Hey everyone!
I just started running this masterpiece a few weeks ago, and i was wondering if there has been any discussion in the past about adding a hard mode category?
I think the strats would be different enough to add it, since all enemies gain a 2.5x HP bonus, so all boss strats and even killing normal enemies would be totally different...
The only question imo would be: What are the starting conditions?
- Do we go full NG+ style and start from a finished game (save state) with max HP / lifes / bombs?
- Do we make a save state with starting conditions? (3 HP / 1 bomb / stock lifes)
- Do we run the full 2 loops? (horrible idea, just bringing it up to be complete...)
- Do we use the cheats in the japanese version to access the second loop? (could also work with a save state for faster restarting)
I am considering to at least TRY to find some good boss strats for hard mode, and since killing normal enemies is taking way too long, it will be (i think) pretty much pacifist mode until a bossfight.. so there will also be some differences in some areas with movement and kill strats...
Anyway, would love to hear what you guys think about that!
You are wrong, the second loop is hard mode with enemies having 2.5x more HP
You can confirm this yourself in this run i did a while ago when i first tried to beat hard mode (excuse the scrubby gameplay)
You can tell at 1:38 that the yellow gunmen in the first stage take multiple hits to kill (normally they die in one hit)
