Whatched the run as a speedrun (got the link from another website) and totally crapped my pants.
I've learnt that this is a time-attack video, and i'm actually not that super impressed any more.
For one, i completely agree with Mike's post.
Secondly, here is my "in-depth" critique;
- You can grab and pull the wires from the intro boss. Might be fun to do if there's no loss in time.
- The player should try to throw away the subweapon when in mid-air as much as possible to avoid ground lag.
- It's possible to walljump at upper platforms which might seem to be unreachable. (I'm mainly pointing towards the 2nd intro level's boss room right now. You can just jump up instead of zig-zagging your way up. This can obviously used at other places as well)
- You can keep on using the axe against the crab boss. when you drop down with the axe, this should kill off the little ones. (so you don't need to slash them with your sword)
- user should get the axe instead of the shield for the moth's stage. i'm not sure if it'll be faster for the mini boss, but it sure rapes the stage boss.
- you can hit the plant boss twice when she comes out of the ground and shoots the brown bubbles. even when she's moving back into the ground, you can still hit her if in range of the saber's swing.
- user should not pull out the plant boss. the damage is minimal, and it'll avoid the user from being able to hit her twice when she's in the ground.
- at the wolf's miniboss, you first hit 3 parts with your sword, later only two. when the 2 are finished, you keep on jumping up the kill the upper part. you should move to the other side and start slash-jumping again so you damage the 4th, west part, as well, while finishing off the upper pard.
- When kraft is in the middle and he's gonna fire the big laser, don't just stand there waiting for him to fire. jump over him and hit him in the back.
- in the level where you have to clear the eastern, northern, western, and southern parts; at the south section (i believe) you have to wait for the bombs to come in so you can blow up the boxes and go down.
the bomb does not have to be above the ground to be able to explode.
when in range of the sword swing (jump-slash) hit the bomb and it should explode instantly. jump away to avoid damge.
- you can hit Wiel (1st form) multiple times when he sends the rock debris towards you. first hit him while he's summoning the rocks, then hack away with the axe again once the other rocks are near you. you should then hit both Wiel, and destroy the rocks to avoid getting hit.
- and here, the biggest mistake of all, BE SURE to get the junk chip parts! (head, body, feet) It'll double all the damage (towards you, towards the enemies)
Junk chips are actually failed chips. when you equip junk chips on each body part, you get the above attribution.
Anyway, this being done on full-speed and 198 rerecords, is an impressive feat indeed. There's no doubt you got the skill. But for a timeattack video there's far too much imperfection.
That's about most of the more important things that caught my attention. i might've missed something because i fast-forwarded through the video 2nd time around.
Still, it's great to see the first TA video for a MMZero game!
Vote: no.
