Basic Version Differences
Listed in order of which I recommend you play on the most. For PS3, we generally play on the downloaded versions with a SSD installed for faster load times.
PS3 PAL (Europe) - The fastest version to play on for every category, solely for its load times and two glitches exclusive to PS3: Pyro Glitch which lets you do massive damage with the Pyrocitor, and Drek Skip, used in NG+ speedruns.
PS3 NTSC (USA) - The downloaded version of the game includes Drek Skip, but has Pyro Glitch patched. The Disc version has Drek Skip patched, and some additional lag not present on other versions.
PS2 - The loading times are extremely slow, estimated to lose around 8 minutes. Plus the glitches mentioned above are patched. Some Ledge Proxies are way different/harder to perform than PS3. Very slow, but opens up for interesting routes and a pretty different experience.
PSVita - Has Pyro Glitch, but no Drek Skip. Loading times are technically faster, but you may experience lots of input lag + the game running at a choppy 30FPS instead of the 60FPS you get on the other consoles. Not to mention worse controls, meaning some tricks like Infinite Long Jumps are harder to perform.
Resources
Categories
- NG+ - New Game+, which is beating the game from Challenge Mode with all weapons unlocked etc.
- Any% - Beat the game
- AGB - All Gold Bolts, collect all 40 gold bolts
- ACM - All Checkmarks, which is our version of a 100% category. Get all three checkmarks that show on the end screen.
Acronyms and terminology
Some pretty common acronyms that we use a lot in the community when referring to things/tricks that may not seem totally clear at first.
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PAL - Versions of the game released in Europe, Australia, most of Asia and some parts of South America.
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NTSC - Versions of the game released in North America, Japan, Korea and some parts of South America.
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IJ - Infinite Jump, trick used with the PDA to allow you to gain height infinitely.
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SI - Slope Intercept, a trick used to high jump off slopes.
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GPC - Ground pound cancel, small trick with the thruster-pack to allow for a little extra height gain.
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ILJ - Infinite Long Jump, a trick that allows for gaining speed over specific liquid surfaces on levels such as Rilgar, Umbris, Hoven etc.
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ISF - Infinite Sideflip, a trick similar to ILJs, but uses the thruster-pack to gain infinite height via sideflips.
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NLJ - Neutral Long Jump, a long jump method that gains speed.
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sPDA - SpeedyA, a trick where you can gain speed quickly via opening the PDA after each long jump.
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ILM - In Level Movie, refers to an in-game cutscene that can be opened via the Goodies Menu.
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BCJ - Big Clank Jump, a little trick used on Orxon Clank section in combination with a in-level-movie to gain extra height off a jump.
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Jankpot - Trick used in any% runs to get more bolts from crates than intended.
