Demon's Souls speed run was tool assisted? Second play through?

It looks tool assisted to me... just the power of the weapons he has against the final bosses. They only took 4 hits.

BatRastered rated Demon's Souls Flush it
Oct 19, 2010 by BatRastered

Yeah i dont know anything about this game, but i would guess that was tool assisted.

erikestrada has not rated Demon's Souls yet.
Oct 20, 2010 by erikestrada

I have beaten the game.

choke has not rated Demon's Souls yet.
Oct 20, 2010 by choke

Well, I seem to have watched the wrong video. o_o I watched the one where he finished in 1:08, it was in English, and very legit from what I can tell. When I get home I'll watch the Japanese one and throw in my two cents. But, just from the article I CAN let you guys know a few things.

"Is this a second play through?" - I highly doubt it, New Game+ is about 30-40% harder than the first run through, however, you keep all your equipment and spells and whatnot. That being said, I would think it would be a better idea to try a speed run on your first playthrough.

"Like when I was able to beat Resident Evil 2 in 1:21. People would come over and watch, it was like a movie for them." - I love doing that kind of thing. I can play OoT just past the Deku Tree with my eyes closed, it's really fun. :D

"Can you just buy unlimited Homing Soul Arrow scrolls and rail every boss in the game?" - Spells in Demon's Souls aren't the scroll-ey type, if I remember correctly. It's more like you learn the spell, and have it forever, it just costs so much mana. You can, however, improve your spells' strength by using souls. Unless I totally have mages wrong. Which isn't altogether out of the question, I've never played one myself, but I watched my brother take a mage through a 16 hour run, so I think I got the basic gist.
Also, homing soul arrows are op as fuck. xD They can do around 1k damage with level 40 magic (assuming all the orbs connect).

"In one of his videos he shows that stats from his run through." - Around what soul level was he?

"There seemed to be a lot of big falls and not once did I see any fall damage taken. Of course he just rolled out of the landing at the bottom of each fall." - That's probably a tool assist, because, to my knowledge, even if you roll at the bottom of a long fall, you still take some fall damage. Unless he had god-like Dex and/or a Cat's Ring, he'd probably still take SOME damage.

Winterharte has not rated Demon's Souls yet.
Oct 20, 2010 by Winterharte

You are probably right about the Cat's ring. Kotaku mentions a Rat's ring and maybe that is a miss type. Here's the quote from their story.

"Fool's Idol falls in just a few seconds, thanks to use of the Clever Rat's Ring."

Surprise, Kotaku doesn't know what they are talking about.

goukijones rated Demon's Souls Rent it
Oct 20, 2010 by goukijones

I can understand why anyone would say tool assist or cheating. The guy has windows opening before and after the game in one of his video.

But giving him he benefit of the doubt, he HAS this game memorized.
At the beginning, he seems to have seven plus characters created for that purpose. And yes, enemy can be defeated very quickly IF you know what to do. Duh. It's like playing Megaman 3 and speed running that thing. It CAN be done. Enemies in that games are as weak as you about are just AS strong if not STRONGER, IF you get hit. With the RIGHT weapon and magic, it's a cake walk. Like Halo. Once you get "it", you get "it". Making it easier and better as you play.
The game is hard because it keeps you on your toes and take advantage of the nubs that are careless, inpatient and cocky, thus making it "hard".

And he also has equipment that help him out enough to survive two to three hits, as opposed to me, which I can take four to five hits.

Great story @Gouki!

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Oct 20, 2010 by reipuerto

nice dude nice one

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Jan 20, 2011 by kof2012