Speedster achievement

[ConcaveGecko523]

So I just played through the game a 2nd time and beat it within 2 hours and 42 mins, but I didnt get the speedster achievement, anyone know how fast you need to be to get it?

[Limarch]

Daaamn, nice job! I have no idea though but just wanted to say I'm impressed :)

[Fredsinator]

I got a time of 2 hours 36 minutes 49 seconds, but was still to slow

[Geren]

Originally posted by Fredsinator:

I got a time of 2 hours 36 minutes 49 seconds, but was still to slow

I got 2 hours 2 minutes 53 seconds and got the achievement. last attempt was at 2 hours 19 minutes 43 seconds. So it could be anywhere between those two.
This run includes glitching.

[Fredsinator]

Originally posted by Geren:

Originally posted by Fredsinator:

I got a time of 2 hours 36 minutes 49 seconds, but was still to slow

I got 2 hours 2 minutes 53 seconds and got the achievement. last attempt was at 2 hours 19 minutes 43 seconds. So it could be anywhere between those two.
This run includes glitching.

oh wow, that's an impressive time. I didn't use any glitching, so that's probably why I haven't been able to get that time yet

[Proxykon]

Originally posted by Geren:

Originally posted by Fredsinator:

I got a time of 2 hours 36 minutes 49 seconds, but was still to slow

I got 2 hours 2 minutes 53 seconds and got the achievement. last attempt was at 2 hours 19 minutes 43 seconds. So it could be anywhere between those two.
This run includes glitching.

Sharing all places where you needed to glitch would be very kind of you.

[Vantus]

Well done! Given my immersive first playthrough was 11.8 hours, that's quite a feat.

Though I love how the intro says "This game should not be played to win" then Frictional add a speedrunner achievement.

[Jambalam]

can you pause the timer by pausing the game? Or any method at all?

[๋NeThZOR]

I'm now gonna start attempting the Speedster achievement because it's the only one I need.

It does seem that the 'dev' time is 2h20m according to the game code, but as we've seen in this discussion it would seem that it could be just a little bit under that.

I would believe that pausing the game stops the timer. If that doesn't, quitting to the menu surely does. Reason being is that I sporadically did my 2nd playthrough to get all the other achievements (not in one session) and my game time according to the debug console was around 6h30m so the Speedster achievement should still pop even if quit and play later, or even if you reload a previous save.

[ConcaveGecko523]

Originally posted by NeThZOR:

I'm now gonna start attempting the Speedster achievement because it's the only one I need.

It does seem that the 'dev' time is 2h20m according to the game code, but as we've seen in this discussion it would seem that it could be just a little bit under that.

I would believe that pausing the game stops the timer. If that doesn't, quitting to the menu surely does. Reason being is that I sporadically did my 2nd playthrough to get all the other achievements (not in one session) and my game time according to the debug console was around 6h30m so the Speedster achievement should still pop even if quit and play later, or even if you reload a previous save.

yea, i got the achievement 2 days ago after i got 2h18m, so it must be 2h20m

[Magic Fexer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G08Vtdga-Q&t=2374s&ab_channel=BloodThunder
This guy beat game in 1 hour and 15 minutes with glitches. I used one and speedrun the game in 2 hours and 6 minutes.

[Cokebirds]

How are you guys able to check your time played?

[GameLooper]

I just managed to do this as well, 100% legit speedrun, no glitches with a time of 2:14:48. I do have to say that this achivement is waaay too strict. I'm not a speedrunner, but I can honestly not think of many places where I could cut the time down much more. I think the devs should've been a bit more generous about the time requirement, maybe under 3 hours.

Originally posted by Cokebirds:

How are you guys able to check your time played?

I don't think it's possible. I just started a timer on my phone right after pressing the start button on the main menu screen.

-GL-

[๋NeThZOR]

Originally posted by GameLooper:

I just managed to do this as well, 100% legit speedrun, no glitches with a time of 2:14:48. I do have to say that this achivement is waaay too strict. I'm not a speedrunner, but I can honestly not think of many places where I could cut the time down much more. I think the devs should've been a bit more generous about the time requirement, maybe under 3 hours.

Originally posted by Cokebirds:

How are you guys able to check your time played?

I don't think it's possible. I just started a timer on my phone right after pressing the start button on the main menu screen.

-GL-

It is absolutely possible. and it's more accurate because it shows the actual in-game time recorded in the game (only when you complete the game it shows onscreen, but there might be some log you can look for it). It needs to be less than 02:20:00 to get the achievement.

Enable the debug toolbar, open it with F1 and then tick Messages under the Debug section

There's a guide that I created previously
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2265560263

Once it's enabled you can easily change some of the game's code to log the in-game time whenever you want, such as when completing a chapter, pressing pause etc. but I haven't done that yet.

[๋NeThZOR]

Also I did some testing yesterday and here are some notes regarding the timer:

• Reloading a previous save doesn't count against you. You can save at a difficult spot and retry it until you're satisfied to move on
  
• Pausing (pressing Esc) doesn't seem to advance the timer
  
• Inventory (TAB) doesn't seem to advance the timer even if you are changing the pages, clicking on inventory items etc

[kaci.007]

I finally unlocked Speedster trophy (and Platinum as well on PS4). It was quite annoying, especially in final parts of the game, where there is sooooo muuuuch slooooow walking. I only used one glitch in Laboratory, which allowed me to keep two vitae containers and skip entire undeground section and confrontation with Leon later. It starts at 27:00 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuDEKNLwU0w&t=1924s&ab_channel=BloodThunder

Still, I have no idea how it is possible to beat this game under 2,20 hrs without skipping anything. Clipping through doors is real pain in the ass on the PS4, but I managed to do it in this particular place.