Update: As of July 2023, the rules for the Any% QS/QL category have changed. Load times when saving/loading are no longer removed, only the initial load of each level. As such, my official leaderboard time has been updated from 51m 25s to 53m 02s. Staying undetected is one thing, but being a blur is the next best right? I hope you found all this speedrunning stuff interesting. Check out my full run and Distro, the guy who actually knows what he's doing. My Best Run: czcams.com/video/FrgjWbZc4AA/video.html Distro's WR Run: czcams.com/video/Z8RMYxtCz_Y/video.html Distro's Twitch: www.twitch.tv/distrotv
Hey, CriticalNobody! This video turned out amazing. It was really fun seeing you speedrun speedrunning the game. Your final time is definitely one to be proud of! I also appreciate everything you had to say about the speedrunning community in general. It makes me happy when Splinter Cell speedruns are shown some love and support, especially because the community is very small. It means a lot to us, so thank you! I watched all of the video. It was great and I wish you the best of luck on your future projects! :)
I'm glad youtube recommended this to me. I've never seen any content surrounding the splinter cell games and it's always fun to watch someone's first attempt at speedrunning. Subscribed
I've watched Distro for like 2 years on and off and he's one of the nicest streamers and speedrunners I've watched. Highly recommend. If you don't watch him for a few months and Come back he said he doesnt want you to watch all the time and hoped you did something nice etc and remembers you. He also answers all questions you can have
amazing, direct, genuine, honest video. I also have weird connection to one specific splinter cell game and seeing you to embark on this journey and learn what you did was not only fun to watch but also heartwarming. Seeing you dealing with the challenges that comes with speed running and talking about them this open was really genuine true expierence for my as a viewer, thanks and good luck with other videos!
If anyone were to do a speed run on a hundred percent stealth rating for a game like splinter cell, it would be this guy. Always love seeing his splinter cell content
It's nice for you to get out of your comfort zone and learn some new things. Watching the streams was fun, even when you got cranky. I also think it's cool that you dedicated your script to talking about the community :)
Hey Craig! Primarily, I must admit that this video was enjoyable from start to finish! Secondly, biggest congratulations on achieving a respectable CT time since you had planned to challenge yourself in running the game for just one week! In my opinion, this is by far the easiest game to learn (and run) from the trilogy, not sure about the entire series though...might be. Speedrunning sure gets frustrating and tiring in the long term, therefore, I appreciate the fact that you want to take a break from it and leave off with your 51-minute run, which is something. Even though our speedrunning community is quite small, it is always nice to hear some good works from anyone really and we appreciate that you had plenty of pleasant things to say about it :) It truly does mean a lot to us, especially to Distro! Also enjoyed the streams where you had practiced everything in CT, despite me lurking and all. But it sure was enjoyable! Best of luck in your future endeavors and if you redecide, at one point in time (even though it's quite unlikely so) to come back to speedrunning (not just CT, but any of the SC games really), you're always welcome in our community! :)
Watching critical nobody's videos on splinter cell is the reason why I replayed it again after a decade from when I watched my brother play it as a kid. and man I'm glad I did. And on this day I can say I %100 bathhouse without touching anybody or ever being seen. (Screw that boiler room area)
Hey Craig! I as well as you enjoy Carl Jobst's videos, and I was so happy to see a SC video where he is mentioned as well as more SC content. Lovely run dude! Nice job! Love from Sweden
This video reminds me when back in the day I used to do challenge runs on Ace Combat 5 just because I finished far too many times. Things like trying to use the worst planes possible, just using guns and other things are really fun when you enjoy the game a lot. Granted, challenge runs on Ace Combat 4 are much better since pretty much every mission is a score attack so using the godawful F-4 during the whole game can be borderline maddening although I never tried that (that game o Ace was already hard enough, even the start of the game could be a pain sometimes, and no, the only correct way for a challenge run on Ace Combat is to play on the hardest difficulty).
I was trying to learn 100% for a full game run of CT a couple years ago and have also been following your channel for a couple years as well. Between this video and showing SC1 to a friend of mine recently I think I'm gonna get back at chipping at it. As I said then, SOMEONE'S gotta do 100%, might as well be me (and I wanted that prestigious first anyways lol). QS/QL being banned before I showed on the scene made it hell, but it shouldn't be too bad now that there's a category that allows for it... at least until I start trying for no QS/QL again. I'll sort out a streaming setup just as soon as I retake my 100% record for the displace IL.
I hate these comments with stealth games so goddamn much. Sam wouldn't be anything like a speedrunner. He's slow, steady, and calculating. That's the point of Splinter Cell. It's slow and realistic. Like do you even know what Splinter Cell is meant to be? Sam doesn't run up to people knifing them and speed around the map with alarms going off FFS. Sam would operate in the COMPLETE POLAR OPPOSITE WAY.
@@blackhawk7274 No, he wouldn't operate like this AT ALL WHATSOEVER. Do you even know who Sam Fisher is? He doesn't run past every guard, alerting them and triggering alarms while being shot at. He doesn't run straight through lasers or straight past cameras without a care in the world. This is literally the absolute complete total polar opposite of how Sam Fisher would operate.
Casual gaming fan here. I must say I have a ton of appreciation for your vocabulary and delivery of the narration. I know, a bit of a weird compliment but it really is refreshing to hear for me, can't say I've heard it on some of the other channels. Again, I'm a causal fan so I may not have explored the gamer/streamer world as thoroughly as some, but other channels usually have that "watchmojo" or your regular "no script/twitch stream" delivery. (Discluding the clips of actual streams ofc 😆) Along with the technical stuff, such as editing, being concise etc. your overall dedication is much appreciated, keep up the excellent work! 👍🏻
Awesome video, speedrunning seems like a challenging but very rewarding feeling in the end from all your hard work, The best part about it is anyone can try. Every gamer out there has at least 1 favorite game of there's that they feel could be their speedrunning game. I'm sitting here trying to think what that might be, off the top of my head I would try speedrunning thief
Hey Crit, Psychochayden69 here. This was an incredible video to watch. If any of you don't know who I am, I am a member of the community who runs on the Gamecube. Having very little knowledge of v1, I learned a lot from this video. And hey, if you ever want to come to the v2 side of speedrunning, I'm the person to ask questions about.
This is why i never want to touch speedrunning. It can totally obliterate your enjoyment of some of your favorite games. Best case scenario, you never really can experience the game the intended way again, because you have become extremely aware of every single shortcoming, bug, piece of funny dialog. Basically, shattering your immersion forever.
From a Fan Base Perspective ,you are The OG Sam Fisher for us , keeping the legacy of Splinter Cell alive , definitely would love to meet you and talk about Pandora Tomorrow sometime someday ❤❤❤🎉🎉😊
You did great. By far better than I could achieve and I've loved this game since I was a kid, I return to it atleast a couple times a year. Good job man
Absolute top tier video this is! I just got done binge watching some of your Resi vids when I saw this one in the corner of RE4R and had to give it a watch (I'm an RE & FF Speedrunner myself so it took my interest and I've not seen you do anything like this before) Not only is this presented and explained in such a great way but it's entertaining and fun too . Well done, GG's and if you ever wanna learn a Resi speedrun (even for content sake) then by all means gimme a shout haha
awesome video! I have watched CotySA M's speedruns so many times! specifically the SC1 speedrun which had no quick saves as I remember so for me its extra impressive. congrats on the impressive time!
As someone who is critical of a lot of speedrun content, primarily because many don't really do it respectfully, I have to say this is one of the best speedrun videos I've seen and you really tried to learn the run and the little things like a load-remover with your timer and proper splits. This is surprisingly rare, and you deserve credit for doing a great job.
@@loder8592 "Super insanely popular content creator that isn't a dev on the game reacts to speedrun" like NoahJAFK or the fact that a lot of people outside of speedrunning culture will talk about how harder difficulties make the run more presitigous or glitchless is somehow the more 'legit' category. Also a lot of normal YT content creators that are speedrunners are also pretty bad people. Rwhitegoose, Apollo Legend, Waifu, Karl Jobst etc.
really awesome video, i always think about trying the speed run for uncharted 4 because i’ve played it so many times. you might have just convinced me to do it
CriticalNobody being the huge stealth fan that he is not having uploaded a single video on Thief feels like an assault. Thief 1&2 are still the best stealth games, and overall some of the best games ever made period.
I've never attempted a speed run before, but I imagine that the best way to think about tackling it would be: Learning individual levels is the What, When, Where, and Why Learning to put all those pieces together is the How. At least that's how I spedran a mile for a police exam lol
You know Craig... If you want more potential Splinter Cell content to cover, I'd suggest looking at the novels for the series, as they tend to have a completely different way the game's plot would be adapted... Makes it interesting, especially for Conviction where it seemed like MAYBE it was written during the time they had that original tech demo.
I enjoy watching speed running videos even though I wouldn’t dare try myself 🤣 your video just popped up on my TL I couldn’t help but watch & I must say as a first time speed running this was very interesting and well put together! Especially since I’ve never watched a splinter cell SR ever I know you said you probably wouldn’t consistently do these but I feel like maybe every once in a while for games you actually ENJOY this wouldn’t be a perfect little series
I'd love to see you speedrun Conviction and Blacklist. Edit: I rewatched the video because I just wanted to watch how amazing this run was and I heard you mention that the rules were changed so that dying no longer meant a restart. I just wanna say that that rule change was the answer to your prayers for speedrunning this game XD
hi the craziest thing to see it's to see the speedruner destroy splinter cell game with crazy jumps,go through the walls,go under the map sometimes I didn't know it was possible
I would love to speedrun the splinter cell serie, but at the same time i feel like i would get bored of the serie and dont want to play it no more. So i just stick to casual playthrough now and then when i feel like it! But it was a really nice video!
I agree with you there,i also like being a passive observer to speedruns and not the one doing it as i don't like doing speedruns myself as it can be extremely stressful,full of pressure and soul draining.I also hate it when games put speedrun achievements in games especially when your going for 100% completion and that just throws a wrench on your entire plan and eventually ruin you fun or speed run game challenges part of a game mechanic system like in nioh where there are challenges which requires complete x level in 1 min 40 min in a in game mechanic system called omneoyo or what ever it was called were points that get from challenge completion you use to increase some stats like gold drop increase,luck increase etc.I enjoy watching other people perform speedruns overall.
I totally get it. I speedran Dishonored 1 a long time ago, and unlike SC's speedrunning, it has a lot tricks that are high framerate dependent, and I was trying to run it with a PC that could barely manage playing and recording/streaming at the same time. I had loved Dishonored 1, was far from the best or most knowledgable player, but I still got a time of 1 hour and 7 minutes. The bottom of the leaderboard. Like yourself, I was... dissatisfied, and kept going until I got a lovely 46 minute run that I was satisfied with, even if all the world record runs were down to something like 33 minutes at the time. Speedrunning is one of those self-fulfilling things, where you can really prove to yourself that practice really does make you harder, better, faster, and stronger in lots of different skillsets.
i haven’t found a game that has scratched the proper stealth game itch ever since i’ve played splinter cell and the mgs series,specifically mgs 3 . i wish there were more games like it but nobody has made a game with such effort and attention to detail
10:10 "I saved in Bathhouse at the worst possible moment"...DUDE, I did that recently myself. Had like 1% health and 3 guards with no ammo. Granted, I was playing like an idiot as this was the first time I played in like 20 years but I've since replayed everything on Expert difficulty and got a 100% on all missions. Live and learn lmao Edit: SAME exact spot as you too. The third bomb where you're on the ledge. Hahah I remember distinctly thinking that I can't be the only one to ever make this mistake. As much as you hate checkpoints, they looked pretty good here, huh? lmao
At this point, you’ve been doing more good to Splinter Cell than a certain video game developer nowadays. With that said, have you considered reviewing the books?
imagine being a bank guard and then all of a sudden some government black ops agent runs through the building into the vault, steals something and then leaves
Talking about how people have been speedrunning games pretty much since games have been around is absolutely true. My mom has been consistently speedrunning solitaire since 1990 on Windows 3.0. She scoffs in the face of RNG.
Having watched this video, I think a perfect movie adaptation of this game would be a speed running concept with the dialogue left infor story. That's the only way to be able to fit the whole iceberg in
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 I mean the speed running through the level with a perfect rating should be the action sequences so the whole story can fit in the movie
Awesome video, your content is like when mom comes home with McDonald's! Oh and i wouldn't call it an excuse to talk about splinter cell and more like a needed necessity to talk about splinter cell. Oh and Hitman speedrun video when? :)
hey, I'm in this video!, Usually sharing the most random facts about all sorts, it was a blast to witness 4 of the 7 days, or was it 5? either way, it was fun to watch you learn the speedrun, and fun to hear your thoughts on it after the fact
Update: As of July 2023, the rules for the Any% QS/QL category have changed. Load times when saving/loading are no longer removed, only the initial load of each level. As such, my official leaderboard time has been updated from 51m 25s to 53m 02s.
Staying undetected is one thing, but being a blur is the next best right? I hope you found all this speedrunning stuff interesting. Check out my full run and Distro, the guy who actually knows what he's doing.
My Best Run: czcams.com/video/FrgjWbZc4AA/video.html
Distro's WR Run: czcams.com/video/Z8RMYxtCz_Y/video.html
Distro's Twitch: www.twitch.tv/distrotv
Comments are good for the CZcams algorithm.
@@crownedshyness9656 so true
yeah it was cool dude, you could actually be a good speed runner, especially with that vault thing in chaos theory, or whatever lol.
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I'm really looking forward to your RE4 remake hot takes
Hey, CriticalNobody!
This video turned out amazing. It was really fun seeing you speedrun speedrunning the game. Your final time is definitely one to be proud of!
I also appreciate everything you had to say about the speedrunning community in general. It makes me happy when Splinter Cell speedruns are shown some love and support, especially because the community is very small. It means a lot to us, so thank you!
I watched all of the video. It was great and I wish you the best of luck on your future projects! :)
You, good sir, are a gigachad for being so kind and supportive!
The man the myth the legend distro ! -thegamingtemplar
distrochaddddd
hope you guys need more runners cause i installed the og
@distro , can you offer us some tips on how to watch this video faster?
"Fisher, have you started yet? Holy Christmas you're at the end!"
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By golly John Splintercell, you've done it!
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CriticalNobody + Splinter Cell = Pure Joy
Damn right
Agreed
2+2= 69
I'm glad youtube recommended this to me. I've never seen any content surrounding the splinter cell games and it's always fun to watch someone's first attempt at speedrunning.
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I've watched Distro for like 2 years on and off and he's one of the nicest streamers and speedrunners I've watched. Highly recommend. If you don't watch him for a few months and Come back he said he doesnt want you to watch all the time and hoped you did something nice etc and remembers you. He also answers all questions you can have
amazing, direct, genuine, honest video. I also have weird connection to one specific splinter cell game and seeing you to embark on this journey and learn what you did was not only fun to watch but also heartwarming. Seeing you dealing with the challenges that comes with speed running and talking about them this open was really genuine true expierence for my as a viewer, thanks and good luck with other videos!
If anyone were to do a speed run on a hundred percent stealth rating for a game like splinter cell, it would be this guy. Always love seeing his splinter cell content
Look up centerstrain01
It's nice for you to get out of your comfort zone and learn some new things. Watching the streams was fun, even when you got cranky. I also think it's cool that you dedicated your script to talking about the community :)
Hey Craig!
Primarily, I must admit that this video was enjoyable from start to finish! Secondly, biggest congratulations on achieving a respectable CT time since you had planned to challenge yourself in running the game for just one week! In my opinion, this is by far the easiest game to learn (and run) from the trilogy, not sure about the entire series though...might be. Speedrunning sure gets frustrating and tiring in the long term, therefore, I appreciate the fact that you want to take a break from it and leave off with your 51-minute run, which is something.
Even though our speedrunning community is quite small, it is always nice to hear some good works from anyone really and we appreciate that you had plenty of pleasant things to say about it :) It truly does mean a lot to us, especially to Distro! Also enjoyed the streams where you had practiced everything in CT, despite me lurking and all. But it sure was enjoyable!
Best of luck in your future endeavors and if you redecide, at one point in time (even though it's quite unlikely so) to come back to speedrunning (not just CT, but any of the SC games really), you're always welcome in our community! :)
🤓
Watching critical nobody's videos on splinter cell is the reason why I replayed it again after a decade from when I watched my brother play it as a kid. and man I'm glad I did.
And on this day I can say I %100 bathhouse without touching anybody or ever being seen.
(Screw that boiler room area)
Happy to say I was there for your PB. I knew you were in the zone. Congrats on the speedrun. 2nd place!!!!
and so was I, I also remember us having a long conversation about the merits and downsides of the AK and AR weapon platforms
Love a late night Splinter Cell vid
Brazil here! Watch it during lunch time is awesome too 😁
"Commits sudoku" 🤣 Good one.
Best way to start the morning!!! Love your videos man! They keep getting better!
Hey Craig!
I as well as you enjoy Carl Jobst's videos, and I was so happy to see a SC video where he is mentioned as well as more SC content.
Lovely run dude! Nice job!
Love from Sweden
Now you need to review every Splinter Cell Speedrun 😤
This video reminds me when back in the day I used to do challenge runs on Ace Combat 5 just because I finished far too many times. Things like trying to use the worst planes possible, just using guns and other things are really fun when you enjoy the game a lot. Granted, challenge runs on Ace Combat 4 are much better since pretty much every mission is a score attack so using the godawful F-4 during the whole game can be borderline maddening although I never tried that (that game o Ace was already hard enough, even the start of the game could be a pain sometimes, and no, the only correct way for a challenge run on Ace Combat is to play on the hardest difficulty).
You did awesome dude, fully make me sort out my pc and everything to start, I love Chaos Theory so much, one of my all time favourite games
I was trying to learn 100% for a full game run of CT a couple years ago and have also been following your channel for a couple years as well. Between this video and showing SC1 to a friend of mine recently I think I'm gonna get back at chipping at it. As I said then, SOMEONE'S gotta do 100%, might as well be me (and I wanted that prestigious first anyways lol). QS/QL being banned before I showed on the scene made it hell, but it shouldn't be too bad now that there's a category that allows for it... at least until I start trying for no QS/QL again. I'll sort out a streaming setup just as soon as I retake my 100% record for the displace IL.
I feel like this is how Sam would operate if he was a real person
With the exception of knee shattering jumps and unecessarily risking being shot, yes, maybe.
I hate these comments with stealth games so goddamn much. Sam wouldn't be anything like a speedrunner. He's slow, steady, and calculating. That's the point of Splinter Cell. It's slow and realistic.
Like do you even know what Splinter Cell is meant to be? Sam doesn't run up to people knifing them and speed around the map with alarms going off FFS. Sam would operate in the COMPLETE POLAR OPPOSITE WAY.
@@blackhawk7274 No, he wouldn't operate like this AT ALL WHATSOEVER. Do you even know who Sam Fisher is? He doesn't run past every guard, alerting them and triggering alarms while being shot at. He doesn't run straight through lasers or straight past cameras without a care in the world.
This is literally the absolute complete total polar opposite of how Sam Fisher would operate.
Calm down, mate.
@@blackhawk7274 "No, I don't think I will"
Casual gaming fan here.
I must say I have a ton of appreciation for your vocabulary and delivery of the narration.
I know, a bit of a weird compliment but it really is refreshing to hear for me, can't say I've heard it on some of the other channels.
Again, I'm a causal fan so I may not have explored the gamer/streamer world as thoroughly as some, but other channels usually have that "watchmojo" or your regular "no script/twitch stream" delivery. (Discluding the clips of actual streams ofc 😆)
Along with the technical stuff, such as editing, being concise etc. your overall dedication is much appreciated, keep up the excellent work! 👍🏻
Awesome video, speedrunning seems like a challenging but very rewarding feeling in the end from all your hard work, The best part about it is anyone can try. Every gamer out there has at least 1 favorite game of there's that they feel could be their speedrunning game. I'm sitting here trying to think what that might be, off the top of my head I would try speedrunning thief
You should make this into a series, this is fantastic
Hey critical this game is always my comfort game this video helped me hella through this hard week thank you man
Hey Crit, Psychochayden69 here. This was an incredible video to watch. If any of you don't know who I am, I am a member of the community who runs on the Gamecube. Having very little knowledge of v1, I learned a lot from this video. And hey, if you ever want to come to the v2 side of speedrunning, I'm the person to ask questions about.
This is why i never want to touch speedrunning. It can totally obliterate your enjoyment of some of your favorite games. Best case scenario, you never really can experience the game the intended way again, because you have become extremely aware of every single shortcoming, bug, piece of funny dialog. Basically, shattering your immersion forever.
its impressive that this game still looks this good
From a Fan Base Perspective ,you are The OG Sam Fisher for us , keeping the legacy of Splinter Cell alive , definitely would love to meet you and talk about Pandora Tomorrow sometime someday ❤❤❤🎉🎉😊
9:50 What he said
You did great. By far better than I could achieve and I've loved this game since I was a kid, I return to it atleast a couple times a year.
Good job man
that was refreshing. you mostly see the same 5 games people make speedrun videos about. i just dont care about super mario 64 or minecraft
Absolute top tier video this is! I just got done binge watching some of your Resi vids when I saw this one in the corner of RE4R and had to give it a watch (I'm an RE & FF Speedrunner myself so it took my interest and I've not seen you do anything like this before) Not only is this presented and explained in such a great way but it's entertaining and fun too . Well done, GG's and if you ever wanna learn a Resi speedrun (even for content sake) then by all means gimme a shout haha
when i started doing this back in the day i truly feel in love with the game through a different perspective. hitman followed up
awesome video! I have watched CotySA M's speedruns so many times! specifically the SC1 speedrun which had no quick saves as I remember so for me its extra impressive. congrats on the impressive time!
Tbag you like splinter cell?
I didn't knew you did a speedrun... until now. Good to see more SCrunners, whether if they do this once or more. Btw good SC videos.
Big fan of ur channel & distro. Absolute banger of a video! Chaos Theory is goated. Great job!
As someone who is critical of a lot of speedrun content, primarily because many don't really do it respectfully, I have to say this is one of the best speedrun videos I've seen and you really tried to learn the run and the little things like a load-remover with your timer and proper splits. This is surprisingly rare, and you deserve credit for doing a great job.
What do you understand under unrespectful speedrunning content? I'm curious
@@loder8592 "Super insanely popular content creator that isn't a dev on the game reacts to speedrun" like NoahJAFK or the fact that a lot of people outside of speedrunning culture will talk about how harder difficulties make the run more presitigous or glitchless is somehow the more 'legit' category. Also a lot of normal YT content creators that are speedrunners are also pretty bad people. Rwhitegoose, Apollo Legend, Waifu, Karl Jobst etc.
@@DemonicRobots ah thats understandable, i definitely agree on that!
Thanks for the reply : )
@@DemonicRobots Speed run gotta be on max difficulty or you've proved nothing
@@kingstarscream3807 This isn't the dumbest comment I've seen, but it is close.
Always cool to see someone do a video on something they are legitimately interested in and like
really awesome video, i always think about trying the speed run for uncharted 4 because i’ve played it so many times. you might have just convinced me to do it
That's the same way I feel about The Blacklist, I've been playing SC since the first one, I honestly love them all. Wish it would come back...
CriticalNobody being the huge stealth fan that he is not having uploaded a single video on Thief feels like an assault. Thief 1&2 are still the best stealth games, and overall some of the best games ever made period.
what's this critical nobody? another splinter cell video? splendid
I've never attempted a speed run before, but I imagine that the best way to think about tackling it would be:
Learning individual levels is the What, When, Where, and Why
Learning to put all those pieces together is the How.
At least that's how I spedran a mile for a police exam lol
I'd consider doing Chaos Theory speedruns but I'd only go for 100% score and I'd dread that sauna mission
You know Craig... If you want more potential Splinter Cell content to cover, I'd suggest looking at the novels for the series, as they tend to have a completely different way the game's plot would be adapted... Makes it interesting, especially for Conviction where it seemed like MAYBE it was written during the time they had that original tech demo.
Watching Sam run out of the bank, past the guards, will never not be funny.
well worth the watch, after a long tardy stressful week. and educational as well. Amazing work!!
I enjoy watching speed running videos even though I wouldn’t dare try myself 🤣 your video just popped up on my TL I couldn’t help but watch & I must say as a first time speed running this was very interesting and well put together! Especially since I’ve never watched a splinter cell SR ever I know you said you probably wouldn’t consistently do these but I feel like maybe every once in a while for games you actually ENJOY this wouldn’t be a perfect little series
Would*
I'd love to see you speedrun Conviction and Blacklist.
Edit: I rewatched the video because I just wanted to watch how amazing this run was and I heard you mention that the rules were changed so that dying no longer meant a restart. I just wanna say that that rule change was the answer to your prayers for speedrunning this game XD
Great Run Craig, loosing sanity for an old game thats dedication
hi the craziest thing to see it's to see the speedruner destroy splinter cell game with crazy jumps,go through the walls,go under the map sometimes I didn't know it was possible
I love that i still get to watch new splinter cell videos
Sam in John Wick mode
I would love to speedrun the splinter cell serie, but at the same time i feel like i would get bored of the serie and dont want to play it no more. So i just stick to casual playthrough now and then when i feel like it! But it was a really nice video!
Very interesting video, loved it
I've had enough AK's fired at me in my time to tell you that wasn't one.
Yaaay you posted. Good to hear from you!
YES ANOTHER SPLINTER CELL VIDEO I CAN WATCH 100x
I love your videos, and this is amazing! If this doesn't blow up, I'm gonna get mad!
I agree with you there,i also like being a passive observer to speedruns and not the one doing it as i don't like doing speedruns myself as it can be extremely stressful,full of pressure and soul draining.I also hate it when games put speedrun achievements in games especially when your going for 100% completion and that just throws a wrench on your entire plan and eventually ruin you fun or speed run game challenges part of a game mechanic system like in nioh where there are challenges which requires complete x level in 1 min 40 min in a in game mechanic system called omneoyo or what ever it was called were points that get from challenge completion you use to increase some stats like gold drop increase,luck increase etc.I enjoy watching other people perform speedruns overall.
Chaos Theory is a great game. I played this way too much back in my Xbox days.
I totally get it. I speedran Dishonored 1 a long time ago, and unlike SC's speedrunning, it has a lot tricks that are high framerate dependent, and I was trying to run it with a PC that could barely manage playing and recording/streaming at the same time.
I had loved Dishonored 1, was far from the best or most knowledgable player, but I still got a time of 1 hour and 7 minutes.
The bottom of the leaderboard.
Like yourself, I was... dissatisfied, and kept going until I got a lovely 46 minute run that I was satisfied with, even if all the world record runs were down to something like 33 minutes at the time.
Speedrunning is one of those self-fulfilling things, where you can really prove to yourself that practice really does make you harder, better, faster, and stronger in lots of different skillsets.
i haven’t found a game that has scratched the proper stealth game itch ever since i’ve played splinter cell and the mgs series,specifically mgs 3 . i wish there were more games like it but nobody has made a game with such effort and attention to detail
Good to see a video from you. Keep it up Craig.
I would watch distro speed run halo 5 for hours on stream- great dude
10:10 "I saved in Bathhouse at the worst possible moment"...DUDE, I did that recently myself. Had like 1% health and 3 guards with no ammo. Granted, I was playing like an idiot as this was the first time I played in like 20 years but I've since replayed everything on Expert difficulty and got a 100% on all missions. Live and learn lmao
Edit: SAME exact spot as you too. The third bomb where you're on the ledge. Hahah I remember distinctly thinking that I can't be the only one to ever make this mistake. As much as you hate checkpoints, they looked pretty good here, huh? lmao
Summoning Salt doesn't just cover news and breakthroughs... He's also a top speedrunner himself..
At this point, you’ve been doing more good to Splinter Cell than a certain video game developer nowadays. With that said, have you considered reviewing the books?
Fucked myself on bath house in the same spot last week nearly punched my monitor 😅
imagine being a bank guard and then all of a sudden some government black ops agent runs through the building into the vault, steals something and then leaves
i watch so much Wirtual that when he said ‘then i got this run’ i completely expected en aften ved svanefossen to start playing
wirtual is an annoying bitch
Critical nobody is like
If it ain’t splinter cell or hitman
I don’t want it
I really wish features from chaos theory continued on into blacklist and such
Talking about how people have been speedrunning games pretty much since games have been around is absolutely true. My mom has been consistently speedrunning solitaire since 1990 on Windows 3.0. She scoffs in the face of RNG.
I soft locked myself at bathhouse the first time I played the game at that exact part
Any Thing Chaos Theory and I'm in. Amon Tobin's beats make this game one of the best ever.
Amon Tobin is a genius, great beats to sleep too
Man I loved this game
Having watched this video, I think a perfect movie adaptation of this game would be a speed running concept with the dialogue left infor story. That's the only way to be able to fit the whole iceberg in
I don't even know what you're actually proposing here
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 I mean the speed running through the level with a perfect rating should be the action sequences so the whole story can fit in the movie
As much as I loved your vid on the review of all splinter cell games rushing through them takes the fun out
Congratulations you absolute legend.
That EXACT softlock is the one and only reason I never completed this game. Just couldn't be asked to finish it after that haha
Awesome video, your content is like when mom comes home with McDonald's!
Oh and i wouldn't call it an excuse to talk about splinter cell and more like a needed necessity to talk about splinter cell.
Oh and Hitman speedrun video when? :)
I swear to God, if you were to make only Splinter Cell videos I would be more than glad ❤️
hey, I'm in this video!, Usually sharing the most random facts about all sorts, it was a blast to witness 4 of the 7 days, or was it 5? either way, it was fun to watch you learn the speedrun, and fun to hear your thoughts on it after the fact
You should be proud!
THATS BRONZE!
YOURE THIRD!!!
as far as your category youre SECOND!!!
u did so well :) the speedrun
You absolute legend.
Great video idea! I'm similar to you in that I follow speedrunning content on CZcams and that's about it. This was super fun to watch.
LESSS GO HES BACK!!!
It's tempting to do this if for no other reason than to make a video and have an excuse to say "I achieved... this run"
if you take any video ideas/requests maybe a "reviewing all saints row" video
It's nice to see people actually find fake speed runners. The viewers are the true heroes locating fake runners
Great video idea! Loved it 🎉
Man I need to replay fuckin chaos theory so badly
This was great
I didn't expect the video the be so good.
Critical I am glad you are back
Honestly it’s kind of on brand for a stealth game
You want to be in and out as soon as possible
I hold one record and it's purely because no one else has ever bothered to do the ridiculously long run. Got some record security through obscurity