Review: Youtubers Life OMG (PlayStation 4)
Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a true youtuber’s life!
Pros:
- Chunky bright graphics.
- 1.92GB Download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Character creator- Male/Female, Hair, eyes, mouth, beard, hat, shirt, pants, shoes and glasses. Then set your personality and type of channel.
- Cursor speed slider.
- Set player and channel name.
- Ongoing tutorial support.
- Time management gameplay with mini-games aplenty.
- You do every part of video creation from picking a game, setup pc, type of video, record, edit and then upload.
- Can shop online for items with new ones and shops appearing as you progress.
- Video performance breakdown like EXP earned, script, video editing sound, and post-production.
- Hold down part time jobs in order to afford games at the start.
- Game timer can be paused, slow down or speed up.
- Food and energy bars to manage.
- You study aswel as everything else and you have full control over when that happens and what you are doing.
- Rendering points- Dictate how much stuff you can do to your videos like fancy templates or screen effect.
- Power points- Like above but dictates what PC components you can have plugged in, Better gear takes up more power.
- Whilst recording you get pop up tasks and depending on your answers, Goes towards the performance of the video.
- Save when you want.
- An overall level where you earn EXP for everything. Level up to unlock new items/jobs/shops/events/game etc.
- List of objectives on screen.
- Quick to learn.
- Can invite people over and build your brand.
- Mini-games are fun and varied from rhythm games to many cooking challenges.
- Fun to see how you would plan your career out.
Cons:
- A lot to take in.
- Gets manic very quickly.
- You may have played many games like this before especially on mobile, This time around it just has the Youtuber skin on it.
- You don’t get much help to build your channel.
- Despite a lot of mini-games and side bits, The game does suffer from a small pool of activities that soon repeat and grate.
- Proper plate spinning game.
- Novelty wears off after a few hours.
- You need to be rather committed in order to reap the true benefits.
- Looks like a mobile game port.
