I agree with JC, TBH we shouldn't remove any difficulties because that removes the purpose of people running different categorys like NG Pro and NG normal or NG+ and NG+ Pro, The times are different for a reason and they should stay the way that they have always been.
Difficulties allow something called DA. Pro doesn't have it. Normal does, and I assume easy does. But easy also takes parts of the game out. So those are a must.
ok fair statement you speedrun and i play causually. so how about my first layout for the runs. easy ng normal ng pro ng
easy ng plus normal ng plus pro ng that really does seem like it could work doesnt it?
I believe there should be any% for all the difficulties that change the game enough, and NG+ for the same thing. Everything else such as version, frame rate, and S&Q should all be variables or not listed at all.
@Patrick yeah, I could see all of them having a + or not But with that, we'd need to make separate categories for all platforms. Of course because GC is slower than Steam. The NTSC/PAL thing can be put on hold because there isn't a super difference in anything besides GC maybe. But we already did away with those.
I can't say anything about this game, but for 007: Nightfire, we don't have different categories for all the difficulties since they don't change the game at all except for damage taken and damage dealt. I saw a post earlier in this thread that said the difficulties in this game actually change stuff. so if you all agree that the difficulties are different enough and won't fragment the competition, then add separate categories for different difficulties.
For Nightfire, we don't have the medium difficulty as a category since it's the same as the easiest difficulty but you deal less damage and have less health. It doesn't change the speedrun at all so we don't waste our time with it. In that case, having a separate category for medium would take away competition from the main any%. But from what I understand, RE4 is not like that. If I understand correctly, all the difficulties in this game changes the speedrun in some way, so I would support having any% for each difficulty, then NG+ for each difficulty.
As for S&Q, frame rate, and version, just allow anything if it speeds up the game. Don't ban S&Q in any%.
the rules are arbritary becuase the whole point is to beat the game as quick as someone can so why exlcude someone for doing something different? thats like banning someone for using a spoon instead of a fork
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