Once again, Awesome Games Done Quick featured an impressive crop of speedruns covering both modern and classic games. Among the many highlights were runs ofIt Takes Two,Dead Rising,Deathloop,Pokémon Crystal,Chicory: A Colorful Tale,Donkey Kong Country 2,Slay the Spire,and many, many more, which you’re able to all viewhere in a convenient playlist.The event even saw seven world records being broken as well, including those forKena: Bridge of Spirits,Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II,and the rather imposing Centurion inKeep Talking and Nobody Explodes(albeit with a bit of an asterisk there, as the real-time world record was broken, but not the in-game time world record). But the biggest record broken was forPumpkin Jack,where runner Jaxler pulled off every trick almost effortlessly and destroyed the original record by a whopping three minutes, a feat which needless to say, saw them and the virtual audience erupt in glee.
But while the aforementioned Metal Gear Solid run was the finale, the audience made it clear that Shayy’s run of Chapter 2 in Deltarune was the biggest highlight of the final day, or at least the one that raised the lion’s share of the final total. Aside from the $500,000 raised to unlock it as a bonus game in the first place, another $200,000 or so was raised when it was announced after the unlocking that Shayy would perform an additional run of the game’s infamous “Snowgrave” route if the three million dollar milestone was also reached. That said, runs of other bonus games were no slouches,with 7rayD’s Village of Shadows run of Resident Evil Villageraising $170,000 to unlock it,and a multi-runner Rocket League showcaseraising $100,000 plus an additional $20,000 for an incentive to complete the Hard version of Panic’s Air Race.
And of course, the always entertaining commentary, hosts, and loads of memes kept the audience glued to things even further, be it Mr. Game and Shout’s impression of J. Jonah Jameson froma run of the Silver Lining DLC for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remasteredthat he was happy to repeat for several other donations throughout the week, or an entire apology letter written from Shenanigan to Bulbasaur courtesy of the Pokémon Crystal run mentioned earlier, which was not only a result of a $900,000 milestone, but even closed out the event’s credits. In the end, though, the important thing was just how much Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 did for a noble cause, with tons of impressively skilled game players coming together to eventually raise so much in order to help out cancer research. And now we’ll see if Summer Games Done Quick 2022 can match this week’s success when it’s held later this year, though no date has been announced yet, as it hasn’t been decided if Games Done Quick will be in-person or remain online again. In the meantime, you can check out regular speedruns throughout each week as part of their GDQ Hotfix showover on their Twitch channel.
