06-05-2013, 09:22 AM
Not to be seen in a general light. Basically, once you've been through a game once or more, and have seen everything there is to see in the "normal" way, how do you approach your replays?
I personally try to find ways to either break the game, or make the game faster.
Breaking the Game
-Not to be taken literally. What falls under this category are bugs that developers didn't catch, by doing absurd things, such as bugs that mess up the maps and stuff. This can be enteraining all on its own to see what kind of crazy things can happen. A perfect example of this is using Link's Awakening's (Original) screen skipping glitch to get onto the top of the Southern Face Shrine. If you enter the door from the top side, the game starts to read RAM as ROM and all sorts of crazy things happen. The map bases are those of the official maps, such as Tail Cave, but the graphics are all messed up, and the treasure chests all contain shovels (but you can only open one once.)
Make the Game Faster
-Can go hand in hand with speedrunning if it's that sort of thing, but namely, glitches or in-game exploits that can be used in your favor. For example, any version of Final Fantasy 2 (The REAL FF2, not USA's ultimate naming screwup of all time). If you constantly attack an enemy, doing 0 damage, you still gain weapon exp, and can max out the levels quick. You can also make it even easier by putting the weapons on the characters' "bad" hand, so that the damage and number of hits are decreased.
I personally try to find ways to either break the game, or make the game faster.
Breaking the Game
-Not to be taken literally. What falls under this category are bugs that developers didn't catch, by doing absurd things, such as bugs that mess up the maps and stuff. This can be enteraining all on its own to see what kind of crazy things can happen. A perfect example of this is using Link's Awakening's (Original) screen skipping glitch to get onto the top of the Southern Face Shrine. If you enter the door from the top side, the game starts to read RAM as ROM and all sorts of crazy things happen. The map bases are those of the official maps, such as Tail Cave, but the graphics are all messed up, and the treasure chests all contain shovels (but you can only open one once.)
Make the Game Faster
-Can go hand in hand with speedrunning if it's that sort of thing, but namely, glitches or in-game exploits that can be used in your favor. For example, any version of Final Fantasy 2 (The REAL FF2, not USA's ultimate naming screwup of all time). If you constantly attack an enemy, doing 0 damage, you still gain weapon exp, and can max out the levels quick. You can also make it even easier by putting the weapons on the characters' "bad" hand, so that the damage and number of hits are decreased.