The 3rd Birthday New Game Any% Speedrun Notes

1st Of All Let Me Apologise On Behalf Of Square Enix For This Game.

The Story Is Poor And The Game Mechanics Are Fucking Awful. The Speedrun Is Also Fucked. Ok...

1st Of All As Soon As You Load The Game Go To Extra In The Menu And Click Data Install.

This Will Drastically Reduce Your Load Times Within The Game Itself.

Aya Can Also Dive And Roll But She'll Have A Delayed Recovery Time... This Can Be Negated By Trying To Activate Her Liberation Bar When Its Not Full.

This Is Faster In Some Areas...

Also Enough Mechanic/Glitch In The Game Is You Can Skip Radio Calls.

Do This By Pressing Start, Select, Start To Skip.

LETS START!

Start By Selecting New Game And Easy

Episode 0/Tutorial

This Is Previlent In This Mission.

You Can Skip The Tutorial Messages As They Pop Up By Pressing Select.

Please Remember This. It Saves A Lot Of Time.

As Soon As You Can Control Aya, Move Forward And Round The Corner To Your Left And Pick Up The Grenades.

Turn Round And Stand Behind The 1st Black Grate On The Floor That You Can See. Equip Your AR.

Got A Bunch Of Radio Calls/Messages To Skip Here.

Shoot And Kill The 3 Slackers Here.

Ignore The 4th One When The Path Opens Up And Go Straight Through.

In The Next Area Shoot The 2 Slackers That Are Here And Move Forward.

Overdive Into The Guy Here To Pick Up His Magnum, Then Overdive Back Into Your Starting Character.

Skip The Radio/Messages And Wait For The Wad To Spawn.

As The Wad Comes Out Of The Vortex Throw A Grenade At It.

This Will Take A Bit Of Timing And Practice.

Move On To The Next Area Ignoring The Slacker at The End.

Move Forward A Bit Then Dive Into The Guy Standing On Top Of The Truck.

This Will Skip A Cutscene.

Now These Series Of Fights In This Area Are Designed To Teach You How To Fight A Horde Of These Enemies. [Wads]

Theres No Correct Way Of Doing This Fight, But My Preferred Way Of Doing This Is Using 4 Grenades Max. [You Can Kill 2 Sets Of Wads As They Come Out Of There Vortexs If You Time It Right]

Finish Off The Rest With Your Assault Rifle.

Ignore The Slacker At The End.

Next Area:

Go Round The Corner And Wait A Couple Of Seconds For The 2 Slackers To Be Next To Each Other And Throw Your Last Grenade At Them.

Dispose Of The Other Enemies As You Wish.

Next: Before You Use Liberation, Lock Onto Your Nearest Enemy And Charge Up Crossfire. This Saves Time.

After That Repeatedly Use Liberation And You Should Be Done With This Mission.

Episode 1

When You Regain Control Of Aya, Go To The Computer And Select Protective Gear.

Equip The White Elder Jacket [Defense = A]

Next Go To Weapon Bank And Your 76SA And Customize Slots 2 And 3

Next Go To Your ASR18B3 C. And Customize Slots 1,2,3,4,6-1 And 6-2

Start The Mission.

As Soon As You Start Overdive Into The Guy On Top And Switch To Your Assault Rifle.

The Key To This Fight Is Crossfire.

If He Knocks You Down, Overdive Into Another Soldier And Rinse/Repeat Till Its Dead.

You Can Skip The Backup Cutscene If You Are Fast Enough.

Make Your Way To The Next Area When You're Done.

In This Area You Are Probably Running Low On Ammo.

Kill The 2 Slackers And Pick Up The Ammo.

Switch Back To The AR Which Has The Most Bullets.

Wait For The Wad To Spawn And Throw A Grenade At It.

In This Area Kill Everything

Next Area Do The Same Thing But Make Sure You Destroy The Red Orb In The Alcove On Your Right Where The 1st Wad Spawns And Pick Up The Grenades.

Safe Area.

Carry On Through.

In This Next Area Kill The Slacker And Wad And Shoot The Red Orb.

Dive Into William For The YS228 Swat.

By This Point Your Liberation Bar Should Be Full.

You Are About To Be Ambushed By Wads.

This Is Ideal To Unleash Liberation On Them.

Head Up And Initiate the Fight.

Destroy All Of The Wads And Make Your Way To The End Of The Hallway And Shoot The Orb Ignoring The 2 Slackers.

Next Area: As Soon You Can Make A Right Go And Grab The Grenades At The End.

Next When You Get Into The Following Fight Immediately Shoot The Red Orb Nearby.

Safe Area

Next Area: Grenade The Red Orb Ignoring Enemies And Go Through.

Here: Overdive To The Only Person Here And Grab The Grenades.

Overdive Back To Your Previous Body And Continue Forward.

Next: Shoot All Slackers And Head Up The Stairs.

Grenade The Orbs.

Head Back And Kill The Wad And The Slackers That Appear.

Continue Forward: Here You'll Be Ambushed By Slackers. Kill Them All.

Safe Area: Continue On.

Reaper Area: You Have To Avoid Him.

When You Get To The Enclosed Area Run Around In Circles Until One Of Your Men Show Up Then Overdive Into Him.

Now Personally I Take The Left Path Here...

Theres A High Chance You Can Get Caught

Its Faster IMO.

Overdive Into The Last Guy And Leave.

In This Next Area Avoid Every Fight And When You Get To The End Of This Area Which Is Blocked, Blast Open The Blue Doors With A Grenade.

Navigate Through This Corridor Until You Reach The Stairs.

Make Your Way Down To Ground Level And Destroy The Red Orb.

This Area Avoid The Reaper And Destroy Both Orbs.

Safe Room.

Go Ahead And Purchase The YS228 Swat.

Customize Slots: 1,2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3

Equip it.

Boss Fight:

This Guys Weakness Are His Legs.

Shoot His Legs And The Spiral On His Back Can Be Dived Into.

1st Thing... Run Towards Him But Not To Close.

Shoot His Leg Then Run Towards The Red Orb And Throw A Grenade At It.

Run Up The Stairs To The RoofTop.

Overdive Into One Of The Guys ON The Ground.

Start Shooting Its Leg Till It Stumbles Then Dive Into It.

Dive Back Into The Guy On The Rooftop.

Shoot The Spiral Till The Boss Gets Back Up.

Shoot Its Legs Again Then Dive.

That'll Kill It. DO NOT use Liberation.

Safe Area: Pick Up The Ammo And Grenades.

Should Have 8/9 Grenades By This Point.

Boss Fight: Emily

This Boss Packs A Punch.

You Should Have A Full Liberation Bar Here.

Wait Until 2 Of Your Guys Show Up And Then Use Liberation.

When Thats Done Get Yourself Into A Position Where You Can Spam Grenades.

Spam Grenades And Overdive When Neccessary.

Boss Should Die.