My feelings on The Demon Rush
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Nigel 'ridd3r' Martin's single-segment Dead on Arrival run
Verifier Responses
Decision: Accept
Reason: The death seems to be the only significant mistake with the run, and it only costs about 10 seconds.
Nigel 'ridd3r' Martin's single-segment Dead on Arrival run
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Verifier: jewyama: watched the Max Payne run
Verifier: looks like authentic SS, hardest difficulty
Verifier: there's a single death in act 2
Verifier: he dies at the start of the level and uses the autosave to restart the level
Verifier: I reckon he lost 15, 20 seconds due to that
Verifier: and it's a shame because the death was such a retarded mistake
Verifier: the run overall is pretty impressive, especially considering the highest difficulty
Verifier: he used most of the known shortcuts, and his fighting looks insanely cool at times
Verifier: he tries to minimise the bullet time usage
Verifier: although he kills too many enemies in the first and second act
Verifier: at least in my opinion
Verifier: considering the fact rolling makes you effectively invincible and is marginably slower than normal running, he could skip killing some enemies and end up saving some time
Verifier: that, and he uses bullet time unnecessarily on occassion (in the first two acts, too)
Verifier: in the third act killing almost all enemies is actually mandatory if you want to survive, so I can't blame him for that
Verifier: the fact act 3 is no-death is pretty impressive on its own
Verifier: it's a good SS of a PC game, not exactly a common sight
Verifier: so I'm willing to let some small flaws slide, it's a good run and I accept it
Verifier: looks like authentic SS, hardest difficulty
Verifier: there's a single death in act 2
Verifier: he dies at the start of the level and uses the autosave to restart the level
Verifier: I reckon he lost 15, 20 seconds due to that
Verifier: and it's a shame because the death was such a retarded mistake
Verifier: the run overall is pretty impressive, especially considering the highest difficulty
Verifier: he used most of the known shortcuts, and his fighting looks insanely cool at times
Verifier: he tries to minimise the bullet time usage
Verifier: although he kills too many enemies in the first and second act
Verifier: at least in my opinion
Verifier: considering the fact rolling makes you effectively invincible and is marginably slower than normal running, he could skip killing some enemies and end up saving some time
Verifier: that, and he uses bullet time unnecessarily on occassion (in the first two acts, too)
Verifier: in the third act killing almost all enemies is actually mandatory if you want to survive, so I can't blame him for that
Verifier: the fact act 3 is no-death is pretty impressive on its own
Verifier: it's a good SS of a PC game, not exactly a common sight
Verifier: so I'm willing to let some small flaws slide, it's a good run and I accept it
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The Max Payne speed run is really good. Audio and video are clear and there is no cheating.
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There was nothing wrong with the audio or video and no syncing problems.
There was no cheating.
This is a very good run. Without the death, its nearly flawless. Even with the death, there are only a few seconds lost. Planning was obviously very well done. Shooting was accurate and a variety of guns were all used effectively. One of the best strategies was shooting to tougher enemies to get them to stop moving and then go for head shots after they became stationary. One thing I thought was funny was that there were little mistakes on the stairs the first two times the runner was in Max's house. Other than those two and the obvious death, the run is extremely clean and well-executed.
Recommendation: Approve
There was no cheating.
This is a very good run. Without the death, its nearly flawless. Even with the death, there are only a few seconds lost. Planning was obviously very well done. Shooting was accurate and a variety of guns were all used effectively. One of the best strategies was shooting to tougher enemies to get them to stop moving and then go for head shots after they became stationary. One thing I thought was funny was that there were little mistakes on the stairs the first two times the runner was in Max's house. Other than those two and the obvious death, the run is extremely clean and well-executed.
Recommendation: Approve
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Let's see - video/audio quality is very good, no problems with it. There are no signs of cheating.
As for the gameplay, it was top-notch. The route is both well planned and masterfully executed. The runner killed only those enemies he had to, and fluently avoided those who didn't have to die (apart from VERY FEW exceptions, wich were probably done in order to collect more ammo anyway). His aiming was mostly excellent. The usage of bullet-time is for the most part as smart as possible. There is one death at the very beginning of one level, and so it costs not even 10 seconds. Some minor flaw here and there, but nothing serious, and some of these would be acceptable even in multi-segment run.
There's not much more to say, really. This run is simply a showcase of great skill and also big portion of luck (at certain parts). I haven't seen an SS run this good and impressive in a long time. Pretty much excellent, highly enjoyable and very entertaining.
Speedrunning at it's best. Definitely accept.
As for the gameplay, it was top-notch. The route is both well planned and masterfully executed. The runner killed only those enemies he had to, and fluently avoided those who didn't have to die (apart from VERY FEW exceptions, wich were probably done in order to collect more ammo anyway). His aiming was mostly excellent. The usage of bullet-time is for the most part as smart as possible. There is one death at the very beginning of one level, and so it costs not even 10 seconds. Some minor flaw here and there, but nothing serious, and some of these would be acceptable even in multi-segment run.
There's not much more to say, really. This run is simply a showcase of great skill and also big portion of luck (at certain parts). I haven't seen an SS run this good and impressive in a long time. Pretty much excellent, highly enjoyable and very entertaining.
Speedrunning at it's best. Definitely accept.
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This run has no signs of cheating and is of good quality. Everything was well planned out and executed fairly well. Except for one thing, the only real problem with this run, the one death. Given that it happened late in the game and very little time was lost this one death is very acceptable. Even with this death this run is faster than the previous run the runner wanted to submit. I don't see much to improve on in this run, except using less bullet time/taking more risks and of course less deaths.
ACCEPT
ACCEPT
Decision: Accept
Reason: The death seems to be the only significant mistake with the run, and it only costs about 10 seconds.
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