I've played Richter mode many times and it really is annoying how easily you can die by so many things, especially in the inverted castle, so this was interesting to watch.
I'm glad he reset some rooms, I would have missed out on the cool strats, really neat run! I have been playing sotn for a few days on pcsx and I am blown away by most of what he does in it
If you're coming to this video to watch a speedrun of SOTN, and you are new to speed running, here is a short explanation of the hobby you may have for those who are curious; - it's a speed run where you run through the game as fast as you can, either through manipulation of the games engine, or through actual means that allow faster movement in the game. - yes we get it, it's a different way of playing, we understand this is your first time looking up speedruns, look at other speed runs and don't cherry pick dumb reasons to not like a games speedrun, aka "why is he just gliding through the area that's not a fun way to play the game" - yes people do call it SOTN - a lot of speed runners don't talk much for concentration reasons, get used to it - the point isn't to get WR, the point is to get it done by a certain time for charity, if WR is achieved, most just accept it and move on do not expect anything grand most of the time - just because you think it's not fun or entertaining to you doesn't mean it's the same for others, not everyone likes sports, not everyone likes speed runs - there are multiple speed runs events all year round most are on twitch, find a couple runners who you like and stick to them, chances are they are your best go-to runners for game recs you may not have thought of Have fun and enjoy some speed runs
@@JohnDoe-oy1xd read my first point again but if you still don't understand ; Speed running a game means well you are going through the game as fast as possible, whether that's through means of manipulating the games engine or through cheats, or overall just playing the game as fast as possible.
>the game has trouble recognizing inputs a lot No wonder I can never do Dark Metamorphosis when I actually want to use it but I’m good at doing it accidentally
It's funny to me that everyone is clapping for these one hit kill boss fights, when actually just moving through the castle the way he is way more difficult lol
Not sure if you ever played Portrait of Ruin. While the version of Richter in that game has no item crashes, the way they modernize his controls makes him a blast to play. They just had to revoke his rights to hydro storm :(
Thank you for uploading this run. Shame that UA-cam is recommending this upload to a lot of people who have apparently never seen a speedrun before, but it is greatly appreciated by those of us who do.
They are all parts of Richter's designed moveset. Glitches are more often used in speedruns with Alucard. Richter is broken enough, though a lot of practice would be needed to play like this.
It's way harder than it looks. The air slash for example you need to push up, down, down forward, forward punch every time. Theres a reason he's using a glove on the finger thats on the stick.
No, you don't have to beat every single boss to just get to the ending. However, I recommend exploring and doing optional fights too for the sake of more content and a better ending :)
Anyone wanting to know what happened to Butthead since the early 2000’s? He discovered Castlevania, got stuck in his room eating Doritos and drinking Code Red until he became one with SOTN and that neck beard.
He is technically using the word right. It's grammatically correct to use "literally" for hyperbole Also grammar rules are literally a bunch of arbitrary bullshit anyway
Obviamente el tipo ya ""disfruto"" hace bastante rato. Deecho agregarle el reto de hacerlo lo más rápido posible lo hace más entretenido. Parece que la gente piensa que los speedrunners simplemente agarran un juego cualquiera y empiezan a sacar records al primer intento.
Tyler Mcrae and why would you report the video? They haven't uploaded the video to the official gdq channel so this is basically the only way to view it now.
Easily impressed? Him consecutively using Richter's blade dash is ridiculous.. I can hardly even get it to register a few times in a row let alone do it across an entire room like this...
These people have no personality, and speak very monotone. It doesn't have any soul or character, like the some of the previous events. GDQ has given into corporate sponsorship, and it doesn't feel the same.
@Fuck You I'm positive that it must be very hard to be charismatic and not monotone while constantly inputing the command for air slash and paying heavy attention so you don't fuck everything up and lose time, which is VERY easy to do. It's already nice that they both even explain what's going on and are willing to make a few jokes. There are plenty of speedrunners that don't even bother with talking, which is still understandable, They came there to speedrun after all.
People were doing this 20 years ago when we alk figured it out. This guy is acting like it's all some new secret. I was doing this when this guy was probably like 5 years old.
It seems, to me at least, that without cheats and buffers he can't actually play the game very well. The areas that he says are tough, tricky, or scary aren't that much of a bother to me when I play the vanilla, original game. His playing here is okay, I guess, but he just seems to rely really heavily on the buffers that come with playing as Richter.
Ervin Arnold This kind of logic is simply invalid. You don't need to be a cook to be able to criticize the culinary abilities of a person and the same thing applies to speedrunning.
The point isn't that the room is hard to get through, it's that it's hard to get through in the fastest manner possible, especially when you're skipping health-ups and save rooms to keep your time down and thus can't afford to take many hits. It's like telling someone that parkour isn't that hard because you walk around that part of town all the time.
But he wasn't cheating. Input buffering is part of the game. Try to chain air slashes and Richter dashes like he does in this run. Then come back to us.
SpeedRUNNING Speedruns mostly if not always consist of movement and repetition, it's about getting through a game as quick as possible. If you find that boring then you should probably look up a full playthrough.
it's honestly pretty impressive knowing how dumb the dash input can be. nothing boring behind this at all maybe watch something more your speed, or lack thereof
"this is a very stressful run for me, so the couch will do most of the talk"
(The couch proceeds to shut their mouth during the entire run)
Honestly I'm glad, watching this put me on edge.
Castlevania: The Floor Is Lava Edition.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
LOLOLOLOLOL
Hahahaha why run if you can dash XD
Whenever I see Sotn, I feel urged to play it one more time,
Frederik Likesgames yeh me too even though I played it a million times and Perty much discovered every secret
What is a man?!
i actually like playing SotN on my modded PSP. fast loading times via Memory Stick :)
I recommend Hollow Knight :)
same here...just waiting for bloodstained
*WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR* "commentary" *WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR*
Si, que aburrido.
@@jugador140 es un chiste
@@gu3z185 mi comentario apoyaba el chiste.
Just wanted to say
RICHTER CONFIRMED FOR SMASH
rockman fan what do you mean nope? It’s a fact, he’s in smash. Your opinion on the game doesn’t mean he’s not in it
*PSA: Don't feed the troll above. Just ignore him. Thank you.* :)
That we can agree on, even though I would've liked a bit more commentary from the people behind.
Ummm....no. It was Simon.
@@jb111082 and Richter.
If anyone wants a condensed version of the run, he air slashed and slid everywhere then used item crushes on the bosses.
Avalon Justin thanks man
lol item crush xD
*20:03** Galamoth Fight, you are welcome*
Ricther the Relentless
If only Richter could fly in Rondo.
Then what would the point to Maria be?
"I'm not going to talk a lot because the game is hard." Talks the whole fucking time.
Richter is the most overpowered 2d character ever in this game. I love it.
Even more than the Saturn version's Maria?
He’s a glass cannon. His offenses are insane but a strong wind will kill him.
I've played Richter mode many times and it really is annoying how easily you can die by so many things, especially in the inverted castle, so this was interesting to watch.
I'm glad he reset some rooms, I would have missed out on the cool strats, really neat run! I have been playing sotn for a few days on pcsx and I am blown away by most of what he does in it
If you're coming to this video to watch a speedrun of SOTN, and you are new to speed running, here is a short explanation of the hobby you may have for those who are curious;
- it's a speed run where you run through the game as fast as you can, either through manipulation of the games engine, or through actual means that allow faster movement in the game.
- yes we get it, it's a different way of playing, we understand this is your first time looking up speedruns, look at other speed runs and don't cherry pick dumb reasons to not like a games speedrun, aka "why is he just gliding through the area that's not a fun way to play the game"
- yes people do call it SOTN
- a lot of speed runners don't talk much for concentration reasons, get used to it
- the point isn't to get WR, the point is to get it done by a certain time for charity, if WR is achieved, most just accept it and move on do not expect anything grand most of the time
- just because you think it's not fun or entertaining to you doesn't mean it's the same for others, not everyone likes sports, not everyone likes speed runs
- there are multiple speed runs events all year round most are on twitch, find a couple runners who you like and stick to them, chances are they are your best go-to runners for game recs you may not have thought of
Have fun and enjoy some speed runs
Ok thanks but what's a speedrun?
@@JohnDoe-oy1xd read my first point again but if you still don't understand ;
Speed running a game means well you are going through the game as fast as possible, whether that's through means of manipulating the games engine or through cheats, or overall just playing the game as fast as possible.
@@MarkNarukami is speedrunning a lucrative career how many millions do they make?
@@josiahmcgill638 hell no, 95% of the community does it for fun, anyone who do make money on it are living very middle class lives. Nothing special
00:35 you're welcome, whew.
tillyoudiefromit good to know :)
SMASH BROTHERS BABY!!!!!!!!
3:13 Richter doesn't need wings to fly. Suck on that Alucard.
richter: hey! galamoth! hey! galamoth! hey! hey! hey! galamoth!!
galamoth: WHAT!?
richter: knives.
galamoth: wha- AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
richter: AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I love the fact my two favorite Item Crashes are used for speed runs with Richter.
This was really awesome to watch and a great guide as well with the insightful commentary!
has blue overalls and has a spinning dash - richter is sanic confirmed
richter: gotta go fast
3:04 "He is literally a glass cannon."
"You keep using that word. I do not a think it means what you think it means." -Inigo Montoya
Sir Hamalot Anybody want a peanut?
Indeed. I dont see Ritcher has the shape of a cannon nor he seems to be made of glass.
She?
i dunno what u r talking about :P
the sidekick sound is like hanna barbara flintstone skidding.
Where did all this ppl that never heard about speedrun came from.
I've never played the game. And man this was one of the most awesome and confusing things I've watched
3:00 No he is FIGURATIVELY a glass cannon ...
I was about to comment that as well, lol.
He is literally a figurative glass cannon
He is littorally a glass cannon
Fuck you, he was being figurative in using the word "literally"
He used "literally" as a hyperbolic intensifier, which is acceptable in English grammar.
The whole video waiting to fight galamoth. Galamoth is nothing...
Galamoth is the only boss (speaking for myself) I can't beat. the absolute madman
Edit:
So that's how you do it. Wow
>the game has trouble recognizing inputs a lot
No wonder I can never do Dark Metamorphosis when I actually want to use it but I’m good at doing it accidentally
I think not
just saw maria runs and i think she's taking a stroll in the castle casually, now i watched goku storming the castle flying
I used to think this game looked complicated and scary but now I think of SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH
It's funny to me that everyone is clapping for these one hit kill boss fights, when actually just moving through the castle the way he is way more difficult lol
Not sure if you ever played Portrait of Ruin. While the version of Richter in that game has no item crashes, the way they modernize his controls makes him a blast to play. They just had to revoke his rights to hydro storm :(
Richter is fuckin Superman flying and shit over here
I like how he makes Richter look OP and broken.
He IS broken. Hydro Storm is basically your 'I win' button against bosses.
@@Green-Raccoon777 except for Galamoth, you need the knifes. Also, he is even more broken on the mobile version.
The holy man is over powered
Thank you for uploading this run. Shame that UA-cam is recommending this upload to a lot of people who have apparently never seen a speedrun before, but it is greatly appreciated by those of us who do.
Richter is OP
I really appreciate that Akmodan is weak to the daggers.
anyone else find it weird that it Dracula X Richter is SUPER SLOW but in SOTN Richter is one athletic boi
It does make for one hell of a fun experience though
Richter decided to hit the gym between games.
great video and excellent record dude !!
how did they get "i am the wind" to play during the credits? i thought it was removed for the xbla version
Just noticed richter took lightning damage from a zombie at 0:50. Whats the deal with that? whacky
The frames of invincibility during dashing are tricky. He collided with the zombie just as his dash was ending.
Pushes one button
*claps
What a legend
were all those high double jumps and dash flying actually part of the game or a type of glitching that was never intended?
They are all parts of Richter's designed moveset. Glitches are more often used in speedruns with Alucard. Richter is broken enough, though a lot of practice would be needed to play like this.
It's way harder than it looks. The air slash for example you need to push up, down, down forward, forward punch every time. Theres a reason he's using a glove on the finger thats on the stick.
@@BaconSenpai All this tine and it isn't three quarter invert circle?
Holy hell, and I thought I knew everything about the game.
That's the air slash input for PoR Richter
Yeah in this game it's just up, down, forward and punch. though it is easier if you use the quarter circle motion.
so about that smash ultimate..
he is not fuckin around this time
Wait, you mean you don`t fight Dracula as the final boss in Richter mode?
Very nice!
Takes me 27 mins just to get to point of enjoying the game lol
who the hell calls it Sotn.. ?
You know how the speed running community is. Anything to shave off time.
*Slowly raises hand.*
A lot of people
Нереально круто !!!
XBox 360 in 1997 ? Good job. :-)
I cringe so much when they actually pronounce it as 'sotun'.
Yeah fuck that noise. They sound like newbs saying that shit.
Most people i know just call it symphony
Is it really that big of a deal to you lot?
@@DerpyDosh Yes it is.
This is the least talkative couch I have ever seen
Soat-in?
Vale a pena jogar de novo
3:10 "... He is really really strong, but he's also... really weak"
Strong attack-wise, weak defense-wise. Only being able to heal via saves doesn't help.
@@Green-Raccoon777 thats really really true, but its also... really false
Yeah, hp extensions heal you too, and they help Richter's defense a ton if you go for them.
@@Green-Raccoon777 you are really really right, but also.... really wrong
@@petrus7977 Yeah, late game enemies will still wreck you. Still, better than them one hit KO'ing you though.
SUCCUBUS?!?!?! DEATH?!?!?!?
Not available in Richter Mode.
What about the female serpent boss that is in the water area regular castle? Does Richter not fight her either? That one isn't a cutscene boss.
10:15
I am the only one who think they reused most Enemy-sprites from Rondo of Blood ?
They pretty much do.
la lluvia no seria mejor para los jefes?
I didn't know people pronounced SOTN as "soaten".
So wait hold up. During the regular sotn game with alucurd. I would have to go through all that just to beat the game?
No, you don't have to beat every single boss to just get to the ending. However, I recommend exploring and doing optional fights too for the sake of more content and a better ending :)
The dream fight with the succubus is that not in if you play as Richter?
The fight against her and Death are not available as Richter.
Anyone wanting to know what happened to Butthead since the early 2000’s? He discovered Castlevania, got stuck in his room eating Doritos and drinking Code Red until he became one with SOTN and that neck beard.
"Olrox"...
Galamoth at 20:00
superman's son?
There is death and no cerberus for richter
11:35 isn't that a cerberus?
You mean:
There is no death, succubus and werewolf/minotaur bossfights for Richter
@@kalameet3136 Yes, i am a fucking idiot.
Muito bom
I fast forward to Galamoth 😂😂😂
Another inaccurate and pixelated display of SOTN. The game was smooth when it game out in 1997. CRTs.
Resident Evil speedrunning does not take much skill. This game you do.
sowten
How does the game load new areas instantly?
He's using the XBL version of the game.
Ps3 version does that too from my experience.
Edit: Wait, never mind. My memory must've failed me.
richter is german and its not ricter
Why's he wearing one glove?
Haja dedo, pqp.
Soe-tin...wow, who the hell even says it like that
Downvote for misgendering the Frozen Halves.
you Stold This Video from This UA-cam User - gamesdonequick
Hes literally a glass cannon? Thats funny he looks like a human to me. He literally doesn't know how to use literally correctly.
What about the bosses in the regular Colosseum? He skipped them entirely.
I don't remember the bosses being there for Richter. They were the brainwashed Richter's underlings to welcome Alucard.
Zed C It's a cutscene boss, just like with Death and the Succubus. They don't exist for Richter.
3:05
Literally???
He is technically using the word right. It's grammatically correct to use "literally" for hyperbole
Also grammar rules are literally a bunch of arbitrary bullshit anyway
Anyone else think this guy sounds like soos from gravity falls? Lol
ERR ERR ERR ERR ERR ERR ERR ERR ERR
He did not kill all bosses :D 8:27
He killed the doppleganger ._.
U guys broke thee game haha
I think he should be doing this on an actual PS1 with an original disc.
Fuck... That...
The airdash thing is way easier on the Xbox controller imho. Loading times are shorter as well.
I got this for the ps3. Once you get used to doing the air dash, it's easy.
Lo único q se esa no disfrutan juego q solo x hacer record más nada ya veo q con Richard Belmont se puede pero todo es rápido
Obviamente el tipo ya ""disfruto"" hace bastante rato.
Deecho agregarle el reto de hacerlo lo más rápido posible lo hace más entretenido.
Parece que la gente piensa que los speedrunners simplemente agarran un juego cualquiera y empiezan a sacar records al primer intento.
... Why would this video be here, and not on GDQ's channel? XD
Love that there's no 'this video belongs to someone else' choice in the report button. Byoutiful.
Tyler Mcrae and why would you report the video? They haven't uploaded the video to the official gdq channel so this is basically the only way to view it now.
@@liljon042 Yeah, let's just be glad this is here in the first place.
"I'll take 'Protecting my Virginity' for $500, Alex!
When she called it phonetically "Castlevania So-ten" I fucking turned it off.
This is a very easily-impressed crowd.
Well can you hold the Y button?
Easily impressed? Him consecutively using Richter's blade dash is ridiculous.. I can hardly even get it to register a few times in a row let alone do it across an entire room like this...
Yeah, that shit is a one-way ticket to carpal tunnel.
See kids. Stay in your moms basement for 40 years and you too can be as col as this fat virgin weebo
@@RalyksThims lmao you've got a WoW video in your favorites, meaning you're more of a closet basement virgin than anyone here.
whats the point of doing speedruns?
What's the point of asking dumb questions on UA-cam?
What's the point of doing anything?
What's the point of life
To see how fast you can beat a game. Whether that's through manipulation of the games engine or through legit means of playing.
To see how fast a game can be beaten by different means?
Isn't it obvious?
The whole event should be renamed 'Autism Without Borders"
Fuck You pol leave
You say that like its somehow a bad thing. Pray tell, why?
These people have no personality, and speak very monotone. It doesn't have any soul or character, like the some of the previous events. GDQ has given into corporate sponsorship, and it doesn't feel the same.
Fuck You SOUL VS SOULLESS - OLD GOOD NEW BAD!!!!!!
@Fuck You
I'm positive that it must be very hard to be charismatic and not monotone while constantly inputing the command for air slash and paying heavy attention so you don't fuck everything up and lose time, which is VERY easy to do. It's already nice that they both even explain what's going on and are willing to make a few jokes. There are plenty of speedrunners that don't even bother with talking, which is still understandable, They came there to speedrun after all.
U guys make video games boring
Isaac Zais Then don't watch.
BJGvideos uhh yeh I stopped forever after this dumbass lol
How though
Watch the Pepsiman run.
Thank me later.
People were doing this 20 years ago when we alk figured it out. This guy is acting like it's all some new secret. I was doing this when this guy was probably like 5 years old.
Elizabeth Klemmer When are they acting like it's new?
Well i suppose that you could do a speedrun of Sotn when you first started to play the Richter mode
We get it, you are "good" at sotn. No one cares.
It seems, to me at least, that without cheats and buffers he can't actually play the game very well. The areas that he says are tough, tricky, or scary aren't that much of a bother to me when I play the vanilla, original game. His playing here is okay, I guess, but he just seems to rely really heavily on the buffers that come with playing as Richter.
Please record your speedrun and upload it to UA-cam then.
Ervin Arnold This kind of logic is simply invalid. You don't need to be a cook to be able to criticize the culinary abilities of a person and the same thing applies to speedrunning.
The point isn't that the room is hard to get through, it's that it's hard to get through in the fastest manner possible, especially when you're skipping health-ups and save rooms to keep your time down and thus can't afford to take many hits. It's like telling someone that parkour isn't that hard because you walk around that part of town all the time.
But he wasn't cheating. Input buffering is part of the game. Try to chain air slashes and Richter dashes like he does in this run. Then come back to us.
What a boring way to play the game. Just some repetitive movement junk.
User it's a speed run. What do you think he would do?
SpeedRUNNING
Speedruns mostly if not always consist of movement and repetition, it's about getting through a game as quick as possible. If you find that boring then you should probably look up a full playthrough.
it's honestly pretty impressive knowing how dumb the dash input can be. nothing boring behind this at all
maybe watch something more your speed, or lack thereof
Mister Guy
That's your opinion, I myself find this game really fun.
@Mister Guy Exato. esse jogo é horrível, mas esse modo e a forma que ele está jogando é divertida.