Today is after a long time The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom appeared. While countless players are taking their first steps, one has game already completed – in less than two hours.
Of course, this isn’t just any player, it’s a speedrunner. To be more precise, about Carl “Gymnast86” Wernicke, who is well known in the scene for his Zelda speed runs. So he was the first player at that time The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finished in under an hour. For the successor he is now presenting the first time.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Completed in under two hours
In detail Wernicke has just once 1 hour, 34 minutes and 33 seconds needed to reach the end of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Mind you: On the release day, only a few hours after the game was released in the first place. Gymnast86 was so fast that his speedrun can’t even be listed on the Speedrun.com overview page, because the leaderboards there don’t open until May 26th.
Of course, Wernicke uploaded the entire speed run to YouTube. If you want to watch it, you should be aware that there are major spoilers. Finally, the speedrun definitely shows the ending, so watch at your own risk:
In another video, Wernicke explains that his time will probably be beaten in a few days. However, speedrunners will have to come up with a few new tactics as it seems that the glitches and exploits from Breath of the Wild no longer work in Tears of the Kingdom. That’s why he himself relied primarily on the synthesis ability, which Link can use to craft stronger weapons from various objects along the way.
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If you are not a speed runner, you can definitely spend significantly more hours in the new Zelda adventure. We’ll tell you whether it’s worth it and what changes there have been compared to the predecessor in our in-depth review of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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