I was looking at other games and the different types of runs they do and It got me thinking about different categories for re5 (new ones)

Not sure how well these would work (if at all), but I have 2 proposed new categories.

1. "No Glitch/Skips" category

In this category, you would not be able to use any kind of glitch/skip (wesker fight 2/3 skip, 2-1 door skip, etc) so you would just run the game as fast as possible playing like you're normally supposed to.

2. " weapon only"

For this category, you could only use a certain weapon for the entire run (such as AR's only or make specific such as Ithaca M37 only)

What do you guys think? Any other ideas?

Edit:

3. No Shop

Basically no merchant from re4. This would be played on NG only since NG+ has no use for the shop. Played Solo/Coop.

4. No Healing Items

Play through the entire game without any kind of healing items. Don't get hit / let Sheva get hit and it should be easy. This could be played NG/NG+ and Solo/Coop

I was already thinking of introducing something along these lines. what I came up with was something where just like the bingo generator you would get like say 4 random random rules you have to play the game with. For example one of them being like what you said where you can only use such said weapon, but if honestly I kinda was gonna shy away from it after the reaction I got from the bingo. Overall tho, yes I think its a great idea.

it's just one of those thing where it's a great concept but once you try to put actual things on paper you'll find that it's very difficult to think of multiple ideas. RE5 is just such a linear game. I'm sure sniffims will vouch for me on that one.

[Quote=Kil13rFTW]1) "No Glitch/Skips" category

In this category, you would not be able to use any kind of glitch/skip (wesker fight 2/3 skip, 2-1 door skip, etc) so you would just run the game as fast as possible playing like you're normally supposed to.[/quote]

I think the few glitches/skips in this game are extremely easy to learn and everyone seems ok with that so I don't think it would be a good idea to separate that imo.

[Quote=Kil13rFTW]2) " weapon only"

For this category, you could only use a certain weapon for the entire run (such as AR's only or make specific such as Ithaca M37 only)[/quote]

This could be interesting but more as a challenge. Imagine how the lb would look with a category for every weapon lol

I think the 100% / Collect everything category is a cool idea for a challenging speedrun.

RE4 has no merchant, why not RE5? I'd run it.

we don't need anymore fucking categories. there are already enough free wr's as there is

All fair points. I do agree that re5 is very hard to create interesting runs since the game is really just a set path and that's it with not much variety in gameplay. Just want to see how many people would support a new way to speedrun re5 (if it's possible without making it boring af, impossible or almost identical to existing ones)

Just do the challenges you want to do on stream, that's all.

For my part, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna do coop challenges when I have a decent setup and a decent internet. Only doing basic runs is boring at some point and challenges give some fresh air.

Just do what you want, there's so many possibilities. No merchant, Pro, Handgun only, No quick reloads, Gatling & Bow only.... So many choices.

I'm late for discussion, but I find ideas interesting, both non-glitch and only _ weapon. I'm new to this from the speedruns, but it would be interesting to play.

In my opinion, for what it's worth, new categories would be fine if we're talking on races between runners and just for personal enjoyment...

But to open new categories... I think so far all usual categories are covered. Solo and Co-op, NG and NG+, One for each difficulty, Level runs to include "Lost in Nightmares" and "Desperate Escape" And the Collect%, which was already a hassle...

Adding more would be too much...

No skips is stupid. "Wow lets throw sheva over a building" Thats worth a category. No heals is what you try to in a speedrun. Anything else idm. Speedrunning is fun I suppose.