Splinter Cell in 52m33s (World Record Speedrun)

[@je4nz]

The way you completely glide through every level that I dreaded and feared so much as a child is very impressive! I can't believe I didn't know any of those tactics to skip certain parts 😮 congrats on the below 52m run! 🎉🎉

[@je4nz]

P.S, you earned a new sub 😊 your other SC entry runs are cool too!

[@jaymac7203]

It literally says 52.33 in the title 😂

[@je4nz]

This comment was made before he did a title change ​@@jaymac7203

[@DistroGaming]

I just saw this and perhaps I am a bit late with this reply but it was below 52 minutes when the video was released as @je4nz correctly pointed out. It is 52m33s now because the timing rules changed. Back then, the quicksaves and quickloads were removed from the official time but we found out that there is a massive flaw with that system and that doing more quicksaves would actually save time, which is obviously unintentional. That is why we changed the timing rules so only the level load times are removed.

[@mit3s001]

Literally the best speedrun on YT of my favorite game of all time. Subscribed and Twitch Followed. Next time ur on stream Imma sub 💜💜

[@DistroGaming]

Heya! I am happy you enjoy what I do! I don't expect anyone to sub to me. The thought already counts. I definitely appreciate the kind words, though! :)

[@user-db2vx8fd4c]

"Kann ich Ihnen helfen?" "Nein!" Haha, sehr gut

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

That is one helluva German jumpscare when Lambert first speaks, I didn't pay attention to the menu being in a different language. Pretty funny also that there's no alternative for Sam getting hurt, it's still Michael Ironside.

[@DistroGaming]

I apologize for the German jumpscare. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to pay for the therapy. On a more serious note, German is the fastest language in the speedrun. It saves around 12 seconds over English if I remember correctly.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

@@DistroGaming I figured that's why the language was picked. That's usually why lots of games, at least text-box-heavy games are run with JP. It's cool to hear other voice actors, at least.

[@benjammin105123]

You are amazing man. These are the greatest games and you blaze through them. Much respect.

[@DistroGaming]

Thank you very much for the positivity! I appreciate it! :)

[@codycummins4]

You’re always breaking records! Well done man!

[@anonymouswombat8538]

I just recently played again the original title and chaos theory. Sooooo gooood. A shame I cant get my hands on pandora tomorrow... Incredible work mate. And you and the community are wholesome. New subscriber for the win. Keep it up ! ❤

[@DistroGaming]

Thank you for the kind words. Comments like this one make my day. Glad you enjoy the speedruns! :)

[@SneakyRANGERREX]

I know this was months ago but if you're still looking for Pandora Tomorrow there is a version with fixes on the internet archive.

[@Biaanca5036]

13:49 oooo teleporting keypad. I wonder if it always does that. Never noticed it before

[@DistroGaming]

I haven't even noticed that. That's cool! No idea if this always happens or not. Good eyes!

[@SorryDavidGoggins]

The speed run plays like an action movie. What a brilliant game.

[@rsplayz7777]

I watched the whole run its amazing!!! I was playing this in last year i mean 2022 and it was a little hard, there are too many moving parts but great game and i came to your 30 minute mark in 1 year. Maybe i get back and finish it. Graphics absolutely look great and people must have surprised playing Splinter Cell in 2003. This game lets you do stuff like this 49:06 !!! Gameplay is too sandboxy even the game is linear. So I usually cant find where to go which pipe to jump. for example oil rig level intro is impossible for me. And I think I was playing on easiest still than this game is hard. anyway great run, it was fun you do acrobatics, its amazing not many game come like this, it was like watching an action movie, no scripted stuff.

[@DistroGaming]

I am glad you enjoyed the run! Yes, the graphics back then were stunning on Xbox. This run was actually done on minimum graphics on PC and the lighting looks better on Xbox I think. It still looks really good, though. The first Splinter Cell game is seriously difficult, so don't feel bad. Speedrunning it actually makes it easier in a lot of ways. I struggled on my first playthrough as well. And perhaps it helps you to know that the hard difficulty only changes the amount of damage you take and med kits give you less health back. The enemies behave in the same exact way on any difficulty. Thank you for watching the whole thing! :)

[@christmas3565]

Sick run, Congrats 🔥🔥

[@alexmeister643]

CONGRATULATIONS on getting the sub 52min!! :D

[@DistroGaming]

Thank you! :)

[@ryanhouk3560]

The most important thing I learned from watching this is that Germans still say "yoo-hoo" as a casual greeting. Okay Sam. Can you hear me clearly? -yoo-hoo! Big summer blowout.

[@DistroGaming]

It's "huhu" but yes. That is indeed a way to greet someone very casually in German. :)

[@Berlineff]

I missed you man! Congrats 🎉

[@DistroGaming]

Thanks!

[@giantpedro]

Nice run!! What is the purpose to shock Wilkes at 31:24? Is it to "save" him or does it make the cutscene faster?

[@DistroGaming]

Thanks! It makes the cutscene faster by around 8 seconds because it skips Wilkes' animations.

[@giantpedro]

@@DistroGaming wow that's some insane optimization! Well done!

[@DistroGaming]

@@giantpedro Thank you! It is important to keep in mind that I am not the person who found all the strategies that I use. Multiple people have found a lot of skips and optimizations. In this case I did find that skip but that's more of a coincidence. :)

[@MarkanVaran7]

was für ein echt begabten Spielern. Wunderbar!

[@droidean]

Nice job! You are the real Sam Fisher.

[@KryzysX]

Well done!

[@DistroGaming]

Thank you very much! :)

[@KingForTheDay17]

Oh yeah baby!! Congratulations 🎉

[@psychochayden69]

yes hell yes the madman has done it.

[@mizicizi]

It's so funny how you just walk past NIkoladze at 51:29. Do you know if you can kill him right here? My guess is that it doesn't count or you mission fail.

[@DistroGaming]

You can kill him. Nothing happens. You can just continue the game normally and Nikoladze will be back in the next cutscene as if nothing happened.

[@mizicizi]

@@DistroGaming Haha makes sense that it would work like that. Maybe it's his double 😯

[@Conner06]

how do you get the anti-aliasing to look good without the water glitches. Also amazing work on the run!

[@DistroGaming]

I play on minimum graphics so I dont think I even use AA.

[@Conner06]

@@DistroGaming Thanks for they reply!

[@DistroGaming]

@@Conner06 No problem! Sorry I couldn't help, though.

[@richieh2006]

All that hard work Ubi put in to make such an iconic game (my favourite of all time also) and you just cunted through it in 52 minutes 🤣🤣

[@blasttyrant3228]

Using cunt as a verb is extremely funny to me for some reason

[@sO_RoNerY]

Btw at 4:28 you can run to the door and the guard won’t see you there. You can save time.

[@DistroGaming]

Yup. This is known. It doesn't save time, though.

[@MrPipx33]

How do you make the dialogue when you grab a character go by so fast?

[@DistroGaming]

I have Interaction bound to mouse wheel down. Basically all I need to do is scroll down.

[@_functionless]

Can someone please explain how Sam keeps running over the edge at 47:02? Whenever I try, he has a slight hesitation before the drop and I can't get the speed to do the glitch.

[@DistroGaming]

Are you on console, by chance? Tricks like this one only work on high FPS, which is the case on modern PCs.

[@_functionless]

@@DistroGaming Sure am! xbox 360. Thanks for the response!!

[@WHiTExNOiR]

Legendenspiel

[@DistroGaming]

@@WHiTExNOiR Absolut!

[@WHiTExNOiR]

@ chillig dass wir beide noch wach sind hahaha „kann ich ihnen helfen?“ nein musste schmunzeln bro gute nacht hahahah

[@DistroGaming]

@@WHiTExNOiR Freut mich, dass du Spaß am Video hattest. Gute Nacht! :D

[@madeiraislander]

7:05 hahaha! xD

[@user-db2vx8fd4c]

Die deutsche Sprachausgabe ist so gut. Bruce Willes für Sam Fisher

[@DistroGaming]

Ja, die deutsche Synchro ist ziemlich gut... bis man plötzlich Kong Feirong hört.

[@arrowhawkful]

Finally! gg!!!!

[@jendrikschmidt]

How do you remember all these codes!

[@DistroGaming]

I have a sheet of paper with all codes on it in case I forget one. But generally speaking, I just have them all memorized through repetition. I rarely have to look at the paper.

[@jendrikschmidt]

@@DistroGaming Ever Since it came out I have loved Splinter Cell. Top 3 games. Great channel as well, really enjoy your speedruns :)

[@DistroGaming]

@@jendrikschmidt Thank you! I am glad you appreciate the speedruns. Splinter Cell is one of my favorite game series as well. I have a lot of fond memories of the original trilogy.

[@jendrikschmidt]

@@DistroGaming Best speedrun on youtube. 😀

[@SiddharthSinghFiery69]

Nicely played but there's nobody that speedruns Splinter Cell games like CotySA M. though. He was the first one who speedran all the first 3 Splinter Cell games and he did it in such a flow. I can bet if he were active on his channel now and decided to score a World Record (WR) in speedruns, he would beat everyone. Dude didn't do the speedruns for making WRs as there was no competition back then. He did it purely out of fun.

[@DistroGaming]

Thanks for your comment! I have a lot to say about this, so let's get started! Coty's runs on YT are segmented. This is a really important distinction to make. He grinded out segments to perfection and then edited them together. This is not comparable to what I do, which is single segment. No editing together. I run the game from beginning to the end. This is an essential distinction. A LOT of people could beat me IF they put in the time and effort. I don't claim to be some kind of god. However, the "whataboutism" line of argumentation is just unnecessary. I know Coty. He knows me. We talk to each other from time to time and respect each other a lot. The last time I talked to him was literally a couple days ago. Coty is an absolute legend who I respect a lot and who found a lot of the strategies we still use today. My accomplishments don't diminish his just like his don't diminish mine. Knowing Coty, I can assure you that he would agree with me on this. I do the speedruns because they are fun. It's not even about the competition. I do this for myself. At the time when I set this specific world record, I was literally minutes ahead of the 2nd place. My motivation clearly wasn't the competition. There was no one even close to this kind of time after all. This isn't supposed to be a brag or anything either, just factual information to make my point clear. All of this being said, I respect your opinion and it is completely fine if you put Coty on a pedestal and try to diminish others' accomplishments as a consequence but it is worth noting that I see speedrunning as a community effort. A lot of people found many different strats and we just try to make the games go as fast as possible. This isn't even about me as a person. I am a complete nobody in the grand scheme of things and I'm perfectly fine with that. I hope you understand that fanboyism isn't something you should put too much time into. After all we're all just friends in the Splinter Cell speedrunning community and do our best to make the games go fast. Thanks for reading this. Have a nice day! :)

[@amazingalex99]

L run there’s a guy on twitch call DistroTV that’s much better

[@NeutronParadigm]

Resetting is cheating. This isnt WR

[@DistroGaming]

It factually is. The main category (Any%) allows reverts. Any% without saves or loads can also be done but is not officially tracked for Splinter Cell 1. There is such a category for Chaos Theory where saves and loads are not allowed and where you have to start the level all over again if you die. I actually have such a run for Chaos Theory if you think that is more interesting.

[@imgamerful]

Fake

[@DistroGaming]

that means you think it's too good to be real. Thank you! :)

[@imgamerful]

Is what haters will say Good job!

[@BizKit167]

Now do a 100% STEALTH speedrun. That run wasn't that impressive 😂

[@goodtim3s394]

Spoken like u can just casually sht out a world record 😂😂 ignorance is strong in this one..