Best Game to start speedrunning on?
7 years ago
Denmark

So i've never done this before and i would like some suggestions on games that are great for a beginner, pref if i can use my ps3 controller, Thank you for your time ^^

Victoria, Australia
stoot
He/Him, They/Them
7 years ago

A game that you think you'd like to play over and over and over again without getting too frustrated or bored.

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Antarctica

It's always seemed weird to me at how many people ask this question. Like, this is a hobby for you, not anyone else. It's like walking up to a random person on the street and going "what sport should I play and get good at?".

Like Klashik said, just play a game that you enjoy and have fun with and won't drive you (too) insane to play multiple times over and over again. Just never made much sense to me to ask random people what they think you should invest your time in.

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New Jersey, USA

If you don't have a specific game that you might consider running, then a good start would be to let us know what types and genres of games you like to play. From there, maybe someone can suggest a game that would be easy to play in order to get accustomed to speedrunning. The game that worked for me was Mighty Gunvolt. I like 2-D platformers, and I like Mega Man-style games. Mighty Gunvolt is short and easy to learn, and it gave me a chance to learn about speedrunning. It taught me the value of practice, effective ways to practice, how to use livesplit, and it helped me figure out what else I might be interested in or not. Mighty Gunvolt was good for me, because it is cheap, easy, and short, which are all things that enabled me to get a taste of speedrunning without investing in something that I might not have enjoyed, and it allowed me to learn many valuable speedrunning lessons within a smaller scope.

@Timmiluvs

The thing is, if a person doesn't have an idea what game they want to play, and they don't think that they want to play something that they own, then what would they do? They would go to the internet and look for games or go to a game shop. They might get on Steam and look through games related to what they play, or they would look at a genre and find something that is suggested to them by an algorithm. They might go to the games tab on SRC and search by console. Is there a difference? the question isn't "What sport should I play and get good at?" It is "What sports do you like? What sports do you know about? Tell me, and maybe one of them will pique my interest."

@SassyJim

Now that I think about it, another thing to do is to visit the "games" page on this site and search by console :D I'm assuming you own a PS3, so that could help generate ideas.

Edited by the author 7 years ago
Antarctica

Good point, didn't think about it from the perspective of looking for games to try out for the sake of trying. Guess I didn't understand/think of that perspective because I never been in those shoes myself :p

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