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Second update, I'm having some control issues on the PC version of the game. I reached out to the dev team, they said they are looking into it and will get back to me, but this puts a delay on my first run. I think it's a windows 10 issue, if I don't get a fix soon, I'll be purchasing a capture card and running the Xbox version of the game.
Quick update, I'll be streaming my first attempt likely Monday or tuesday next week. I have the run mapped out and charted, but no real idea of how long it will really take. Waiting until then because I have a heavy workload this weekend, and I'm casually going after all the achievements on the steam version while i practice certain tech and keep my eye out for any more.
I just watched the vast majority of the cheat speed run, and... Honestly theres at least an hour's worth of improvement that can be made even with cheats off. He walked the entire way, and didn't use any summons to aggro enemies, stood still a lot, didn't skip skippable cut-scenes/conversations, sometimes even when he did skip, he waited for the cut-scene to be half over, etc. etc. etc.
I'm glad I watched this, as I now have a benchmark goal. If my first dry run is sub 2 hours, I will hit you up, good sir.
P.S. I own the PC, original Xbox and mobile versions of the game, and would gladly chart runs for all three if there are potential skips or glitches that only work on some of the platform's the game has.
Sorry if this is considered necro-ing, but if any of the people here are interested in running this game still, I'm about to start charting a run starting next week, will be my first ever attempt at a speed run. I've been grinding out a high level character and jotting down some mental notes on tricks to move my character faster, and have save spots at some of the larger maps to time runs through each section segmented to prepare for an official run. I will happily mod the page if no one else wants to take that responsibility. I'd love to chat with some people on discord, compare notes, and trade streams. I'd love to do race some friends too ;)
Feel free to Friend request me on discord or PM me on here if you're interested.