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Posted: 8/15/2018 9:58 PM
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Utterrandomness
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I don't know if anyone is interested in this game anymore, but I did a very quick test run to show how easily the published movie can be improved: Link to video Several known improvements to just this brief run:
    -The woman kills weaker enemies faster, so should've swapped enemies with the man at the start. -The screen wasn't scrolled far enough to the right after hitting the elves, so the next enemies spawn late. -The last wave should've had the man and woman swap targets for same reason as first 3 enemies (the last enemy killed would not have been faster with team attack though).
Despite the improvements, this is already roughly 6 seconds faster than published run. There are some other theoretical improvements too:
    Using the giant instead of the sword man would give an arguably better team attack, as the giant is flung instead of the woman. As she's faster to kill weak enemies, and faster to move, having her able to act earlier is probably more advantageous. The giant's strong attack (attack + jump + forward) is possibly faster than the sword man's as well (not tested). Using the Panther with the woman could also work well, as their team attack makes them split in direction, possibly really useful when surrounded. Would also be easy to spam due to covering both directions, so position matters less. The lower range than other team attacks may hurt a bit, but this could be worked around. These two have the weakest normal attacks, but are the two fastest moving characters, and the normal attacks would only be used minimally anyway. I'd wager that having the woman on the team would be ideal regardless, as her strong attack is incredibly spammable, and her tag attacks with the other characters seem to be more useful than with the sword man. The panther+sword man may have the best team attack for speed, but it's possible that they lose too much time elsewhere, or that other team attacks can be just as quick/quicker overall anyway.
Posted: 3/12/2011 9:52 PM
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Utterrandomness
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Right, I have axed (ahem) the Superplay attempt, in place of a speedrun attempt. Got the first level + bonus room done today, in approximately 2 minutes 25 seconds. http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/826851347/Golden%20Axe%203.gmv So, is this any good?
Posted: 3/10/2011 11:17 PM
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Utterrandomness
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Mentioned on previous page: This is a superplay, not a speedrun. I guess I am going for a slightly clownish approach to the run, to try to make it more entertaining. Maybe this hasn't worked. Had I been going for speed, I'd be using the co-op attack almost everywhere EXCEPT the towing trailer area. ~1730: maybe I could've done something more interesting there ~4110: I just wanted to show a weird trick where a grabbed character is immune to all attacks apart from the enemy grabbing him. Seemed like a good thing to include in a superplay ~8600: I wanted to "surprise" you a little by faking a co-op set-up, with the panther's "projectile" attack, and also making the swordsman jump out of the way, as a minature stunt type thing :/ As a superplay, how is it?
Posted: 3/10/2011 7:05 PM
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Utterrandomness
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Right, I finished the first level: http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1758485898/Golden%20Axe%203.gmv Please tell me what you think needs improving, and what looks good. Thanks :p
Posted: 3/7/2011 12:33 PM
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Utterrandomness
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that it is a superplay, NOT a speedrun. Maybe that would explain the low rerecord count, a little. I also like to play this game as a human (if that is the phrase), so I know a reasonable amount about how things are done. Another thing is, that I actually made one before this, and got through most of the game (with the other two characters), but because I was learning tricks throughout the run, it wasn't very good until about level 4. I cancelled the run about halfway through the last level, because I wasn't happy with it. I guess I might as well share it here, but you'll probably see why I decided to cancel it. http://rapidshare.com/files/451375991/Golden_Axe_3.gmv
Posted: 3/6/2011 8:15 PM
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Utterrandomness
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I started making a tas for Golden Axe 3. I have only done a portion of level 1 so far. http://rapidshare.com/files/451271331/Golden_Axe_3.gmv Any tips on how to improve my work so far would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: 3/6/2011 6:26 PM
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Utterrandomness
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Hi guys. I was going to do a TAS of the whole game, mainly because there wasn't one on the main site, but after looking breifly through this topic, I felt I would struggle to make a decent job (mainly because I have almost no tasing experience). So I thought that I could perhaps do short TAS's of Time Trial runs instead. I was also wondering if anybody could provide a complete savegame so that I could get round to it immediately? :/