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Half-Minute Hero (Any %) (Single Segment) (Normal) [Hero 300]
Half-Minute Hero (Any %) (Individual Level) (Normal) [Hero 30]
Verifier Responses
SS Hero 300
Hero 30 ILs
Decision: Accept Hero 300, Accept Hero 30 ILs
Reason: The only close call here is Level 1, which is pointed out to be .07 seconds slower than in xarugas's segmented run. However, since it is the first level in the first segment of his run, I sort of consider it to be IL quality, so the fact that this runner is only .07 behind is an acceptable margin for me, given the circumstances.
Congratulations to Jim 'Dowolf' Dobler!
Half-Minute Hero (Any %) (Single Segment) (Normal) [Hero 300]
Half-Minute Hero (Any %) (Individual Level) (Normal) [Hero 30]
Verifier Responses
SS Hero 300
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Once again, I find myself with an easy verification where if the submittion is faster than the one currently in place, it is an easy auto accept.
What I find fasinating is how right in the first part of this run, the runner was actually able to to save four seconds over the current run, but falls behind the current run in the 2nd half so that the runner can level up some more, and while the current run had entered the dark lord's castle first, the runner was able to not only able to catch up, but was able to beat the dark lord faster and move on from there. It was from here that the runner took off with it and left the current run in the dust, leaving am improvement of 35 seconds.
well actually the game's final clear time was 2'53'52, so when you compare this to the current run of 3'28'50, it is an improvement of 34.98. Regardless, the run did what it needed to do, and as hard as it is to bleive that Hero 300 was able to be under 3 minutes, I'm as shocked as I am impressed. Accept
Now for the ILs... Now granted this one is much harder to do since I only have half the runs to go off of for references while the rest will be based on judgement, but it should still be good.
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I'm going to be looking at them all right now, but I wanted to at least leave the hero 300 in and get that out of the way.
What I find fasinating is how right in the first part of this run, the runner was actually able to to save four seconds over the current run, but falls behind the current run in the 2nd half so that the runner can level up some more, and while the current run had entered the dark lord's castle first, the runner was able to not only able to catch up, but was able to beat the dark lord faster and move on from there. It was from here that the runner took off with it and left the current run in the dust, leaving am improvement of 35 seconds.
well actually the game's final clear time was 2'53'52, so when you compare this to the current run of 3'28'50, it is an improvement of 34.98. Regardless, the run did what it needed to do, and as hard as it is to bleive that Hero 300 was able to be under 3 minutes, I'm as shocked as I am impressed. Accept
Now for the ILs... Now granted this one is much harder to do since I only have half the runs to go off of for references while the rest will be based on judgement, but it should still be good.
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I'm going to be looking at them all right now, but I wanted to at least leave the hero 300 in and get that out of the way.
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A/V: The resolution on mq is really tiny. I think the runner made his mq encodes at half resolution, which is excessive for a PSP game IMO because PSP is not high-resolution. Aside from that, the quality is fine. HQ looks great.
Hero 300: This run is really good! All movement outside of town is tightly optimized. I only saw one or two movement errors, and the hp management was tight. The in-town movement is not so hot, but that only makes you look bad and doesn't count against your time.
The only significant improvement I see is dying faster in the desert, since it took 3 battles for the runner to die in the desert. It's been a while since I played this game so I don't know if that's a luck factor, or a factor of which tile you're in when you encounter an enemy.
One note about this run: It's the record on both the PSP and XBLA leaderboards, but one quick look at the Steam leaderboards suggest there are two better times. One is 2:21.xx which I personally think is crap because I don't see how that much time can come off this run, especially considering how long the final continent is. However, the other time is 2:44.xx, which does seem possible with better death abuse from the desert and maybe even tighter hp management/better planning somewhere? I know Dowolf says in his comments that sub-2:50 is ridiculously hard, but maybe there's a way to do it. I thought 3 minutes was impossible at some point.
Regardless, this run is really great, and it's the fastest recorded run, and that's what counts in my book.
One random idea I had for the final boss encounter (the final final one). Would it be worth it to advance slowly and retreat so you don't hit the boss when the boss charges at you? It seems like that's wasted dashing since you're not hitting the mirror.
I'll post about the ILs later. It shouldn't take more than a day or two. I will say this though, the ILs don't really become fun to run until about stage 8 or so, because you have more equipment options at that point.
Hero 300: This run is really good! All movement outside of town is tightly optimized. I only saw one or two movement errors, and the hp management was tight. The in-town movement is not so hot, but that only makes you look bad and doesn't count against your time.
One note about this run: It's the record on both the PSP and XBLA leaderboards, but one quick look at the Steam leaderboards suggest there are two better times. One is 2:21.xx which I personally think is crap because I don't see how that much time can come off this run, especially considering how long the final continent is. However, the other time is 2:44.xx, which does seem possible with better death abuse from the desert and maybe even tighter hp management/better planning somewhere? I know Dowolf says in his comments that sub-2:50 is ridiculously hard, but maybe there's a way to do it. I thought 3 minutes was impossible at some point.
Regardless, this run is really great, and it's the fastest recorded run, and that's what counts in my book.
One random idea I had for the final boss encounter (the final final one). Would it be worth it to advance slowly and retreat so you don't hit the boss when the boss charges at you? It seems like that's wasted dashing since you're not hitting the mirror.
I'll post about the ILs later. It shouldn't take more than a day or two. I will say this though, the ILs don't really become fun to run until about stage 8 or so, because you have more equipment options at that point.
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I guess I'm gonna follow the trend here and just start with Hero 300 for now. I don't know what to say that hasn't already been said, it's a great run and definitely an accept from me.
(Oh yeah, Audio/Video. Audio's cool, video's cool although I'm also curious about the resolution shift on normal quality, but it's still viewable.)
And now for this huge list of ILs. I'll get back to you on that.
(Oh yeah, Audio/Video. Audio's cool, video's cool although I'm also curious about the resolution shift on normal quality, but it's still viewable.)
And now for this huge list of ILs. I'll get back to you on that.
Hero 30 ILs
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Was gonna get this written up yesterday but something came up.
So! ILs. They're cool. Audio/Video's the same as my statements in the Hero 300 run. I can't really think of anything to point out in any specific one, they all look pretty good to me. They're pretty snappy, the movement is top notch all around, and the strats look pretty good. Some pretty impressive stuff, gonna have to give it an accept.
So! ILs. They're cool. Audio/Video's the same as my statements in the Hero 300 run. I can't really think of anything to point out in any specific one, they all look pretty good to me. They're pretty snappy, the movement is top notch all around, and the strats look pretty good. Some pretty impressive stuff, gonna have to give it an accept.
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Talk about last minute verifications. My apologizes but November always seems like a busy month. Anyway for the IL verifications.
I will say this right now, I've watched all the IL runs, and I was impressed by all of them. The quality was good and the execution was spectacular as well.
Does this mean that I accept them all?
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Actually no.
Allow me to explain. I love to verify ILs of games that are already in the library since that means it can be compared to the existing run and can be used as a means to ensure that they are faster. Of course while many of them blew Xaruga's time out of the water due to better equipment, better set up, and a two year gap to discover more tricks, you would be shocked to find out that the runner actually got beat out by Xarugas once!
On the very first stage, if you compare the times, here is what turns up for Stage 1-
Runner- 34'23
Xarugas- 34'15
With a difference of .07 seconds, that does mean that Xarugas has the faster time!
If the runner was hoping to get a flawless victory here, he will be in for a huge disappointment. Because of this, I accept all except for the first stage.
I will say this right now, I've watched all the IL runs, and I was impressed by all of them. The quality was good and the execution was spectacular as well.
Does this mean that I accept them all?
...
Actually no.
Allow me to explain. I love to verify ILs of games that are already in the library since that means it can be compared to the existing run and can be used as a means to ensure that they are faster. Of course while many of them blew Xaruga's time out of the water due to better equipment, better set up, and a two year gap to discover more tricks, you would be shocked to find out that the runner actually got beat out by Xarugas once!
On the very first stage, if you compare the times, here is what turns up for Stage 1-
Runner- 34'23
Xarugas- 34'15
With a difference of .07 seconds, that does mean that Xarugas has the faster time!
If the runner was hoping to get a flawless victory here, he will be in for a huge disappointment. Because of this, I accept all except for the first stage.
Decision: Accept Hero 300, Accept Hero 30 ILs
Reason: The only close call here is Level 1, which is pointed out to be .07 seconds slower than in xarugas's segmented run. However, since it is the first level in the first segment of his run, I sort of consider it to be IL quality, so the fact that this runner is only .07 behind is an acceptable margin for me, given the circumstances.
Congratulations to Jim 'Dowolf' Dobler!
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