![]() Speedrunners will try to beat a game from start to finish as quickly as possible, while also adhering to a set of rules. To better understand just what it takes to speedrun FromSoftware’s latest game, Polygon spoke with Tom “LilAggy’’ Agnew, who currently holds a personal record of 59:38 and was one of the speedrunners to beat the game in under an hour. ![]() The game was only released in late February, but players continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. These highly technical players can condense a difficult and enormous game into a mere 19-minute playthrough, with a combination of technical skill, glitches, and exploits. By force-spawning the Elden Beast and essentially dropping it out of the world with another zip, he's then able to access the final area without actually fighting anything.It’s easy to marvel at the feats of speedrunners, especially players who are currently working on speedruns of the hard-as-hell adventure Elden Ring. Distortion2 is able to zip straight to the Four Belfreys and onto Maliketh in Farum Azula, kill him twice over with the same exploit, and then yeet himself through ashen Leyndell. This run leverages the familiar zip technique, which uses a perfectly timed guard frame exploit to launch players to kingdom come. But occasionally you'll see comparatively massive leaps, and with how tight this Elden Ring speedrun category has already gotten, Distortion2's latest attempt is certainly impressive. ![]() ![]() Speedrun records usually change incrementally, with small discoveries and refinements shaving off precious seconds. Just yesterday, Distortion2 announced bold plans to pursue a sub-seven run after cutting Elden Ring's any% category – which simply involves hitting the end credits in any way possible – down to a scant eight minutes and change. ![]()
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