10 Video Games Broken Beyond Belief While Speedrunning

6. Outlast

Outlast Ubisoft
Red Barrels Studio

2013's horror hit Outlast is one of the most chilling gaming experiences around, memorable for the fact that you play as a helpless journalist who can't really do much to defend himself against the bloodthirsty maniacs roaming the spooky Mount Massive Asylum.

But if you so desire, you don't have to experience any of that spookiness, because Outlast also features an insane glitch that allows players to skip the majority of the game, leading to some seriously swift completion times like the 8 minutes and 22 seconds seen in the video below.

Right at the start of the game - even before entering the asylum - you can jump over a wall to the right of the driveway, fall through the map, and instantly be "teleported" to the underground lab area, which, during a normal playthrough, comprises the third act of the story.

Sure, speedrunners also have to know the end of the game inside-out - and have their movements down to a fine art - but this crazy skip that jumps past the majority of the game is easily the most important element, and it's genuinely baffling that something as game-breaking as this is even a possibility.

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