10 Lengthy Video Games That Were Absolutely Obliterated By Speedrunners

Finally, we have one of the most popular titles to speed-run, a game remembered far more for shaving off precious seconds than it was for its story and setting. DICE's Mirror's Edge was a unique experiment, seemingly a break from their endless Battlefield releases rooted in the world of parkour.

It achieved a surprising cult following and while the developer would follow-up in 2016 with Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, it didn't reach anywhere near the popularity of the original game. The game's main mode is fairly standard; first-person platforming through levels based heavily on trial and error.

Yet this rising skill ceiling is what generated its massive popularity; with a wide range of traversal moves at the player's disposal and a healthy amount of exploits, the best players have shaved seconds off their times over and over again, to the point they're still playing over a decade later. A six to eight hour experience has been chopped to below half an hour.

Mirror's Edge remains a incredibly popular title in the community, with new records constantly being made to shave off a few precious seconds, drastically condensing its length. Three main speed runners have been singled out who are locked in a seemingly endless race; Voetiem, ZooKetra and HarryOgier who all hold records for the game's various time trials.

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