gaming Does anyone else enjoy watching tool-assisted videos?

[Gernia 690]

First off, I love watching tool-assisted playthroughs of video games. I think its amazing what can be done in a game when you slow it down, even to frame-by-frame speed, just to play it perfectly. There's not much else I can say other than I was wondering if others enjoyed them as well. Also, here are some of my favorites:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfiZPwOKnLg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NbduA_aLT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4ib8d59sg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoZq0aJ-7xc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWmnehkzRCo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5tyMXXDPX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4qMyGNJRY4

 

If you don't understand what "tool-assisted" refers to I can explain it to you in another comment, or you can Google "tool-assisted speedrun" and you'll see what I mean.

[Chigens and Kay 3,831]

I love them so much! Seeing how fast it's possible to beat a game...it's just fascinating to watch.

 

Also a good learning experience. Seeing shortcuts and optimizations that you never knew about before.

[Gernia 690]

I love them so much! Seeing how fast it's possible to beat a game...it's just fascinating to watch.

 

Also a good learning experience. Seeing shortcuts and optimizations that you never knew about before.

 

What's amazing is that when I try to perform some of the things I see in the videos, I realize how hard they actually are.

[I'mNotaDJ 63]

While I can understand the appeal of these sort of videos, I personally don't get much enjoyment out of them. I am more fascinated by what is ACTUALLY possible within the normal gameplay. Things like discovering natural glitches which allow you to bypass certain points in the game or completely sequence-break it entirely. Pixel perfection, lightning fast reflexes, rote memorization of each screen: these are the sort of things I am impressed by and represent the reasons I enjoy watching more traditional speed runs. 

 

Of course, that doesn't mean some of the things one can do with "tools" aren't amazing in their own right.   But check out this example of completely un-tool-assisted mastery. It's a very entertaining display. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcekExHwO8

 

[Magic Note 2,739]

I enjoy watching them too. It's not so much the breaking aspect I find interesting, it's just how they find ways to exploit mechanics that aren't normally seen in actual gameplay. Just look at this TAS on the first Mega Man game.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAW9WoLHks