For HG only all non Ng+ handguns should be allowed. So lemi, 1911, v61 (though I'm not sure it's worth the investment to upgrade)

No magnum period imo, it doesn't fire handgun bullets so it's not a handgun.

Like kniferun said no handgun only? I realize there shouldn't be a ton of categories but there's been a lot of talk about it and I I've just been trying to clean my route up before posting any videos, but I've been running it.

When it comes to HG only ONLY HGs should be allowed. I kind of regret going to bat for the magnum in RE3R, and I really don't want to see it in village since it's not really a handgun. Only weapons that fire HG bullets should be allowed. If it can't be done on higher then standard/casual, then so be it.

This of course is just my opinion, but HG only should be kept, HG only.

I'm pretty sure you can do standard without it, it just sucks. There is a great place to lower DA at the nemmy bridge chase. Anyways, I think the magnum needs to stay out of this period. Even if you can do Hardcore/VoS with it, would you want to? It sounds horrible to do lol. I get the feeling that Casual/Normal would be the main runs for HG only anyways. I haven't done Normal HG only yet, but I imagine it's tight but doable.

Upgrading would save time in the long run, not fully upgrading probably though. I've been fully upgrading the Lemi and the 1911, but when I switch over to the V61 I do firerate and firepower mostly.

I really don't see the point in banning upgrades, even if they are somehow slower. If they are slower then just don't do them.

I'm down for NG Karambit honestly, we allowed the hotdogger in RE3R because the base knife wasn't great, kinda like here. I feel its the same situation but then again I'm not a hardcore runner of knife only. That being said, i would run Knife only if the Karambit was the main knife.

I agree. I was iffy about it being a thing in RE3R but meh. I would probably only run HG only on casual/normal anyways, where it isn't needed. I'm not even sure you could finish VoS with the HG and the magnum, there isn't enough ammo unless I'm not aware of where it is, I missed it in my first playthrough lamo.

All that being said, I'm glad I'm not the only one interested in HG only and putting work in to route it.

@nicowithaC In the past all handguns have been allowed for HG only and RE runs, and while the magnum is iffy, it might be necessary for harder difficulties. Just allowing the Lemi doesn't make much sense really, all handguns should be allowed that aren't NG+ items, so the lemi, 1911, and the V61.

Yes, it's fine to run with a controller on PC.

I've been routing Casual HG only so far. I only use handguns for everything except where you are forced to use something else (Heisenburg fight, the targeting laser, ect.) I don't open boxes with knifes, I just pray it's HG ammo or money. I haven't done anything above casual but I can see Normal being done HG only. I agree that magnum might be necessary above that. I HIGHLY doubt that VoS can be completed HG only, but I would love to proved wrong lol.

I love running HG only, I did it for RE2R/3R and I would love for it to be a CE run here.

I don't really see a reason to unpause the timer during FPS menus. I don't feel it's necessary to time it because it's not the same as if you were doing a menu in game to equip something or like when you have to examine items, like the animal skull. I don't think it was an issue in RE7 and I don't really see it being one here either.

I highly doubt there will be a 60/120 split for this game. The only reason it was a thing in RE2R was because of knife memes and there were different routes between the fps categories. As far as I can tell, and anyone feel free to correct me, nothing important seems to be tied to fps anyways.

By joystick do you mean a controller? If so then yeah that is fine.

Yeah, there isn't anything really added to a speedrun by killing Nemmy in RE3R. As @MaterialBurst said, we won't be adding it as a category.

I'm in full support of this. The requirements for the save seem solid and this allows everyone to do NGH if they wish. I know I don't run this much, but I plan on doing NGH when I come back to it and it would be nice to have more runners for it with it being more accessible.

Hey there,

Yes you will be fine. As long as it doesn't go higher than 121 you are good. It's okay for the FPS to fluctuate and pretty normal. A lot of people can't run the game at a constant 120 FPS.

Gotcha. Yeah it seems like using the camera is good because of stunlocking enemies.

Full on RNG eh :monkaS: oh well, still going to put together some loose notes to help me run it haha. I guess the idea would be to get a character with at least 2 competence then. Is it possible for your first character to have the stats necessary?

So this game looks pretty fun and I want to give it a shot. Going to make some notes for shopping and what not before I do. I was wondering if the re-rolling employee is rng or do you get the same result every time?

I don't believe there is a way to do this on controller. You just have to get good at pushing the button faster.