Burnout Paradise (Big Surf Island 100%) by espumbrajolt Resident Evil 7 was definitely the freshest one of the block and comes highly recommended. Following this wonderful run was the Resident Evil 3 race and then Silent Hill being tackled by Punchy. Honestly, the entire Horror block is well worth a watch. It was more conversational with the couch being an active part of the entire run. The commentary from the couch and runner were both fantastic with the run not always going as planned.
It is magic in motion to finally see the new Resident Evil get played with such precision. The run for AGDQ was of the “New Game Madhouse” category with runner Carcinogen going to the Baker estate with no carried over items on the hardest difficulty. Needless to say for speedrunners this was a very unoptimised run. Last year’s fantastic Resident Evil 7 even featured a trophy that required players to complete the game in less than four hours. Resident Evil games have always embraced the notion of the speedrun even since earlier games. Resident Evil 7 (New Game Madhouse) by Carcinogen All the speedruns have been archived so if there were any you missed due to time, go find them there. While there were many amazing runs this year, below are a few choice ones from the Games Done Quick youtube page. Of course with every GDQ event, we will be running down some of the best runs people might have missed. While it might not be as huge a difference as previous years set, it still shows that the event continues to do well. All money raised by subscriptions (even through Twitch Prime) were added to the final total that allowed for a new record. What brought the final total over was the controversial decision to make the Twitch chat for the event sub-only. On donations alone, the number would have just missed hitting 2017’s raised amount. The donations, however, were not what knocked AGDQ 2018 over the previous record. The final total including Twitch subscriptions and bits comes out to: $2,261,823.19 All that money will be going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. AGDQ 2018 raised in total $2,261,823.18 as confirmed on stream and in the tweet below.
After the week-long romp, AGDQ 2018 walks away with the highest money earned in Games Done Quick history.ĪGDQ 2017 got a lot of buzz for breaking the $2.2 million mark but the 2018 edition beat it out by $40,000. The speedrunning charity event has grown substantially every year with more viewers, sponsors and donations.
With the annual Awesome Games Done Quick coming to a close on Sunday, it finally feels like the year has begun.