Sifu seems like it'll be a speedrunner's dream, and already we have world record attempts hitting the 40-minute mark on its official release date. And that's without dying once. YouTuber Dan Allen Gaming has posted his very own speedrun attempt, which came together across a few sittings. Therefore, it's not an official speedrun done all at once, but it's still impressive to see the kung fu game be beaten in such a short space of time already.
This is theoretically a full playthrough of the game, so be warned if you decide to watch the video the whole way through. We see the YouTuber fly through the early levels thanks to some shortcuts and extensive knowledge of the boss battles. He also prioritises rewards improving your structure and focus regain.
Do you think you could pull such a feat off? If not, check out our Sifu guide for tips on getting better at the game. Then show us your best high kick in the comments below.
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Thats crazy, still haven't passed the 2nd area yet lol. But going to give it another try tonight, so hard getting used to the fighting.
Pah! He's using his eyes to see with and hasn't got a hairdryer for a controller. Easy!
I just got to the 3rd stage. I was doing great until the boss took me from age 35 straight to death lol. That's a very impressive feat though especially when the game hasn't been available for very long to where people have figured out all the ins and outs of the game.
@riceNpea
Yeah and he isn’t holding the hairdryer with his feet - amateur!!!
Yeah this kind of stuff was inevitable, Sifu is begging for speedruns, or other challenges like no hit runs. Pretty much the perfect game for it, especially since it's so fun to watch!
Some people are just on another level with this stuff. They spot and process the tells and react to everything so quickly and efficiently. That's definitely not the case for most of us.
That's impressive, I can't imagined myself finishing this game in 40 minutes lol.
Makes me recall the first time I finished Sekiro and looked at my completion time with pride. Then I saw the speedruns.
I'm going to be lucky if I finish it in 40 hours. Starting stage 3 at 68, no chance!
I'm sure when I get around to playing this I will not be anywhere near that good, but that's ok dying adds to the experience so they are just missing out
I finished the game twice and got the true ending, and now I'm trying to beat the game while below age 50. Final boss still needs to be mastered I can get there at age 37, but he beats my ass all the way to age 67 before I beat him.
There is a trophy for getting old so it's worth dying in the game.
@Constable_What That's impressive too. I just beat the second boss and now I'm at the third stage at age of 41. I ain't gonna make it much further.
The game is really awesome.
@Constable_What Weirdly I find the last boss easier than the third and fourth! Congrats on the runs though, I'm glad to see others having a good time with it.
Reviewing hard games always makes me wonder whether people will bounce off them completely, but I think Sifu's overall quality can't be ignored.
@ShogunRok I think our playstyles are different lol. I didn't have much trouble with the 3rd boss, although her second phase is easier imo than her first, and the 4th boss I find just really easy. Her moves are really telegraphed and she has really low health. I just kinda run to close the distance while avoiding and parrying.
I think a lot of people will quit at around stage 2 or 3. Stage 2 is just brutal. This game, however, is so good. It's one that even though I've completed, I just want to keep playing it.
@JAMes-BroWWWn 41 isn't too bad! You can make it to stage 5! The stage 3 shortcuts are the best in the game, and stage 4 is littered with knives so it's really easy to just instant kill the harder enemies with them. I think stage 2 is probably the hardest in the game, so if you can do that you can do the rest.
Final boss is really hard for me, but you have to play him with almost perfect fundamentals, which I kinda lack.
40 minutes? Thought we had another "Bouncer" on our hands here, glad to see it was just a speedrun. phew
@Constable_What Yeah I think I just find the final boss' more 'straightforward' fighting style easier to deal with. I end up second guessing myself a lot with enemies that have gimmicks.
I think stage 2 might be the biggest difficulty spike in the game, all told. It's the level that forces you to learn how to avoid or you simply won't beat it. Totally agree that's where a lot of people will hit a brick wall.
I'm really looking forward to playing this game, though truthfully I'll probably get it on the Xbox, so there'll be quite a wait! I played Chronus: Before the Ashes, which had a similar mechanism as I recall, and I have a feeling I didn't ever manage to finish that one because my character always got too old.
Mind you, I might still be trying to beat Returnal before I get much older myself as though I have reached the fifth Biome, there is a level in there which is just brutal, and so I've been returned to the fourth Biome, which can almost seem unfair if you walk from the spawn room straight into a hell storm. I think I'm just a sucker for punishment when it comes to these kind of games, as I absolutely love trying to beat them...
I didn’t watch the video did he/she played the game on Console or PC im just curious.
My carpal tunnel is acting up just watching.
@MickOnYourFace do you know the oldest you can get before death?
ME - Sounds easy...I might buy it then...100+ hours later....I hate this game it's to hard and I can't get off level 1...
Games in the PS1 & PS2 era were more difficult than games now to. The only reason I can't be bothered playing these hard games is I find it boring dying and dying again and wasting my precious time really. It's like games where you have to spend hour's and hour's killing bosses. Soooooo BORING really :-/ (Destiny 1 & 2 come to mind doing that) This game looks super cool tho. Oh well.
Gone from 0 interest in this due to the difficulty to a mild curiosity. Its just the difficulty 🤔🤔🤔
I am at the second boss and can't wait to get further - but man, this is still depressing to read!
If sifu is that short I’ll wait till it hits PS+ Down the road. Horizon FW in 9 days. Then Elden Ring drops the week after which I will also pick up day 1.
@Carl-G
Longest boss fight I ever beat in a game was Yiazmat in Final Fantasy XII (the PS2 version).
It took hours. Literally hours. He’s got so much health. It was a stupid fight.
@BuGGy2DaB 40 minute speedrun, normal playthroughs will take many hours.
@BuGGy2DaB FYI, Speedrunners beat Skyrim in less than 30 minutes.
The more i watchfootage of this and see reviews the more i want to buy it. Holding out atm as HFW is around the corner and ive really gotctoo much to be getting on with. This gen i need to not just buy everything i want and think about spending logically🤔
I will download it tonight 😂
@Kidfunkadelic83 haha, thats exactly what i said start of this gen, going to buy things i am going to play finish and move on,not doing so great atm, bought uncharted upgrade last week, just bought sifu and started another farm on stardew valley, not to mention the games i bought and either not in mood for them or didnt enjoy lol. I used to be really good before ps4 never had a backlog once dont know why i have started lol.
@Daleaf ive only had my ps5 a couple of months and got 12 physical games so far not to mention the ps4 games ive still not even touched in 3 years 😂. I am doing better tho as ive just got the platinum for Astro's and Ratchet and recently beat Horizon since owning it from release.
@Carl-G hence the reason I wouldn't touch this game for free or with a 10 foot barge pole
It was super hard I tried it myself here is my video (I don't know if I'm faster than him or not if I edited the same way lol)
https://youtu.be/3-DTOKN_iqk
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