Legend of Grimrock 2 - Speedrun - True Ending (1:25:24)

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Published on May 11, 2023 3:37:43 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaPHE5zNcHk

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Legend of Grimrock II (2014)

Duration: 1:27:47

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Any% True Ending

This is my second recorded attempt at True Ending category.
I've noticed the video quality isn't great, I lowered the bitrate to see if it's better.

-Shipwreck Beach : Had to fight a Turtle before the first puzzle, very clean overall.
-Keelbreach Bog : Fought a Herder Spore and a Herder to prevent getting stuck near the Battleaxe, good pattern in the boss room and quick door opening, got slowed down by a Mosquito Swarm before the hub.
-Ruins of Desarune : Tried to finish the Viper Root before the Power Gem, killed an extra Twigroot before leaving Cemetery, got blocked by 2 Zarchtons after grabbing Stormseed Orb and had to backtrack for air, had to fight Shrakk Torr before picking up Ax, took a lot of damage from Ice Guardian before the 2nd Iron Key, had to fight both Slimes in the key room and another one after picking up both Healing Potions.
-Lexiconary : Had to deal with a Giant Crab before picking up Crowern Statue, Slimes diseased everyone! didn't drop the 2nd torch on pressure plate in Skeleton Statue room, perfect pattern in the room before Power Gem.
-Hamlet of Stormbreach : Had a bad pattern in the Ratling boss room, had to fight a Ratling before leaving, had to fight 5 groups or Ratlings before entering the Iron Key door, fell in the spike trap pit, got hit three times in the spike trap maze.
-Crystal Mine : Got a very good pattern before 2nd Mine Key (and no feet injury!), fell down after using the portal (and of course, feet injury!), waited a bit for the Eyctopus after spectral orb room, timing wasn't good with the pressure plate in the Giant Spider corridor.
-Twigroot Tunnels : Obvious feet injury from fighting Fjeld Warg group, I should leave Battleaxe instead of Warhammer on the pressure plate (more dps), I was expecting to get rid of Trickster before he use the lever (feet injury, naturally), didn't know where to go.
-Wormbound Catacombs : Tried to avoid fighing Xelnoids but I might have lost more time, found out that killing 4 Zombies in the pit is safe to move around, also avoided fighting the Xelnoids in the 1st Skull Key room, another Xelnoid skip in the 2nd Skull Key room, took a hit in the spike trap room.
-Pyramid of Umas : Opened the wrong door for Wand of Fear, got a feet injury from Giant Snake so I used yet another Healing Potion, used a Lightning Bomb on a Medusa by accident, I was able to skip fighting a Mummy Group after grabbing the 1st Tomb Key, I was able to skip fighting a Giant Snake after grabbing the 2nd Tomb Key, I jumped right in the portal without looking where it was and lost about 45 sec.
-Barren Desert : I tried to rush to the Magma Golems in a previous attempt and failed miserably so I took it slower and fought every single Mummy before moving on, I decided to use Fire Shield and see if I could facetank the Magma Golem, I'm not sure yet but I believe the Power Gem drops from the left side Golem (will need some testing).
-Lindworm : Had a Zarchton blocking me in the water so I had to go around and fight an Earth Golem and a Zarchton, it was daytime so I had to sleep and I turned around while waiting for the Trickster, no previous attempt made it this far so I messed up the lever puzzle badly (lost almost 25 sec), I took the invisible portal room slower so I wouldn't mess it up, I forgot to drop the shovel on a pressure plate and lost 15 sec, I was able to avoid fighting a Xelnoid and an Eyctopus but I missed to moving platform and had to go around which cost almost 20 sec, I think fighting Giant Spiders and Slimes is faster than trying to dodge them with invisibility (saved 1 min from previous run), I went slower than needed to reach the Life Crystal.
-Lindworm Fight : Pretty good fight overall and one cycle, had yet another feet injury and no Healing Potion left to heal so I had to "walk" all the way to the next Life Crystal which cost at least 20 sec.
-Trickster / Island Master Fight : Tried to keep the Trickster between the two doors so he doesn't lock it and activate the trap, Island Master fight was pretty bad (got an early feet injury) and my Wizard got a head injury (prevent spell casting) so I used my last Healing Crystal faster than I expected, followed by a lot of deaths (fortunately I still had Resurrection Potions). I was pretty excited to see him die since the fight went poorly.

Overall : Happy to finally finish a run of this category! I didn't expect to have such a hard time beating my previous run, I guess I was luckier than what it felt like at the time. Still a lot of improvement can be done (almost 13 min vs Sum of bests). I will try and lower this time even more until I'm satisfied and I probably will give Normal Ending another shot (almost 2 min vs Sum of bests over there).

Here are some stats from the past videos, drops from Skeleton weapon and Mimics (also gives an idea of how many runs get past Hamlet of Stormbreach..)
Skullcleave = 11 / 21
Lightning bombs = 12 / 20
Battleaxe = 15 / 20
Jeweled Scepter = 3 / 5

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