New Glitch Revolutionizes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Speedruns

[@kainitsu]

I am curious to see what speedruns spawn from the remasters.

[@Luinta]

I was just thinking about this, since the remaster runs on top of the original game more or less.

[@valorborn]

Well an Italian speed runner just did a sub 13min any% So its good to see speedrunning of soul reaver is well and truly back on the menu :)

[@OofMoment420]

7:50 *banana*

[@VoidWyrm304]

Holy Banana 🍌

[@gothgirlxx96]

If you shift out of the spectral realm into the physical while Raziel is underwater and jump at just the right time, you can also freeze Raziel in a slow float upwards. He will just keep ascending upwards slowly until you press the jump button again. I found this totally by mistake in the OPM demo of all times, in the fire glyph area, in that big cylindrical water pool where you enter the Fire Glyph Area. You can do this basically anywhere there is a planar portal underwater. Rapidly tap the jump button as Raziel shifts into the physical underwater. It won't do much for speed runs or anything, but still pretty weird. If you float too high though, Raziel will glitch out of the game into this eternal tan mist, and you'll have to reload your last save cause he'll just keep falling forever in a yellow tan void

[@Jaxler]

yeah our first attempt to combine timestop with flying was with this slow hover glitch! cool that you found this on your own

[@zion6680]

I discovered a speed-up glitch as a kid that involved removing the disc from the ps1, waiting for the music to stop lol, and then I would rapidly tap the dpad buttons while going up spiral staircases with Raziel and he would sort of flip out and move much faster than he normally could. I just never thought to try putting the game back in and letting it continue to load the game or to exit the area. This speedup glitch looks much better though.

[@Mr.Tereso]

7:51 "im a geniuuuus" bro sounds like morty lol

[@Suomiwimbula]

No wonder you can skip dialogue, you wouldn't try giving a monologue to a guy flying at you like a missile.

[@Glaiceana]

Absolutely incredible glitch!

[@DunkeysLongLostSon]

Lovely video! Makes me want to start speedrunning Soul Reaver. The passion is palpable, good work!

[@kaspi644]

while unskippable cutscenes are something i'm happy is rare nowadays but seeing how runners skip them sorta makes up for it since that's part of the fun too :) great video!

[@valorborn]

I've just seen a box flip teleport on a new sub 13min any%, i wasn't aware of it before. Seems to allow for some nice skips prior to obtaining the reaver (needed to tele stabs). Not sure if it was possible in original though 🤔

[@Hanmacx]

8:39 these door has an interesting bug If you open it, but don't go through, The Door will close but in the wrong parts And were difficult to open again

[@obaidkhamis4521]

This game just gets cooler and cooler every year 👏🏼🔥

[@SignorTromboncino]

I love the snappy neck For reals, that's a great find! Congrats :D

[@YeahItsThatBad]

Great video, It's awesome to see new discoveries in game I played so much as a kid.

[@Mopki3]

"At launch didn't feature analog sticks on the controller" On ports, like PC* It lost analog support. The original release for Playstation and I believe the Dreamcast port supported analog controllers.

[@Photauntas]

The original pc port just straight up does not work being a huge factor as to why less people run it

[@magetsalive5162]

Turns out Raziel definitely was the Hylden champion all along. Who knew?

[@shovelclaws]

kinda goated with the sauce

[@vincentpresscod7531]

What's up with Remasters though? Are there any new glitches being discovered?

[@furirider4928]

Are these glitches possible in the remaster?

[@Luinta]

Do these tricks work in the remaster? I know typically that would be a solid no, but the remaster seems to run on top of the old game. Even the menu button cheat codes work the same.

[@Jaxler]

@@Luinta the flight glitch doesn’t work and timestop teleports work a lot differently, but otherwise everything carries over I think!

[@Luinta]

@@Jaxler That's really interesting. I always love seeing how games work when it comes to exploiting glitches and oddities in the code. It's fascinating with this remaster seeing what does and doesn't carry over.

[@valorborn]

A sub 13min any% speed run just went up on the remaster that used a box flip teleport that I hadn't seen before, I don't know if thats new to the remaster

[@norbiv6592]

Can be done on ps5 ? Can be done in S.R. 2?

[@waynetemplar2183]

Can these glitches be done on original PS1 hardware?

[@vidrax3481]

Interesting

[@cocodoggo333]

Cool game, Cool Video!

[@fernnyz]

dont work on remastered 😅

[@JohannVonVorst]

How’d you get all this footage beyond the first two levels?

[@Jaxler]

bruh

[@nordinreecendo512]

I assume he just played the game. I'm not sure why you're confused, but I'd love to clear up any confusion!

[@Jaxler]

he's making fun of me for resetting my speedruns too early / frequently lol

[@nordinreecendo512]

@@Jaxler Oh! Haha, my bad. :)

[@melanieschmidt673]

omg. lol. 😅😅😅

[@XWXS2]

Nobody can tell those glitches are not on purpose lol

[@LAIRDO-]

Fun stuff but, I discovered LONG ago that this game is best played without glitches or cheats. It just ruins it.

[@owens945]

ok so legit no offence intended I don't know much about the speed run scene, but what's the point if your basically cheating ?

[@christiangottsacker6932]

I used to not like speedrunning because I loved game cutscenes and stories. But speedruns are separated into categories. Glitch runs and standard runs. There are more, but there are actual parameters for these glitches being utilized. I've seen runs that disbar certain glitches entirely, even in glitch runs. Some games really lend themselves to enjoying glitches etc. Not all, and not all glitch runs will be yer thing. Doom eternal has some of my favorite standard and glitches speedruns.

[@endless2239]

well you have to cheat, I mean in a game that is over 24 years old, there's not much you can improve the "normal" route, so glitch route it is, in the end it became its own category of speedrunning to see how much you can twist a game to finish it.

[@XeZrunner]

Glitches in speedruns create metagames inside the game that communities love exploring and playing. Portal, for instance, is infamous for its complex edge/save glitch and other shenanigans, so much so that there are entire documentary-length videos covering some parts of it.

[@SockFullOfCatLitter]

There's a debug mode in the remaster with a no clip. And using either of these for speedruns kind of makes them illegitimate, doesn't it?