Speed Run 4

Speed Run 4 is a 2014 high-speed platforming game developed by Vurse. You have to speed run through 30 levels in total, hence the name. The levels get more difficult as you advance through the game. As of April 2021, the game currently has 685K+ likes and 202K+ dislikes.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Total of 30 levels to advance with a good amount of variety. It has grasslands, deserts, stone, ice, snow, lava, and then even a candy land!
 * 2) It uses custom animations that make you feel like you are really running and makes the game slightly more realistic.
 * 3) This game is mainly an obby, but is divided into levels that have plenty of variety and has collectible cards. For the most part, it has a high speed, so it doesn't look or feel like a generic, boring obby, but instead being fast-paced and more fun.
 * 4) The levels' music sounds really good, the majority of which is composed by Bossfight. The upbeat chip-tune style fits the fast-paced gameplay and keeps your adrenaline pumping (Sadly, the music was replaced with royalty-free music in an update due to copyright issues).
 * 5) It spawned a lot of different mods (both first-party and third-party).
 * 6) Good graphics for its time, and it still holds up a bit today.
 * 7) While Level 27 and 29 are the hardest levels in the game, if you use first-person view, it is slightly easier and less rage-inducing for most people.
 * 8) There's also an unlockable level 32 that is truly the hardest level in the entire game, despite the fact you need to pay to unlock it.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Unfortunately, a recent major update has changed all old music in the levels to royalty-free music due to copyright, and now the new music is easily forgotten and does not match the levels at all. Thankfully, you can visit the Classic version to hear the old music again.
 * 2) * Even before the major update, Level 21's music was also changed to royalty-free music.
 * 3) The collectible cards are good to collect if you are trying to collect badges, but other than giving you badges, they aren't really useful. Vurse could've made it so if you collected all the collectible cards in one go, you could unlock prizes like the 2 coils, instead of being pay-to-unlock.
 * 4) The name is a little confusing, making the player think that there was a prequel called "Speed Run 3" made by the same developer, but that didn't happen. The game is actually a standalone (unless you count the original Speed Run game, made by lolbunnyface.)
 * 5) The whole game is pretty short as you can beat it as fast as 12 minutes or even less than that, although it's understandable since this is meant to be a speed-run game.