May 24th 2017 Patch - several Gameplay changes affects Speedruns in Kalamari Hospital
6 years ago

Just for information-reasons..^^ The update released on the May 27th 2017 syncs the gameplay from the HD Renovation with that gameplay from the normal version, causing several changes to the gameplay mechanics.

Following changes affect the speedrun in Kalamari Hospital:

  • You can now skip Monster 1's Hallway by killing the virus using the sword. This will save 12 seconds, but you need 2 seconds in order to obtain the sword in the office.

  • Doing Monster 2's Chase, you now have endless stamina, which allows to sprint endless and saves around 10 seconds.

  • You can no longer sprint on the basement-staircases. This costs 2x (going down and going up) 20 Seconds.

Based on that changes, the new version adds a timelose from 20 seconds in total, which makes the current runs created by me and Cheats unbreakable (may you get "Serious Sean" with some luck).

Source: http://steamcommunity.com/games/577690/announcements/detail/1268173310433394959

Edited by the author 6 years ago
Germany

Well that sucks. I did try another speedrun again after this update, and I only went from a 7:02 to 6:58, even after taking the path of killing the virus in the lower floor.

Edited by the author 6 years ago

I tried to contact Omega Fluff already on other plattforms (YouTube), but he seems to be busy^^ Another chance could be to wait, that other things get synced (as example: Getting teleport back to the Main-Room after killing Monster 2) which would make the run possible again.

But in the current state, there is no chance to break my or Cheats scores^^ Not even in the behaviour between me and Cheats, basically for everyone thats kinda unfair :u

Germany

Maybe if there was some type of glitch/bug discovered with being able to go to the basement without using the metal emblem, then your records could maybe be beaten, but it would have to be a big skip to save around 25 seconds or more.

Several things are fixed in the HD Version in comparision to the normal game. A glitch/bug of that size probably won't exist/able to find.