, and even some that you mentioned. You were absolutely right that it’s possible some of your viewers are selfish, and I hope you are able to separate the obligatory comments from the sincere ones. I know you have selfish viewers, because I am one. I did not watch Steambot Chronicles. There is probably a point in time I can scroll back to and see when I fell off. My point being, that your viewers and the world around them has changed. Many of us, myself included, have grown up since our hopping on point. The world around most of us has changed to become real and unforgiving. Where we once had the energy, enthusiasm, discipline, and time to enjoy and appreciate your amazing Let’s Plays, most of us now are weaker, burdened, and dare I say it, selfish. We now would rather your LP’s be a happy memory than watch them. We have been coddled by the changing landscape to prefer an easy handheld tour through a scripted video rather than go on an adventure through a game we may or may not like. It pains me to say all of this, Clement. I feel horrible having changed so much to your detriment despite you remaining the same Great Clement, having only changed for the better if anything. I’m sorry, Clement. We love you, brother, and again, thank you.
I think I’ll go catch up on your Let’s Plays now and start returning the favor. If anyone here reading this is a real one, you would do the same.
EDIT/DISCLAIMER: After a quick look at the channel, I can confirm that I only recently “fell off” at Luigi’s Mansion because I didn’t want to spoil the game for myself. I doubt my one-viewership would have been enough to change Clement’s mind on the whole thing, much less Steambot Chronicles, but that will never change the fact that Clement’s LP’s (all of his content actually) are an absolute joy, and that we should all be ashamed of ourselves. This man is a treasure and he never deserved to flop. Godspeed, Clement. You will never not be Great.
*LPs
The FIRST-EVER Let's play I watched was your Sonic CD one. Now here we are, witnessing the end of an era. Good luck Clement! -Proto
Mine was Punch Out for Wii
@@patrickrusso9919 Same! Boy have the years gone by!
I'll be honest Clement, I am interested in your thoughts and opinions, and I like your personality. But I'll admit, I only watch your videos on topics that interest me. I like hearing your opinions on games and topics and do find them interesting, and I personally don't have any problem with the let's play format, but if the games/topics you cover don't interest me, then I won't be watching. When you cover things that you like, but are obscure, then unless I know of it, like it myself, or find something interesting about what you're covering, I won't click on the video. Steambot chronicles didn't interest me enough to click on those videos. I don't know if others here feel the same, but that's just how I feel.
I honestly don't think it's because of you. The problem probably lies with two things:
1) Bigger franchises just get bigger viewcounts. It's sadly how it is. It's the thing that really annoys me as well because I've been following a youtuber called totally not mark, and he's been reviewing Berserk, my absolute favorite Manga. And that stuff barely gets over 100k most of the time while all his other stuff like One Piece and Dragonball gets 300k AT LEAST. It's annoying, but sadly it cannot be really changed.
2) Let's plays like yours really aren't a thing anymore. And normally, you would think that makes you unique and gives you something to stand out, but that's not how youtube works. Only the popular thing gets the views.
The quality of your let's plays has always been high specifically because of your knowledge and your sense of humor. However, most people wanting to see let's plays nowadays just want some random people playing it "live" while making jokes.
I also just think most people don't have the attention to sit through a let's play like that. They always want highlights, which is why the whole game reviewer thing takes off so much. With your FF retrospective, you went roughly the same route, and it shows in the numbers.
Either way, I am hyped to see more of your future videos. Goodbye, Let's Plays.
Keep pushing forward, Clement.
Also i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of his subscribers are dead accounts (he did brought up in this video) since he's been making videos since 2008. I have noticed this in several channels i'm subscribed to, a big discrepancy between subscribers and the views the videos get. SomecallmeJohnny also kind of gets this, with him having 400k subcribers and yet his videos don't get half of that unless it's Sonic (and even his recent Sonic videos don't have 400k views).
@@okagron I myself just don't have the time I used to. That and not finding a good place to start with Steambot.
2) really hurts but is true. There's basically Chuggaconroy and a few other people w/ 500+ subs that can be counted . But everyone else moved on to streaming, and I can't blame them. Less scripting, more audience interaction (for better or worse), donations, and an extra youtube kickback simply involves a highlights reel or some slight editing down. The game's changed.
@@okagron Yes, and no. Yes, to some extent many people who sub never unsub themselves. there may be people who haven't clicked on Clement's video in a decade but are subbed because they can't be bothered to unsub.
But Google does occasionally do a small purge of removing spam or automatically unsubbing super inactive accounts. And I think there was a huge, global subscriber dip some years back. So there's less "dead" accounts than you think, but still many ones who may not even remmber they subbed to Clement.
It's also just market saturation, there's so much content I want to consume being produced every day and not enough time to get through it so a lot of other channels I'm subscribed too just get kinda buried and it's not because I don't wanna watch them it's just that there's too much to get through.
It's funny to think that the golden age of Let's Playing was when RUclips was a less popular, more functional platform with a 10 minute time limit and a 5 star rating system. I've been experimenting with my own LP's with underwhelming results, even having big name RUclipsrs like Chuggaaconroy helping me with DS and 3DS editing. I don't know when but I'm probably gonna wipe the slate clean and start anew someday.
A sad day indeed. I remember first finding your let’s plays of the Sonic Series and then finding Brainscratch Comms through your collab on the ‘06 commentary. Been a wild ride. Gonna miss your let’s plays man.
I love that one! I'm watching it again every now and then
same this was how I found clement sonic , sonic 06 was funny as hell, and Johnny and clement verseing each other in sonic generations was halarious as well I enjoyed the skits you did, your great looking forward to your new content.
In your defense, I haven't seen your videos in my feed in almost a year. The algorithm is ridiculous a lot of the times.
Clement, thanks for all the Let's Plays. I've tuned in when I first discovered your MegaMan 10 let's plays back in 2013, and I've been watching them ever since.
Jesus christ this video is not a good look
Why?
This got heavy, but I'm glad you're choosing a path you're passionate about.
I still remember when you were the only guy on the internet to criticize Mega Man 2
Been with ya since '08, dude. Do what ya gotta do and I'll be with ya more! You are THE great Clement. I can hear the passion and since this is a bit of an oversaturated market, it's hard to stand out. But, ya always entertained and brought awesome insight to everything you've done. Keep being great and enjoy this freedom!
I know I can't speak for everyone but... I always appreciated your commentary, humour, etc. But that isn't enough for me to watch a let's play if it's not behind a game I know or at least have heard of (it's what makes me care about a game). That's what made me stop watching your videos. It never came to my mind that you as a content creator are boring or anything like that. You could just increase the views by making let's plays of more popupar games, but I do think focusing on scripted videos will be a fresh new start.
That's the issue though, he didn't wanna just do popular stuff. He did enough with MegaMan and Sonic, he wanted to shed light on the lesser known stuff he personally enjoyed that not a lot if any ppl covered. But to see such a small percentage of your viewers is willing to sit through any of it can be a gut punch even if you can understand why. Ppl feel lame whenever they recommend a less popular game to just their circle of friends but none of them show interest or care, imagine that feeling magnified by trying to show over a 100k ppl a thing you like and having to put in a lot of time and effort to present it. I guess he can still do it in the scripted format as single videos like he mentioned but it is sad to hear he had to go through that
It’s a shame to see the end of these but I understand, and I hope your next step goes well, but I really hope you don’t delete your old let’s plays, I love them. I always thought steambot looked really cool but I didn’t start it since I’m very ADHD and I need to be in the right mindset before I get started watching something. *EDIT:* Oh good, you said you will keep the old videos, I’m glad.
you got mad that ppl didn't show interest in unknown games that look like crap, cmon
Honestly, the "Let's play" format was dwindling since livestreams began to become a thing, people are no longer intetested in pre-recorded commentated playthrough, they want to see these players playing games LIVE.
I'm glad you are going to pursue the content you want to do, that's the only way I can see people being happy on YT since the monetizing conditions for new channels are a thorn.
Well that, and Let's Plays are often times a rush to put gameplay vids for newer games, which can lead to content burnout. That and older games, unless they're pop culture juggernauts like RE4, tend to be cast aside in terms of viewership. I mean my Final Fantasy 1 NES let's play is a sign of that... I've all but abandoned it, though college has had some part to play in that.
You mean kids want to watch it live. As for me someone who is already in his mid 20's i cant imagine watching some guy every day live for 10 hours reading all his donations etc. Its just a masive waste of time no matter how much i like the person doing it.
@@HandheldGamer1991 Sounds like you've never actually watched a gameplay stream...
@@HandheldGamer1991 that's kind of my thing. I'll watch a full lets play, but don't really like watching streams. I'll sometimes watch a recording of a stream, but at least with that I can pause or fast forward. I don't have to watch for 8 hours straight.
I like Blind, pre-recorded LPs so I don't have to deal with the Streamer distracted by the "chat".
It's so nice to see Clement's newer content thriving after this
Jesus Christ, I clicked on this so fast...
I think I’ve been watching you for over 10 years. You introduced me to Megaman and all of these let’s plays left a huge mark on my life. Thank you to all these amazing years Clement!
I'm sorry to hear that your creative outlet has been so painful for you recently, and I'm glad you are taking a step towards reclaiming your joy.
Your LPs were always the gold standard for me, and I learned so much about classic platformers I loved or never got to play: Banjo-Kazooie, Luigi's Mansion, Goemon, Castlevania 4, and of course the two blue boys too! Your playthrough of the Mega Man Zero series will always have a special place in my heart, and you really inspired me to tackle harder games like them.
Thank you for your hard work, Clement - I hope your new projects succeed, and wish you all the best!
I'll be honest, you could have just summed up this video with: "I don't enjoy making let's plays anymore so I'm moving on to something else."
I got the impression that you cared too much about views and then tried to guilt your audience for not watching. People just don't have that kind of time for 15+ hours of videos of someone playing a game (no matter how good the production is), and I think that is completely fine. It was like saying: "I spend all this time making this content, why aren't you watching it all?"
If you enjoyed making let's plays, then the lack of views shouldn't even concern you. No one was forcing you to keep up a tight schedule of 3 videos per week. I'm not sure if this is your full time job, but if it's just a hobby then you turned it into a depressing chore for no real reason.
No hard feelings toward you but this how I interpreted this.
I felt as if he was coming off very passive aggressive towards the lack of people watching him play games that, frankly, doesn’t interest a crowd that comes for say Sonic let’s plays.
To say that his viewers “don’t watch for him” is utter donkey arse; Clement’s been the only let’s player that I’ve come back to on momentous occasions to watch him play Sonic games. Am I watching for him? Yes, I like hearing his commentary on the game. Am I watching for the game? Also yes, I like watching video games I’m interested in.
Very well thought out comment though, I feel as if you hit it right on the mark as to what I interpreted from this video too.
It's a soft shame that you're ending this. I came from Megaman and Sonic, stayed for your humor. I'm happy to see you decided on what you did. See you next time Clement. Toodles!
Yeah the way RUclips works now if you want to do let’s plays your either need to play the latest meme game, be a comedy duo, or have gotten a few million subscribers pre 2013
Personally speaking I always found the Final Fantasy retrospective and the Sonic 06 review more interesting than the let’s plays.
Here’s to a brighter future
Gonna be real with you, Clement. I didn't come here to watch your Megaman content or whatever was demanded of you. I learned of you from collaborations you made with content creators I had watched at the time and I found your personality and commentary incredibly amusing. Your earnest endearment to playing oldschool games or just games your passionate with were such a huge appeal. You are genuinely a fascinating and entertaining person, however as much of a pleasure it is to watch you on screen and talk about stuff... I feel overwhelemed having to keep up with Let's Plays that span over 20-30 minutes or 40+ parts. I've stopped watching Let's Plays in general as growing up I found that you don't quite have the free time on my hands that I used to have. There are so many things I'd like to get to than to set myself to watch something that would eventually feel like an obligation. I've felt the same way with other Let's Play channels I adore to watch and it sucks I can't give them the attention I once used to. However your videos about "Clement Remembers" were a stroke of genius as not only could you go in depth about the game and the wonderful experiences you had with them, it felt like something that was friendly and approachable to consume with my time. It gave me a feeling that I could be done with the video and feel satisfied without having that feeling of leaving something unfinished.
I feel as a content creator, you have the potential to become a grand entertainer. Your mix of informative and passionate commentary is incredibly appealing. I just feel you need to find a formula in which you can use this trait in an effective manner in which people would be able to enjoy in bite sized, consumable spurts. It's a bit of a meme response, but... "20-30 videos that are 20-40 parts? Nuh-uh. A 1-2 hour video/podcast about one particular game/topic? I got time." Don't ever doubt yourself as a person as you are not a failure or anything the like. I hope to see you continue to grow both as a prosperous content creator, and most importantly, a person. I look forward to seeing more of the content you create, but please also give yourself the time of day to have a life you can enjoy with friends and family as well!
I love this comment because it's true. Getting older and having other priorities changes things. You don't stop loving things but you do have to choose what to do with your time. I actually think the scripted content will be better for people like me, that want to see what you have to say but don't have 20 hours to consume it all.
This is relatable, beautifully said couldnt agree more!
People just don’t want to watch something they don’t know about or aren’t interested in, which is unfortunately at odds with your desire for showing off obscure games. If people don’t know what you’re let’s playing you need to catch their interest with things like the video title and thumbnail to still get them to watch, however you don’t try to do clickbait of any level so of course no one is going to watch those let’s plays. It has nothing to do with people not liking you, a lot of people just have to be interested in both the game and the let’s player to watch a video. You honestly kinda just screwed yourself over.
The same will carry over to your scripted videos. Final fantasy is well known and liked so people will already be interested in those videos, but try a scripted video on steambot chronicles and make no effort to make the title and thumbnail enticing and the same thing will happen as with your let’s plays
I'll miss the Let's Play arc, but I'm looking forward to the near future.
You're taking it a bit too personal. I mean people watch you because of entertainment value. You as a person, we won't really actually get to know. While it is important to put a personal touch to your content, your personality is embedded in the content itself. You wrote the scripts and made the montages. All the editing, the jokes etc... If people didn't want to see "you", they wouldn't have watched your videos to begin with.
Honestly, I'd been noticing a decline of views that most of my favorite content creators has been suffering through... BSC, you, SGB, Runaway Guys, and etc
It's been depressing because you guys upload nonstop for the last 11 Years and have a large subscriber base..
I love you though Clement!
I think Let's Plays as a video genre have kinda died off, people just don't want to sit through a 20-50 part video series anymore
I've got 130 parts of Chugga's Xenoblade Chronicles 2 LP to watch and I just can't find time to watch all that content
@@IronBahamut That's pretty true, I'd been meaning to check out Chugga's Xenoblade 2 LP... But I don't have the will power to watch it entirely until it's fully completed.
people dont have patience for 30 parts when twitch gives out hours and hours of trash.
Twitch is almost like cable for kids. never ending hours and hours of garb
@@Dashx64 I'd always prefer LPs over Live Streams anyway....
Unless you're SomecallmeJohnny and his amazing charity streams or his SAGE/SHC showcases.
I've always like 10 to 40 minute videos about a certain part of the game as supposed to a live stream of a game... Now if the stream of a game is something that can be beaten in like 2 hrs I wouldn't mind. But sometimes I find 8 hours streams I can't reasonably watch all in one sitting. I keep up with LPs better.
Im so thankful for the memories ive created with your sonic lets plays, may you enjoy whats next clement.
Sad to see let’s plays go. They helped me a lot during some hard times back in college. I remember even messaging you here on RUclips (back when that was a thing) to thank you for the content and you responded and I was so stoked that you had actually read my message that I ran to my girlfriend at the time to tell her. I’ve watched your Banjo-Kazooie videos more than I can count, and I will continue doing so! Glad you’re leaning towards content you want to make, and I’m excited to see what’s to come.
Let me first start by saying: The RUclips thing is tough and I really think it's something that you shouldn't tie your self worth towards especially with the relatively bad views you were getting with your recent Let's Plays. The internet is huge now, gaming is huge, so many other content creators out there, etc. etc.
The sad truth is that even most dedicated fans simply don't have the interest or don't have the time to watch obscure and old games they've never heard about. I have a lot of different creators I would say I'm a fan of, but if they're making a video on something I'm simply not interested about, I'm not gonna watch it. There's so little time now, I have other hobbies too, there are other content creators, etc. etc. So you really shouldn't it's because the quality of your content is bad and that's why the views is bad, it's just the reality that people aren't very interested in watching full, hour-long playthroughs of obscure games. So I hope you don't take it as a "you" thing and tie your self worth to it.
My honest advice if you're willing to listen to it would be to try and strike a balance between making videos that are "good for the algorithm" and making videos that are your passion projects. Good for the algorithm probably means making commentaries/gameplay clips/reviews/etc/etc of more modern, hot and fresh new games. I know that's not your style but maybe there are modern games that you genuinely enjoy and are willing to make content for. This is the way you can bring in a new wave of audience who can get to know you and find you interesting and like you enough that they can start to give even your retrospectives on old, obscure games a try.
I'm not saying you should only make videos about what's hot and trending, nor should you force yourself to make videos on games you genuinely dislike or don't have fun with. Maybe do it 1:1, one "trendy" video and then one "passion" video, and then keep alternating, vary the ratio, etc. etc.
I respect your decision man. There comes a time when we must say goodbye or move on from things and no matter what happens, I wish you well!
Personally, I haven't been actively following any LPs or commentaries in a while, but I do go back and watch completed playlists after they're done. As long as you're moving on to something you love, I say go for it.
That's what I do I wait to the playthrough is finished then I save it then I save the Playlist Even if it even if it's a person I sub too I wait to the is finished
As long as we're still getting Clement, I'm happy.
And if Clement is happy, even better.
I did discover your channel for MegaMan content, and your let's plays are really some of the most well produce LP on RUclips, but that was years ago, and RUclips has really changed.
There is just so much stuff now. Watching someone, even a creator you like, play some game you don't especially care for? "I might get to it later", and then the episodes start to add up and it turns into a bigger time investment, "I'll just wait for the next let's play".
Not only are your scripted videos usually of higher quality, but they are just much more digestible; Even the really long ones, like the Sonic 06 review, which is easily my favorite, is easier to pick up and get in to.
I still think it would be cool for you to cover obscure games, but maybe in a shorter format?
I rarely comment, kinda hard to in a second language, but this is the type of video that feels more important to give feedback to. Big decisions are pretty hard, but I think this should be a fun hobby, rather than something that can weight on you, so I think this is also a smart change to make.
Looking forward to future videos.
Let's Play has been a dead format as it is. When you do it on games that no one knows or cares about, no one's going to discover it and find it.
If you want to play random obscure gems, do it on Twitch. Learn to be a live entertainer. Then people will come to see you for you, rather than see you for the game you're playing and you can play anything you could ever want. Create reviews and videos like your Final Fantasy ones to build up a RUclips following and then bring them over to your Twitch where you play anything you want.
I will miss your let’s plays but I get why your quitting let’s plays I will still stick around for your future content exited to see your new content my man your funny and cool and entertaining as hell my man keep your head up my man also my first let’s play I watch was the mega man legends series and the og mega man and the x series you actually helped me beat the legends series
To be fair, like you said, lets plays take a lot of time out of people, especially post commentary.
I'm surprised there are people out there trying so hard with their lets plays, despite they don't even have 200 subscribers. In other words, people with less than 1K subs are making lets plays for free.
Clement, you've been at this for much longer than I personally had exposure to RUclips's "secrets". The fact of the matter is, you should just do what you enjoy doing. Views will come and go, but as long as you do what you enjoy doing, it will not bother you. From the way you describe your experience with Steambot Chronicles, it sounds like you were not particularly enjoying that and it is great that you have decided to move onto things that you will enjoy!
However, and that is a big however, the way you phrased yourself is a bit concerning. Not talking about the 5 stages of grief portions, I understand it was a skit and is not to be taken as this "You don't appreciate what I do" thing. However the way you talk about at the ending, how you want to talk about very specific stuff, as in "niche" content. Afterall, all of us creators are at the mercy of "the Algorithm" and while that description is the joke aspect of it, in reality, we are just at the mercy of the interests of our audiences and that is a reality we all need to accept.
A lot of people on my channel are there for my Sonic content. Even more people are there for my Sword Art Online content. They are there, explicitly for me. Because they want to hear what I have to say... What I have to say on these specific series that is. Whenever I make different content that I enjoy, I just gotta deal with the fact that I am attempting something 95% of my audience do not have an existing interest in. As long as I do what's fun for me, it doesn't matter whether I get 5% of the views I get, despite putting more effort, because I already had my fun. The same reason why I started RUclips. I was just having fun playing games and uploading them on my channel, didn't care if anybody at all watched it.
At a certain size, the RUclips process just wires your brain into thinking in metrics and to always do above a certain standard, but it doesn't tell you the reality of RUclips. The reality is that my audience cares for the combinations of "Gamerturk, Sonic, Sword Art Online". They do not care for the combinations of "Gamerturk, any anime series, any gaming series, any movie series, anything that is not Sonic or SAO".
As a friendly advice, do not go into pivoting towards different topics, expecting you will have the same performance. If you are doing what you are having fun, that will not matter anyways. But if its just an attempt at recapturing an old success, by doing something else, know that it is not possible. Not saying it will not be a success, know that if it ever does happen, it will be a new success because you managed to reach a different audience than the established one you got here. Sadly, at the end, that is how the audience and recommendations systems work on RUclips, because that is how us, humans work. We have specific sets of preferences and we simply don't even give it a chance unless certain combinations are met. Being Gamerturk or Clement or Roger (Hi Roger, great to see you here!) is simply not enough. 95% of my audience is not here *solely* for me, 95% of yours is not here *solely* for you, 95% of Roger's is not there *solely* for him. We just gotta accept that fact and make a decision between having an efficient view machine or doing what we enjoy doing.
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You are still the most subscribed channel I know that still has less max views than my own channel. Your videos have less rewatch value than mine. I hope you leave your old let’s plays your though even though you won’t make anymore.
I do have a question tho. Will we still have Clement’s one offs? Like the panel de pon game?
I'm grateful for all the great videos you've put out. The Mega Man X6 rantfest, the Sonic 06 videos, I got to know Brainscratchcomms thanks to you, and a whole lot more, and became comfortable speaking English. Watching your content has had a lot to do with that.
Guts' Theme immediately hit my mind when I got the notification
Hey there Clement, for the most part of my childchood, i was always watching your Megaman and Sonic playthroughs and it's been a blast watching you. From there on, i've branched out to other "obscure" let's play of yours and i loved every seconds of it. So what i'm trying to say is that i still support you and i'm looking forward to your new videos. Thank you so much for everything, the great Clement.
Glad to see you follow your passions!
You've always made the best let's plays imo, and we all appreciate the amount of effort you put into them, it always showed. But I'm looking forward to the future of the channel and wish you the best :)
It's certainly an end of an era. I'm willing to watch and support what other projects you do! I've been here since close to the beginning and I'm still here to stay
This is all very true. When Let’s Plays bomb, they bomb hard. It’s pretty risky to play any obscure game, and often a bad idea to play rpg games in general unfortunately. Also I’ve pretty much been a dead subscriber for a long time. I used to watch all of your videos and I think sometime after Tron Bonnie I stopped watching most LP content for years and got into watching movies and stuff. Coming back I’m a bit surprised at the audio quality - I imagine it’s harder for new viewers to get into this content when a lot of LPs have butter-smooth quality now. I’m sure people recommend the Blue Yeti but that mic sucks in terms of build quality - Audio Technica makes much better mics imo.
I am sorry to see you being done with Let's Play's though I will admit as a fan I had been too busy to really watch daily and keep up. I normally just watch Let's Play series when they are done so I can binge while working, which... Is detrimental to the LPer. But I hope to see what happens next with this channel!
11:30 Damn, I first heard of you via SomecallmeJohhny in his Sonic Generations video from back in the day (and his own Final Fantasy Retrospective).
Once upon a time a watched stuff like the Game Grumps and the like, but I currently don't posses the time (and THE INTERNET until recently) to watch things like that. I was stuck downloading essays and reviews of whatever catched my eye on youtube at some crusty 240p on my phone. Im subbing my dude, your videos on the Final Fantasy series are great!
Good luck.
You bastard I wanted you to play billy Hatcher.. it was a a sonic team game damn it !! Sonic was it now… it’s to late ⏰ it’s done … it’s over 😔goodbye
SMH..
Yeah I stopped watching in 2019 as I was losing interst in Let’s Plays a whole. I had gotten busier with life so I couldn’t deal with piece by piece content anymore and overall found myself gravetatijng more towards analysists. I used to be subscribed to dozens of Let’s Players but now I only watch 4 (Chuggaconroy, The Runaway Guys, Lucahjin and NicoB) and even then I only watch playthoughs of games that interst me.
I haven’t watched Chugga in over a year as Xenoblade 2 seems like too big of a time sink. I abandoned my old account last year when I realized I was subscribed to over 600 channels but made sure to occasionally come back here to check of Final Fantasy.
I’d be all for you doing scripted content for now on. As looking back my favorite Sonic videos weren’t the Let’s Plays they were the “Let’s look at” videos like Sonic Chroniclss or Sega Superstars
My heart is beating so fast, oh Lord.
I know I'm really late to the game on this, but... The RUclips algorithm really is crap. Granted, a lot of this is from the viewer side and not the creator side (I have a bunch of let's play videos up, but having run my channel for under a year, I never got traction on getting a lot of viewers) - but right around when you'd noticed that your viewership dropped off, I noticed that a lot of creators that I watched - even ones that I go out of my way to watch every single day - simply did not show up in my feed any more. It would not be uncommon that I would have to manually search for my favorite creators - even ones that I've subscribed to and have notifications turned on for. So, just because you feel like it's bargaining and making excuses doesn't mean that the thing that you're blaming the issues on isn't a legitimate issue that is causing problems for both creators and viewers.
Other than that... You feel like doing LPs is holding you back from doing what you want to do? That's fine - you have something you're passionate about and want to move forward on, and you should feel free to put your time and energy toward what you feel most passionate about. If that means leaving LPs behind, then that's what you should do. As much as I love watching LPs, if you feel they're holding you back, don't do them - it's as simple as that.
Hey, clement. Since your no longer doing lets plays, what’s your thoughts on the D series? D, Enemy zero, D2. I personally feel like they are they obscure horror games that not nearly enough people have played.
Your let's plays are the only reason I'm not absolute garbage at the Mega Man X games and Sonic Adventure 2, now I'm just about mediocre at them. Thanks to you, I even put myself through the absolute hell of Mega Man X6 and get enough nightmare souls for X and Zero to equip the max number of items and rescue all the reploids, and made myself finish Sonic 06. I prefer to watch let's plays when they're completed, so I mainly wait for that.
May You have a good future. Been here since Sonic Unleashed
Watching this I kind of feel guilty because I never gave your other games a chance.
I'm someone who sticks to what I know and what I've played as a kid or stuff I'd like to play but am too afraid to (legit any horror game). My tastes have changed over the years and I admit I love your sonic and megaman playthroughs and have watched them a few times. As I get older I watch less and less from the let's play department as a whole and watch more reruns or replays that I've watched before.
I've watched banjo kazooie, punch out is probably one of my favorites from you, and star fox is a goodie. MMPR is a game I played the heck out of on the game boy and is one of those gems. I'll miss your content but I'll keep subbed because I'll be like "Man I miss that guy ya know...the great clement!" and I'll stick with what I'm familiar with. And I'll love it just the same as the first time I watched it!
I hope to sit down someday and watch your video essays and hopefully enjoy them. Take good care of yourself and good luck in whatever endeavors you take on!
It's been a super crazy, wild and awesome ride. Thank you so much for ALL of your let's plays, Clement! Looking forward to what the future holds for you and your channel!
To be honest I’ve been around since the megaman days. I thought you stopped uploading years ago because I never saw a video of yours pop up. Then yesterday I got you talking about final fantasy. I thought it was weird that was a single non let’s play video. I watched a few and today I browse through your channel and see this video. That explains a lot. The algorithm definitely fucked you but I’m glad to know you’re still around. Been a follower for years and will continue to do so
Let's plays have officially reached the end. It's always a shame to see something enjoyable go but as all good things, it had to come to an end. Thank you for all the years of content regarding let's plays Clement. I will look forward to the kind of content you're comfortable with making and enjoy it all the same.
You’re pretty much one of the last “Let’s Player’s” on the platform outside of content creators with over millions of subscribers. The genre is now non existent and it’s about streaming gaming videos, or review/retrospectives for gaming content if want to be diverse.
As someone who has also made content on RUclips, this is extremely relatable. I have over 600 subscribers on my channel, yet despite that, most of the content I produced had been ignored, even when I attempted to improve it and promote it on my social media. It's either RUclips's algorithm or my subscribers choosing not to click on them. But you're one of the few youtubers who had inspired me to do RUclips and your Let's Plays on the Sonic and Mega Man games were really fun and entertaining to watch. I'm a little sad that you're ending playthroughs but I understand you want to do what's rightfully best. Good luck on your future scripted content, man! 😁👍
The reason why I think most of us didn't watch the let's plays is because of how much time it took from us. We can sit down and watch a 2 hour long video from you for sure, but an entire let's play essentially means we're putting aside the time it would take to play through our own game. All it was was a lack of time. Nothing against you at all Clement. But I am very excited to see all the scripted content, since I'll have time to watch those
It's part of being a creator. View decay and changing times. Hard work not getting acknowledgement. The evils of trying to go pro. For what it's worth I enjoyed all your stuff. I still believe let's plays, challenge runs, and analysis videos are king. The rest is just garbage.
Unfortunately RUclips is pushing this RUclips shorts BS. If you're not doing it you don't get promoted. RUclips wants everyone to have the attention span of a gopher like all the TikTok people. It's super sad. Some RUclipsrs really don't want to create that garbage but have to if they want to be promoted. Up yours RUclips.
Change can be dangerous. You need to ask what your community is founded on and what direction you're heading too. I'm going to talk about two RUclipsrs I watched and loved. Two RUclipsrs who are walking a path leading them to ruin. I will not be naming them. It'd be a disservice to them.
One used to be a fun loving guy. Just played random stuff with his two friends. They do complete these projects, however. It was beyond hilarious and everyone was having a good time. He then switched to solely covering one mobile game. The hilarity left and the audience was left empty. He got a new following but the old following left. Unfortunately this decision led to his channel being basically dead now.
Another guy used to be a juggernaut of RUclips. Incredible anime analysis videos with random shenanigans too. Dood was on top of the world. He's left anime analysis and his shenanigan videos are rare to see. He's become one of those trashy reaction RUclipsrs like MxR plays. A channel with 2m subs can't even get more than 10k views a video. That's brutal.
Change can be good but can also be a horrible mistake. Think hard on what you want to do and regret nothing if it fails. Best of luck to ya.
"its an obscure atlus ps2 game"... you kind of explained why it didnt perform well right there.
its a mix of your personality and the games you play being relevant.
I'm more megaman guy than this guy but whatever. This video shows why subscriptions don't mean much of anything. I knew he would eventually leave the let's play scene since let's plays are sadly not as popular anymore. he should however enter the livestreaming scene in my opinion. Or maybe even the Vtuber scene XD
Hey. It works for KingK and Liam Triforce. I like their content. Now since you switched the format tho. That means you gotta do Let's play of Sonic 06'
It's been a blast, Clement. Thanks for all the memories you've provided over the years. I discovered you through your LPs of the Sonic Game Gear games as you were the only one who seemed to have uploaded full playthroughs of them at the time. I came for the gameplay footage, stayed for your great commentary and charisma, and have been following you since. And I will continue to do so as your video essays are fantastic and the natural step forward.
Was a subscriber for years but stopped watching honestly cause let's play is just an ancient thing that people grew out of. Love it or hate it, it's part of RUclips history but it's pretty dead now.
That title was a shock if I’ve ever seen one. But honestly, hearing your reasons it makes a lot of sense. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us from beyond this point.
Rip his LPs.
I personally prefer the on demand nature of LPs over streams and the sort because I can get to them when I get to them.
As for his content going in a new direction, it was bound to happen and it can only go up from here.
hey clement, just wanted to say, you've been a massive inspiration to me since forever.
first of all, it feels weird and it probably feels weird to read, i've been watching your videos since i was like, six. mainly your megaman videos as i myself owned megaman x on snes. i didn't own any of the other megaman games, and while i would eventually get around to playing the rest of them, i experienced them first on this channel.
as time went on i eventually decided to make my own youtube channel, starting with my (at the time) favorite game of megaman x. i did x2 but then moved on to doing the whole zero series instead (zero 2 is now my favorite megaman game). hugely inspired by your format, and at one time thought of myself as competition... and looking back, i think my gameplay was pretty good for megaman, and my commentary was pretty good too (even if i might have shamefully stolen some of your jokes)
like you now though, leaving the lets play scene is so rewarding, since i finished zero 4, started shadow of the colossus, and nobody wanted to watch it. so i quit. since then, i've still been on youtube, making short films and animations and reviews and things, which has been so much rewarding for me.
i can't wait for what you come up with next, and i will admit that watching scripted content has been priority over lets plays in the last few years, which feeds into my excitement even more, stay alive man!
Thank god. I’ve never understood the appeal of watching someone else have fun playing a video game. It’s digital cuckoldry.
Its incredibly fitting that i did my first job interview yesterday after i’ve been watching you for years since i was a kid. I’m entering a new era and phase of my life when you’re moving onto a new one.
You were my first favorite youtuber, thank you for all the memories ✌🏾
I see that your video future will look great im a fan of you and the videos and commentary you do make me happy and smile im looking forward to your fun ideas The Great Clement, from your fan Kauecrash.
You’re still a legend Clement- ALL HAAIIILL SHAADOW HEROS RISE AGAIIIN
I think my issue was that I started branching out to other lpers for certain games and ended up not purposely I add leaving the older ones in the dust I feel bad about it but I have so many I’m subbed to it’s difficult to keep up with them wonder if anyone else has this problem
8k, 2K views? Dude most RUclipsrs dream of those views. If you don’t like making let’s plays, that’s understandable but don’t act like 2K or 8K views are so terrible. If views were what I payed attention to I’d stop making videos years ago but I didn’t stop making videos because of views. I stopped because I didn’t want to make them anymore, so I understand why you’re quitting.
You definitely were topo hard on yourself. Show me ONE person who is famous for doing Let's Plays of obscure series.
Honestly. I've had a few moments the last few years where I've thought the thought "Oh shoot I should watch some Clement, he's got all these new letsplays. These games look super quirky, and I really miss that dude's commentary." Back in the day I loved your videos because of your take on the format. You and Chugga were the two kings of the hill for me, and it was a treat every time you uploaded. I even drew you fanart back in the day (it meant the world when you thanked me for it), but I don't have that middle school internet kid time anymore. Work, and the ever restricting social calendar just don't lend me the time to catch up on multiple 30 minute episodes a week, and once I'm behind, the que just keeps getting longer. A whole let's play can be the equivalent of two Seasons of TV, and I can't even seem to find the time for the shows my friends want me to watch. About your audience, I would disagree with you directly. You did find an audience that was there for you, but the format of your content didn't grow with us. I think the format change is going to really help. I'm honestly jazzed to hear that you're going to be making more digestible videos. I think the great performance of your FF videos is proof that we're here and waiting for you Clement, so take your time, but also you can't get these new videos to us fast enough!
I stumbled on this channel with the Final Fantasy videos but never subscribed because your feed was mostly filled with Let's Plays.