Dark Souls Speed Run: Watch One Player Earn All Achievements in Under 4 Hours

In gaming, a solid speed run can be impressive. Players find unique ways, be it glitch or skill, [...]

By Liana 'LiLi' Ruppert

In gaming, a solid speed run can be impressive. Players find unique ways, be it glitch or skill, to best their favourite titles and earn themselves the metaphorical title of king of the game. For a game like Dark Souls, known for its unforgiving brutality, a four hour speedrun, including all achievements earned, is insanely impressive.

Watch live video from NaxHPL on www.twitch.tv

NaxHPL's Twitch stream was recorded for the viewing pleasure of anyone who has known the feel of pure rage while progressing through this incredibly challenging RPG. The key to his success is he didn't take the main course, instead went off in search of the top weapons available in each type, joined every resource possible, and acquired every tool he could regarding spells and miracles. For those interested in taking what this streamer has put out there, the video above goes into detail about just how he went about farming to be the best of the best.

His end time clocked in at 3 hours, 57 minutes, and 29 seconds, just beating the previous record of 4 hours, 2 minutes, and 1 second. Don't feel bad about your own playthrough, this is impressive but it's also really informative for anyone looking to try to take on the current champ.

The Dark Souls franchise is one that has been met with an insane amount of positive feedback and a frustrating amount of player rage. The challenging mechanics, the powerful narrative, even the online play all give this series a reputation the developers can be proud of. According to the game's main page:

"Dark Souls is the new action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon's Souls, FromSoftware. Dark Souls will have many familiar features: A dark fantasy universe, tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and unique online interactions. Dark Souls is a spiritual successor to Demon's, not a sequel. Prepare for a new, despair-inducing world, with a vast, fully-explorable horizon and vertically-oriented landforms. Prepare for a new, mysterious story, centered around the the world of Lodran, but most of all, prepare to die. You will face countless murderous traps, countless darkly grotesque mobs and several gargantuan, supremely powerful demons and dragons bosses. You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world. And you aren't alone. Dark Souls allows the spirits of other players to show up in your world, so you can learn from their deaths and they can learn from yours. You can also summon players into your world to co-op adventure, or invade other's worlds to PVP battle. New to Dark Souls are Bonfires, which serve as check points as you fight your way through this epic adventure. While rested at Bonfires, your health and magic replenish but at a cost, all mobs respawn. Beware: There is no place in Dark Souls that is truly safe. With days of game play and an even more punishing difficulty level, Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?"

Dark Souls is current out for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC platforms.

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