QuĂ© fĂĄcil es terminarse un juego y andar fardando entre tus amigos: âÂĄHey! ÂĄme acabo de pasar el Final Fantasy 10 en solo 12 horas!â o no salir un sĂĄbado por la tarde porque tienes el Diablo calentito, estĂĄs ya por el tercer acto. En definitiva, nadie te gana viciado. ÂżNadie? ÂżTe crees que aquĂ se escriben posts sin motivo? ÂżConoces algo llamado SpeedRun?
Speedrun is a type of game that is slowly spreading across the internet, which, as we all know, is populated by geeks. A modality so simple and strange that it only consists of beating a game in the minimum possible time. Even if you have to use bugs, secret doors or make three Xâs on your console and say Maria Amparo seven times. The point is to beat the game in the blink of an eye and have it all recorded on video.
One of the most incredible records in action role-playing games is the one that Vladimir âKnuâ Semenov set for The Elder of Scrolls III: Morrowind, who was able to complete the entire convoluted script in 7:30! And Morrowind was precisely a great game because of its script.
Normally, the script is one of the most engaging things about games, but there are those who donât care at all. There are true game addicts who all they need is to play one game, add it to the completed list and start another, because if not, tell me how Samuel âArkarianâ Groves was able to enjoy Myst in just 1:16 minutes. It is simply impossible to enjoy a graphic adventure in 1:16 and with 131 clicks!
But not everything stays in read and aim games. After all, those are precisely the ones that, if you skip the videos, have the fewest hours of gameplay. Letâs move on to the FPS. How about the classic of classics? Half-Life can be completed in as little as 31 minutes. But this one has a trick, because Blake âSpider-Waffleâ Piepho used scripts and some other help.
But for classics, Super Mario Bros, a game in which we have all spent afternoons and afternoons and that Andrew Gardikis was only entertained for 5 minutes:
The truth is that there are true masters of playing, although I donât know if what they do is play, because beating a game in a few minutes is something that I donât think allows you to enjoy it very much.
However, it must be recognized that it has merit. Long hours looking for bugs, small traps or simply the most suitable place to execute an action.
As I imagine you already know, there are a good number of websites that are dedicated to collecting these records, and the most complete one I have found has been SpeedDemoArchive, which has the records organized by platform, time and clearly indicates whether it has a trick or not. In addition to allowing you to download the original video file.
Are you making a game? Or are you already discouraged?