VOTE: Pick the next playthrough!
Added 2025-03-07 17:00:16 +0000 UTC**UPDATE: We have a clear winner! Polls are closed on this vote now, but fear not, we'll have another bonus playthrough game to pick very soon!
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The suggestions are in, the candidates are chosen and now it's voting time!
The Candidates
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights (trailer) (one-off episode)
I did a one-off of this one on a channel a few years ago and it was neat! And it just got a sequel that is apparently even better, so it might be worth us finally diving all the way into this one.
Pyre (trailer)
Basically the only (fully released) Supergiant game we haven't played on the channel. Some of y'all have been trying to make this one happen as a bonus playthrough for literal years.
Everhood 2 (trailer) (Everhood 1 playthrough)
It just came out! I played the previous game on the channel a few years back, and I am always going to be down for a great rhythm game, especially one with this much chaotic energy.
Death's Door (trailer) (one-off episode)
I did a one-off of this one years back too and it was great! Kinda like Tunic, but with considerably fewer puzzles and considerably more birb.
Hitman: World of Assassination (trailer)
I've been meaning to do a playthrough of these murder-comedy games for years, and now the latest trilogy is all in a convenient bundle! I'm guessing we'd probably just start with the contents of Hitman 1? We'll see!
Lies of P (trailer)
I've heard enough good things about this Soulslike from enough people that it's clear I need to make time for it. And I've been wanting to play some more non-From Souls-y games on the channel anyhow.
Horizon Forbidden West (trailer) (Horizon Zero Dawn playthrough)
Horizon Zero Dawn was the first bonus playthrough y'all selected when this Patreon began! I've been slow in getting around to the sequel, but perhaps now is the time.
Animal Well (trailer)
I have heard nothing but good things about this indie puzzle metroidvania. The rabbit hole on this one apparently goes very deep indeed.
Wanderstop (trailer)
Comes out in a few days! This is the latest game from Davey Wreden (The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide) and I am very excited to see what he's been cooking.
Star War Jedi: Survivor (trailer) (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order playthrough)
I played the first one years back and had a great time! I'd be very down to go back for the sequel.
Princess Peach Showtime! (trailer)
This looks adorable, and sometimes that's enough!
Metroid Prime Remastered (trailer)
I haven't played a Metroid Prime in years and this remaster sounded fantastic. Perhaps it's time for a revisit!
Nine Sols (trailer)
Another 2D souls-y (or Sekiro-y?) metroidvania, and this one is apparently hard as nails! But Jacob Geller keeps singing its praises, and the man has exceptional taste. How hard could it be?
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (trailer)
It is weird that I still haven't done a proper Zelda game playthrough on the channel yet.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (trailer)
I haven't played this in so long that I've basically forgotten everything. Perhaps its time for a refresher?
Vote Time!
As always, you can choose multiple options, so click on all the games you're most interested in. I'm excited to see what y'all pick!
Comments
Wind Waker is so good and it's got such a cool vibe, would love to watch that one!
Scruff
2025-03-18 00:54:45 +0000 UTCI would love to see Lies of P at some point, but Wind Waker winning would also be a treat! Im fairly new to the channel, have you ever played or considered playing Dishonored? I was playing a Ghost run the other day and wondered 🤔
Denari
2025-03-18 00:08:53 +0000 UTCI love LoZ and I think Dan would love the windwaker!
Gaymer 2013
2025-03-17 21:13:38 +0000 UTCAgreed. The story themselves is played straight but there's meant to be a sort of satirical catharsis in 47 taking out these awful, awful people in a variety of silly ways. (Ironically one of my favourites from Hitman 1 is probably the one that subverts it the most)
Garry Lennon
2025-03-17 18:20:15 +0000 UTCI hope the Princess Peach Showtime at least makes it into the holiday rotation if it doesn't get it's own playthrough soon. Also, Dan I would love to see you and Carrie play 'Unravel Two' at some point. Super fun game mechanics and cute animation style.
Pyrat Penguin
2025-03-10 17:47:38 +0000 UTCI've found with the previous MH playthroughs that view counts are just always very low on those games across the board, so I think it makes sense to just play that on our own (or stream it occasionally) and free up the slot for something else :P
PlayFrame
2025-03-09 04:12:42 +0000 UTCMaybe he's waiting to play it on Saturdays with Jones?
Seth Jones
2025-03-09 03:05:11 +0000 UTCYeah. Makes sense to play Death's Door. It's kind of on brand. Just (Dead) Crow Things.
Seth Jones
2025-03-09 03:04:11 +0000 UTCI have seen allll of the twitch stuff, but that was months ago, I'm thirsty for mooore! xD
Myr Lune
2025-03-08 18:50:00 +0000 UTCOh no! I really hoped you'd love this game as much as I do... I do get your point about the story and the characters tho (at least in the beginning of the game); And I probably underestimated the length of a full playthrough. I'll not give up dreaming of one tho, because I love this game (especially the music and artstyle). So I'll keep recommending it, if that's okay 😊
neutronstarmerger
2025-03-08 16:14:34 +0000 UTCWell, yeah, it certainly has a humorous side to it when you replay it, but the story in the first playthrough I would not describe as comedy. And in fact playing it for the first time as comedy kind of breaks the immersion. Also I don't understand why you describe the "seriousness" as "surface level". I mean yeah, it's not exactly Shakespear, but the story is actually dramatic. I just hope you don't have the wrong impression of the game. I mean, would you describe Elden Ring as comedy just because you can do silly things there? P.S. To be fair, I did grow up with original "Hitman: Codename 47" being one of my most favorite games of all time, so I am biased and kind of defensive about the story.
DemoniacDeath
2025-03-08 09:37:54 +0000 UTCGenuinely surprised that Monster Hunter Wilds isn't automatically the next playthrough. Is Dan planning something else with it....?
Domadet
2025-03-08 08:06:01 +0000 UTCDespite its violence and surface level seriousness, the quantity of absurd assassination methods, costumes and scenarios they hand the player in each level suggests to me that the dark comedy players get up to in these sandboxes is very much by design
PlayFrame
2025-03-08 07:21:30 +0000 UTCSo I did play the first 4-5 hours on my own time last year, and lots of their gameplay systems ARE really cool! But the narrative side of things felt kinda flat, and it's hard to commit to a giant turn-based RPG when the story and characters aren't grabbing me. Which isn't to say it will NEVER happen, just that I'm not 100% sold on it currently
PlayFrame
2025-03-08 07:10:11 +0000 UTCPyre has a good chance I see. Fingers crossed
JD
2025-03-08 05:20:00 +0000 UTCI hope one day to see Dan play Sea of Stars. I know I've said it before. I just know he would enjoy it 😊
neutronstarmerger
2025-03-08 05:11:03 +0000 UTCThe horror elements are mostly in brief flashbacks & cutscenes, the core gameplay is solidly metroidvania-y (imho). I obviously don't know how susceptible you are to gore and creepy imagery, but if the answer isn't "debilitatingly", I wouldn't let that turn you off from the game entirely.
Patrick Carter
2025-03-08 05:07:14 +0000 UTCDon’t get me wrong, when I’m playing the game love that love it. It’s just you know it’s a lot of time to put in a let’s play video
DK
2025-03-08 04:10:46 +0000 UTCBlast that extremely pleasant theme music loud, and we all just sit and chill for a while
Anja Boskovic
2025-03-08 03:37:15 +0000 UTCHave you been following the PlayFrame twitch? There has been so much Pokemon there!
Anja Boskovic
2025-03-08 03:36:38 +0000 UTCtoo many good choices!
Gatlin Burnside
2025-03-08 01:16:59 +0000 UTCYes definitely want to wait for that stable 30fps lol. I agree, good call, memes aside.
Myr Lune
2025-03-08 00:22:08 +0000 UTCI'm sorry, in what way is Hitman a "comedy"? People make comedic videos of it on YouTube, sure, but the game itself is quite brutal.
DemoniacDeath
2025-03-08 00:07:10 +0000 UTCSO MANY good choices!
Robert Calhoun
2025-03-07 22:38:50 +0000 UTCPyre is legitimately one of my favorite games and I really hope you get around to it eventually (it seems like it's not quite gonna win this poll)
Nemenya
2025-03-07 20:39:32 +0000 UTCBet you a Coke that if you play Wind Waker, then the HD re-release will get announced as a Switch 2 launch title
Nicholas Ehlers
2025-03-07 20:39:07 +0000 UTCIf/when we get to Gen 9, I'm thinking it would be after the Switch 2's release, if only for the possibility of better performance
PlayFrame
2025-03-07 20:05:03 +0000 UTCDan also streamed some of Wind Waker, so to see the rest I gotta put a vote in for "is boat?"
Naruhoodie
2025-03-07 19:43:10 +0000 UTCEvery time I realize that there is no full Zelda playthrough on the channel it is shocking. Hopefully the Patrons will remedy this shortly.
Matthew Coleman
2025-03-07 19:38:39 +0000 UTCNo hope for Pokemon gen 9 story playthrough? Been a little light on Pokemon from this channel for a while now actually..
Myr Lune
2025-03-07 19:36:00 +0000 UTCLegally obligated to vote for both Ender Lilies and Princess Peach Showtime. Also for the record, imho you could totally play Ender Magnolia before Lilies and it would be fine. I think both games are equal in quality overall, they just have different strengths. But plot-wise I think you'd be good
M Yen
2025-03-07 19:35:27 +0000 UTCTried the Wanderstop demo and omg it is one heck of a thing. Cried three times. Don’t think it’s winning but highly suggest people check it out.
Sara Winters
2025-03-07 19:18:39 +0000 UTCI want wind waker just to see what fun Dan thing would do about the copious amount of sailing where nothing of note happens
DK
2025-03-07 19:10:55 +0000 UTCSomeone I know who played Nine Sols warned me off from it, describing it as "a horror game wearing hollow knight clothing." It gets disturbing, much more so than a dark souls title. She absolutely adored it though. So um, yea. Personally I'm hoping for Wind Waker! It's about time Playframe did a Zelda and it is absolutely the best one to start with!
MayImilae
2025-03-07 18:38:16 +0000 UTCIf you do Castlevania, please take your time with it, and at least TRY to get some of the weapons comments will be begging to see. Think "Fashion Souls" and put your heart into it!
Benjamin Siegfried
2025-03-07 18:11:26 +0000 UTCPretty much! Guaranteed at some point.
PlayFrame
2025-03-07 18:10:13 +0000 UTCThis is perhaps the most stacked list I've ever seen for one of these polls. I don't think I've seen Dan play a sim on the channel so World of Assassination could be good fun. Animal Well is full of the kinds of puzzling that made Tunic sure an interesting playthrough. And nine Sols is easily the best metroidvania I've played after Hollow Knight, with stunning art and the greatest focus on narrative I've seen from one of these games.
Natasha Slatten
2025-03-07 18:03:20 +0000 UTCIs the shovel knight series still in “going to happen just when the timing is good” section?
Preston Poirier
2025-03-07 17:47:03 +0000 UTCI have played it! It was a loooooong time ago, so my memory of most of it is quite hazy, but yeah it wouldn't be a completely fresh first-time experience
PlayFrame
2025-03-07 17:44:24 +0000 UTCNine Sols is incredible (and I feel like it's the kind of game Dan would enjoy as well) so it gets (one of) my vote(s). It's probably one of the first soulsy-metroidvanias I'd recommend, only second to hollow knight, and only because hollow knight is a better all-rounder. Heck, I was even re-fighting some of its bosses last week because they're just that good. (I finished the game half a year ago, and suddenly felt like "actually, I miss fighting those bosses, I'll fight them again"; I usually almost never do that). However, a caveat: it's less family friendly than the average game on playframe. Nothing *too* extreme, but there is gore (albeit cartoony depictions of it), and some mildly disturbing content. Again though, it's very good. It has flaws like many other games, but is high quality overall and has some really, *really*, strong points.
Olxinos
2025-03-07 17:42:30 +0000 UTCI was strongly considering nominating Wind Waker, it's my fav Zelda and a huge nostalgia game for me, but I thought "huh, Dan doesn't really do main zelda games on the channel huh?" And decided to promote something modern and more niche instead. So glad to see WW made the list regardless!
Space_Turbulence
2025-03-07 17:30:37 +0000 UTCGiven the last Astrobot episode, you should have added Legacy of Kaine and Soul Reaver, 'cause you really missed out never playing them.
Steve Jakab
2025-03-07 17:25:27 +0000 UTCI'm curious about whether you've played WindWaker before? I tend to enjoy watching first-time experiences, so that might sway my vote one way or the other. Either way, I think Animal Well and Princess Peach would make really compelling watching for very different reasons, and Hitman has the potential to be very funny.
The Furies
2025-03-07 17:23:00 +0000 UTCTons of great choices, but my front runner is forbidden west. It’s an excellent sequel that really builds on the world of the first game, and I feel like Dan really clicked with Aloy.
Kevin Lewis
2025-03-07 17:22:31 +0000 UTCInstant vote for Windwaker!
twilightoath
2025-03-07 17:19:44 +0000 UTCWe'll get to it someday!
PlayFrame
2025-03-07 17:17:57 +0000 UTCWould absolutely love a WindWaker playthrough!
Momodashii
2025-03-07 17:17:42 +0000 UTCI second this!
Momodashii
2025-03-07 17:17:12 +0000 UTCI think Animal Well might make an excellent Carrie playthrough because it's very puzzle based.
Evie Deles
2025-03-07 17:17:09 +0000 UTCAww, I can't see Hitman winning this but I think it's genre of played straight wacky circumstances would be *so good* on PlayFrame.
Askwho
2025-03-07 17:17:03 +0000 UTC*Slammed the vote button for Windwaker*
Anja Boskovic
2025-03-07 17:16:36 +0000 UTCHoping Pyre finally has its moment! Or that even if it doesn't win that Dan will still have pity on those who have tried for years to get it played and slot it in the schedule somewhere anyway!
Nazrax
2025-03-07 17:16:18 +0000 UTCSymphony would be awesome!
Matthew Mahar
2025-03-07 17:14:56 +0000 UTCI was just listening to Pyre music, so this must be fate.
Nicholas S.
2025-03-07 17:14:51 +0000 UTCAw my 13 Sentinels pick didn’t make it through, ah well lots of stuff to choose from. Pulling for Horizon for sure as it’s something I’ve been desperately wanting ya to get to for years now. Also you’ve played Tunic so I would argue that you have basically played one of the best Zelda games on the channel lol
Jordan Glazer
2025-03-07 17:11:31 +0000 UTCI voted for a couple, but I would make a super vote for Wind Waker!
Covo375
2025-03-07 17:11:00 +0000 UTCDan isn't exaggerating. Pyre has been in the running for MANY, MANY years, and a general history of being overshadowed even (and especially!) by its own Supergiant siblings. Hoping this vote will be kinder to it!
Quill
2025-03-07 17:10:54 +0000 UTCSo many good choices!
Joshua
2025-03-07 17:08:58 +0000 UTCI think you'd have an absolute blast in Animal Well, the hard part will be figuring out how deep you really want to go!
Tim Hawkins
2025-03-07 17:08:17 +0000 UTCSpoiled for choice!
Eric Ziegler
2025-03-07 17:05:56 +0000 UTCSave princess peach for Christmas! 🎄
Festa Brews
2025-03-07 17:04:20 +0000 UTC
