NEW WIP!
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I save where Matt does at the end of his Segment 9. I gained a significant new lead over him (and a not-so-significant new lead over brazilianjoker) and now we're in the home stretch for Disc 1!
One category that I'd like to see for God of War II is "pacifist". You'd start from Bonus Play and do all you can to keep the inaccurate and unfair kills counter from rising. For one, the counter counts some unloading enemies or enemies killed by environment as kills made by you. Some of these instances can be got around by using different routes that don't make enemies spawn. In a TAS, you'd also manipulate luck to not have enemies die in places like Atlas' innards. It would be a pretty interesting run to see in my opinion. I recall the final kills count would be "only" around 100-150 when being pacifist - a pretty good day for Kratos I guess. I had written a bundle of notes regarding this run type, but those notes are long gone now...
After playing and glitching through the first two, I'd have to say that II would be more entertaining from a sequence break perspective. It would probably have to start from a maxed file for a smoother run (and iirc this needs to be done anyway to unlock the hardest difficulty). I wouldn't mind having a crack at this when PS2 re-recording has become a reality (or being part of a team for a run).
As he mentioned in his post, the grenade trick only works when psycho mantis is shot as early as possible on each cycle, which he could do before but cannot replicate on the current run. He needs help to understand why that is.
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Which version of the game are you using? I'm thinking of trying to make an encode of your WIP.
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I appreciate your efforts and progress, but I wish I could see an encode or at least an ETA for completion.
I also wondered why you did not pick up the stun grenades in helipad? Are the stuns in the nikita area faster to get or are you skipping them completely and just luck manipulate the stairs? I also see before Ocelot you did not pick up the grenades. Getting them on way out?
I tried that but link was broken. Also, sorry to say but you might need to restart your TAS again. The Dock is not optimal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKGXPush4g&feature=channel_video_title His lift comes very slow for some reason (PAL I think) but it does save atleast 2 seconds if done right. This is judging from me playing on console and recording. TAS is maybe less than a second behind him.