Fallout 1&2 Speed Run Awesome Games Done Quick 2013
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pretty nice 
Fo1 was completed in 8:30 in 2010 by Devin Herron and Lorashkar. Fo2 has been done in 18 minutes apparently. What is the point of one-handedness?
Languorous_Maiar
A Smooth-Skin
I don't see anything in such resolution.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
I believe FO2 was actually beaten by another player at a faster speed around roughly 15 minutes. Although it's possible that it's the same speedrun and they just said "not including credits" as their qualifier for that time...
BigBoss
Your Local Scrub
One-handed doesn't have any point, because the whole damn game can be played with the mouse.
In fact, when I play Fallout 1 and 2 I never used the keyboard. I do everything with the mouse. So one-handedness doesn't count here.
Other than that, nice times. It might just be a rumor, but I heard someone beat Fallout 1 in a cool five minutes (not counting movies, character creation, etc., and they supposedly only did the main quest, and didn't even join the Brotherhood).
In fact, when I play Fallout 1 and 2 I never used the keyboard. I do everything with the mouse. So one-handedness doesn't count here.
Other than that, nice times. It might just be a rumor, but I heard someone beat Fallout 1 in a cool five minutes (not counting movies, character creation, etc., and they supposedly only did the main quest, and didn't even join the Brotherhood).
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
The keyboard can be pretty useful in the first 2 Fallouts. But taking it away is literally pointless as a challenge.
SnapSlav
NMA's local DotA fanatic
I genuinely don't understand this whole dismissal of the one-handed challenge. You can play basketball with one hand, too, but that doesn't mean removing the use of one hand won't impair you in some way. The videos even clearly showed that he made screw ups several times because he wasn't accustomed to using the mouse without the keyboard. I always play the original titles with the keyboard, so the idea of asking "What's the point of the one-armed challenge?" doesn't even occur to me. I get it.
If you're used to playing it with 1 arm, then it won't affect you. But the game is much, MUCH easier to traverse with 1 hand on the keyboard and hotkeys committed to memory. It makes a considerable difference, especially for speedruns.
If you're used to playing it with 1 arm, then it won't affect you. But the game is much, MUCH easier to traverse with 1 hand on the keyboard and hotkeys committed to memory. It makes a considerable difference, especially for speedruns.
BigBoss
Your Local Scrub
I guess your right, for someone who is accustomed to just using one hand for the mouse and doesn't even touch the keyboard, it can be hard.
Like I said, when I play, I never touch the keyboard. I always play with the mouse and thats it. Thats why to me, I guess its no big feat.
One thing I did notice however, is that he abused the glitches and had saves pre-loaded (meaning he used saves for different games, at times loading a save that wasn't from that run).
He did abuse the system in order to gain those times. I think, if done right, a Fallout run could take much longer.
Like I said, when I play, I never touch the keyboard. I always play with the mouse and thats it. Thats why to me, I guess its no big feat.
One thing I did notice however, is that he abused the glitches and had saves pre-loaded (meaning he used saves for different games, at times loading a save that wasn't from that run).
He did abuse the system in order to gain those times. I think, if done right, a Fallout run could take much longer.
I usually don't use the keyboard either, but for a speedrun it can be useful. Abusing the combat-mode button for a few things for example enabled most of the speed runs so far.
Using only one hand does pose a challenge, I guess.
Now I wanna see Quake Done Quick with only one hand
Using only one hand does pose a challenge, I guess.
Now I wanna see Quake Done Quick with only one hand