OK, for some reason, while I'm holding left to jump to the room with the fig, I'm not going into the entrance and, instead, I'm landing on the spikes. This never happened in my previous attempts, and happened 3 times so far today. Pseudo, have you changed the jumping mechanic or added frame skip or something? Or is it just something on my end?
OK, Pseudo, I believe you now. I got the S-rank with 10 seconds to spare. :D I guess the key was basically skipping the "gauntlet" room instead of shooting the enemies. Man, the last boss cycle had both me and the boss at 1 hitpoint left, and I didn't know if I would die or if I would run out of time. I guess the fourth S isn't bad XD
I don't think there's any way I could have cut 33 seconds off my time for that coveted S-rank unless I suicide speed-ran the Blade and the Fig, and cutting 1:10 off would be just ridiculous.
By the way, thanks for making the tweak to the last real screen before the boss. That may have saved me from losing a life on that half-second jump. Also, thanks for changing the timing on the "patience" screen to make a high score easier after all the difficulty tweaks. Good job.
YES! I finally made a perfect run on Expert mode! But still got a mere A rank and 244 points, one below the creator's score. I am highly doubting the legitimacy of the 256 score. Pseudolonewolf, I suggest that you lower the requirement for an S rank to 240 points rather than 250.
I would love it if this game got an impossible for S rank (mode doesn't really matter because it's literally impossible to get S on intermediate anyway). Every tweak, every additional spike, however, just makes that coveted S rank further and further away for me. I think I'll eventually get it though, as I am currently one of the 6 people to beat it on Hard. S rank basically requires a perfect time with no lives lost (and obviously all relics).
OK, just beat hard mode in 12:29 with one life lost. Got 220, still 30 away from S rank. Even not losing that life still wouldn't have made a rank difference. X_X
DUED DIS AM ZTOLENZZ... just kidding. Would be 4/5, but uprating it to counter all those people who suck at gaming who complain about difficulty. <-- coming from a guy who beat IWBTG on hard mode.
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