Console IGT/Sub-categories
3 years ago
Pennsylvania, USA

I was curious what the timing difference was from the Wr in console edition (Xbox One S) To my run (Nintendo Switch), so I timed the loads from the start to entering Jellyfish Fields. Just from the loads alone, they saved nearly half a minute over me from the start. This gives players on other consoles an overwhelming disadvantage. I'd like to ask, would there be a chance of having IGT timing for consoles or perhaps sub-categories for different consoles?

Prince Edward Island, Canada

IGT on consoles is quite difficult to calculate unless you frame-count every load, which is tedious. For subcats, you'd probably need to hit a threshold of difference in gameplay to merit it (e.g. some tricks just outright not working, or physics being different enough to effect the speedrun quite handily

Edited by the author 3 years ago
Pennsylvania, USA

I would say that a near 6 minute difference in loads alone is a pretty significant difference in gameplay. Besides, there are some Switch exclusive strats if played on 1.00 aren't there?

Pennsylvania, USA
AzaleaAkari
He/Him, They/Them
3 years ago

It is quite a bummer that there isn't a good way to have the autosplitter recognize console load times because of all the variables that comes with console loads sadly.

Michigan, USA

tell purple lamp to add an in game timer Kappa