Mortal Shell Developers React to 28 Minute Speedrun

Mortal Shell hasn't even been out for a month and the incredible speedrun community has already whittled the time down to a blistering 28 minutes (In-game time). So ride along with Cold Symmetry co-founders Andrew McLennan-Murray, Anton Gonzalez, and Vitaly Bulgarov as they watch their game get absolutely destroyed by world-record speedunner: LilAggy.
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[@landoncube769]

Lmao "what wait hows he skip that" "Is that skippable?" "It is now"

[@DoTheThingTheater]

This is by FAR my favorite thing IGN does on their KZbin channel

[@oliveraherne5547]

Yeah, a neat way to see the developers!

[@Decoii]

Absolutely. The best content they've released in almost decades. I even hate reaction videos, but to me, this is more nuanced. Game development is a tricky industry where the creators treat their games as their baby. They know the ins and out of their game. To see their creation get dissected by skill, glitches and exploits is very entertaining.

[@mrcanaduh367]

@@Decoii couldn't agree more

[@matrixzrymutonium]

Agreed

[@angeihd]

The only thing they've done right.

[@automatedsoul]

My favorite part was the “oh he HAS to take out the 3 fires to get passed the gate” then he just rolled over it lmao.

[@zmok59]

I love how the chat are just roasting the lore "Hollow sword : A sword with a hollow center" "even the baguette has a lore" "mango has the deepest lore"

[@Ghosthacker94]

tbh it's Hallowed Sword so they goofed there

[@shumatsuplaran7251]

"Is it skippable?" "It is now." I love these.

[@siechamontillado]

I want to like, but you're at 69 - the greatest number of them all.

[@solosnek]

I like how when one dev talks about possibly patching in a skip button, his only concern is previous speed run times would have to be re done

[@ThePewdieslender]

17:13 "The boss is trying to get away from him, you are the boss now."

[@NukaNilo]

Dev: How he's going to do this though. Speed runner: *Just rolls by* Dev: oh.... lol.

[@GuillaumeG-oz3hz]

Kinda embarassing how you can just run and roll and all the mobs are too slow to react to you. It's not like it requires skill or anything, just go straight and roll and you can ignore everything but the boss...

[@chrischimera]

@@GuillaumeG-oz3hz sounds like you're going to break the WR run

[@whereissam69]

@@chrischimera lmao

[@niggussimmals9649]

@@GuillaumeG-oz3hzthat is also how dark souls works. Doesnt mean it is a bad game

[@akmal94ibrahim]

@@GuillaumeG-oz3hz All souls games are like that though. You can always run past enemies. But your first time, you wouldn't since you don't know where to go and what lies ahead. The running past enemies is a game design to allow players to go straight to the boss once they know where the boss fight is. Removes the tedium of having to slowly fight enemies one by one. This is also one of the reasons why DS2 SotF was shite. The enemy's aggro distance is way too long that you have to fight every enemy in a room before progressing, or else they'll follow you. Having to do this 3 or 4 times again and again everytime you die, it'll get tedious.

[@k4pn]

“there are no collisions, if you’re brave enough” -developer guy

[@atum497]

222

[@maiqtheliar6408]

Speed runners after setting a world record. Everyone: No one could have done better. Speed runner: I could have done better.

[@julianroese9895]

"How are you?" "I've been better... How are you?" "I've been better"

[@Terrtail]

@@julianroese9895 *Oblivion music starts playing*

[@ZeroPhilosopher]

Not really speed running if you're glitching all the time.

[@landoncube769]

Lol till years and years of playing it getting the same time then they realise finally that 10 seconds is the fastest time never to be beaten

[@cheese5081]

@@ZeroPhilosopher do you know what any% means

[@iKeenxn]

really hope the devs get enough money to make a much longer second game cos this one was amazing

[@THeK_]

me too bro.. hope they will :)

[@anthonyboland9436]

They will release dlc but like extended content kinda thing id day for free or atkeast some not not free

[@helltioeverygames]

@@anthonyboland9436 dlc really? i tested today and it's a cool game.

[@99Etien]

@@anthonyboland9436 Did they say that? Last statement I know was "There are no plans on DLCs yet"

[@Bobbystheboy]

Looks better than dark souls. Not sure. Is it?

[@wiiguru13]

19:35 "How's he gonna deal with this though? Oh, apparently very easily. Never mind." I think that just about perfectly sums up speedrunning right there.

[@NukaNilo]

I like how they acknowledge how he drank without a mouth.

[@udayrajoriyaa]

18:00 "Super easy barely an inconvenience.", this line proves how much these devs are active on the internet, also how much awesome they are.

[@DaloWrld]

You have a movie for me?

[@zugz8632]

Wow wow wow wow wow

[@klintkercani8398]

Collision detection is tight

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Devs being down to earth and cool is tight!

[@nightranger4542]

Just because this game is more on the short side is not a bad thing ( I do wish it was longer but you get what you get) the combat is really fun and the visuals are amazing, I hope this game gets dlc or something like that in the future.

[@karanjoshi2662]

Nightranger I guess if they make enough money they might do so.

[@metaforeva3744]

Yes, I definitely agree. Quality over quantity is always a must for me.

[@Mowglischach]

yea man, great foundation to build upon~

[@lethauntic]

Short games aren't bad, but there's nothing wrong with wanting a longer one.

[@CrestOfArtorias]

I mean it could be extended with DLC and I actually would love that.

[@TheLyricsGuy]

19:36 “How’s he going to deal with this though?” *one second later* “Oh. Apparently very easily.” Basically sums up this entire series.

[@samuraichilton]

"Super easy, barely an inconvenience" i like the pitch meeting reference around 18:00

[@Splattattat7862]

19:02 Aggy: "where tf am I?" Devs: omg they just know exactly where they are and where they're going.

[@KrazyKrzysztof]

he knows where he is lol he is just waiting for the stone form to reload

[@Puddin127]

People say speed runners ruin games but this man put in mad play time to learn how to do this. Devs should love the speed runs, its one of the ways people show real appreciation to games

[@Ac3Windu]

Puddin127 I think that goes over peoples heads. The amount of time you put in learning.

[@ZeroPhilosopher]

He's glitching his way through so I wouldn't call it a speedrun

[@TobiCozy]

@@ZeroPhilosopher its a speedrun. doesnt matter if you glitch or not. speedrunning means you should finish as fast as possible.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

@@ZeroPhilosopher There is a reason there are many segments for speedrunning. You can either do it without glitches, or you can do it with glitches.

[@morningstar8501]

@@ZeroPhilosopher maybe u should touch grass instead of arguing about speed runs.

[@basstardation7923]

“Sure, whatever man” is something you expect to hear from every Game Developer watching someone exploit their game for time.

[@BreadandButterrChess1]

In case anyone else was wondering: This was LilAggy's 120th attempt - it says the amount beside the title!

[@eF5ive]

He made more progress In 8 minutes than I’ve made since the games been out. I also love how Much the devs appreciate these type of runs. This style isn’t for me but it’s such a cool thing these guys found a game within a game.

[@trustyvault13canteen32]

"I think he has played it before"

[@pranakhan]

The guy looks sooo high doing this incredibly difficult run, amazing

[@anthonyletitin]

Was thinking the same thing, lookin like the sloth from Zootopia lol

[@anab0lic]

looks absolutely baked 😂

[@murdya9766]

He's got that pro look where nothing fazes him

[@Almighty_Mage]

Wait you play sober?

[@murdya9766]

The Dark Side wth does that mean :0 u play souls games while being high?

[@killer114188t]

*"Uhm... You weren't supposed to do that..."* The KZbin Series

[@ajha100]

It’s absolutely wonderful to have dev commentary on a speedrun. Thanks guys. (EDIT) To the devs: guys, very few humans can do stuff like this - please let ‘em have their fun and let the rest of us mere mortals attempt to try (and fail) at the same glitches ;-) - don’t patch ‘em!

[@darthvein3]

Its nice when the devs don't get all butthurt about glitches for speed running. And instead just enjoy the skill level of the runner.

[@pleasejesus1]

The thinly veiled rage behind their laughs is just *chefs kiss*.

[@tek4]

18:00 nice screen rant reference. "SUPER easy. Bearly an inconvenience!"

[@DannoHung]

Since he doesn’t use any shells in this one, is the game just called “Mortal”?

[@Kmaaq]

More like immortal

[@capolean2902]

more like unmortal

[@nurirei4273]

Mortaln't??

[@RezidueWithaZ]

I wasnt fast enough to reply immortal

[@Wasabs]

Mor-isn-tal??

[@pushplay6211]

This game was a blast. I hope it’s done well enough to entice a sequel with some expanded lore and story.

[@vividz816]

I’m blown away!!! He made it like piece of cake. Great play

[@tacoenvy]

These are always the best videos on this damn channel and the only thing worth watching.

[@arkekklesia]

they should do a series where devs react to players who gets frustrated/ rage quit on their game.

[@monos1670]

Comparing these guys to some other devs from this channel shows how some work environments are more friendly and understanding than others.

[@mlear559]

Whenever I see these videos, all I can think of is Jurassic Park, "we need locking mechanisms on the vehicle doors!" or better yet, "uh, you can't do that...can they do that?!"

[@TheBeastDispenser]

Super easy.. barely an inconvenience!

[@noozles9686]

Wow wow wow wow wow

[@lockedin6699]

Speedruns are tight!

[@bboylayz2670]

I’ma need you to get off his back. Like all the way off.

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

This aint screenrant

[@jun3jun3]

Immediately went to the comments after I heard that haha

[@jameslynch9442]

This was sick, great run and I love hearing the devs crack up when people just break their game 😂

[@LearnSomethingNew007]

Dev - How's he going to deal with this though...1 second later...apparently very easily

[@Eiglayn_Misthios]

21:30 "oh whoa" "Whoa" "WHAT?" ..... "Did we have a portal there?" Oh my sides. That was funny.

[@karsten69]

One Dev: It's super easy. Second Dev: Barely an inconvenience.

[@paulharper4196]

Wow, it's taken me double that to NOT get up the stairs of the dim gate with the foundling 🤣

[@novagaming7928]

Dev: spends 3 months on boss fight Player: melts 2 bosses in 3min Salty Dev thinking:(next patch will be lit)

[@DrMarjanTercelj]

Playing games like this is like watching movies on triple speed.

[@temptemp217]

So what you're saying is that speedrunning while being not-sober-minded (be it due to sleep deprivation, drunkness or anything else) is the ultimate experience...

[@atgimm2090]

This was really fun to hear haha the devs seem really cool

[@The_Hoff_12]

Very cool to watch, love seeing the devs reactions

[@n1lknarf]

20:20 you can start listening to their pain after he skips the seat of infinity's entrance

[@LitchGaming]

The most funny thing is that Distortion had beat this record a lot of times. Maybe you guys should show Distortion 2 speedruns to developers

[@churrosmcgee624]

HA, ign properly supporting the people who actually have the wr multiple times over is like expecting a GDQ event to do the same, everyone want and expects it but theyll never budge, lots of times these people find a run its some guy a month in the process who has a pb 4 mins behind the actual wr

[@penguindb0912]

Distortion hasn’t been showing his face in his speed runs a lot. He also swears a lot more now than he used to, so although still an awesome speed runner, probably hard to show him on this.

[@acidunicorn1225]

Looks like a really fun game whether you're speed running or not. Devs seem pretty chill.

[@troy8420]

It's a lot of fun, gameplay surprised me with how smooth it was.

[@brodey4047]

Of course it's lil aggy. If you like speed runs check out his channel. He has the current WR for all achievements on sekiro and he was a previous holder for a ton of the sekiro speed runs plus he does crazy challenges (blindfolded isshin sword said, sekiro on DK bongos, sekiro on dance dance revolution dance pad thing, ect)

[@benjaminjobe8100]

That is insane! If the devs see this though please don't try and make a game so impossibly hard to stop speed runners. They'll find an exploit... I won't lol

[@yashA.456]

lmao this made me laugh

[@KREEPYKRAWLLY]

Omg... This reaction idea is so awesome

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

"Whats most interesting is how you can see close up of the butt" hahaha

[@asifmetal666]

I really love the Dev talk. They r not angry like some other Devs seeing speed runner skipping everything using the glitch. They understand the brilliance behind this speed run. This guy definitely finish this game over 100 times to fully understood the whole maps n every inch of its world. Alive this video.

[@A7medAbdouu]

You guys did a great job with this game

[@javax6]

20:12 Anton/Vitaly, my sweet summer child

[@FireScorpion254]

anton vitaly and andrew i dont know if you will see this, but if you do... you have made an amazing game, i preordered right away. Keep following that vision and the next cp2077 will come from you guys

[@wirelessdevices]

this comment didn’t age well

[@ZiggyStarman42]

I'd like to watch Sekiro devs react to the same speed runner's completion of Sekiro using only his feet for the controller.

[@annonymous7286]

I'm absolutely waiting for this type of speed run to appear on here

[@namenullvoid]

The spanish sounding developer on their team sounded offended the entire time lol, fair

[@reallyharsh]

18:58 "he's not supposed to be here"

[@br1ghtf4ll80]

18:00, did the dev just make a reference to Screen Rants Pitch Meetings? didn't expect that when i clicked on an IGN video

[@a.spirit8408]

Amazing watch. He fought all the bosses cleanly (as in, without skipping and only using tools given by the game). Great use of Golden Bell at the end.

[@heckill713]

Aggy always looks like he is a little high. But so perfectly that it gives him superhuman speedrunning skills.

[@SpectieOwO]

Did the Devs forget you could block fall damage with Harden? I noticed they were wondering how he survived the superlaunches from the central temple and the drop into the ice temple, but they should already know about the harden-fall mechanic from the 3rd boss right, how you need to harden so you don't lose a life when it drops you into the arena? They kept mentioning "maybe he rolled through the damage" or "finding the perfect angle" but its really just hitting a button in time.

[@lethal3101]

with a shell you need an ability, shelless specifically can do it with harden, the others can't off the bat, and only 1 member on the team put that effect into place so the others prob didn't really think of it (plus that one major fall has massive kill boxes you have to kinda fall around precisely)

[@HuyNguyen-uu3jv]

next video: Executive producers react to 28minute game development

[@RazeAndJadith]

they got a lot of the basics of a souls like right on, I can't wait till they give a huge and epic campaign in mortal shell 2.

[@VirtuousWanderer]

I was waiting for one of the devs to say "they massacred my boi"

[@Habesha4life]

This is impressive. When I played, the Solomon shell trivializes this whole game, once I found it. You can basically fill 6 bars of resolve and and head to a boss. Taking out single phase bosses in two ability uses and two phase bosses in four ability uses.

[@Aloysius1166]

This dude looks so baked while he is speed running

[@zhv3062]

This was pretty awesome more devs need to do commentary on speedruns.

[@ThiagoCRocha-fh6lg]

1:34 Foreshadowing 5:39 Conclusion

[@victorquesnel-leduc1932]

OMG the Guy playing is either high AF or tired 4 am stream vibes XD

[@KahlevN]

Dev with the Pitch Meeting reference, definitely worth a thumbs up from me.

[@somelettersnumbers]

figuring out that fall must have taken forever

[@robertcotnareanu7273]

You work 5 or 6 years on a game and some random dude plays it like this 😂 you got to love the world man.

[@starblaze5813]

"Or maybe he just went to cry a lil bit" lmao nooo T-T XD "Oh this is so cool" the pain behind that statement.

[@BabarKhanJaved]

What happens after 14:55 and the pain in their laugh is hilarious.

[@NeonKatt13]

Simple, he roll-dodges off the edge, then hardens just before he hits the ground to avoid fall damage.

[@aetherfroggy9109]

The dude playing looks so high through the whole run lmao, I love it

[@philpayton8965]

lol well if he was high at the beginning, 28 minutes is hardly enough time for him not be blazed anymore by the end haha

[@carlossandoval2577]

He's not suppose to be there. Hahaha best line ever. 🤣

[@tragicjon6193]

This was awesome, I struggle with basic enemies. This guy is the true final boss.

[@para-noxis]

Devs watching people break their games is gold 🤣 "I think Q&A left that in, just to troll us" lol

[@NoNanoGM]

did one of the devs just says "super easy barely an inconvenience?"

[@chrisandrew7577]

Lilaggy is one of my favorites

[@enjoyyourlifewhileyoucan]

Very enjoyable to watch!

[@SkullB0und]

Such an amazing run, a mix of skill and exploits, love it!

[@callumcranstoun9067]

It made me laugh when the devs was shocked that he rolled past the guard outside the seat of infinity… you can literally do that with any shell loool

[@562SammyJames]

Idk why the devs are wondering about fall damage when he's hardening while rolling on impact? I thought they did that on purpose yet none of the devs knew how he was surviving

[@IgnatRemizov]

18:00 Looks like someone watches Screen Rants's Pitch Meetings!~

[@h34r72355k19]

I'm not sure if the devs are genuinely laughing or just nervously laughing at all these glitches they didn't account for lmao.

[@jmorel42]

Probably a mix of both but I feel like it's mostly the first one, genuine surprise

[@durbledurb3992]

The 'Savant' Shell. It doesn't allow you to leave the room, ever.

[@therealmaku]

..available in 8 hours? IGN..you have to make the videos before you upload them.

[@PixelGamer91]

But it's a Premiere!

[@plaguepenguin]

They should hire speed runners for their QA.

[@nicolasmontoliu6019]

Me alegro que Dallas este dejando los malos rollos atrás y dedicándose a cosas tan sanas como los videojuegos 👏

[@maxk4324]

Did anyone else catch him saying "super easy barely an inconvenience" ?

[@STEELO-247]

Why does the speedrunner look stoned out of his mind lmao

[@ChefMikeDavi]

I just got the platinum, took me about 3 hours on the no shell run, but this guy is absolutely bonkers!

[@Dalavine]

That obsidian level is beautiful!!

[@tommydemiandroabraham5742]

I hope IGN would create a playlist named "Developer Reacts", so i could find some similiar stuff easily ...

[@SioxGreyWolf]

They have it... just not easy to find.

[@СафарМамедов-ы4д]

That’s my boy Lil Aggy

[@trkghost]

Would be cool to see one of these Dev Speedruns with the speedrunner in the chat with them.