Spyro SoF: W2 Overworld Route Comparison

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N E W route is 7 seconds faster (on PAL).
I tried to keep natural variances to a minimum, so this is more or less precise.
However, since this is a somewhat complex situation, you can't really say it saves exactly 7 seconds; yet it should save time on average compared to the old route.

Notes:
I run on PAL. Thus, S+Q Resets are ~2 seconds faster on NTSC I've been told.
With that in mind, this route saves more time on NTSC for

1) In the new route, going from Lunar Ledges to Watertopia, it's actually faster (by 1 second executed flawlessly) to S+Q Reset and run all the way up to the portal.
With the additional 2 seconds from NTSC, it would actually be worth it (one bonk on the stairs and that 1 second would be gone on PAL).

2) The new route has 2 additional S+Q Resets, saving another ~4 seconds.


About timing:
Both routes do Haunted Hills first and have the same pathing up to the ice portal. Poor video cutting makes it looks bad, but both routes start from there and end on the fade out after gem counting when entering the Gulp fight.
The general idea for the new route was to minimize gem counting, since just picking up 1 gem triggers the counting sequence, which will always eat up some time.
Also, keep in mind that paying Moneybags reduces the amount of currently collected gems, which allows to skip 2 counting sequences despite having collected gems.







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