Gale disapproves
I saw that news article too and didn’t read it because I think it would be a spoiler. But it is interesting that some one figured out a way to do this.
I play Dark Souls and there are people doing speed runs to be the quickest.
I like to take games slow and enjoy the content. But still amazing what these guys do.
Read it so you don’t have to - someone found a choice you can make in the second act that counts as an ending. So, they basically ran through act one and made that decision immediately.
They did not play through to what anyone would actually consider the end of the game.
If it did, I wonder in how many seconds they speed-ran Wasteland 3.
There really is no point doing this other than for its own sake. The whole game is about the journey, and a short sprint doesn’t really qualify.
Speedrunning is also about the journey. For a single good run it probably takes tens or hundreds of hours of failing.
Speedrunners generally play these games longer than most people do casually.
You’ve successfully described speedrunning 😊
Figuring out the fastest route through a game is one kind of a journey. There’s often big collaborative efforts involved in finding and perfecting the tricks necessary for the run. The actual journey is far longer than the resulting 10 minutes, and some people love being part of that journey.
Gotta go fast
I am of both sides. I play for the story and the choices and such, and take a long time to play… But then after I’ve seen everything, I like to dick around and see all the ways I can lose, and how fast I can get certain things or how early I can complete the game. For example, beating Chrono Trigger the normal way is cool and all; but have you ever defeated lavos the very first instance you can attempt it? It finishes the game super early, but it’s also the hardest challenge the game offers.
