I'm just curious of the rules, like,

1. does the world map count toward load times?
2. do cutscenes count towards load times?

And some tips I would like to know are

1. what are some easy ways to beat apollyon?
2. what are some tips on the samurai story? it seems the hardest out of the 3

Thank you for your time

We count as loading the loading per mission and the loading to access to the map, don't worry i calculate the loading for each run. I recommend you to watch my World Record to learn tips that the best way :)

Thank you, and don't worry, I've been doing that already ;P

1. The World Map counts toward load times. If it does not, I want my time recounted cause I'm certain I'd still have the WR.

2. Cutscenes do not count toward load times. All cutscenes until you hit the credits are a part of the run. That's why you can see Ghost and I both trying to skip the cutscenes instantly.

3. Save the poison traps and drop them on Apollyon. They don't hurt you nearly as much as it impacts her. Watch Ghost or I's runs.

4. Samurai Story definitely has some challenges. Some of it being RNG, too. If it's killing your runs, you could run Samurai Story first. Well, 3.1-3.5. But then you're leaving 1.2 up to low RNG with the Commander spike kill.

Yes everything is right and Yes the back to World Map count as load times :)

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