That game, as it turned out, was Dragon Age: Inquisition.Īs Issala was glitch-hunting, they found an odd interaction between world transition points, save files, and combat status. Inspired by YouTuber Summoning Salt's speedrunning videos, Issala simply decided to pick up the most recent game they played and enjoyed, and started looking for ways to glitch it. As they tell me over Discord, Dragon Age: Inquisition is their first speedrunning game. It's the kind of time difference that denotes not just better play, but an entire shift in approach and philosophy. 80 hours down to two is an impressive feat, but the difference between Camgotay's record and Issala's is staggering. Speedrunning isn't too different from real-life running, in that once you reach the upper echelon of competition, it becomes a game of inches. Pulling an 80-hour game below two hours is an impressive feat, but what Issala was working on would be the start of bringing the world record even further down, to under half an hour. The third mainline game in the series can feel like an epic. Three months later, they got their answer and joined the Discord.īioWare games are long affairs, and that's most true in the case of Dragon Age: Inquisition. They were working on a run for Inquisition, and were wondering if "Camgotay," a moderator who set that world record time, would be able to verify it once complete. By the start of 2019, it seemed like most strategies had been uncovered, and the most recent world record for the Any percent Casual category had been posted in June 2018, coming in at 1:54:35 with the caption, "Don't want to improve, probably could though."ĭead silence hung over the game until four months ago, when a new runner going by "Issala" hopped onto the forums asking if anyone was around. The speedrunning scene for Dragon Age: Inquisition had slowed to a grinding, churning halt.
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