Seeing him tear through the game at a breakneck pace while simultaneously collecting every gem, freeing every dragon and completing every level was a sight to behold. Dayoman’s Spyro the Dragon run, however, required him to not only complete the game as fast as possible, but also complete every single optional objective in the process. Most runs at Games Done Quick are “any%,” meaning beating the game is the only necessary action to complete the run. From there, they can reach the boss’s weak points and finish the fight much quicker than the game developers intended. Instead of doing the fight the intended way, which usually takes a while, the runner instead uses a glitch in the game’s momentum to launch their player character extremely high into the air. One of the game’s most infamous and most difficult tricks is shown off against the third boss. This Shadow of the Colossus run features some of the exact spectacle and tricks Games Done Quick tries to highlight. Once the final boss is defeated, the final time is recorded, and the run is completed. Rather than playing the game the standard way, the runner instead uses the game’s built-in time trial system to challenge its 16 bosses in succession. Shadow of the Colossus runs are always a great sight at Games Done Quick. The marathon opened with a run of Shadow of the Colossus, completed in 47 minutes and 29 seconds by RUBIEHART. Below are some of the best runs to watch from Summer Games Done Quick 2022. These runs often involve highly precise and technical tricks, and the spectacle of watching a runner pull off these tricks makes speedrunning fun for the audience. Games Done Quick brings together some of the greatest runners from around the world to showcase their runs in one place. They use leaderboards like to record their times and compete with one another. Speedrunning is a competitive form of gaming where “runners” attempt to beat a video game as quickly as they possibly can. The technical skill and prowess on display at Games Done Quick has always been a great spectacle, and while the summer marathon has already concluded, it’s not too late to go back and watch some of the event’s greatest runs. Over the last 12 years, Games Done Quick has raised over $37 million for organizations such as Doctors Without Borders. Games Done Quick is a biannual speedrunning charity event, where gamers from all around the world come together to beat video games as fast as possible.
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