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Game Page: http://speeddemosarchive.com/ShadowComplex.html
NG+ Any% single segment run with resets
Verifier Responses
Decision: Accept
Congratulations to Jordan 'Greenalink' Greener!
NG+ Any% single segment run with resets
Verifier Responses
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I'm amazed. That was extreme. So much of the game just completely ignored. Mad props to Greenalink.
Video and audio quality are perfectly fine. No cheating, only cruel abuse of the game's engine.
Alright, Shadow Complex. Great game, and great run. Definitely carries on the Metroid tradition of massive secquence breaking letting you rip the game open. This run has it all, and the execution is pretty much spot on all the way through - the only real mistake I noticed at all was a missed grenade, which couldn't have cost more than a second. Early foam and early missiles were executed as far as I can tell near perfectly, and the half save skips are brilliant. Route planning this and figuring out where to abuse half saves, or even finding the half save trick (and for that matter the opening scene skip) can't have been easy. It's obvious a lot of work went into this run, especially seeing that the final time is nearly cut in half from the previous run in the category. For a run that wasn't even 15 minutes long, that is a massive improvement.
I haven't encountered anything that would lead me to believe the in-game timer is not accurate, so the final time of 07:28 should be perfectly legitimate. And also perfectly awesome.
Verdict: Accept immediately! Or even faster. Like, accept two weeks ago.
Video and audio quality are perfectly fine. No cheating, only cruel abuse of the game's engine.
Alright, Shadow Complex. Great game, and great run. Definitely carries on the Metroid tradition of massive secquence breaking letting you rip the game open. This run has it all, and the execution is pretty much spot on all the way through - the only real mistake I noticed at all was a missed grenade, which couldn't have cost more than a second. Early foam and early missiles were executed as far as I can tell near perfectly, and the half save skips are brilliant. Route planning this and figuring out where to abuse half saves, or even finding the half save trick (and for that matter the opening scene skip) can't have been easy. It's obvious a lot of work went into this run, especially seeing that the final time is nearly cut in half from the previous run in the category. For a run that wasn't even 15 minutes long, that is a massive improvement.
I haven't encountered anything that would lead me to believe the in-game timer is not accurate, so the final time of 07:28 should be perfectly legitimate. And also perfectly awesome.
Verdict: Accept immediately! Or even faster. Like, accept two weeks ago.
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I think the best thing about Shadow Complex runs is that even after completing the game myself, I still don't even know what is going on half of the time.
This run in my opinion is an easy accept though, the Z-slides are perfect and apart from one missed jump and one missed grenade (3 seconds lost in total?), the run is flawless. Video and audio are fine and no cheating as I can see. To mirror what Kennyman said, it's clear that a lot of work has gone into it, and as the run is around half of what the old run was, I see no reason to reject it.
Verdict: Accept.
This run in my opinion is an easy accept though, the Z-slides are perfect and apart from one missed jump and one missed grenade (3 seconds lost in total?), the run is flawless. Video and audio are fine and no cheating as I can see. To mirror what Kennyman said, it's clear that a lot of work has gone into it, and as the run is around half of what the old run was, I see no reason to reject it.
Verdict: Accept.
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This run made me empty my foam gun.
ACCEPT with flying colours.
ACCEPT with flying colours.
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Category-wise it should be noted that this run is on casual difficulty. The runner would have died 10x over on the two highest difficulties. Not like it matters, because this run is more about the shortcuts and the breaking than difficulty.
A/V: Very crisp. Recording in widescreen really makes a difference with this game.
Gameplay: Very good, there were probably about 5 seconds of execution error, which can definitely be tightened up a bit, but all of the execution mistakes are very minor, so I'll let it slide. Most tricks are performed first try, with the exception of the z-slide to get the missiles early.
Tbh, I don't really like this game, but I was very entertained watching this run. It was fast-paced and there were a lot of cool tricks, especially for such a short run.
The only thing that really sticks out is what one of the verifiers mentioned about the storage device. I'd like to ask Greenalink how you can save without selecting a storage device. Once that issue is resolved, I'll definitely accept this run.
A/V: Very crisp. Recording in widescreen really makes a difference with this game.
Gameplay: Very good, there were probably about 5 seconds of execution error, which can definitely be tightened up a bit, but all of the execution mistakes are very minor, so I'll let it slide. Most tricks are performed first try, with the exception of the z-slide to get the missiles early.
Tbh, I don't really like this game, but I was very entertained watching this run. It was fast-paced and there were a lot of cool tricks, especially for such a short run.
The only thing that really sticks out is what one of the verifiers mentioned about the storage device. I'd like to ask Greenalink how you can save without selecting a storage device. Once that issue is resolved, I'll definitely accept this run.
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I just tried the opening scene skip. Like [other verifier] said, you need more than one storage device so you get the select storage device prompt, and it's very easy to pull off. Consider me an accept.
BTW, this run is a SS with resets because Greenalink loads his last save at one point in the run, and I guess the opening scene skip counts too?
BTW, this run is a SS with resets because Greenalink loads his last save at one point in the run, and I guess the opening scene skip counts too?
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As other verifiers have said, the one missed jump and missed grenade did lose about 3 seconds.
Other than those two mistakes, this run was very well planned out, showing off the various exploits in both the game itself and game engine.
Overall I was very impressed.
Verdict: Accept
Other than those two mistakes, this run was very well planned out, showing off the various exploits in both the game itself and game engine.
Overall I was very impressed.
Verdict: Accept
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1. I remember way back when the old run was complete and seeing how far its come with the new tricks is awesome. Good video quality, good sound, no signs of cheating. Its runs like this that are the reason I love seeing old times smashed.
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I'm gutted to not get the first dick joke in.
Overall: Accept. Well done Greenalink.
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This run made me empty my foam gun.
ACCEPT with flying colours.
ACCEPT with flying colours.
I'm gutted to not get the first dick joke in.
Overall: Accept. Well done Greenalink.
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This was a really awesome run. I remember doing attempts on the old 14 minute route and getting around 20 minutes, but there were a load of annoying parts of the run, most of which are gone now.
Not skipping the cutscenes to save seconds is the worst part of this run, but it is beside the point since it saves time (just makes the viewing experience slightly worse and makes attempts worse). Audio/Video are really good. I love the Z-Slide trick because it removes the really long foam tower you had to make to get the missile upgrade in the old route.
Obvious ACCEPT. I just hope that Greenalink is #1 on the leaderboards now though, but those hackers SOMEHOW get better times than him, haha.
Not skipping the cutscenes to save seconds is the worst part of this run, but it is beside the point since it saves time (just makes the viewing experience slightly worse and makes attempts worse). Audio/Video are really good. I love the Z-Slide trick because it removes the really long foam tower you had to make to get the missile upgrade in the old route.
Obvious ACCEPT. I just hope that Greenalink is #1 on the leaderboards now though, but those hackers SOMEHOW get better times than him, haha.
Decision: Accept
Congratulations to Jordan 'Greenalink' Greener!
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