CouchWarrior on youtube has a vast oeuvre[1] of Bethesda letsplays with varying degrees of in-character narration and meta commentary which I find highly non-excruciating.

Most of it is (variously modded) Skyrim - here's one where a high level assassin mage gratifyingly takes out the Black-Briar household by commission which contains both a "silent" and a separate commented version: [2] (skip to 18:30 if you want the commentary).

There's also a partial Fallout 4 playthrough, mostly done with engaging in-character narration as "Saint Billy" [3]

It may not be for everyone, but the thoughtful, relaxed and character-based roleplay-centric approach beats out the squeaky-voiced minmaxing of standard letsplays every time as far as I'm concerned.

1: https://www.youtube.com/@couchwarriortv/playlists?view=1&sor...

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADtS8yAsCk

3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq3QdWvJDnh024UmnWHvK...