Ben-DutkaNeed something to shoot for? Got lots and lots and lots of time on your hands to master the exact correct paths and techniques?
Then try to beat the all-time best speed runs in Demon's Souls . For most mortals, the game will take around 40 hours to beat, and that's probably not counting the time lost to broken controllers and curled up on the floor in a fetal position, begging for some leniency. But the hardest of the hardcore have found a way to take the game down in record time…in less than an hour, in fact. Here's Part 1 of alternal's speed run through Atlus' gem:
His total time? 54 minutes, 54 seconds. You came close, right? Probably 58 minutes or so? …no? Why are you laughing? Hey, all this guy does is dodge just about everything but the bosses and he obviously knows exactly where to go and when. You can do that, too. Just spend some time doing a bit of research or whatever. Good luck with that.
That's my take as well. What's the fun in speed running games?
It's just internet e-peen. This feat would have meant nothing in the 1990s
Or then, again, one would probably just hate him more.
That's Fast!
Sometimes this kind of thing is a cool challenge for yourself, just to see how good you are.
OK, try this one, Complete Burnout Paradise to 100% (all the offline elements) in under 24 hours). Before Criterion mae the game a bit easier the record (as far as anyone knew) was 17 hours 17 minutes. I've done it in under 24 hours, but it's not easy.
I find "initial equip/stats" more of a challenge than speed runs.
Btw, Highlander, on my shopping spree this weekend, i finally picked up a copy of Burnout as per your recommendation.
@Scarecrow, a friend of mine actually completed Burnout with the first car you get and only used that first car, no others. Somehow he managed to get everything except the car specific events. It's like running through Uncharted with only a .45 to work with.
@Shams, enjoy. Be aware though, there's several updates that will download (unless they've merged them all) which will take a while depending on your connection, and which version of the game you bought.
Under one hour… HOLY CRAP!!! It took me over four just to get past the first level. That is some kind of unreal. Related: Damn it, I need to get back to Demon's Souls ASAP.
Peace.
wow, now thats what i call dedication!
i use to love doing things like that, completing games 100% spending months learning them like the back of my hand.
did that for the first 3 crash bandicoot games.
sadly, dont have time for it anymore.
🙁
WorldEndsWithMe
"How is this guy moving so fast? When I played the game everything was slower than a gay man picking out a scarf. "
you were probably sporting a load of gay heavy armour?
Anyways, parrying those silver skeletons like that takes some serious cojones and skill
if you watch the video, you see that it isn't even a new game+, it is a completely new play through starting from scratch. Pretty mind boggling
…but on the other hand he's playing as a Royal. Pah, nothing hardcore about that, it is the pussy's choice.
Dude…. 1 hour. I don't care what class you pick. I went with a magician and it took me like 1-2 hours to beat the first level on my first try.
Holy Crap
sure this person beat it in one hour he was already stacked with weapons..how about a actual NEW game…
tdinc1
Watch the video from the start. It was a NEW game
And my friends tell me that "I" have no life…seriously, that is pretty damn clever and amazing.
The hard thing about doing a Demon souls speed run is that the game auto- saves practically every 2 seconds. In other games, where you save manually, you can keep practicing on a particular part of the game, and only save once you've mastered it completely. Hence, making it easier to record a fast playtime.
That's pretty GD!! impressive!
What's most impressive of this is his conservation of time. He actually opens the menu to switch his inventory during mandatory real time cut scenes. I watched the first 25 minutes or so and he has everything down to a science. He dies on purpose after flipping the lever to open the gate so he starts off in the beginning level to fight Phalanx. That short cut on 4 when he jukes the BP Black Skeleton to jump off the cliff is frigging amazing.
The most amazing thing is how he rolls through the arrow machine (jesus cross) on 3. Like it was nothing. On his first try. W…T…F.
This dude probably has done nothing over the past 2 years but play this game. That is for sure.
Last edited by JPBooch on 10/19/2010 12:05:39 PM
yeah, getting the Black Skeleton (one of the hardest foes in the game, hands down) to commit suicide like that was just sweet
i did it in 2 hours 35, so yeah wid a lil' more effort, itz not impossible
Impressive, most Impressive
was it a NEW game or newgame+?
skipped all the cutscenes and it wz a newgame bcuz i lost all my previous saves along with my phat ps3
holy shite he's good
STAY3R
I know how it feels to lose gamesaves on the phat ps3….grim
2 hrs 35 is fecking impressive. I took 69 hours, but was doing my typical ridiculous rpg thing of spending so many ludicrous hours levelling up (I was soul level 85 by the end) that I was so overpowered I could most of the demon bossed in about 10 seconds with magic without taking a hit
lmao, level 85!!! god, i wz 68 prolly on the ol' ps3
So he's a high level and restarted the game? Uhh, cool?