Absolver - Speedrun 23:49 (No gear, No Pickups, No Level Ups)
Blended my original speedrun strategy with another by Voxelheart and ended up smashing my previous run by 7 minutes.
Sorry about the choppiness, the game started freaking out. Been doing that a bit since patch 1.04. As the run kept progressing I started getting the sweats thinking the game might crash (it has never crashed before but I've heard people saying these choppy problems have led to a crash for them). Still, pretty happy with this overall. Definitely confirms if some of the fights went better a sub 22 minute run is very possible.
Note that time is measured from the moment I press forward to start running (not from clicking new game) as that seems to be the most common point where top tier speedrunners have been timing from. I don't have a timer on screen because I'm too noob to know how to do that. Plus even if I did know it sounds like too much work.
The Lathyrian War Axe can be found along the Cracked Path in the Featherlands. Here's the direct path to it from the Bronzed Mire Ritual Stone.
This video is a part of the ASHEN - Weapon, Armor, Shield & Feather Locations playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsxfoGQwyeP42HmRSxCgVw5PASYMMbJxQ
Ashen on the Epic Game store: (via my affiliate link, thanks!):
https://store.epicgames.com/fuzzybearbarian/wren
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzF4fnCu_KQ
Gold medal mission playthrough of "Trying Again."
Gold medal requirement:
- Catch a fish
- Complete within 5 minutes 20 seconds
I hadn't played or seen this mission before and gold medalled it first playthrough, even though I ran in the complete opposite direction to where the dog is meant to be found. So yeah, very easy to gold medal.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biwjfcDjx2w
A walkthrough of A PLAGUE TALE CHAPTER SIX "DAMAGED GOODS". Includes 100% of all collectibles (timestamps pinned as a comment).
I was going to do this with commentary but the game is like a movie and imo talking over it ruins it, so no commentary it is!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTbyb00kjo
The Barbaric Axe is found in the SE corner of the Eye of the Needle region. In this video I'll show you the direct path from the Eye of the Needle Ritual Stone save point.
This video is a part of the ASHEN - Weapon, Armor, Shield & Feather Locations playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsxfoGQwyeP42HmRSxCgVw5PASYMMbJxQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plZJ1sXV7h0
Petra Venj has a new mission available this week: Dark Monastery. Activate it first by visiting Petra and picking up the bounty and then heading the mission icon. I completed the mission very easily, and can't help but think I might have missed something in it. I popped a Tincture of Queensfoil during it just in case, but maybe I popped it too late. I don't know. It just felt....incomplete. Or, maybe I'm tripping and I did everything that could be done. Let me know if you find anything I missed!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRz73-JD_rE
Footage is from my first blind playthrough in NG (when I didn't know much lol). Now I know if you make his rockets track you, and make them hit him, that's how you bring him down fast and get the PAX Imperator weapon. If you don't do this, and just kill him by hitting his legs and make sure his rockets miss him, you can get the PAX Imperator V2.0, which is better.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUsf0ioF0vw
Defeating Owl Father again during Hirata Estate revisted without taking any damage in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SU0cW5OScM
The 15th Black Ashen Feather (+2 max health) is found after exiting the Wrinkled Grotto cave, which is found in the Foothills area.
This video is a part of the ASHEN - Weapon, Armor, Shield & Feather Locations playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsxfoGQwyeP42HmRSxCgVw5PASYMMbJxQ
Ashen on the Epic Game store: (via my affiliate link, thanks!):
https://store.epicgames.com/fuzzybearbarian/wren
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPCweb8cuc
Here's another speedrun of Nioh's NG+ main mission "Memories of Death Lilies". Turns out there was a shortcut that I'd forgotten about, which shaved 7 seconds off my time. Thanks for the heads up Kagerasimaru! I could shave more time off by killing the Ogress faster, especially if I'd used a sloth talisman on the Ogress, but nup. No sloth in these speed runs is my rule.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saL28gJKEDA