Editor, Experienced Forum User, Published Author, Reviewer, Skilled player
(1382)
Joined: 9/12/2016
Posts: 1653
Location: Italy
Mothrayas wrote:
Did you guys just forget about the nomination rules entirely?
I wanted to nominate Dragonfire because of technique used for achieving the high moving speed. This game is known to be very hard and it's almost impossible for real-time attempts to run straight without having to stop on the bridge, while in the castle it's normally necessary to first take a look at the position of the items to loot, while being very careful about the dragon's attacks and the troll's sword. Not only the TAS grabs all the items without any delay, but it does also manipulate luck in order to get more favorable item arrangements for having to walk a shorter route.
EZGames69 wrote:
I dont think Dragonfire is a good choice only because it’s at the point of being downgraded to vault, considering that it has a rating of 5.3 for entertainment.
You're the one who gave the lowest vote for entertainment, as the average of the non-public votes is currently about 5.4, according to my calculations. Also, the reception during the judging wasn't that awful. Shall we give it a chance before downgrading it to Vault?
Yes, it's running at 1000 FPS. If you run it at a normal frame rate, would you consider it speedy?
Yes.
The 1000 FPS part is an internal setting of the game. It's done for gaining some marginal advantages due to how the game engine works, as explained in the submission text. Apart from getting some slightly faster movements, the game is mostly the same of how is at 60 FPS, with the same loading times and duration of the animations.
As a proof, compare with the RTA WR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRQ7KQ-vGAw
The main reason why the TAS is faster is thanks of the superhuman precision and reflexes that are far beyond any human attempt. In my opinion, the 1000 FPS setting doesn't overshadow the TASing merits, but does instead extend the TASing possibilities.
Editor, Experienced Forum User, Published Author, Reviewer, Skilled player
(1382)
Joined: 9/12/2016
Posts: 1653
Location: Italy
Thank you for the detailed answers. Indeed, just beating all dungeons can't be considered as full-completion (aka 100%), because there are more kinds of accomplishements that are acknowledged by the game.
On the other hand, full-completion doesn't necessarily need to consist in achieving every single thing that can be done only once, as many games can have a lot of secondary stuff isn't much important for the idea of full-completion for the relative game.
For example, in most Pokémon games you can beat each opponent trainer only once, so it's a one-time accomplishment, however we don't consider it as part of the full-completion requirements; we only consider catching all Pokémon. This is mostly for two reasons:
1. The game awards the player for catching all Pokémon, not beating all trainers.
2. Catching all Pokémon is the main theme of the series.
Now, getting back to FFCC. I don't know if the game does award the player for getting all the memories of the adventure journal, however it seems to me that it can be considered as the main theme of the game, as it's even part of the game title. Do you agree?
About the "selkie%" run, it seems a nice idea to me! We already have games with extra branches that feature a different character, and the fact that it would result in a different route helps much. But remember that I can't guarantee beforehand if that would be accepted or not; sometimes the only way to know for sure is to go through the judgment process.
Editor, Experienced Forum User, Published Author, Reviewer, Skilled player
(1382)
Joined: 9/12/2016
Posts: 1653
Location: Italy
Just to be sure, I need to comfirm that "all dungeons" can be considered as the full-completion definition for this game.
Does the game give an award or an acknowledgment if you beat all dungeons?
Does it keep track of the dungeons you have beaten during the play?
Are there other possible full-completion definitions available for this game?
For example, does the game keep track of the side-quests completed?
Can you do the side-quests more than one time?
Editor, Experienced Forum User, Published Author, Reviewer, Skilled player
(1382)
Joined: 9/12/2016
Posts: 1653
Location: Italy
I nominate TiKevin83 and gifvex for their contribution in Pokémon Gen I&II TASing. You guys are my heroes!
I also nominate mugg because less known games also deserve love, and it's harder since you have to do more researches by yourself.
