2:37:23no, you just have to lock in. i frame abuse with rings
2:37:23This act is a fair amount of my memory of Sonic 1. Took me many tries as a kid
2:37:27just have to survive the gauntlet of pokey things and fireballs here
2:37:32no the level is just that bad
2:37:38I've found that the water doesn't really make it easier so it's a failcon for me
2:38:10Did hitting Eggman do anything at the end?
2:38:13the water slows you down, which makes your timing window small and difficult
2:38:17To be fair that part is muscle memory so it's not a hard part to speed run
2:38:19TAS speedrun on this game must be insane
2:38:23even as a kid when I was absolutely good at games I feel I would still rage quit this game
2:38:25I think any5 is mostly glitch abuse, but I may be misremembering the sequels
2:38:25once you memorize it it's not actually hard. it's learning the layout that's hard
2:38:26fwiw this is easily the hardest part of the game to me
2:38:32It's not even the fun kind of hard too, just the kind of hard that doesn't even feel rewarding
2:38:39Speed runs are usually challenged by parts with random factors
2:38:41the stages are just not well optimized
2:38:48When Nova goes to therapy she’s going to be muttering “It was supposed to be fun but wasn’t fun”
2:38:48TAS of this does glitches called "zips" to skip most levels entirely
2:38:52speedrunners count invisible pixels to be ultra-precise. it's kinda absurd
2:39:12This is one of those levels where there's just no fun to be had.
2:39:16why does it keep sounding like a cat purring when a door opens
2:39:46Hi Nova! Hope your day has gone well. Sorry I haven't been here, life's been busy! :eye:
2:40:07To be fair, you could get continues from the specials stages
2:40:07And the only way to get continues is from special stages, which gets worse and worse to even unlock as the game goes on
2:40:22sonic 2 is much easier imo, at least until the very end
2:40:31Pretty sure you got a code after a stage back in the day so you could skip parts you already did
2:40:41up to metropolis. no difficulty spikes like sonic 1
2:40:45The news to drama pipeline is strong though