Definitely not a suitable game for TASing. Way, way too many autoscrolling levels that really don't offer anything interesting. Only the Buster level 4/5th of the way in offered some TAS potential.
Voting no
I feel this is a very well done speedrun of Lolo 3. While this run is a bit long in the tooth, it is nonetheless interesting in its puzzle variety.
Yes vote
So much for the idea of Garfield being lazy.
I saw nothing wrong with the run on a technical level and the waiting periods were dealt with some nice eintertaining tricks. Yes vote.
Can anybody think of a better screenshot? The current one needs to be changed, because if nobody noticed, it's a washed-out, blurry shot from the video.
I do give this one props for not stopping to level grind in this game. The changing of classes throughout the game also kept things a bit more fresh. It started to get a bit repetative when Butz started casting Doom on the bosses to kill them quickly (similar complaints FFVI seems to get).
My favorite parts was seeing Galuf run around like a madman once he regained consciousness in the prison cell and also Galuf commiting suicide the moment he faced ExDeath.
I voted yes
Hmm? HEY!
Sure it got a bit repetative near the end, but all of the ammo and health conservation really made it interesting, not to mention all of the hilarious friendly fire. Yes vote
Using Drumstick for the second part definitely seems like a possibility, as he probably the best overall character available in such a run, and squashing the frog to unlock him in the overworld could easily be done in less than a minute
Other than that, I see nothing wrong with using Banjo, since Krunch is way too lopsided as his handling is absolutely pathetic.
Although a few tracks seemed slightly improvable, most of them are pretty solid
Still, I vote a slightly weak yes.
Actually I found the Owl, Coo to be my favorite part of the run, and kept an already long run from getting too long. The route seemed spot on and found it funny that Rick is not used at all, though I suppose he's just too damn slow.
Overall, well played and entertaining.
I don't really get the general distaste for this one. I found it very entertaining. The entire Special Cup was beaten in a bit over 5 minutes, something I would have thought impossible back when I played this game.
Like DonamerDragon, I was aware of the first two shortcuts, but couldn't help but to lol at Rainbow Road, one I expected to take as long as the other 3 combined. Even though I already saw the the trick in Banshee Broardwalk done in Comicflop's Luigi's Raceway run, it was still very unexpected, especially in a course that I believed didn't have a significant shortcut to begin with (though I suppose its still true in Time Trial mode)
I hope to see all the tracks done sometime in the future
Yes vote by me.
This sounds like a good game to start off with, given how short it is. Personally, I'd like to see all 3 done. That glitch definitely looks like a great time saver.
While there might be some repetition if any stats need to be built up (it would be great if stats aren't required), It sounds liek a very interesting challenge on how low your stats can be to finish this game, and the shortest possible way to beat it. Let's hope there's some interesting glitches in this one.
Quest for Glory 2 is also a great choice, though it may be a bit too long
arkiandruski wrote:
While most classic adventure games would probably not be worth TASing because the only interesting thing about them would be the speed of the typing
I think other factors, like route planning, cutting corners, and choosing the shortest word/phrase, etc possible would also make adventure game runs interesting. I think some adventure games are more interesting to watch than some people give credit, especially given how short most parser adventures are. Not that adventure games should take precedence over more action oriented games...
God I loved seeing this game beaten. After wasting weeks of my life attempting to beat it, deeming the baby bart and dinosaur bart segments "impossible"
But LORD I forgot how bad some of this game is. Unfortunately the parts I recall being the most enjoyable (the cutscenes) are largely skipped. And some of the levels, particularly the waterslide, were much longer than I remember.
There weren't any flaws in the run from what I could tell, so seeing this game murdered was a real treat.
Yes vote.
Now if someone were to do a run of Pink Goes to Hollywood, I can die a happy man...
I say go for it. I agree, an any% could save at least 30 minutes, and would require a lot of planning to beat the game with bare minimum requirements using different routes.
I wouldn't compare it the "Bad Fur Day", since that game has only one real collectible, while B-K has much more and takes longer to finish. And the 100% run will have that extra ending.
I'm not sure whether you should use the sandcastle cheats, though. I'd kind of prefer it if you didn't
Eh, I don't mind if its in Japanese. Its not like there's any real interesting dialogue anyways, nor is it hard to figure out what's going on without English text. And it'll likely be skipped real fast anyways.
This is pretty much in the same camp as Dragon Warrior, as the the real accomplishments are shown in both precision, strategy, and route planning rather than entertainment, and in defence, isn't as long either
However, way too much time is spent in those hyperspace scenes, and while it seems clearly necessary, nothing much really happens outside of travelling from point A to point B. Entertainment did pick up a bit near the end, though.
still, I decided to be generous and vote yes anyways
Man, getting such an emulator to work would open a HUGE floodgate of games to TAS.
I'd probably most look forward to games aren't really available on consoles. Strategy games like C&C and Warcraft are indeed a great choice.