Speedrunners complete TOTK in less than two hours

Tears of the Kingdom may have only been available for a few hours, but Zelda speedrunners are already finishing Link's latest adventure in just 1 hour and 34 minutes. That is less time it takes to make Salt Grilled Mushrooms!

[NecrumOddBoy]

If it can be speed run complete in 94 minutes, then is “this time we have a story, dungeons, side quests, bosses, etc etc etc…” just more bullcrap?

[CrimsonWing69]

C’mon man, I’m assuming you’re familiar with speed-runs and the typical average playthrough time for games, right?

Let’s put it this way, Elden Ring can be speed-ran in less than an hour and Skyrim can be done in… if I’m seeing this, correctly, in less than 6 minutes.

Speed-running is in no way the proper measurement of a game’s average length to beat or indicative of the amount of content a game offers.

I know you have to know this, I think…

[NecrumOddBoy]

Im familiar. The OG speed runs of BOTW were based on using the physics to get to the castle fast and skill.

The Elden Ring 6min was legit exploitation. Any%, rules don’t apply so that’s not what I mean.

I was assuming that it wasn’t a “go to the boss from the start” formula.

[goldwyncq]

Someone managed to speed run Elden Ring within ten minutes so it probably has very little content huh?

[SullysCigar]

There's speed running and then there's 'glitching'.

It really depends on the parameters set out as to what should be compared with what. I'm interested to know how quickly a game can be completed without exploits. Everything else is pointless and uninteresting, to me.

[King_Noctis]

So you are saying the game doesn’t have a single side quest, bosses, dungeon, or any story at all? You just walk to the ending and bam! The game is ended?

[GoodGuy09]

I believe like in botw, you can just head to the main boss right away and I'm guessing you can with totk as well. Every speedrun skips a lot of stuff and many include glitches that can skip a crap load.

The game is actually very content filled from what I've seen containing 3 huge areas with tons to explore and quests.

It takes speedrunners many attempts and hours to hit these times if ya don't know.

[ufo8mycat]

Congratulations on ruining the game and experience for yourselves.

[CrimsonWing69]

How does it ruin their experience?

[jznrpg]

Manipulating games to beat them quickly is not fun to me.
Good for them though they get the cookie 🥇

[jznrpg]

If you think it’s fun that’s fine. For me it ruins the entire point of why I play games but that’s just me.

[CrimsonWing69]

Not everyone has to play games and enjoy them like you.

Some people like the challenge of completing a game quickly and then trying to find ways to beat it faster.

They potentially even play the game more than you do while they practice. So, who cares how anyone enjoys a game? There’s no right or wrong way to have fun playing a game.

[gold_drake]

damn
having watched quite a few speedruns myself, its always fascinating how they do it

[GoodGuy09]

Good God

[masterfox]

speedrunners do crazy things, what surprise me about this game is that costs 70 dlls, now thats freaking nonsense imo.

[Imalwaysright]

Any game costing $70 is nonsense.

[darkrider]

Why? What is your experience in making games?

How much do you think cost to make a triple A quality game in 2023 that looks like a 2023 game? Not even talking about marketing?

[Imalwaysright]

None whatsoever however that doesn't limit my ability to use google and compare revenues and profit margins publishers had last year vs 10 years ago. For example microtransactions alone generated $5.89 billion in revenue for Activision in 2022. In 2012 the company generated a revenue of $4.86 billion. Seeing publishers crying about development costs when they're breaking profit and revenue records is one of the funniest things I ever came across in regards to this industry.

[adamwparker]

In 1992, we paid retail price of $74.99 for a SNES version of Street Fighter II.

That would be equivalent to over $140 now....

[Ps5conehead]

Then don’t buy them then. Companies are in business to make money. If the game is good and I want it right then I’ll pay the 70.

[Imalwaysright]

adamwparker

And?

Ps5conehead

I'm not and them being in the business to make money isn't exactly a revelation so what do you say about us making a petition for them to start selling games for $200? It makes sense because it will make them more money won't it?

[northpaws]

Speed run right from the start seems like a waste of an experience though, but whatever they enjoy.

[Inverno]

Some of y'all really missing the point of speed running… some of y'all really taking it personally too. Anywho since you can basically skip right to Ganon like in BoTW it isn't very surprising. Tho he seems to get through the tutorial, wonder how long it'll take for them to figure out how to skip that entirely.

[Binarycode]

and?

What is the point of a speedrun., seriously. You are not really playing the game in the way intended.

Elden Ring speed run is a prime example, falling off ledges into space and landing on something and arriving at a destination when there is no path. The only way you could know such a thing is either through insider knowledge or an editor to view parts of the game not visible.

It's cheating and therefore pointless.

Play games how they are supposed to be made.

[Father__Merrin]

A 2h rpg