Mario Odyssey Speedrun with HUDs From Other Games

Overview

• Objective: Play through all of Mario Odyssey from start to finish.
• Challenge: Every 5 minutes, add a HUD from a different video game on top of the game.
• Goal: To beat the game while managing cluttered screen space.

Initial Setup

• Recent best speedrun time: 1 hour, 11 minutes, 21 seconds.
• Goal: Set a personal best (PB) in this challenge.
• Notable challenges from the start: Delay due to streaming setup and need to make early significant progress.

HUD Integrations and Gameplay

1. Runescape HUD

   • Never played Runescape before.
   • Initial thought: Too much, need to remove chat.
   • Takes a significant portion of the screen.
   • Adjust camera to treat game as smaller.
   • Game now referred to as "Super Sona Mario Escape Odyssey 5" with each added HUD element.

2. Persona 5 HUD

   • Added as persistent date element.
   • Challenge: Couldn’t see some important game elements like the number of moons.

3. Fallout 3 HUD

   • Problem: Insufficient information to make the best decisions.
   • The game now becomes "Super Rain Fall Sona 53rd Odyssey Risk".

4. Risk of Rain 2 HUD

   • Focus on minimizing added HUD clutter while avoiding being a coward by adding only one HUD aspect.
   • Makes gameplay harder with managing a lot of on-screen elements.

5. Red Dead Redemption 2 HUD

   • Added another minimap and guns to top right.
   • Discussion about what constitutes HUD and what does not, like including the horse.
   • Horse gets added eventually as a small element.
   • Adjusted camera to avoid HUD clutter.
   • Added humor around the absurdity of accumulating HUDs and made playful commentary around game’s new title as a complex mix of many games.

6. Duke Nukem HUD

   • Introduces armor stats.
   • Adjusted screens to fit more HUDs while making the game even more visually cluttered.

7. Dark Souls HUD

   • Adds health, stamina, souls count, and other elements.
   • Added as fixation with the game focusing around absurd additions like calling it “Gun Horse”.

8. Team Fortress 2 HUD

   • Including the payload indicator adds humor as it significantly alters Mario Odyssey with ridiculous HUDs.
   • Overlapping HUD elements for optimization.
   • Challenges presented from sheer visual overload.

9. Mario 64 HUD

   • Commentary about historical HUDs taking excessive space adds another layer of complexity.
   • Strategies to overlap HUD elements smartly preserving important parts.

10. Kingdom Hearts HUD

    • Adds companion stats and health bars.
    • “Super fantasy Odyssey” with combined HUD stats making the screen extremely cluttered.
    • Conversational humorous engagement with the stream audience.

11. Tetris HUD

    • Final element added as an homage to the challenge's conclusion.
    • Playfully integrates and completes the visual nightmare of elements.

Conclusion

• Fight through increasingly cluttered HUD, finally succeeding.
• Final time: 2:30:03, with the last HUD being added just before conclusion.
• Named game: "Lego legend of old school final grand elder star world of zelda warcraft kingdom."
• A hilarious and absurd take on integrating multiple HUDs, challenging speedrunning norms while engaging viewers continually.