How to experience games without playing them? Watch playthroughs/read plot synopsis?

I’m not much of a gamer anymore, but I do listen to VGM a lot. I’d be interested in seeing how the music is used in the game itself. Sometimes I’d also like to know how a game, which I never finished, ends.

Does anyone have any tips on playthrough or walkthrough videos for any games (Chrono Cross, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, maybe FF)? It’d be even better if there exists edited videos with only the essential stuff storywise (and musicwise). And does anyone know a good site, where you can read the complete storyline for games?

Has anyone else ever tried experiencing games without playing them?

BTW, found this one thread, where they are playing through all the main FF games on YouTube (http://forum.train2game.com/showthread.php/8463-Video-Final-Fantasy-Series-Playthrough).

I assume you’re already checking on YouTube. Speed Demos Archive (http://speeddemosarchive.com/gamelist.html) is another good place to look. Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy I, IV, After Years, V, VI, VII, IX, X, X-2, Crystal Chronicles, Mystic Quest, and Tactics have already been uploaded there. FFVIII is on the way. I also know Lost Odyssey is on YouTube because that’s where I watched it.

By the way, these are suggestions for walkthroughs that don’t have audio commentary by the poster. I can’t stand 90% of that stuff.

You don’t like it when the person commentates?

On-topic: I’d check out YouTube for specific users like "AdventurePlaythrough". I do a few myself but I’m beginning to branch away from playthroughs and start working with animation and computer graphics.

Speed Demos Archive (http://speeddemosarchive.com/gamelist.html) is another good place to look…

…By the way, these are suggestions for walkthroughs that don’t have audio commentary by the poster. I can’t stand 90% of that stuff.

Thanks a ton for the link! I also don’t care about audio commentary. The shortest Lost Odyssey playthrough I found on youtube is 171 (http://www.youtube.com/user/SplitPlaythru#g/c/0D008E70DE3BA9AD) videos with <10mins/video. I’m guessing it’s about 25 hours long.