Sorry if this covers stuff that's already been stated, I just couldn't find anything.

Is there no glitchless/whatever category just due to lack of demand? If so, how different is the current route compared to an optimised glitchless playthrough on PC? I've been considering attempting a run but my knowledge is pretty limited to intended features, lmao.

Out of Bounds in Royal saves a rather low amount of time in that effectively a "glitchless" category would be almost the same as a "glitched" run of this. The route doesn't change really at all between the two runs it's just you skip over certain fights. On PS4/PC the out of bounds saves roughly 15-17 minutes, depending on platform due to the speed at which dialogue/loads pass between those platforms, with PC saving less than PS4 due to this.

On Remaster console however, due to the 60fps preventing several OOB, it comes out to save approximately 5 minutes or so.

I'd say it's a coupling of lack of demand and just sort of silly to separate for these reasons alone. In my opinion with this game it's far too low a difference to make a completely separate category, especially when on Remaster Console for instance the difference would be skipping over 3 very fast and easy fights only.

I see, that makes sense - thanks!