


Came out of my first playthrough with over 50 lives, thanks to farming them with all the rings and 1UPs hidden around (and getting Super Sonic before Studiopolis Act 2, making the following special stage rings a free 50 rings for about 70% of the game). Sonic 3 really dialed back the difficulty from the first two games (especially since it's all over the place between the two games that make it whole) and Mania feels like it pushes back with trickier platforming from the first two games, on top of a number of much more engaging bosses you can't just spam with mercy invincibility and the pressure of a time limit with longer and intricate levels.īut again, still on the easy side, especially with the Super forms being so easily accessible. I've even replayed the classic games a bunch before getting Mania on Switch it's still even above Sonic 1 and 2 for difficulty even though Sonic 1 and 2 both have no save system and no rings for the final bosses.

Check out any game you’re interested in and scope out the rule sets to see how the speedrunning community divides it.Originally posted by naisugai spy:Its not even harder than the original gamesI mean, I'd say it is.

The most popular games, such as Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, or classic DOOM, are frequently large enough to have entire communities dedicated to a specific ruleset, not just the game as a whole.įurther rules include what the game can be played on, such as which console or emulator, what frame rate the game can run at, which character is used, which difficulty, and so on. Very popular games will have multiple rulesets that effectively change how the race is run, whether it allows for the use of glitches, or just some, or none, and how much of the game needs to be completed to count. The “Glitchless 100%” category, however, is a much less popular ruleset. If I can even hit top 25 I'd be happy.- The Cookie Pope December 12, 2018įor example, a common speedrun would be something like “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Glitchless Any%,” which translates to playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time without using glitches with any percent of the game completed (usually as little as possible). After speaking with someone who guided me through the speedrun rules, I CAN DO THIS WITH DSFIX ON DSPTD!!!! #praisethesun and #praisethecookies!!!! #Speedrun tests will commence in Jan with my first attempt at official run in Feb/March.
