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I change the ending of the game to the end of the first death egg boss (although this wouldn't help anyone, since as I mentioned before, that's not beating the game, which makes the category meaningless in and of itself). I make an additional category for no cutscenes in the 2012 version (but this would definitely be a misc category, as this would be intended only for cases like yours), enforcing the endgame as when you beat the first death egg boss.ģ. As is (I've explained my general logic in making the decisions in the last two posts I've made)Ģ. That said, there are three ways I can deal with your case, although in my opinion I do feel this is the best way (and I do realize I potentially shut people out, I didn't like having to make that call, but there wasn't another way out without making what I feel is an unnecessary category or an unnecessary stipulation in terms of beating the game).ġ.
#Sonic before the sequel full#
It makes sense to enforce beating the game in full when the category is Beat the Game, and when it is proven that the game includes an "extra" boss that is in fact given every time you play through the game, then it is considered to be part of the game. Just because the game is playable in a certain way, or on a certain system, whatever the case may be, doesn't necessarily mean it's a viable, preferred, or even an acceptable way of running the game. Second, I consider being able to play the game and being able to speedrun the game two different things. Most official games would never have this kind of problem. If anything, it relies on the person having the issue in the first place to fix it, but doesn't shut people out from playing the game if they can't/don't want to. It is very clear that it was the kind of fix that was lazy on their part, because various things broke between the first build and the second. There are three ways to go about dealing with this issue, but first, a response to your post.įirstly, just because "it's an option the devs made" means pretty much nothing. It's nothing against you or anything, it just makes more sense to enforce the whole game being completed in a way that will allow it, rather than both leaving out a boss fight and allowing the u cheat for that one instance in order to serve what I expect to be a minority need. There's also the matter of Cloudy Crowd 3's cutscene, which is normally unskippable, and I won't allow the u cheat to skip that cutscene, as that opens both a no good can of worms and a run ender to people that accidentally press the u button too many times. The 2011 version, by comparison, does not have this problem (but also did not have the extra boss), so this was ultimately due to poor programming. The game was intended to have two endings (but the 2012 version always defaults to the good one, because the time point feature was disabled in said version), both having one more boss than the no-cutscene route of the 2012 version, which was only meant as a "barely-get-it-working-but-not-full-experience" patch, if anything. I'm not going to be able to accept such a run, because the game isn't complete. Full Game Leaderboard Level Leaderboard All Hilltop Heights Act 1 Hilltop Heights Act 2 Hilltop Heights Act 3 Hilltop Heights Boss Star Shores Act 1 Star Shores Act 2 Star Shores Act 3 Star Shores Boss Rocky Ride Act 1 Rocky Ride Act 2 Rocky Ride Act 3 Rocky Ride Boss Lost Levels Act 1 Lost Levels Act 2 Lost Levels Act 3 Lost Levels Boss Sunset Star Act 1 Sunset Star Act 2A Sunset Star Act 2B Sunset Star Act 3 Sunset Star Boss Metro Madness Act 1 Metro Madness Act 2 Metro Madness Act 3 Metro Madness Boss Fortress Flow Act 1 Fortress Flow Act 2 Fortress Flow Act 3 Fortress Flow Boss Perilous Paradise Act 1 Perilous Paradise Act 2 Perilous Paradise Act 3 Perilous Paradise Boss Titanic Tower Act 1 Titanic Tower Act 2 Titanic Tower Act 3 Titanic Tower Boss Cloudy Crowd Act 1 Cloudy Crowd Act 2 Cloudy Crowd Act 3 Cloudy Crowd Boss Arcane Altitude Act 1 Arcane Altitude Act 2 Arcane Altitude Boss Death Egg Act 1 Death Egg Boss 1 Death Egg Boss 2 Hill Top Zone Starlight Carnival Act 1 News Guides Resources Streams Forum Statistics