What is Speedrunning or a speedrun?

Gaming Terminologies

Speedrunning is the practice of beating a game as fast as possible.

Many things need to be taken into account when speedrunning, such as ways to avoid dialogue, ways to go faster and ways to obtain certain abilities earlier than intended.

In order for a speedrun to be executed properly, the player must have knowledge of the game from before. Repeated playthroughs are a necessity as the user could very well find a way to avoid forced dialogue or may even unlock the ability to skip a cutscene.

Speedrunning is not limited to the entire game, but the reccomended way to start out, is to replay your favourite levels constantly, so that you know what paths to take and what abilities and movesets will cut time.

However, many speedrunners tend to showcase their skills to the world and serve as entertainment, and some are known to play the game in a way that was not intended to be including; the abuse of glitches, the manipulation of certain abilities to save time and some will even slow down the game and record it.