Longest game to speedrun?

Sonofevil

2013-01-17 11:15:10 pm

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Earthbound is sorta long o.o...im sure some of you remember it from AGDQ last week..

zewing

2013-01-18 01:23:52 am

just( •_•)>⌐■-■ ..... (⌐■_■)wing it

Lol Earthbound only takes 5 and a half hours max. I know Shin Megani Tensei games are long. But for long game how about super mario galaxy 2: 242 star speedrun?

I have no name

2013-01-18 01:49:38 am

Obscure games ftw

Someone did that in a bit over 12 hours.

andrewg

2013-01-18 11:35:17 am

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Donkey Kong 64... Oh wait.

GreigaBeastDS

2013-01-18 02:30:09 pm

Was Final Fantasy XII mentioned?

Carcinogen

2013-01-18 02:41:37 pm

Xenogears takes no less than 15 hours.

MAS8705

2013-01-18 03:25:56 pm

SDA Apprentice -- (3-1)

Quote from GreigaBeastDS:

Was Final Fantasy XII mentioned?

In all honesty Greiga, there is no need to mention XII since it isn't that long. In fact, Youkai got a time of 6:35

Now if you mean 100% FFXII, then yeah... it would be up there.

GreigaBeastDS

2013-01-18 04:42:21 pm

Yeah, 100% is what I meant.

Also Birth by Sleep 100% (all commands, weapons, treasures on all stories)

zewing

2013-01-18 05:28:14 pm

just( •_•)>⌐■-■ ..... (⌐■_■)wing it

Also what about low% Wind Waker. I hear you have to zombie hover to islands and stuff (assuming this is possible on console). How long woud that take?

Melodia

2013-01-19 12:10:21 am

Of course when you start going for 100%....eh it's silly to say "oh this'll take long" etc.
I should think that one needs to consider "any%"because 100% can be rediculous or not even feasible (Disgaea series anyone?)

But again, I imagine Dragon Quest/Warrior VII would almost certain be at or near the top of the heap when talking about full on speed run of a game that has a definite ending.

andrewg

2013-01-20 12:59:49 pm

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Pokemon 100% Wink

Blubbler

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2013-01-20 05:10:07 pm

Quote from andrewg:

Pokemon 100% Wink

Thomaz hopes for sub 4 hours, which seems tame to me.
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6300mPfGInE

What about Mass Effect 1-3, character import to the next game, all main and sidequests completed?

DK28

2013-01-20 10:28:59 pm

General Kong - Bullets and Bananas

W.O.W.

Yagamoth

2013-01-21 02:46:58 am

INTJ

Hm... How's about Skies of Arcadia - Legends 100%? The current any% segmented (!) run is 12hours 9 minutes

Neohart

2013-01-24 06:08:33 am

Final Fantasy VII Fanatic

Any MMO? Pokemon, Final Fantasy, or any long RPG in general I would assume.

Zyre

2013-01-24 09:46:51 am

The Speedrunning Teacher

Outside of MMOs, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean 100%. Nearly 30 hours, I believe.

romscout

2013-01-24 01:41:30 pm

that Metroidvania guy

If we start throwing 100% into the mix, I know PJ and Aftermath used to joke about racing Breath of Fire 3 100% because one of the items needed for the definition required having a game file that was over 50 hours or something like that. Baten Kaitos is joked about a lot too.

If we're talking just straight any%, some of the longer records I know of are in Xenogears (15:41:xx), Persona 4 (15:23:xx), Persona 3 (14:29:xx) and Dragon Quest 7 (13:47:xx). I would include SMT: Nocturne (14:20:xx with a PS2 hdd loader which means it's ike 16+ hours without that) but that run gets the true ending, and the run is probably like 5 hours shorter if you do one of the alignment endings, which are still valid and not just consolation prizes for the true ending like the alternate endings in the Persona games. So yea, PS1/2 JRPGs are really f'ing long. Of course it's hard to say which of these is actually the longest since it's hard to say how optimized these records are when they start reaching ridiculous times like this.

If we start throwing 100% into the mix, I know PJ and Aftermath used to joke about racing Breath of Fire 3 100% because one of the items needed for the definition required having a game file that was over 50 hours or something like that. Baten Kaitos is joked about a lot too.

If we're talking just straight any%, some of the longer records I know of are in Xenogears (15:41:xx), Persona 4 (15:23:xx), Persona 3 (14:29:xx) and Dragon Quest 7 (13:47:xx). I would include SMT: Nocturne (14:20:xx with a PS2 hdd loader which means it's ike 16+ hours without that) but that run gets the true ending, and the run is probably like 5 hours shorter if you do one of the alignment endings, which are still valid and not just consolation prizes for the true ending like the alternate endings in the Persona games. So yea, PS1/2 JRPGs are really f'ing long. Of course it's hard to say which of these is actually the longest since it's hard to say how optimized these records are when they start reaching ridiculous times like this.

MAS8705

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2013-01-24 03:02:13 pm

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Quote from romscout:

If we're talking just straight any%, some of the longer records I know of are in Xenogears (15:41:xx), Persona 4 (15:23:xx), Persona 3 (14:29:xx) and Dragon Quest 7 (13:47:xx). I would include SMT: Nocturne (14:20:xx with a PS2 hdd loader which means it's ike 16+ hours without that) but that run gets the true ending, and the run is probably like 5 hours shorter if you do one of the alignment endings, which are still valid and not just consolation prizes for the true ending like the alternate endings in the Persona games. So yea, PS1/2 JRPGs are really f'ing long. Of course it's hard to say which of these is actually the longest since it's hard to say how optimized these records are when they start reaching ridiculous times like this.

Honestly make you want to see a JRPG happen, huh? Personally, I would love to see a Persona run get added to the site, although it will be hard to say who would honestly put in the time to make it happen. Granted if there was a team put together to make it happen, a run wouldn't be that hard to complete.

BTW Romscout. Where did you get those records?

Edit: Wait a second! I did a search of this and found out that Neviutz actually has made an attempt at this. Shouldn't be too shocked since his specialty of speed runs is JRPGs. I think I'm going to watch his run.

[quote="romscout"]  If we're talking just straight any%, some of the longer records I know of are in Xenogears (15:41:xx), Persona 4 (15:23:xx), Persona 3 (14:29:xx) and Dragon Quest 7 (13:47:xx). I would include SMT: Nocturne (14:20:xx with a PS2 hdd loader which means it's ike 16+ hours without that) but that run gets the true ending, and the run is probably like 5 hours shorter if you do one of the alignment endings, which are still valid and not just consolation prizes for the true ending like the alternate endings in the Persona games. So yea, PS1/2 JRPGs are really f'ing long. Of course it's hard to say which of these is actually the longest since it's hard to say how optimized these records are when they start reaching ridiculous times like this.[/quote]

Honestly make you want to see a JRPG happen, huh?  Personally, I would love to see a Persona run get added to the site, although it will be hard to say who would honestly put in the time to make it happen.  Granted if there was a team put together to make it happen, a run wouldn't be that hard to complete.

BTW Romscout.  Where did you get those records?

Edit: Wait a second!  I did a search of this and found out that Neviutz actually has made an attempt at this.  Shouldn't be too shocked since his specialty of speed runs is JRPGs.  I think I'm going to watch his run.

Gamingnerd

2013-01-26 10:12:02 am

I've been watching Neviutz run Persona 4 quite often. He's got the run pretty much on lock. Not sure if he would submit a run on the site though...too much luck needed to make the run go horribly wrong. Though I wouldn't put it past him to do a segmented run if he wanted.

Zyre

2013-01-26 10:56:07 am

The Speedrunning Teacher

I was told that I should attempt a segmented any% Xenogears run. Considering that I already did a long RPG, I think I could handle another one. Tongue

MAS8705

2013-01-26 12:15:01 pm

SDA Apprentice -- (3-1)

Quote from Gamingnerd:

I've been watching Neviutz run Persona 4 quite often. He's got the run pretty much on lock. Not sure if he would submit a run on the site though...too much luck needed to make the run go horribly wrong. Though I wouldn't put it past him to do a segmented run if he wanted.

From what I've noticed about Neviutz, he seems to be more of a "SS" kind of runner. Granted I wouldn't put it past his either if he decided to do Segmented runs. That said though, if there was a way to download videos from twitch, I probably would consider like to see how his attempts look when put together.

MUGG

2013-01-26 06:41:44 pm

TASer

Skyrim 100%?

Neohart

2013-03-29 11:35:16 pm

Final Fantasy VII Fanatic

You could say any RPG without a clear "100%" Those could take a unrealistic time unless you cheated obviously, I don't think including MMO's to beat their "Story" would count either.

masterofpirates

2013-04-03 07:07:14 pm

I THINK I SINGED MY HAIR!

Star Ocean 4 100%, if it includes 100% battle trophies would take a good 30 hours minimum.

Neohart

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2013-04-03 07:12:24 pm

Final Fantasy VII Fanatic

So out of all these that have been posted, is anyone out there even working on these longer games with impossible 100%? I think it should be what's doable in one sitting.
I see that there are a few that are being undertaken but in reality who's going to do most of these games?