Documentary by Valve "Free To Play"

[OnionKnight86]

Free to Play is a feature-length documentary that features three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,600,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.
It was produced by Valve and the tournament was for Dota 2.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/20t8qh/esports_documentary_by_valve_all_you_need_to_know/

more links for the vid here

 

[PAUonePUNCH]

Thanks going to download and watch later on the big screen.

 

[Winston Wolf]

Just wasted one and a half hours of my life watching that glorified Dota 2 ad.

So much cheap drama too... ugh.

 

[Francis Rossi]

Just wasted one and a half hours of my life watching that glorified Dota 2 ad.

So much cheap drama too... ugh.

One of the reviews referred to it as that. I'mma skip it I think.

 

[PAUonePUNCH]

Thanks for the heads up. deleting file now

 

[Winston Wolf]

One of the reviews referred to it as that. I'mma skip it I think.

lol, probably mine. It's the top "thumbs down" review.

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Just wasted one and a half hours of my life watching that glorified Dota 2 ad.

So much cheap drama too... ugh.

OP posted at 2:39.

Your post was at 3:11.

Pretty interesting movie.

 

[Zuni]

I see Steam downloaded it for me. I'm a big DOTA 2 fan so i'm going to check it out for sure.

 

[the ax murderer]

Was gonna watch, now not so sure.

 

[wrongentitiy]

no cs go no care

 

[Pittie Petey]

I thought it was a good doc
Im not into competitive gaming though so watching how big it is was pretty amazing to me

 

[Dunsta]

Just wasted one and a half hours of my life watching that glorified Dota 2 ad.

So much cheap drama too... ugh.

I have been looking forward to this movie since they announced it on the steam news, I have never watched a bad video game documentary. They always seem to hit a note for me probably more than any other genre of film lol.Anyway, A friend of mine said the same based on what he saw ardound the internet. So I was worried this was going to be lame. After watching though, I see nothing that backs this up. Other than some custom cut scenes tailored to the matches which to me just reinforces the fact that this is the best quality production for a VG documentary yet

Watch a Fistful of Quarters, they talk about the DOnkey Kong game alot.
Watch a Super Smash Bros documentary, they're going to talk about smash alot.
Watch a Street Fighter documentary, they're going to talk about SF alot.
Watch a DOTA documentary, they're going to talk about DOTA alot.


It didn't disappoint me maybe even exceeded my expectations which were really high. Worth watching if you like dota, mobas, video games, tournaments/competition. Would've liked to see more match footage but of course that would take too much time and it's nothing I can't go youtube myself.

 

[MidgardSerpent]

Other than some custom cut scenes tailored to the matches which to me just reinforces the fact that this is the best quality production for a VG documentary yet

Watch a Fistful of Quarters, they talk about the DOnkey Kong game alot.
Watch a Super Smash Bros documentary, they're going to talk about smash alot.
Watch a Street Fighter documentary, they're going to talk about SF alot.
Watch a DOTA documentary, they're going to talk about DOTA alot.

I enjoyed it too, and I was pretty impressed by the in-game cut-scenes they added. No idea they would spend that amount of resources on it. Would love to see more.

 

[Winston Wolf]

OP posted at 2:39.

Your post was at 3:11.

Pretty interesting movie.

Are you implying I didn't watch it?

Check my review on Steam and my "play time" for the movie, then.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/prmaguiar/recommended/245550/

I watched it before seeing this thread.

Think before you post.

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Are you implying I didn't watch it?

Check my review on Steam and my "play time" for the movie, then.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/prmaguiar/recommended/245550/

I watched it before seeing this thread.

Think before you post.

Easy killer, I was being snarky.

On the movie, I couldn't find myself caring about any of the three players. I just liked watching their take on the tourney.

 

[EARLOBE]

Can anybody recommend any other good gaming documentaries?

Even a decent D&D doc would be cool.

 

[taknocks]

Can anybody recommend any other good gaming documentaries?

Even a decent D&D doc would be cool.

"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" is the only gaming documentary I've seen and I thought it was excellent. It's about the Donkey Kong arcade game.

 

[edco76]

"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" is the only gaming documentary I've seen and I thought it was excellent. It's about the Donkey Kong arcade game.

There is one about Tetris which is really good. I think its on youtube

 

[Dunsta]

Can anybody recommend any other good gaming documentaries?

Even a decent D&D doc would be cool.

Heres a list of "top 15 video game documentaries"

http://www.heavy.com/games/2013/07/know-your-history-the-15-best-video-game-documentaries/

Add in this smash bros documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tgWH-qXpv8&list=PLoUHkRwnRH-KTCH3tJ9WvsWWPEgUu-y6d

 

[EARLOBE]

Thanks