Dead Space Remake Speedrunner Sets New Sub-Two-Hour World Record
thegamer.comA Dead Space player tried to achieve the fastest playtime of the recent remake, clocking in at just under two hours for the whole adventure. It's the world record now, but it is likely that this impressive time can be further improved.
User sharkhat87 shared on YouTube his successful attempt at speedrunning Dead Space Remake on PC, completing the task in just one hour, 58 minutes, and 31 seconds. An impressive achievement given that the usual playthrough will take you about 12 to 15 hours. As you can imagine, the author avoided combat as much as possible, rarely taking shots at necromorphs all around. It seems that his version of Isaac Clarke was completely focused on his primary goal - repairing the giant Planet Cracker, and was barely interested in everything else that happened on this ship before his arrival.
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Of course, speedrunner not only knows his surroundings perfectly, but also used a couple of tricks and bugs to navigate the USG Ishimura faster than the developers from Motive Studios would have ever intended. For instance, at around the 36-minute mark in the footage below, you can see him using a special technique of clipping through some parts of the ship, skipping valuable minutes of running around the dark hallways crawling with mutated enemies.
Another trick shown by him in the video is dragging some essential quest objects with Kinesis Module through half the ship, which might be a problem for unexperienced players. However, during his walkthrough, not everything went as smoothly as expected, as sharkhat87 made some mistakes that slowed him down, which means even this result can be improved in the future. Considering the remake has been out
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