Matterfall - 1-1 Skyline Heights in 1:56
6I guess I'll be doing a few individual level runs of this game in the coming weeks.
Thanks to some new speed tactics (mainly shotgun boosting) the level can be completed in under 2 minutes now. Previous WR was 2:08 by Zaliphone.
The shotgun has a massive recoil that can be used to push the main character around. It works well for both long and high jumping, and as another benefit you can control the angle of the boost in 360 degrees, which is far more versatile compared to your regular dash which only works to 4 directions. It's a very handy tool for navigation all around the levels (even zero-G sections).
Railgun also has a small recoil that can be used for speed purposes, but this version of the route is built around simplicity: better to just stick to shotgun instead of juggling sub-weapons around constantly.
My choice of augmentations are "faster cooldowns" to do more shotgun boosting. Weapons are shotgun and grenade launcher (the latter only because a part of the tutorial needs you to use it).
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Some comments on the run:
0:29 - mistake. I don't get a full dash off, it cancels early because it hits the angled floor.
0:31 - a speed tactic: if you jump and then dash sideways almost immediately, you can do a diagonal movement past two of the barriers at once.
0:32 - mistake. The shotgun boost after passing barriers fails.
0:39 - mistake. The angle of the shotgun boost is way too high so I don't get full speed and hit enemies on the way down.
0:49 - this is the required tutorial shot with a grenade launcher. It's really annoying to pull off quickly. Most of my run attempts ended here.
0:55 - mistake. Botched shotgun boost after passing first blue barrier.
1:09 - I use a regular dash to enter this area because it seems tutorial messages stop your momentum.
1:11 - a shotgun boost high jump in action.
1:31 - I use a regular dash to enter this area because of another tutorial message.
1:54 - mistake. Saving my dash to go past the blue barrier would have saved a second or two.
A perfect run would be around 1:50?