Myst V Speed Run (possibility)

[tjp7154]

Funnily enough, Fraps just came out with a Vista-compatible version.

BUT,

I did a DVD-recorder test yesterday and the results were BEAUTIFUL. When this is finished, it will look very nice.

[Carcinogen]

FRAPS? Moar liek CRAPS amirite?

FRAPS is just terrible. I would take hardware video capture over software video capture anyday. Not only is it easier, it's just that much less problematic.

[tjp7154]

You are absolutely correct on that one.

[El_Nino]

Cool, that sounds great.

I am lloking forward to see, what you explained.

[tjp7154]

Well, I've thought it through and I don't think I'll be submitting a run to SDA.  The reasons for it are as follows:

1. Way too many, way too long cutscenes (90% of the game), all of them unskippable.  Who wants to listen to a bald man monologuing all the time?  

2. I don't the actual gameplay is interesting to watch.  You'd see me drawing something, then being transported to the end of each level (age) -- only to hear another boring monologue.

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That's about it.  I WILL, however, make a video and post it in this thread when I'm done with it.

[Burning_Death]

You can skip most of the cutscenes with the space bar in Riven and Exile, doesn't that work for Myst V anymore? That's indeed a bad thing....

[tjp7154]

Well, here's the "fast play-through" video.  It's not perfect, but it wasn't meant to be an official submission anyway.  The volume's a bit low...

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

[Burning_Death]

Too bad you can't skip all the cutscences, it would be easily 70% faster .

I've also planned speedruns of Myst (~1:20min.), Riven(~10min.) and Exile (~21min.) the last days. You need to do all puzzles in Exile, though. But the game just looks VERY fast if you know where to click and skip cutscences. If I find the time I will try some serious speedrun attempts of all Myst games!