Skyrim Beaten In Just Over Two Hours

[walrusaurus]

Considering you can beat Oblivion in just over 10 minutes, I'm glad this is an improvement.

what? I know its damn short, but sitting through all the fast travel loading screens alone probably took that long.

You run it at a certain speed that minimizes loading times, do a wall trick to skip some of the intro, fast travel to the cathedral as soon as you leave the tutorial, then use paintbrushes (or a jump bug like in the video) and wall glitches to jump over it, which automatically teleports you to the very end of the game.

O, well thats hardly counts. Im sure exploiting glitches in Skyrim will allow your to "complete" the game in an equally ludicrous time.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

Wow...that's some time. I guess I know what I'm gonna try and beat now, probably ten or so games in...

 

[Mrmac23]

It's enough that people beat games in absurdly fast times, but doing it BEFORE THE GAME'S COME OUT? What the hell is going on!?

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

It seems pretty pointless, afterall, to comment on an article that one hasn't taken the time to fully read and understand. Kind of like, oh, I don't know....

No one reads the OP fully is something I've conclusively proven to be true, which has made me very happy.

OT: 2 hours compared to 75 minutes is very promising, considering I spent quite a long time on Fallout 3. I'm assuming stuff like side quests was left alone too, so this is awesome entertainment-wise, and terrible for my social life if I buy it.

 

[Pinkamena]

Damn, now I wanna know what flavor that pie had.
Perhaps it was...

PIE FLAVOR

*guitar screethc*

 

[Sandernista]

Bernstein, who can be seen basking in the august rays of victory above, received a small trophy for his troubles as well as a pie of his choice, baked by director Todd Howard. Bernstein also won the speed run competition for Fallout 3 back when it launched, finishing the post-apocalyptic RPG with a final completion time of 75 minutes.

The only other Bernsteins I know of are the reporter who won various awards and Rugal Bernstein, SNK fighting game boss monster.

Pictured: Not the reporter.

Therefor I must believe that all Bernsteins everywhere are in fact next to invincible. If they are not warlocks then clearly they must at least be in league with warlocks.

No Leonard Bernstein? THE american composer?

The guy who wrote West Side Story? WHAT?

 

[Eggsnham]

Bethesda has claimed it will take players around 30 hours to beat the game's central quest, not including the time it takes them to father (or mother) a dynasty of lizard children.

Are you trying to tell me that you can start a family in Skyrim? My gaming priorities just shifted considerably towards Skyrim...

And army of children at my command...

Oh, God.

 

[Ghengis John]

No Leonard Bernstein? THE american composer?

The guy who wrote West Side Story? WHAT?

I simply see this as a testament to how incredible Bersteins must all be, when even one I didn't know about can be so acclaimed.

 

[Eggsnham]

why advertise this?! this makes the game seem short! I WANT TO PRETEND THE GAME IS 400 HOURS LONG

You could pretend that beating it in 2 hours is a godly feat that was only accomplished because of a fluke and years of training.

Crisis averted.

 

[Stormcloud23]

So skyrim can be beat in 2 hours and 16 minutes, and morrowing can be beat in 4 minutes. That means skyrim is 34X as long as morrowind. Confirmed for longest game ever.

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

...So a playtester made a quick runthrough of a game that's not even out yet?

THIS IS NEWS??!!!

Seriously... I'm as excited about Skyrim as any Bethesda fan... but this is so much publicity overkill that it's ridiculous. You don't have to print every single thing that Bethesda's PR department send out, guys!

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

Wait a second...
[HEADING=1]Bethesda has QA Testers !?[/HEADING]
...

Heeheeheeheehee. Love it.

 

[Aeshi]

hah, "Hours of Gameplay" my ass

 

[ruggedlikejosh]

hah, "Hours of Gameplay" my ass

Have you even read any posts? Or are you just really that ignorant?

 

[w00tage]

Huh. I was all prepared to say "bah, if it can be done, then Skyrim must be another linear mission game that won't last 20 hours".

And then I cross-checked against a game I know the "normal play" length of - http://speedrunwiki.com/Deus_Ex.

So, 33% longer than Deus Ex 1, hmm? not bad.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

I want to eat Tod Howard's pie.

Take that however you want :3

 

[mike1921]

hah, "Hours of Gameplay" my ass

seems the words speed run mean nothing.

 

[cefm]

I would have thought that this kind of accomplishment (like the now-well-known fact that Oblivion can be "beaten" in under 8 minutes) would in and of itself count as a "bug" that needs to be fixed.