Hello all, I've just begun playing berserk millennium falcon: chapter of the holy demon war. There is no game for it here and the community of people who play the game is minuscule, potentially nonexistent. Once I get a handle on the game I'm considering learning to speedrun it. Could I request a game if I'm the only one running it and try to build a community?
Yes.
You could also check out the community from it's predecessor: Sword of the Berserk - Guts' Rage: https://www.speedrun.com/Sword_of_the_Berserk_Guts_Rage
I actually play this. I've had a copy for years and recently I managed to rip the disk, add the English translation and burn it so it's playable on a softmoded PS2. I have some video of me going through the first 2/3 of the translation on real hardware up on YouTube.
I'm a huge Berserk fan and unfortunately the translation ranges from a bit inaccurate horrifically so at least when compared to the source material, but tolerable enough for playing through. It's also at least intelligible, so you can enjoy the story.
You might be disappointed in the games speedrunning potential as I was though. The combat system is slow, and focuses a lot on killing 100 of something over and over again to move the story along.
It can be fun though as the battle system is fairly interesting in itself, albeit slow to unlock. The cut scenes are also skippable as well.
A glitchless run could probably be completed in 4-6 hours. If you do ever decide to speedrun it, count me in on the community. I'd love to pick this one apart!
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No you don't get to play as Casca or any other characters at any point even though there are some flashbacks. That leaves my dream of playing as Casca and Serpico religated to the somewhat inadequate and occasionally cringey Muso Berserk game for PS4.
Sigh... One day there will be a game that does Casca justice.
Thanks so much! I'm watching some let's plays of it on YouTube now and using the videos as a means to make a play guide for people like me who don't want to have to patch the game to play, like breaking down menus and controls at stuff so when I get the community rolling in a few months there will be a way for people to just buy the game and get playing!