Hey everyone! Ajay here, back again after 45 years. Just passing by to say i created, or thought about a new challenge/speedrun category that could be very interesting! It's Hater%, basically i thought about doing a run so "perfect" no one could ever complain about it. It could be done in both the base game and Jetstream Sam's DLC (Blade Wolf too, just haven't wrapped my head around it?).
As for the main campaign, i thought it could be something like New Game Stormbringer (Revengeance) But with added stuff, such as getting ALL COLLECTIBLES. These being, left arms, MIB, Hostages, and pretty much everything listed in Category Extensions but combined in one, definitive run. To me, putting other difficulties and/or New Game+ would be pointless due to the mere nature of the run, but i'm more than open to consider it!
As for Sam's campaign, for obvious reasons, it'd be a lot easier and shorter, since there's barely any collectibles and upgrades: Life and Fuel Cells, plus the 5 Data chips. I'll even put a video as an example i've made of the category (Ignore the shitty gameplay).
It's recommended to have everything done in a Freah File since, even when putting New Game in either campaigns, Left Arms and such will have already been saved and registered.
I hope everyone likes it as much as me and do give it a try because i think it would be a huge improvement for the game in general!
Have a good one everyone!
(Video below)
explain the category name, personally I’d rather to just call it All Collectibles
a run so "perfect" no one could ever complain about it
no webcam, run invalid.
got hit, run invalid.
no blindfold, run invalid.
no voice controls, run invalid.
no singing through the bossfights, run invalid.
no commentary to check if you're not impersonating someone, run invalid.
skipping cutscenes, run invalid.
no perfect cuts during zandatsu, run invalid.
no joggling during the cutscenes, run invalid.
skipping codec dialogues, run invalid.
not talking to boris/kev/courtney during the run, run invalid.
the list goes on and on, run whatever, categories are arbitrary anyway.
The blindfolded part and One Hit K.O are actually interesting, however, it would require way too much practice to even reach half-way. However, despite all the others rules listed, i do think it would be interesting. It wouldn't be just All Collectibles since it's also stated that Stormbringer must be done (So it'd be like, Stormbringer + Collectibles?) But anyways, im more than down to do it! I've actually started my playthrough, which, boy, it's very messy, but hey, practice will do!
I personally would love to see it listed as a category, but then again, its up to the mods! Any questions you got, do let me know!
