I would have put it after Act 2, but I would rather comment on getting Stardust. Also, the fighting only occurs when the population reaches a certain amount. So it wouldn't occur for a while anyways.
It does it if the population is over 300 in the area and Act II is completed. Same with Kasandora and the plague (if the proper triggers are in place there).
Sorry, but I have to vote No as well. It lacked entertainment value.
However, I'm impressed by the game itself. I didn't know Mode 7 was used in such a good way!
This was a launch title designed specifically to show off the new Mode 7 of the SNES. Just like Super Castlevania IV did in Stage 4 (which was also a launch title).
This was fun to watch. I'll have to admit, I think this game needs to sacrifice time for entertainment, but doing more then just skydiving/jetpacking. The light plane got completely ignored, which I think would add some fun into this. Though I will have to admit, the skydiving section WAS a bit amusing, since like 90% of those landings would severely hurt you. ^^;;
I'll give this a MEH. I don't think the game choice is bad, it just needs some more variety instead of just going for pure speed.
BTW, interesting how a hang glider and an arwing sound exactly the same...
Yeah, I need the ending for a full commentary. Plus the MKV file given just doesn't wanna work with MPC for audio purposes. I'll just wait until a true full encode comes along.
I've already pointed out where the timing discrepancy exists for Mega Man. I have to purchase a Beat Call after Commando Man. Adds nothing to the in-game timer, but the time it takes to go through the shop might be enough to make a Chill or Pump starting route faster.
That right there is drastically different. Then factor in tank usage and you have a definitive reason to use in-game time, with real time minimized (slow menu scrolling would be grounds for rejection).
Besides, the game includes a timer, so why would we not use it? It only ticks when you have direct control over Mega Man. This excludes energy pick-ups, intros, menus, etc. which, if I'm not mistaken, is exactly what TASvideos aims for.
Actually, the timer works a bit differently in MM10 then MM9, at least judging by the time attack mode.
The timer stops only:
1. After a boss is defeated.
2. If you're in a shop/stage select screen.
3. Pre-stage introduction
The time DOES continue during weapon/energy collections, during boss appearances. It starts when the stage appears and ends when the boss is beaten. Yes, even if you're on the start screen, which does NOT pause the timer anymore.
The thing I really need to know for doing the audio commentary is pretty much how long of dead space the encoder is gonna shove at the beginning. I guess I can leave it as a WAV until they create it, calculate the time of the statID, then set it up in Goldwave and go from there. I'm working on what I want to say, but haven't done the actual recording yet.
My run wasn't particularly interesting.... and neither is this. My feeling is that the GBA port of Super Monkey Ball isn't as interesting as the GC/Wii games. Once Dolphin is up and running, runs of those will be beyond interesting. This game? Not so much.
Agreed. While this game still looks hard, it doesn't look hard AND frenzied like the GC/Wii games do.
Voting meh.
Well played, but unfortunately this game is crappy game design that they attempt to disguise with a game mechanic. Unfortunately it doesn't work. At least the Wiimake looks prettier.
Outside of the Arkanoid Stage 5, it really wasn't that impressive of a game.
Voting NO on game choice.
Given that most enemies do not serve as roadblocks in this game but rather as set-piece challenges, making them take twice as long to kill is not an automatic reason to avoid hard mode. It means we get to see more of the combat against them than we ordinarily would; on Normal enemies die rather quickly even without resorting to TAS techniques.
Maybe we can do the following for options:
NG Normal Mode 100%
NG+ Hard Mode Low% or Any%
You get two completely different runs that way. Doing 100% on Hard would probably drag on too much to keep the entertainment up compared to Normal 100%. My opinion, though. Seeing a run may change that, though.
NTSC 0-00. The original with the least amount of glitch/sequence break corrections.
Do we go for real time or game time?
I would say real time, but I don't care either way.
Do we start with a save file to allow cutscene skip?
Since other games on here don't use save files to skip cutscenes on NG runs (Aria of Sorrow, for instance), the NG run should follow the same rule and start from a clean save. Save the save file for Hard mode.
I have simillar experience than adelikat, Castlevania Chronicles was freezing on start screen with pcsx-rr, now it work fully on PSXjin.
AWESOME. Even if you did get it to go past the start screen, the audio would cut out somewhere. The game is awesome and needs to be TASed (IMO), so it's good that it works. :)
Hopefully the sound is much better too. I hate playing Legend of Mana on the current choice, since the audio (mainly for SFX) is crap.
