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Morrowind Speed-Run--14 Minutes, 26 Seconds
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johnjohnson
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O___O that's all I can say by now.
I quit playing morrowind after about 50 hours, because i had to pause the game for a few weeks and wasn't able to get back to it because of the worst journal in a game ever.
I quit playing morrowind after about 50 hours, because i had to pause the game for a few weeks and wasn't able to get back to it because of the worst journal in a game ever.
Teknopathetic
Member
Yeah, not really all that impressive. They pretty much just abused the more broken aspects of morrowind.
Morrowind is one of the most easily abusable games in existence. If your system (PC/Xbox) will hold up, you can command an unlimited army of golden saints and other beasts. It's pretty funny to get one person to attack you, then stand back and have your followers lay siege to a village after the person retaliates.
SteveMeister
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This is why in Oblivion, there's a limit (based on your Alchemy skill) on the number of potions you can have affecting you at once. You won't be able to fortify stats to ludicrous amounts any more.
Teknopathetic
Member
Good deal, Steve. I can't get all holier than thou, because I broke the game a little myself (mainly stealing some gear to use and hock to boost up my levels, for some reason, I couldn't even hit *rats*).
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Can't really talk too much about enchantments or magic in general, but we have put a lot of thought into those systems to better balance them. The idea is that the three main character specializations -- magic, stealth, and combat -- should be roughly equivalent in terms of how successful they are in the game, which will be a BIG improvement over Morrowind.
Drakken said:
all i said after watching the video is "wtf"
I honestly had no clue what he was really doing after the beginning because he just potioned himself up so that he moved so fast... even the dudes he was killing i couldn't see all that well because he was speeding through it like a madman.
but they also had the end cinematic at the end play too.
14 minutes it might have been.. but he spent like 7 minutes on making potions.
when Morrowind first came out, it played like crap on my then computer, and that was one of the reasons I never beat it.
fast forward to this year, I get morrowind again, put it on my laptop, and boy is it freakin' blazin', even on 1600x1200 resolution. pretty amazing stuff to run it with all the effects and on max rez.
fast forward to this year, I get morrowind again, put it on my laptop, and boy is it freakin' blazin', even on 1600x1200 resolution. pretty amazing stuff to run it with all the effects and on max rez.
Well, I was saying people have told me that even on modern computers it seems to stutter and everything, which is one reason I never bothered with it. Maybe I'll pick up the big collection box someday, but between BG2, Guild Wars, and wanting to go through Gothic2 a second time my gaming plate is rather full at the moment.
Easily the game I've played the most in recent memory, and I still haven't perfected my character! :lol
..not mentioning the house decoration project in Balmora either...
Not even GTA could topple the addiction Morrowind presented, so addictive I didn't even finish the main plot until 180 million(^10) hours into the game.
Watching the speedrun makes me want to play it all over again, except I at the same time don't, due to above stated amount of hours, and that I probably couldn't find the disc.
Oblivion
..not mentioning the house decoration project in Balmora either...
Not even GTA could topple the addiction Morrowind presented, so addictive I didn't even finish the main plot until 180 million(^10) hours into the game.
Watching the speedrun makes me want to play it all over again, except I at the same time don't, due to above stated amount of hours, and that I probably couldn't find the disc.
Oblivion
100Bullets
Member
What is the fascanation with speed gaming? I don't get it at all.
OpinionatedCyborg
Member
The same reason there's a fascination with normal gaming: the challenge and competitive aspects.100Bullets said:
Society said:
Speed runs are awesome, especially if you've beat the game in question. They're not 'saddening' or 'insulting' or anything of that sort to the developers IMO, as it takes many more hours of preparation than it would to beat the game just once to perform a proper run.
They're a true testament to the game being played, and gaming in general.
Open Source
Banned
The stuttering on modern PCs is caused by the CD's copy protection.
It's sad how the pirated version of games is so often more user-friendly than the retail version. I have to unplug my DVD burner and plug in a DVD drive when I want to play Gothic 2 because the burner drive can't read the copy protected Gothic 2 disc (and all my other IDE slots are filled, and firmware update does nothing).
It's sad how the pirated version of games is so often more user-friendly than the retail version. I have to unplug my DVD burner and plug in a DVD drive when I want to play Gothic 2 because the burner drive can't read the copy protected Gothic 2 disc (and all my other IDE slots are filled, and firmware update does nothing).
Mike Works
Member
Nerds. That's all you need to know.100Bullets said:
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
Speevy said:
My Xbox would blow up if I try to do that!
100Bullets
Member
sly said:
I totally agree I would think you would want to put some time into it and enjoy it. Sure, you have to really get to know the game before you can fly through it but that seems like a strange reason to buy a game and invest time into it.
On a second note, I misspelled fascination, damn it.
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
Bog said:
wow get out of town!!
Would you consider bounties to be a good reason?100Bullets said:
As for being an insult to the game, it depends on the developers. Some developers encourage it, Bungie, while others frown on it, Retro. If I were the position, I'd encourage you to break my game. 'Runs make the game challenging to the gamer and developer.
100Bullets
Member
Bog said:
Yeah, I think I made that obvious but maybe I didn't. Yet, I was thinking about the motivation of playing it a dozen times or more just to get a sense for all the bugs in the game so you can make a video.
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
Bog said:
It worked for Austin Powers.
Teknopathetic
Member
"How is it saddening? So what if it's possible to beat the game in fourteen minutes? It took three years (?) for people to even figure that out. Seems pretty awesome that someone took the time to try it."
It hardly took 3 years for people to figure out how to abuse alchemy and go beat the boss, I don't think people bothered to get all that crap worked up just to go and do such. I took down a few gods, personally.
It hardly took 3 years for people to figure out how to abuse alchemy and go beat the boss, I don't think people bothered to get all that crap worked up just to go and do such. I took down a few gods, personally.