-> VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/DfQLXdm1915JQTsU8 <-
Hello Re3 runners, in the past weeks we the mods have been discussing the possibility of accepting the Re3 Chinese version in the leaderboards so everyone that has a copy of it can submit their runs in the same board where the Taiwanese version runs are submitted(head to the 'RE3 Speedrunning Community' discord server for info in where to find this version). This means that both versions would be accepted and exist at the same time in the same SRC leaderboard (No extra category). The reason why this version has been brought to light again is because of mainly 2 reasons as listed below.
- Lots of runners have recently tested it and discovered how much smoother this version runs compared to the Taiwanese. Some of the benefits from the Chinese version include:
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It doesn't need compatibility mode, unlike the Taiwanese.
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Menus run smoother than the Taiwanese.
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Inputs in the game are more responsive (DIC's, music box, water puzzle, among several others).
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Although this version runs better on most PC's it doesn't add any considerable extra time save(there is just one 0.4 sec time save you have in the Dario cutscene as this cutscene is slightly shorter but other than that it's the same thing, runners including Pyramidk, Sonbeto, Wolfdnc, Matty0f10 and myself can confirm this, we consider this time save is insignificant and doesn't change anything).
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This version doesn't eat inputs as many as the Taiwanese.
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A smoother version of the game will incentive new runners to come.
- There is enough proof of the game to be accepted as a legit version of the game.
- These are pictures of the collector's edition that includes the OST CD, this copy is owned by a Polish guy:
And this is a recent purchase by WolfDNC which is the standard version of the same Chinese version.
- For further information on the topic please check out this extensive thread by Enetirnel https://www.speedrun.com/re3/thread/pgrj8
So after discussing for a while with all of the mods we believe that the best thing to do in order to decide this is to call for general voting from all runners of the PC version of the game(you need to have a submitted Re3 classic PC run in the leaderboards in order to vote, any category allowed).
We know that perhaps the proof given is not enough for some runners so please just vote no if you disagree and avoid any unnecessary comments just as we did with the Grenade Launcher Tool(GLT) voting. It's clear that in the past there was a lot of discussion regarding this exact same matter that led to all sorts of situations so in order to maintain this thread free of unrelated stuff(and dramas yeah) please refer only to this specific subject. Thanks for everybody's cooperation.
-> VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/DfQLXdm1915JQTsU8 <-
