"I wanted to make another run of God of War in better video quality, so I did a few offline recordings this morning. And I got this time.
Sub 1:25! It seems the new optimizations like upgrading stuff during loading times and getting BoA lv. 2 paid off. There are also no really major mistakes here, so I'm happy with this run.
My splits for the run are:
Aegean Sea - 5:02 (+17.7) Medusa - 9:41 (+16.3) Desert - 19:05 (-8.5) Temple - 22:51 (-1:00) CoA start - 27:52 (-53.3) Ladder - 32:41 (-59.0) Trident - 37:53 (-1:28) Balls of Fire - 43:40 (-1:10) Guardian - 46:56 (-1:04) AoH - 49:33 (-1:36) CoM - 54:54 (-1:55) River Styx - 1:03:57 (-2:07) Ares - 1:13:44 (-4:04) New GoW - 1:24:57 (-4:49)"
As it is known, God of War 1 on PAL (European) and NTSC-J (Japanese) versions has some cutscenes that are censored. These censored cutscenes are shorter than the ones on the original NTSC (American) version, which means runners playing on these versions are at an advantage. Specifically, glitchless
