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Games That Would Have Pointless Speedruns


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Harvest Moon

1. Harvest Moon

Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Wait, you're telling me this game is a farming sim? Skillful play is clearly intended to look like this. Don't trick me with your mind tricks.

Visual Novel

2. Visual Novel

"Wher-" "Are-" "You are-" "We can hel-" "Plea-" "You're so stu-" "Trust m-" "Wait-" Skipping dialogue in a dialogue-driven game is the only way to play as far as I'm concerned.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

3. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

Watch me drive in reverse across bridges and through structures like they don't even exist. I'm so fast the AI can't even move...oh wait.

Professor Layton

4. Professor Layton

You can't fool me, Professor Layton! I've memorized the solution to every one of your puzzles and I can navigate menus in the blink of an eye! ...Huh? Why do I suddenly feel this empty feeling, as if everything I've been doing working on this run has somehow made me disregard the plodding, incredibly intricate, and genuinely charming characteristics of the game? This is one riddle I cannot solve, Professor...

Dance Dance Revolution

5. Dance Dance Revolution

I've memorized the step patterns and can complete them 30% faster than the song itself! Ugh. *huff* ...I'm so tired. *Gasp* I knew it should have been *wheeze* ...segmented.