Texas, USAIs there going to be a Berserker category? None of the fights are mandatory and they can all be saved until post-game to clear. Assuming one wants the Berserk armor to help clear, routing for what order to do them in would be interesting as well.
when starting a New Game, You can skip the beginning movie by loading a save file if you Save the game right after Max is in the "landing" animation just before you have control of Max. When you load up the save file at that point, Max is in the "landing" animation and you can start your run as soon as you have control of Max, skipping the opening movie. There is no change of position or anything added or taken away from normal gameplay.
My new record run(once verified but it's on my twitch and youtube) for All Missions NG is 3h 54m 56s. That's right, I got it to under 4 hours
I learned just by repetition. Watching PenAgain's run, using his guide, as well as the runs for Purrgames and Raelcun. Being good at melee combat is crucial. While some challenges are missable, even in a poor run where you get the bare minimum on challenges, you NEED at the very least two 25 combo challenges(remember 25's are repeatable) I learned that the hard way. You don't need the 3 enemies in a storm. That happens at the very beginning of the game but you can skip it. You don't need the Eight Insignias, the wanderers, 5 side-ram, the 3 vehicles destroyed while driving the buggy. The latter three do help if you do get them though, no lie. I made a "how to speedrun Mad Max" that's on my youtube. Even though I made that back in May there's a few changes that I've done when compared to my new record run. Remember, Getting Hit kills time, Dying kills time, your car exploding, Bad Movement(getting stuck, standing still, spinouts, walls) It's just a learning curve. You'll get there eventually. Mad Max is a very straightforward game because it doesn't have any gamebreaking glitches or major skips. Just beat the game as fast as you can
Holy shit, that's awesome. I never even thought of that.
Since it's now split into NG/NG+ categories. I've managed to get both All Missions categories in under 4h 20m's. Would you believe I actually cut a full hour compared to my first runs?
This game needs an additional or a new moderator. PenAgain, the current moderator, is inactive and has been for years. Currently I run it and Raelcun has ran it as well(no affiliation with Raelcun).
On another note, I currently but unofficially have the world record for Mad Max 2015 any% and All Missions. However I stream from my ps4 to Twitch. I can not use any overlays or live splits or anything to record my time but otherwise from start to finish my runs are legit. So any help or advice with that would be great. I have a cheap home computer that's not powerful enough for anything like that nor do I even have a capture card..
Also, because of the grind, you have so much more money which can be spent on Paranta seeds to make you even stronger. The Ramirez fights, other than not dying, you don't need to buff Vise. PW will do 9999 damage everytime and end in three turns each fight. But if you want to feed Gilder, Enrique or Drachma Paranta seedsto potentially end those fights in two rounds that's on you. So long as Ramirez doesn't take control of Vise in the last fight, then maybe four or even five rounds, final fight.
In a 100% because you'll be so OP, it might be a good idea to use your Aura of Valor's on Bounty fights. Ixa'ness Demons for sure, Lapen and Diakokuya. Depending on when these fights are actually done.
I just finished a fun run 100%. 34 hours in-game time. At the last save point in Soltis to the death animation was 13 or 14 minutes. I'm sure a strong, thorough, %100 run can be done in less than 30 hours. That's including the grind for 2500 monsters. In my fun run though I had to backtrack twice because I forgot a cham in the Ice Lands and a Moonberry in a chest in the Dark Rift. Also, finding certain discoveries is a pain. Unless you remember exactly where every single one is.
You can't run away from battles though you regain points through battles and you can regain that while grinding 2500 monsters, not sure if it's the most viable option. otherwise kill everything.
ArcadiaLegend's notes for any% are viable through most of the game for %100 until you start to overpower the notes for certain fights. I beat Zelos in three turns for example instead of the notes' Four. Driln and Drilnos helps amazingly for ALL ship fights.
When going to get the White Map from Doc, Fina should be at an exceptional level for you to beat Piastol for the first time. Once you get the Delphinus, talk to doc, beat Lapen(you'll get a few deaths in that fight but doable) and you get the Berzerker Mail(great for Vyse) and beat Piastol 2. After Yafutoma, beat the Ixa'ness Demons( Cutlass Fury one of the two up front, use Aura of Valor with Fina or Enrique, Prophecy turn two, and Cutlass Fury third turn. That should be it. Be sure to Glyph of Might of course.
Again you want discoveries for money of course but you also want to find all of them. not sure the best route for that.
I want to say as soon as your ship can fly to upper or lower sky is when to grind 2500 and find all discoveries. May or may not be a huge time saver at that point But if you grind at that time you'll be way over powered for the rest of the game.
Do NOT forget any treasure or cham or Moonfish unless you want to backtrack to it or unless it's somehow planned.
