Superior Video games Completed Fast On-line will kick off on Sunday, January 8, launching a week-long high-speed gaming extravaganza that includes among the world’s foremost speedrunners displaying off their expertise on an array of video games from the previous and current—and one starring a hard-to-kill (opens in new tab) motion hero that by no means formally noticed the sunshine of day.
The AGDQ occasion will get underway with a pre-show set to start out at 11:30 pm ET, adopted by the primary speedrun—an Any% run of Splatoon 3 on the Nintendo Change—at midday. The PC swings into motion at 2:14 pm ET (these schedules are very tight) with some Crash Bandicoot enjoyable. That is not likely my cup of tea, however an hour after {that a} New Recreation+ run of Mirror’s Edge will start, which is extra my velocity.
Here is a Catalyst run from Summer time Video games Completed Fast in 2017. It takes 1:03:49 to get from begin to end—the present document, in response to speedrun.com, is the significantly faster 49:18.
Different attention-grabbing speedruns on faucet in the course of the occasion embody an Any% Nosferatu run by way of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, an All-Quest playthrough of Fallout 3, an Any% Frogun run, an All-Trophies completion of Goat Simulator, and an Any% co-op playthrough of Lifeless Area 3.
The true hook for me, although (although it is not a PC sport) is an Any% run of Steven Seagal Is: The Closing Possibility, a mid-’90s SNES beat-em-up that was by no means really launched. In line with SNES Central (opens in new tab), nonetheless, a playable beta model finally surfaced and it is a “fully functioning sport,” in response to the AGDQ 2023 On-line submission web page.
“Very similar to in actual life, Steven Seagal has 255 lives and may respawn in a close-by space,” the outline states, precisely. “The run consists of out of bounds to finish the phases and deathwarps on some jumps.”
It’s not a speedrun, however to show it is really an actual factor that exists, right here’s some prototype gameplay of Seagal beating the shit out of some scientists and upkeep staff:
Together with the strong week of speedruns, Superior Video games Completed Fast 2023 On-line is notable for an additional cause: It is going to be the ultimate occasion for Video games Completed Fast founder and managing director Mike Uyama, who introduced earlier this week that he’ll be stepping down (opens in new tab) and “taking a break” after the present is over. Uyama has headed up the Video games Completed Fast collection since its founding in 2010, when he broadcast from his mother’s basement; within the years since, GDQ has raised greater than $41 million for charities. 100% of funds raised throughout Superior Video games Completed Fast 2023 On-line shall be donated to the Stop Most cancers Basis (opens in new tab).
The ultimate run in Superior Video games Completed Fast 2023 On-line shall be an Any% warpless run of Tremendous Mario Bros 3 on the NES, after which the entire thing will wrap up a bit of after midnight (once more, Jap time) on January 15. You possibly can dive into the complete schedule at gamesdonequick.com (opens in new tab).
