Witness the KotOR community's own R4NG3 (Jordan) demolish the any% unrestricted world record in 20 minutes and 33 seconds (without loads). In this video I attempt to give a detailed description of everything happening it this incredible run. Unfortunately any% Unrestricted is complicated enough that I had to gloss over and simplify a lot of really cool and nuanced techniques that go into this. For more information about this run, and KotOR speedrunning in general, please see our SRC (speedrun.com) page or our Discord.
FAQ:
Q: Could you explain more about the load remover?
A: We remove the time spent saving and loading for leaderboard purposes. The primary motivation is to give a fair chance to runners who's hardware capabilities aren't quite up to par, that way we're basing the competition on skill and luck, and not on the size of our wallets.
Q: Why do these runs glitch so much?
A: Because it's fun! This particular category allows glitches, and those who enjoy these runs like seeing games break, and trying to break them. If you aren't such a big fan of glitches, I'd suggest looking at the NMG and Glitchless runs on our SRC page (linked below).
Q: Aren't you missing the story?
A: Sure! But the people running this game have played it casually so many times, and know the story back and forward. And of course we all absolutely love the plot of these games. For many speedrunning is just another new way to enjoy this classic game.
Q: I want to speedrun, how do I get started?
A: Step 1, join our discord (linked below). Step 2, Check out the "Getting started with KotOR Speedrunning" guide on our SRC page (linked below), look in the "guides" section. Finally, ask this exact question in our Discord, there will be plenty of people happy to help.
Links:
Original Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6xLnUkxao
KotOR Discord: http://discord.gg/Q2uPRVu
KotOR SRC Page: https://www.speedrun.com/kotor1
R4NG3's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/r4ng3__
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:42 Endar Spire and Character Creation
14:56 Taris
43:48 Dantooine
53:51 Kashyyyk
1:08:26 Lehon
1:14:31 Star Forge
1:22:04 Conclusion
Music:
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Original Sound Track
Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack (SNES)
Mario64 Fileselect theme (for the pannenkoek homage)
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