'Resident Evil 7: Biohazard' speedrunner clears game using only the knife

With "Resident Evil 7" completed within less than two hours, it still used the most powerful weapon in the game, the Albert-o1R. Now, a speedrunner was able to complete the game using only the knife, the weakest weapon in the game.

The Twitch Streamer and speedrunner ItsTheWykytron was the first ever to complete the knife-only speedrun,according to Eurogamer. The run took nearly double the current record holder for the same category, Easy mode using fresh save file, but the speed of completion is not what made it significant.

After all, speed can be improved with further practice as long as the player has their full arsenal. As such, with a comically underpowered weapon limitation, the run was made more interesting.

With the speedrunner playing in Easy mode, enemies only deal minimal amount of damage, according to Game Rant. It makes the whole playthrough less demanding, but there are still some encounters that were made so difficult without the use of the better weapons.

As seen on the speedrunner's Twitch video, one of the boss battles in the game required the player to use a particular weapon. As such, they had a serious disadvantage, which made the fight unnecessarily deadly. It took several tries to get it right, and it took about a fifth of the total game time.

Another speedrunner named Quizzle also completed the same challenge and was able to clear it in more than three-and-a-half hours. It does seem longer than the other speedruns, but the twist is that the user played it in Madhouse difficulty, which certainly makes it more understandable.

"Resident Evil 7," despite only being out for less than a month, seems to have a growing speedrunning community. As such, it is expected for these records to be broken as players become more familiar to the game.

"Resident Evil 7" is now available for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Here is ItsTheWykytron's Twitch playthrough video:
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