My feelings on The Demon Rush
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Andrew 'andrewg' Gardikis's run
Another verifier contacted me on AIM, he basically echoed what everyone else said, the run is an awesome improvement and very optimized, but the wand sucked.
Decision: Accept
Reason: This run crushes the current run, and the only significant mistake is an event that is dependent on luck (the wand).
Andrew 'andrewg' Gardikis's run
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Video/Sound Quality:
There's a slight screen wrap at the top of the screen at the beginning of the first stage, but not sure if that's the video or the NES.
In the silence between stages you can hear music from other stages faintly. Knowing this was recorded on VHS this is probably left over from previous recorded attempts. Not sure if nate can fix this or not.
Cheating:
No cheating, perfectly legit play.
Play Quality:
Overall, very, very good. No deaths is plenty impressive in itself, and all the moreso considering he's going at breakneck speed. There are a few tiny errors here and there, but nothing too costly. The wand is unfortunate, but purely luck based, so forgivable. There is one shortcut in level 5 he didn't take, but it's quite hard to pull off and only saves a couple seconds. There's also one place in level 5 where i'm not sure if he took the fastest route (right before the birds I think it's faster to go left than right, but I may be wrong here), and again, it's a matter of a second or two.
Really, I think the most important thing to consider here is the fact that this blows the incumbent run out of the water. I've heard people call the current run "deliberate", which I think is very fitting. This run is not at all deliberate. There's no waiting for the first wave to pass in level 3, he braves the pistons in level 4, and he doesn't wait for a new cycle on the disappearing platforms in level 6. Those were my 3 biggest gripes with the old run and because of those I was tempted to try and improve it personally. I'm not tempted to go after this run, it's really solid from start to finish.
Provided the residual sound stuff can be taken care of, I see no reason not to accept it.
There's a slight screen wrap at the top of the screen at the beginning of the first stage, but not sure if that's the video or the NES.
In the silence between stages you can hear music from other stages faintly. Knowing this was recorded on VHS this is probably left over from previous recorded attempts. Not sure if nate can fix this or not.
Cheating:
No cheating, perfectly legit play.
Play Quality:
Overall, very, very good. No deaths is plenty impressive in itself, and all the moreso considering he's going at breakneck speed. There are a few tiny errors here and there, but nothing too costly. The wand is unfortunate, but purely luck based, so forgivable. There is one shortcut in level 5 he didn't take, but it's quite hard to pull off and only saves a couple seconds. There's also one place in level 5 where i'm not sure if he took the fastest route (right before the birds I think it's faster to go left than right, but I may be wrong here), and again, it's a matter of a second or two.
Really, I think the most important thing to consider here is the fact that this blows the incumbent run out of the water. I've heard people call the current run "deliberate", which I think is very fitting. This run is not at all deliberate. There's no waiting for the first wave to pass in level 3, he braves the pistons in level 4, and he doesn't wait for a new cycle on the disappearing platforms in level 6. Those were my 3 biggest gripes with the old run and because of those I was tempted to try and improve it personally. I'm not tempted to go after this run, it's really solid from start to finish.
Provided the residual sound stuff can be taken care of, I see no reason not to accept it.
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Cheating: No cheating at all
Video Quality: Good
Audio Quality: Good
Gameplay: Very good
There isn’t really that much to say about this run except… that it’s awesome.
Well there is some room for improvement, but not much at all.
In conclusion:
Very straightforward speedrunning at its best
Final verdict: Accepted
Video Quality: Good
Audio Quality: Good
Gameplay: Very good
There isn’t really that much to say about this run except… that it’s awesome.
Well there is some room for improvement, but not much at all.
In conclusion:
Very straightforward speedrunning at its best
Final verdict: Accepted
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Excellent! Near perfection.
No noticable sound/video issues
Its too bad about the wand, but really there is maybe 4-5 secs improvement on the whole game. Awsome.
No noticable sound/video issues
Its too bad about the wand, but really there is maybe 4-5 secs improvement on the whole game. Awsome.
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Consider this thing verified. Obscene skill, combined with only 1 wand makes this tough to beat. Sheer awesomeness.
Another verifier contacted me on AIM, he basically echoed what everyone else said, the run is an awesome improvement and very optimized, but the wand sucked.
Decision: Accept
Reason: This run crushes the current run, and the only significant mistake is an event that is dependent on luck (the wand).
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