stump sock
Member
holy crap this is only like half an hour away from me? maybe I should go over and see this in person (I wont)
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2015: Speedrunning For Charity - January 4th - 10th
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SmackAttack
Member
I love developer insights like this. Grant is awesome.
stump sock
Member
thanks Ubisoft
The Bankslammer
Member
yeah well the world doesn't deserve a nuts and bolts sequel anyways!!!!
XANDER CAGE
Member
I guess you sort of have to be a special kind of nostalgic type to get really into retro game speedrunning.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
holy shit. Drew?
Simply Sarah
Member
Not just that, but N64 Rare games at that.
I personally played several N64 games that were worse than Sonic Boom. I'm not saying those were the big, popular games, but they existed.
BumblebeeCody
Member
That sounds like a new rating system.
On a scale of Sonic Boom to 10. If not that then
"This is game is horrible and not even worth playing, but when you compare it to Sonic Boom it's actually pretty good"
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Xpike
Unconfirmed Member
i guess they at least boot up without having to wait 10 minutes for a patch
Well, for something like Banjo or OoT, despite being glitchy to all hell these days, most casual players won't ever find or see these in normal play with how hidden they are. More important bugs and glitches were obviously put on a higher priority to fix so the game works as intended. No way were they ever bug free, but they did try their best to make the games work.
Compare to some games of today like AC:Unity or many studios over relying on patches to fix even the bigger bugs.
Compare to some games of today like AC:Unity or many studios over relying on patches to fix even the bigger bugs.
fluffydelusions
Member
So what's everyone's favorite game to see speedrun? I'm guessing cosmo & OoT is a fav?
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
You should be comparing it to how games are released without patches, patches kind of make the comparison unfair.
Like let's compare it to AC:U....
or anything else Ubisoft and EA release
UnderWaterTree
Member
Vanquish
StriKeVillain
Banned
I'm not sure of favorite ever, but that Viewtiful Joe speedrun from last year was amazing.
Spinosaurus
Member
Never get tired of F-Zero GX
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Xpike
Unconfirmed Member
Super Mario 64 or Yoshi's Island
I don't really have a favorite. I like watching them all! I even watch a lot of TAS stuff.
The F-Zero games, seriously impressive.
The Duke Nukem 3D speedrun was amazing last year.
BumblebeeCody
Member
For ones I speedrun it's RE4, Strider and Sonic Games because that's a community I talk to a lot so for personal reasons it's exciting.
Zelda series because they're all awesome to watch
Other games like:
F-Zero and Super Monkey Ball because of the insane amount of skill and potential fuck ups make it arse clenching. But man, when the perfect frame tricks are pulled of, it gets hype.
Other times it's based on the player like TriHex and how he makes Yoshis Island fun as heck to watch.
fluffydelusions
Member
Same here. My 2nd monitor is dedicated to the Twitch stream while these things go on lol.
NormalFish
Banned
Jak 3 is an awesome run. Megaman 2, Gimmick, and pokemon crystal are good for retro games. Dark Souls is also an awesome run.
Oh, and TP and TWW are both better watches than OoT. Come at me.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
OoT, I like Runnerguy's runs more though. Any Zelda game is great to watch since I've played them to death myself, but some of the newer ones are pretty long and it's not fun to watch on streams(in which you mostly see the first half hour and then a reset).
Most RPG's are also great since they're unlike most speedruns and are more about solid tactics than execution.
Also can't forget about 2D metroid.
Two hours from me. It's tempting, but I don't think I can drop by.
Ultimadrago
Member
Is anyone invited to watch or drop by?
stump sock
Member
used to be that way, I checked, looks like it's $60 for an all-week pass this time around. can't say I blame them, but I'll have to pass I think.
NormalFish
Banned
I don't know what the policy on just dropping by is, but anyone is invited to attend the event, don't need any sort of credentials.
Muskieratboi
Member
One of the runners mentioned A Hat In Time during the Kirkhope chat. He's also doing a couple of Guest tracks for Lobodestroyo as well, which is much more influenced by B-K (Hat In Time's more of a Mario Influence.)
thepatient666
Member
Not sure if they're at AGDQ, but I love watching Mario Sunshine Any% runs, and Zelda 2 runs the most. As well as the rest of the 3D Mario games. Dark Souls is cool too.
Like what? (not trying to sound snippy, don't know how to word this better ^^
I mean even I can think of some horribly buggy games too, but again, in relative terms, Sonic Boom is way worse than anything I can think of off the top of my head (there are few games whose bugs are so bad that they can easily and consistently lock the game, cause the game to not load, and allow you to skip 80-90% of the game). Though maybe that's just the power of marketing. Because I do know that marketing was near-nonexistent for a lot of games before the PS2-ish era.Thinking about it for a bit, Goldeneye does have a lot of game-locking bugs (mostly due to mission triggers not going off, making the only way to "complete" the level to die and restart it).
BumblebeeCody
Member
Oh yes
Biscuits, tea, lying in bed and watching on the Xbox One. Night. Is. Set.
....shame I have work in the morning.
SPACECADET
Member
thank you, i just woke up and twitch already muted most of the highlight reel.
You have to ask for an appeal. They won't unmute them on their own accord.
NormalFish
Banned
Is this true of twitch-sponsored events as well? I'd think they would take some initiative there, but I haven't looked into it.
Also, invite pls <3 username is my gaf name
AmaterasuOkami076
Member
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
sweet skip
BumblebeeCody
Member
Sweet skip and 125K Viewers. Nice!
StriKeVillain
Banned
Awesome. Will re-watch later.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Last year anything above $100 got an applause, big difference a year makes.
To be fair though, you always get bigger donations at the start and end of an event.