There’s been quite a few TASes made based on different routes and scenarios. I’ll post them below.
“Old Route V1” - 21:00
If you don’t like the item or door glitches, you can still get a respectable time using this route. This is based off of Matchariot’s run.
“Main Route V1” - 12:44
Based off of kill_me’s run, I still consider this the main route if you’re not going for the additional amulet or 2key glitches. Kazuo loses his lighter in this scenario, but Emi keeps her key.
“Main Route V2” - 11:06
Much more optimized version of the main route. Kazuo keeps his lighter in this scenario saving time. Side note: this was the most recent TAS I had submitted to TASvideos before Samsara came up with a new route that blew this one out of the water!
“Fireplace Route” - 12:42
RudieTheWolf’s recent run inspired this theory TAS. The Lady Mamiya fireplace glitch is used here. This route doesn’t go for the amulet or 2keys glitches. Kazuo loses his lighter and Emi loses her key in this scenario. Emi goes through the “rats and cats” room to grab both the spare wire and matches.
“Amulet Route V1” - 10:54
This route glitches the amulet into Emi’s inventory saving time, but does not skip going into Lady Mamiya’s bedroom.
“Amulet Route V2” - 10:04
This route is more optimized and skips going into Lady Mamiya’s bedroom. Taguchi warps Emi back after setting the 2nd blue candle.
“Amulet Route V3” - 9:35
This is the most optimized version of the amulet routes. Kazuo MUST keep his lighter for this route to work as Taguchi warps Emi back after she grabs the 2keys! There wouldn’t be enough inventory space for the spare matches.
“2Key Route V1” - 9:08
For this route to work, you must glitch both the amulet and 2keys into your inventory! This is significantly more difficult to pull off in an RTA run due to the frame-perfect pray points needed for the item glitch (2 pray points with exactly 126 damage to the Zombie).
Emi loses her key and Kazuo keeps his lighter in this scenario. This is similar to the published TAS but removes the step counter overflow manipulations as those would be impossible to do in an RTA run.
“Official Published TAS” - 8:45 (8:57 TAS Timing)
I felt like I should include this here too! Enjoy!
“2Key Route V2” - 9:08
Pretty much the same exact time as V1. This one goes for the ice room slide which is slightly faster. This also has Emi split off to grab the mallet which is a safer strat, but slower. So everything pretty much evens out.
“2Key Route V3” - 9:05
Pretty much the same as the previous versions. In V3, both the faster mallet grab and the faster ice room strats are used. Also, new Taguchi movements in the dungeon area that were borrowed from the official TAS.
"Official Published TAS (UPDATED!)" - 8:43 (8:55 TAS Timing)
2 second improvement over the previous one. This includes the faster mallet grab and some frame saves in the final battle.
