Hello, I've got some questions about allows to sumbit my speedrun:
- Does emulated v. of Siren allowed for leaderboard?
- Does pirate v. allowed for speedrun? (No bugs, no cuts)
- Allowed to play on PC or only PS2?
- What difficulty should I play to add my run to Leaderboard?
Thank you :D
Hey, I raised this question at the Siren Discord. So far, the answer seems to lean towards "emulator is allowed, but a separate category". The loading times are probably pretty different on an emulator compared to console.
In the "any%" categories you can play on any difficulty. Easy is recommended since it's likely the fastest.
I'd like to add my observations to this after comparing Siren 2 on PS3 with emulating the game. Runs are now ranked by IGT, and emulating the game doesn't seem to have any effect on the IGT that would set it apart from playing the game on console. However, it seems playing the NTSC-J version of Siren 2 on emulator can cause a bug where the automatic firearms fire at a significantly faster rate than on console. The bug is both a benefit and detriment to players at different times, but it definitely saves some time on the Otoshigo fight. Because of that free time save, I'm not sure emulating the Japanese version of the game should be allowed on the board. This bug does not occur when emulating the PAL version, for some reason, so the PAL version should be fine for inclusion on the leaderboard.
