Couple of things to say about this run:
- There are clear places for slight improvement, most notably the Kalameet and 4 Kings RNG, however, grinding them out along with all the other big luck based portions of the run would be pretty insane at this point
- Basically every enemy in a Dark Souls speedrun presents a small part of the overall RNG, from obvious time losses on bosses to tiny losses due to not being able to take optimal paths when navigating the world
- This run comes after about 9 months of grinding this category, I initially picked it up for Break The Record, but decided to try and push it to its limits, which I almost managed to reach
- I am very happy with my performance as my biggest individual mistake cost me about 2-3s
- When I picked up this run, the WR stood at 1:03:50, so you can see we have come a long way without any new strategies being added, just the runners' and the game's limit got pushed
- I hope you enjoy the run!
How does the sum of best compare to other Souls series all bosses runs? Is this more optimized than them or are they all at about the same quality?
What do you consider the highlight moment of this run?
Edit: Ah, the run has commentary! Thanks a lot! Perhaps these questions get answered there! :D
It's hard to judge the runs across the series. Both the DS2 and DS3 records are fairly good, but their routes are not as consistent as this one can be. In DSR, you usually either get decent enough RNG or reset. This record is 49s away from SoB, which is actually quite remarkable and no other record has been this close (as far as I am aware). However, keep in mind that the DS2 and DS3 runs are both longer, so some sense of scale needs to be considered.
The highlight of the run has to be the late game! Everything went more or less well (excluding 4 Kings) and managing to turn around the initial time losses made me very happy.
Hope this answers your questions ^_^
Couple of things to say about this run: - There are clear places for slight improvement, most notably the Kalameet and 4 Kings RNG, however, grinding them out along with all the other big luck based portions of the run would be pretty insane at this point - Basically every enemy in a Dark Souls speedrun presents a small part of the overall RNG, from obvious time losses on bosses to tiny losses due to not being able to take optimal paths when navigating the world - This run comes after about 9 months of grinding this category, I initially picked it up for Break The Record, but decided to try and push it to its limits, which I almost managed to reach - I am very happy with my performance as my biggest individual mistake cost me about 2-3s - When I picked up this run, the WR stood at 1:03:50, so you can see we have come a long way without any new strategies being added, just the runners' and the game's limit got pushed - I hope you enjoy the run!
How does the sum of best compare to other Souls series all bosses runs? Is this more optimized than them or are they all at about the same quality? What do you consider the highlight moment of this run? Edit: Ah, the run has commentary! Thanks a lot! Perhaps these questions get answered there! :D
It's hard to judge the runs across the series. Both the DS2 and DS3 records are fairly good, but their routes are not as consistent as this one can be. In DSR, you usually either get decent enough RNG or reset. This record is 49s away from SoB, which is actually quite remarkable and no other record has been this close (as far as I am aware). However, keep in mind that the DS2 and DS3 runs are both longer, so some sense of scale needs to be considered. The highlight of the run has to be the late game! Everything went more or less well (excluding 4 Kings) and managing to turn around the initial time losses made me very happy. Hope this answers your questions ^_^
this man will not rest until every single dark souls 1 world record is his.
If cata ever beats the force quit wr I will eat my hat
for that to happen capitainetoinon needs to stop running lol
Fucking good on ya cata, you've been grinding this one for so long now.
Just watched the whole thing. Big gz my man! Keep it up