So maybe the problem with showing all the comments at once is that there are too many, and when showing one at a time they are not shown for long enough.
How about breaking the play into chapters/zones/rooms/segments (whatever makes sense for the game) then showing all the comments for that segment. Once the segment ends, there would be a replay button if they missed anything on the first play while reading comments, and a next segment button to carry on.
Interesting time spans could be marked for slow motion, boring bits played at double time.
There would be high level navigation between segments with thumbnails and comment counts. Buttons to skip between “pivotal moments”, maybe with voting to highlight them.
How about breaking the play into chapters/zones/rooms/segments (whatever makes sense for the game) then showing all the comments for that segment. Once the segment ends, there would be a replay button if they missed anything on the first play while reading comments, and a next segment button to carry on.
Interesting time spans could be marked for slow motion, boring bits played at double time.
There would be high level navigation between segments with thumbnails and comment counts. Buttons to skip between “pivotal moments”, maybe with voting to highlight them.