7th Saga TAS speedrun

These guys on the internets, Kirkq and Nitrodon, are working on a 7th Saga TAS speedrun. They think the game can be beaten in two hours. Right now, they have the first four parts up on youtube. They are about 43 minutes into their two hour estimate so far.

You should know that when they says two hours, they mean two hours of video. Of course there is a ton of effort behind each of their videos. The game isn’t so easy that you can do what they’ve done in the first four parts in a single run. You can see them pausing the game and flipping through menus during fights rapidly to manipulate the “luck factor” of the game. I don’t know how many hours of actual work has gone into making the first four parts of this series, but you can be sure it’s quite a few.

I’m not going to get too into this. Needless to say, this is pretty fucking awesome. I never even thought to attempt a speed run like this. I thought it was pretty cool that I beat the game in under a week once.

There is a long thread on the TASVideos site about this. It’s good reading if you’re a 7th Saga fan and are curious as to how exactly this is done. The link is here(clicky).