Ontario, CanadaJust a heads up to people that may be running this game I have confirmed as of this post that even tho JPN is on patch version 1.05 and NA is on patch version 1.02, that they are exactly the same. The NA version is getting condensed patches where as JPN is most likely getting them ASAP as its ahead on release and being exactly the same besides localization.
I would still advise that we all label our game versions and patches accordingly.
We currently do not need additional Moderators at this time, I have already selected a current member as mentioned that was nominated by our other runners when I asked about this. I appreciate the thought but I think it will be best to have knowledgeable and known people moderate our boards to verify runs. I can handle organization of the boards fine enough on my own, its just verifying runs for the future that may require more people that wish to do so. If you are interested in joining the community we have a home on this discord: https://discord.gg/EtGWDuW We are always looking for more people interested in the game even if they are not speedrunning it as it's mainly a hub for us to connect with people who like the game and the others of the series's.
I have been looking at some individuals to add as new moderators to help verify run as we move forward, Also because I do not currently have what I feel is enough knowledge of the actual working game Since I've only recently got my hands on play the full game. So after some though and asking some runners I think Dworim is a great fit to help keep runs handled when I'm not able to and Vise-versa.
Looking forward to seeing the start of some Any% runs soon and more discussion on the boards categories etc.
~ For the Glory of Mankind!
First Category is up for Any% A , keep in mind things are subjected to change as more discussion happens over the next few weeks or more.
So with the NA release of Automata underway we have added the first Category to the board atm. Rules and discussions are still happening currently and will change for the game as it goes forward till we have more solid information through the game to make those more permanent.
So this very nice Resource site was created by Dworim , It has allot of the current and past resources compiled nicely into one place and has been keeping it up to date as he can, currently its on a testing host but if it proves useful for the community and others for the game it may become a more permanent thing.
http://www.elisanet.fi/dwr/yorharuns/index.html new version 17/5/17 -dworim
Sounds like it follows the original games set up very similarly then. I'll have a look at the vods posted and go fom there then. But looks like I'll be setting it up closely to the original game. As for how you guys timed the rta for the runs if the time started much like the demo from the last available screen in this case difficulty selection till last save then I think they are all good is what I'm thinking.
Yes if someone changes difficulty it would invalidate the run. I expect allot of people from what I've seen about chatter in discord that will be more people focused on Easy and Hard currently. But yes VHard is something some are aiming at eventually as well. Normal seems to be the odd middle man category but I keep the difficulty sorting planned for them all for now unless something drastic changes about that.
A full game in one go clear is something that I don't see happening for a long while still as it would be allot of play time and routing for it and it would be simpler to start with the others and build those routes first anyways and save effort.
I know I'll be doing a bunch of notes on routing the game for all the categories and will be hopefully looking at those that are laying the game as references for those. It would be allot easier that way rather then spending 2 months just analyzing the game and watching only 1 run to build notes from over several months before you even get to do anything with them. I still have not rewritten my older nier notes yet but Should soon for new comers.
Since I've yet to really play the game is the other endings requiring you to beat the game for A first tho?
So I know Any% will be a category for sure which will cover the first run through the game as New Game. RTA will for sure be the preferred timing for the runs in general. I will be looking at how the IGT works to see if its similar to the original game and if so both times will be required.
Also with some knowledge of the current game Starting the run time will be much like the Demo and End similarly to the original game as it does have post credit save, If it is like What it was.
Should we continue to also sort the categories with the Difficulty sub categories?
So if the title of the thread is not obvious here is where we can talk more about the categories and anything pertaining to them going forward more officially.
I do not currently know much about the actual game besides rough mechanics and common knowledge but as I go through it it will be easier to set things up for sure with you guys in the community. Wanted to keep my personal experience for the game intact as much as possible, Sure you all understand and thank you for your patience.
Reminder that the categories will start going up on the Tuesday following NA release I will make another post regarding this shortly after.
NieR: Automata boards were convert for the full game and will have the categories added in due time. The link should still work regardless.
Also I will begin working on the actual notes rewrite for the the NieR soon for ppl interested in the original game.
If we want to try and have challenge run categories like no trader that could be something. ( no use of the trader whatsoever, pickups for ammo and weapons etc allowed. )
Full game categories will not be set up till after the release of the game for NA and EU once I have time to look into how the runs will play out with help from the other runners so If you not seeing them that is why so please do not try to do actual runs yet till we have them established. If you'd like to join in on the discuss for that which will be had soon after march 7th please join the NieR discord and the discussions in the Speedruns section.
I don't think we should even worry about collectibles since it has no real affect on the game and is not really important in the runs anyways it would just be a pointless category to have imo.
So instead of creating a new board, I'm slowing getting it converting over to the full board and keeping the demo with it as a misc category as it will be the best option for keeping things simple and in one place as the demo will lose activity and not have a dead board for that reason. During this transition the board may look odd at times but please be mindful of this.
The Board conversion to Full game is ready and should have all the demo runs still intact as it was a slow manually process.
I will be able to bring a ps4 and 360 for sure. I can bring a slim ps3 if it's needed I won't be able to bring any hdmi tvs tho since I'm using transit to get there and it's already extra luggage.
Thanks for the update.
Full Game board will most likely go up around of just after NA March 7th release date for those that may be asking. If for some reason we have ppl already looking to do runs early on the JPN release, I can see about it going up before that but I would require them to send me the run video so I can use that to set up the board.
Anyways very excited.
