I fully agree that verification should be a requirement, was looking into possibly running this game and saw that it wasn't required and got very confused. I wouldn't worry too much over mods abusing powers, I've been speed running dead space 2 for a couple of months now and that hasn't been an issue even once. The person in the forums complaining about mod abuse has been caught splicing videos and even admitted to it in the past. I was in your shoes when I started running it as I was very nervous about running into mod abuse myself after reading that forum post.

I think the rules you've outlined make sense for any% and ng+, however I'm not a huge fan of the different new categories you've put forward. Peng runs don't make a whole lot of sense as they require next to no time to grab (especially on ng+). Impossible% and 100% are good ideas, but I think 100% would also need to include collectibles.

Either way, hope to see you speed run soon, would love more additions to our dead space speed running community!

Old thread but I'm curious as to what was decided since the rules for NG+ say nothing about the Hacker Suit or the Hand Cannon. I agree with Mattmatt, the Hacker Suit shouldn't be allowed but the Hand Cannon was intended to be in the game for all platforms so it should be okay to use. As I'm new here I don't expect my opinion to hold much weight, just curious was to what was decided. :)