Also still not a fan of the fact that the movement is clearly regressing with each new RE engine title. We really just hit the pinnacle (at least speedrun-wise) with 2R/3R and then just went all in on stiff, slow movement with zero tech. Excited to see what the run looks like, but def not for me!
Lot of disparate ideas and systems (blood collection for Grace, the kill tracker for Leon) that are never fleshed out as much as they could be. There's some stretches that felt too long, especially in the second half that bring the narrative down to a screeching halt. Idk.
Finished my first RE9 playthrough last night. A very solid, fun game. I appreciate how weird it was in structure (big CVX vibes), but I can't help but feel that the game would've been better if they had committed fully to it being either a Grace or Leon game, though.
2025 MOVIE POWER RANKINGS:
1) OBAA
2) No Other Choice
3) Eddington
4) Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
5) Superman
EMBARRASSING MOVIE BUFF FAIL: Vistavision isn't actually 70mm, it's 35mm projected sideways for higher image quality. (Movie was fucking amazing, btw; Holy shit.)
Update: I’m alive everyone! Been playing a lot of games casually again but wanna hit up a run soon. Today, though, we’re finally doing my most anticipated movie of the year in 70mm.
Gonna be starting soon with some REmake! Let's go folks! www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick
Day 3 of REmake derusting. Starting to get paces that are on par with my PB, so I think we're nearly set for Sunday. Would be sick to get something big, though! www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Starting a bit late, but we're here. Banging out some more REmake no reset runs in prep for Hotfix, but MAYBE we'll get something here. www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Once again, gonna be kicking off the RE event on Sunday with some REmake Jill action. Gonna be my first marathon presentation for it despite having ran the game since 2018, so I'm psyched!
We're finally swapping games to something I haven't run in over a year but kept saying I'd go back to...REmake. Gonna be derusting Jill Any% for a Hotfix I got next Sunday, so lot of work to be done, let's get to it. www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Going live in just a moment!
Hello everyone! Dropping a reminder that I'll be doing an Avowed Any% race w/ Mr. Ericg08 tonight at 7:45pm PST/10:45pm EST for Quest for Quet, which you can watch over at www.twitch.tv/traineranade . It's sure to be a lot of fun, so see you all soon!
We got an Avowed race tomorrow, so we're doing one last day of prep w/ ANOTHER new crazy piece of tech: horizontal boosting with 3rd person bhopping. Excited to mess around with this, let's go. www.twitch.tv/mikewave
While doing some race prep yesterday, I managed to snag another PB! Down to a 28:40, 20s below that threshold I was trying to beat. This is a way better run execution-wise than my the 52, but also had many dumb goofs. Still, GGs. Wouldn't be a bad one to leave it on if that's what it ends up being.
Back on some more Avowed. Been having fun just doing no resets of this, and almost PBing in the process. If time permits later, gonna swap casual games and finally start Alan Wake 1. www.twitch.tv/mikewave
We're back up and running. Hitting Avowed Any% a lil bit more prepping for a race I have against Mr. Ericg08 on Saturday. Might be starting a new casual game afterwards! (Also, finally watched Superman.) www.twitch.tv/mikewave
![[WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 28:52](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vmworh5df7lj4zq3ghvphj3/bafkreihrzffspieo3uhgl5apfgx3toxevpfuwjjc64shjynr32fdzozwwy)
The new PB is now up. Still feel good about this one. Might try and push this down another 10s due to a marathon I got coming up, but this wouldn't be a bad place to leave it. Final shout-out to everyone in our small community who helped break this game in half since February! ❤️ youtu.be/lSPkYCN8q_M
And, there it is. After a week of some intense grinding we finally got the sub 29 in Avowed. A major event since this is, 1) probably the most optimized run I've done of the game period across every route, and 2) the final minute barrier with the current route. This can still go ~20s lower, but GGs.
It's Avowed o' clock, folks! Hit up the lab some last night after Eddington (GREAT movie) and feel ready to get this sub 29 finally with some more new strats. MAYBE finishing Get to Work DLC afterwards. www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Short stream today due to plans later, but we still got some time to pump out some sub 29 Avowed attempts. SURELY, we get this today? www.twitch.tv/mikewave
And...we're back. More Avowed as keep working on the 29 barrier. Doing runs with a new strat found by Mr. Eric G. that saves around ~10s and is pretty damn hard. Afterwards, the return of casual content! www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Managed to snag my first post-GDQ PB last night after doing a couple of no resets. Getting closer to sub 29, but it's looking likely that it can still go way lower with a super cracked run. Gonna be back on this today w/ a new method for Estate skip that might be the hardest jump in the game now.
And...we're back. Doing some Avowed derust to try and start work on sub 29 attempts. Also gonna be talking about my SGDQ experiences, and maybe...Oblivion Any% derust later? www.twitch.tv/mikewave
Control crew from left-to-right: Ashley93oBTW, myself, n0va, sweetpeebs.
Me commentating the Oblivion Remastered run Wednesday night at SGDQ 2025.
Bloodborne crew from left-to-right: Mitchriz, myself, star0chris, blanxz.
Back home now and settled in. Just wanna throw one last shout-out to those who let me couch for their runs. I'm used to either being a runner or an attendee solely at GDQs, but I definitely had a way more active go this time around, and had a blast in the process! (Even though my voice is fried.)
Boarding in half an hour, but wanna take to opportunity to thank GDQ once again for having me, and to all the homies who make this such an awesome week every year. Love you all, and safe travels to you.
Also wanna shoutout this awesome dev reaction thread to my run on Sunday. I always love hearing their thoughts on how far the game gets pushed once it enters players’ hands, and how impressed they are by it all managing to hold up to intense sequence breaking. 👇
![[WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 28:40](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vmworh5df7lj4zq3ghvphj3/bafkreigmyrxm7x6mdht5tzrmp3oz66wv7ojpzugem2grps35vebarwv3rq)
![[WR] Avowed Any% Speedrun in 29:16](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5vmworh5df7lj4zq3ghvphj3/bafkreigkmllk5hkrcg4vqs4b7sdbjntkavscouafgthhoz24hhrvew6yi4)
