Astérix Speedrunning: other

balneor

And here's the first and second hard part of level 2 damageless

Download a.mp4:

balneor

Download b.mp4:

balneor

I tried new strats for both of them so I can't say if they are bearing their fruit or not (though they did allow me to edge out a clear regardless) It might again look easy, but these running egyptians are the second hardest enemy type in the whole game, especially when they do what's in their (made-up) name. They're like comets falling onto you, good luck dodging the blow.

balneor

Level 2 really is possible damageless I really wanna do both of these now

balneor

Late. I made this measurement, and now it's clear that there are speed differences between the characters

Download Asterix_vs_Obelix_movement.mp4:

balneor

I also made some tests, and can confirm that Obelix has quicker punches, for all of his land punches

balneor

I did level 2 no damage with Obelix a while ago. But after doing these measurements, and trying out that level with Asterix, it's clearly harder for him. But not that much. So I think I'm gonna do it with him this time.

balneor

I also found some extra sweet spots, so my clear isn't satisfying now

filip5011

Never played any of these games 💀

adrientd

Obelix is useless as usual (except in fighting) :obelul:

balneor

Yea I know. It's just in this specific level that Obelix is objectively better And he's slightly more handy to use for pure survival I think. But little young self would've never figured that out, and would've always assumes Asterix was objectively good (or at the very least, both characters are the same) Also here's the clear (not planning on making this public unless... I never play this game again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MjGbxj_oY

balneor

Using a lot of enemy avoidance to turn them off their running state

balneor

3:20 and 5:28 being the hardest parts because there's a lot of them and you can't really cheese them

balneor

So the autoscroller sections of level 3 and 4 are static. Which is a life-saver Well, the one in level 3 may not fully be. I've had enemies spawn in different locations... but the route I went for hasn't trolled me yet with that. There's a fair bit of memo and muscle memory needed for it, but it's about okay. It's good in any case because these sections would be almost impossible to pass without damage otherwise.

balneor

I'm playing through level 4 and... yea, it's definitely the hardest level You have to probably spend a couple minutes with tricky enemies before you can get to the first hard part

balneor

(forgot to post this) Now, I did found out about a very weird gameplay fact with the "snake" enemies that could make them a lot easier to fight At least with Obelix. These enemies take 5 hits with the air move and the "paf" punch. They take 3 with the middle punch But they only take 2 with the weak punch. And I tested it, and obelix's weak punch is actually really good against those enemies. It's even easier than the method I showed earlier.

balneor

But as I tried the stage with Asterix, I realized something dreadful. Asterix's weak punch has a shorter range than Obelix.

balneor

Yup. Much harder with Asterix. By far the hardest stage period, regardless of the character, but Asterix the most

kolapro

this looks dope

balneor

Okay, I got level 4 no damage with Asterix

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