It’s possible to beat Dark Souls II in 20 minutes

Here’s Distortion2’s 20:14 run

I haven’t been keeping up with Dark Souls II speedruns. I should be. We got a tip in this weekend about Marksel’s 21:25 world-record any% run, which has since been topped by Distortion2’s 20:14 run, included above. Seems they’ve got a bit of a friendly rivalry going on right now.

How are these times feasible? Glitches. Bypassing the Shrine of Winter. Running above and below the environment. Binoculars, which inadvertently allow for absurd movement speeds.

I realize that any% runs aren’t as interesting to some of you who prefer to see most if not all of a game’s content bested, not skipped, and I tend to agree. All the same, watching people obliterate a game I’ve poured an ungodly amount of hours into is captivating and oddly satisfying.

[Thanks, Steven]