Summer Games Done Quick 2014

[Dr Unne]

Props to Sephex-sister.

Just finished the La Mulana run. It was quite fun to watch. I need a good Metroid style game to play. Preferably on handheld. Why have they not made more 2D handheld Metroid games? Fusion was great, and Zero Mission was good. But I want more.

Did you play the Castlevania games for handhelds? Portrait of Ruin and Dawn of Sorrow and... was there another? They're seriously awesome. I'm really ambivalent toward the Castlevania universe, but I couldn't put those games down. The music/art/gameplay was amazing. Particularly the art; if you're a fan of pixel art, you will literally die after seeings some of those sprites and backgrounds.

La-Mulana was a good run, for as much as I watched. I stopped around the point where it started being spoilers, since I still haven't beaten that game. My favorite runs so far were the Mega Man block, and the whole "indie platformers" block with Bastion/IWBTB/SMB/Dustforce/Guacamelee. The Dustforce runner really nailed his run.

Also Ikachan. ＜コ:彡 ＜コ:彡 ＜コ:彡

If anyone wants to go back and watch a run that you missed, there will be VODs. http://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/com...q_vods_thread/ is an ongoing list for now.

[Skyblade]

I tried a Castlevania game once. I had a rather poor experience with it, that has probably turned me off of the series forever. I still loathe that people group them together with Metroid, because the games have vastly different foci, and I definitely prefer Metroid.

Actually La Mulana itself would probably be too much like Castlevania for me to enjoy it, but at least there is a lot more of the stuff I love from Metroid in there.

[Skyblade]

Oh my gosh. The "No EG" run of Link to the Past was brilliant. 27 Frame-Perfect inputs in a row (on a 60 Frame Per Second game) is just staggering.

It's wrapping up. There are only a few runs left. A Link Between Worlds is coming up next. Don't forget to donate for the Legend of Zelda prizes! It hasn't hit 700k yet, as far as I know, so there's still a way to go for that 1 million! They're aiming for 750k by the end of Link Between Worlds to get the Smash Bros. Finale competition on the main stream.