Originally run on 7th February 2021
Re-timed by frame, same time as splits.
Splits: splits.io/74s0
While this run is a massive drop from the previous 1:15:14, it's not a good run, this is mainly being uploaded for reference for other runners. The three big time losses were losing 30s each in SbSW by the military not spawning in, me forgetting to destroy the last mutant equipment in while I was too busy focusing on the reroute, and Silhouette not dying immediately to new tech (FIVE RAGDOLL BOUNCES!).
The most notable time saves are:
-This Island Suburbia: Ignoring the slow probes to quickly get the scientists/briefcases.
-Foreign Correspondent: It isn't in this run, but Bert can be PK pushed off of the pier (and probably die) to be 10secs faster than the already-faster throw in this run, which wasn't shown in the previous run.
-Suburb of the Damned: Using the saucer appears to actually be faster, I can only assume it didn't appear to be so previously because I was testing on the laggy 360. It appears to be a flat 30secs faster.
-Suburb of the Damned 2: Not a big time save, but it's interesting how the robot phase is a 45sec autoscroller, so 2 probes can be grabbed here for free.
-The Mutant Menace: The 2nd tesla coil is DR'ed standing still instead of the 3rd so you don't have to go out of your way while the 3rd is DR'ed on the way to the 4th, which is freely ID'ed.
-Duck & Cover: The scientists going for the bomb are put to sleep, which lasts for 23secs not including the daze. This can let you finish the mission with 1:00 on the dot.
-The Lone Gunman: The Capitol City probes aren't needed anymore, so the White House probe is gone around, even though it's horribly botched in this run.
-Roboprez: Ecdycis came in and told us about a strat he did as a kid: use objects in the abducto beam to push Roboprez into the water. It works, very well, but requires using a chunk of the Washington Monument to be remotely consistent at dragging him (not knocking him) into the water.
-Silhouette: From this, I wondered if Silhouette could be killed in the same way, and eventually it turns out you can get her into a corner and use a car or robot to clip her through the fence and have her run into the water if her ragdoll cooperates. These are the two big ones, turning the final mission into a sub-3:40 run.
Despite the massive time save, most of this run was kind of a clown fiesta (excluding the three massive time losses). I failed to kill the Majestic in ToD quickly, D&C had no right being a gold with all of that going on and the scientists need to be put asleep more efficiently, TLG is just cursed with trying to murder me and waste my time, and TFF did its classic bugging out of not realising all the enemies are dead to spawn in the penultimate wave (~15s lost).
That said, ASmBS felt fast and golded, the G-Abduction in TIS was the cleanest I think I've ever seen it, SotD was solid with an extra probe-grab, IAWA went well, and even though I had to skip my MCGtCC split because I forgot to buy the upgrades (bought them during AvTF), the two of them combined were ~15secs faster than my recorded golds. Roboprez went pretty well as well.
Currently, those of us looking at this (instead of the remake lol) can see sub-1:12 is due, sub-1:11 is a reasonable goal, but we're looking to see if sub-1:10 is possible. My golds are 1:10:03, not that good, and Silhouette ragdoll RNG alone cost 34secs of gold, so maybe it's possible.
6 фев 2021
