Howdy all.
I'm taking a crack at a tas of this game. Though it's one of my favourites, there's a good chance that it may not be all that entertaining to watch.
The game is rather long if played properly, and there are a lot of areas where hunting enemies is necessary for gaining karma (which in turn is swapped for stats).
I'm still in the planning phase here, so this initial test of the first level will likely have to be redone if the objectives i skip prove to be detrimental, or require un-necessary backtracking later.
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1750/maximus-shadowrun-v0-1.smv
Here's what I've got so far:
- all necessary steps to meet Glutman at The Cage (results in advancement to the Caryards)
- got the cyberdeck
- got the credstick
Bypassed objectives:
- killing the orc in the alley for the mesh jacket
- meeting dog in the alley
- getting the magic fetish
- getting the ghoul bone
- getting the collar
My reasoning is as follows: I'll likely have to return to stage 1 in order to get the water for the invisibility spell. This run would be retardedly long and boring if i had to engage each enemy in the towers (drake/aneki) and the volcano, so invisibility seems to be the way to go.
I want to avoid fighting as much as possible since it's not very exciting to watch. The main character stands still while you control the crosshairs and shoot. There's about a 30-40 frame delay between shots (this likely only affects the early guns, but it still slows the run down tremendously).
I sell the gun to get the cash for the lone star badge, thereby eliminating the need for either hunting enemies, or manipulating the crypts for cash (plus, you only get a max of 20 nuyen from baddies and you need 150 for the badge ... though the crypts give you 40, it still takes time).
The fetish is required to get into Dark Blade later, but i think i'll need the bone to get the powerball spell, so backtracking may be required anyway.
I'm looking for comments on both the quality of the current effort as well as any suggestions that can help with route planning.
General Info:
Emulator: Snes9X v1.43+ v9
Rom: Shadowrun (U) [!].smc
CRC: 3F34DFF0
