10 Video Game Speed-Run Achievements Only Hardcore Players Will Unlock

3. Hard To The Core - Little Nightmares

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The Achievement: "What’s different about you? Why are you so brave?"

In fairness, the achievement description sheds no light whatsoever on what you actually have to do here, which is beat horror puzzle-platformer Little Nightmares in under an hour without dying even once.

Now, Little Nightmares isn't the longest or the toughest game out there, but given that it usually lasts 3-4 hours and will see the player die at least a few times, getting through it unscathed in sub-60 minutes is quite the ask indeed.

Considering how easy it is to die during the numerous boss encounters, nobody could blame you for exploiting cloud saves on the Xbox One version of the game to avoid having to carry out a single perfect, hour-long run.

Quick-thinking players who realise they're about to die can also reload from their last checkpoint without derailing the run, though it goes without saying that there are numerous ways a run can get ruined. It really isn't worth most people's time.

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