Arcanum speedrun

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alec

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That's right, mang! Someone actually did an Arcanum speedrun. Everyone who ever played this game knows that this is quite the challenge. In a mere 23 minutes, though, this freako has managed to finish what is - without a single doubt - the best RPG ever made on planet Earth.

Download the movie here (click the 'free' button) and be utterly and completely amazed by this guy's inventiveness.
 
How in the world could he possibly have defeated Kerghan or even any of his minions in or even the average critter halfway through the game with levels earned/stuff found in 23 minutes?!

In order for it to be a legit speedrun he couldn't have cheated so I have to watch this...even if it scares me.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
He uses the trick to have infinite money from the blacksmith of Shrouded Hills. It might be considered as cheating right ? :)
 
meh, ive seen better in other games but still impressive.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/Diablo.html diablo in 6 min

http://speeddemosarchive.com/BaldursGate.html baulders gate 16 min

http://speeddemosarchive.com/Fallout.html fallout 9 min

http://speeddemosarchive.com/Fallout2.html fallout 2 17 min

http://speeddemosarchive.com/SystemShock2.html system shock 2, 36 min

there's also some other ones like morrowind in 7 min's deus ex in like 45 min's and so on.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/GameList.html


And btw arcanum is not the best rpg on earth, it was very good but fallout 1,2 and the baulders gate's were better. arcanum's combat was poo and parts of it felt under develloped
 
cody92 said:
And btw arcanum is not the best rpg on earth, it was very good but fallout 1,2 and the baulders gate's were better. arcanum's combat was poo and parts of it felt under develloped
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He SHOULD get banned alone for that nasty comment ! :P
 
The Vault Dweller said:
How in the world could he possibly have defeated Kerghan [...]
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As we all know: Kerghan is a sissy. The real challenge in Arcanum is Stingy Pete. He should have been the end boss, methinks.

MrBumble said:
He uses the trick to have infinite money from the blacksmith of Shrouded Hills. It might be considered as cheating right ?
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It's an ingame glitch, mang. Everyone who plays Arcanum on a regular basis uses it. I don't consider it a real cheat. Plus: if I remember correctly, in the Fallout speedruns, glitches were used as well.

DirtyDreamDesigner said:
Next person to write Baulder's Gate gets banned.
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I'll support that.

Meh. After watching the vid a couple of times (what friggin' language is that in, anyway, it's so confusing), I reckon I'd be able to do it in two or three minutes less than this guy. He makes a couple of mistakes, methinks, and wasting his first 3 minutes in Ristezze's shop using that ingame glitch we all use, is just a waste of time (in a way). I can half that time with an easy manoeuvre, I reckon.

It is weird that he doesn't have any random encounters at all, though, and once he gets to the Void, the speed seems to have upped significantly, so I think he might have used some "cheats" along the way. But still: I love it. And I totally love Arcanum.

What software does one need to "videotape" a thing like this? And are there freeware versions of that software available on the interwebz? If so, I just might give it a shot. I'm pretty sure I can beat his 23 minutes.

No, I'm not kidding. I know Arcanum through and through.

Also: cody92, don't hijack this thread with <strike>baulders</strike> balder's gate speedruns et al. Okay?

Vault 13 said:
He SHOULD get banned alone for that nasty comment !
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My thoughts exactly.
 
Not that i'm not impressed (actually, i love watching speedruns of all sorts, most notably, FPP shooters speedruns), but i never could really understand why speedrun an RPG. :E

It's just.. wrong.

Still, impressive. Gogogo Alec, try to beat it!

Btw, the only tool i know that can capture game footage is fraps, i'm pretty sure there are other programs like that, though.

Baulder's Gate, hyuk hyuk.
 
Speaking of arcanum ....

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Envy !!!
 
Vault 13 said:
cody92 said:
And btw arcanum is not the best rpg on earth, it was very good but fallout 1,2 and the baulders gate's were better. arcanum's combat was poo and parts of it felt under develloped
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He SHOULD get banned alone for that nasty comment ! :P
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now, i said arcanum was a good game, and it is. but its combat sucked lets face it and that halts the game a fair bit. I still loved arcanum and i love it more then alot of the "next gen" crap out there.
 
Vault 13 said:
Ashmo said:
Vault 13 said:
Speaking of arcanum ....

Envy !!!
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Wait. Where'd you get that cloth map?
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It was in the game box .
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Must have been collectors edition or something, because my box I bought way back did contian a map, but it was not that big nor in cloth, was a small .. thing.


Dammit, my whole Arcanum box is in bad shape, the manual has been read so many times that the pages are battered, and I don't even have the original cd case anymore (I sort of accidently stepped on it when I woke up, I like to keep it close to me when I sleep!!!!)
 
My box had all that stuff except the cloth map. I'm slightly jealous.

Also I have never heard of or discovered this "infinite money from blacksmith" glitch. Don't bother telling me since I won't use it.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
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