There is a LOT of room for improvement. some skips took a few tries as well as improvised some new strat ideas from the up in difficulty (seriously was my first time playing on Normal). sub 2:50 shouldn't be too hard to do. uploaded for those interested in getting started running the game
Hey y'all. I made a channel on the irc.speedrunslive.com server for this game! It's just #tombraider. I thought it would be a good idea to try to get everyone who is running/wants to run this game in one place Feel free to join!
Ok finally came to record a run, upload will take 10h+ lol 1mbit upload 4tw... I will post it here when its done : P. I think its a low 2:23 not sure, had a lot of shit happen/skips were bad : (, but it wasnt supposed to be a perfect run rather then a showcase of the route so w/e. There are a few fights which I didnt skip because I didnt want to risk it, also I did not apply the radio tower skip and the research base skip because I think you have to first try them to actually save time... but you will see that later when the run is uploaded : P.
There is a little difference between pc and console, as far as I cant tell on 30 fps the physics work slightly different then on 60fps.
The 2nd jump onto the pillar, I can try to discribe to you how I do it: Jump(dont hold a direction while jumping) -> shortly after you jumped hit forward+right for a short time, and you should be able to make it up there. If you fall infront of the pillar you held foward+right too long if you fall to the left of the pillar too short.
The elevator puzzle can be skipped on PC but not on console. I'm not sure what else there is, but there is a 30 minute gap between the current records.
That final jump is a bit tricky. you also do not need to be as high up on the pillar as seen in the video, so if you land lower, go for it, you never know, it might work.
Something that can be looked into is loading checkpoints. like the final fight skip you have to. After returning from the boat with Alex, when you land in the water, reload that checkpoint to warp you to the beach saving you from slowly walking through the water.
I knew about the speed trick at the beach. I think I didn't erase the stream where I did it... Nice find anyways.
Are you going to do a run with the Agility Skill DLC? It saves time (obviously...) because you can roll and jump while speaking via the walkie talkie. By doing a roll or a jump before she starts using it, then roll jump roll etc. Or by reload the checkpoint if it saves while she uses it, all you have to do then is doing a quick roll before she uses it.
I just did a quick speed run to see what time I can have now (normal, no agility skill dlc) . I had 02:40 with a looot of mistakes (I died like 20 times in the Bunker for example because I was forgetting to kill the 2 guys at the top...) ! I will try to have a time like 02:25~30 saturday. Found some tricks while doing the run too!
Pewable originally I was running with the Agility Skill DLC (Silencer Early DLC too), but I figured it's borderline cheating when it's competitive with others. So I replaced the .exe. Seriously it saves like 2 minutes or something in the entire run. Not worth the time saved to the competition had.
If you do one anyway, 2:24 is your time to beat (last run I did before replacing the launcher). As always, happy to see so much attention put into this game
OK, sleep came in the way of posting : P. But here is a run which showcases the route I currently use:
Play is far from optimal but well, basicly the first playthrough that managed to get all the way through (without crashing and or breaking the game). Hope you have fun anyway. Should be 2:23 something, sub 2:20 should be easily possible, but there will be more skips in the future most likely.
Nice time L0rdy! I will "race" against your video when doing my run later, to see if I am doing good... 5 AM here so I will watch more of it later, but from what I can see, you do a lot of things like me! It will be really hard to beat you once you decide to go full force!
I just did a 02:34 run (normal, no agility skill dlc) errr... I will do better saturday! I can definitely do at least a 02:25 run with what I have for now...
2:18:34 Normal any% RTA PC. Woop woop. Notable things include losing 30 seconds at Mountain Base, a minute and a half to Bunker skip and 40 seconds to the Finale. I think I'm at the point now where I am willing to record a whole run in FRAPs in the very least to check if it pressures the game (moreso my computer) at some spots too much. Will let y'all know how it goes
awesome!! I'll be doing a run after I finish watching L0rdy's run. several different routes I'll use as well Bunker skip (even if I fail it a lot). Also, for those who haven't heard yet, there is a channel on speedrunslive, #tombraider. Feel free to join.