Blindfolded Speedrunner ‘Sekiro’ reveals how he achieved impressive feats
Sometimes, a gaming community member does something that makes everyone wonder, “wow, but also what?” It seems that there is no more incredible honour for a gamer than to be treated with the utmost respect and sheer amazement by the rest of the gaming world.
No achievement can match that criteria better than one speedrunner running Sekiro Shadows Die Twice blindfolded. You read that correctly. You read that right. Mitchriz completed the game in just two hours while remaining wholly blindfolded and relying on only audio cues. This feat was accomplished live during Awesome Game Done Quick, held in January to raise funds for Prevent Cancer Foundation.
GameSpot has posted a new video showing the speedrunner running the race. It explains how he did it and answers the crucial question, “Why and how did he put a blindfold on?”
He explained that to get blindfolded, it came down to me doing challenge runs and then trying new challenges. But it was like, “man, everybody’s done it all already”. “And I just wanted to do something new. I wanted something that nobody had done before that I knew I could accomplish. And since I’d seen each boss blindfolded, I decided that I would route it out and have a complete blindfolded playthrough.
Speedrunning is a very skilled way to play a game. Although professionals may make it seem easy, many hours of planning and practice are required to find good routes and execute them as smoothly as possible. It’s fantastic to see how Mitchriz put an extra layer of complexity on top and eliminated the ability to see.
Mitchriz’s fantastic run was not the only success of the event. A staggering $3.4 million was raised for AGDQ this year. Games Done Quick will return in the summer with the Summer Games Done Quick, but the dates are still to be determined. Perhaps then Sekiro can be completed without the use of hands.
