The barrenness of lap 2 is definitely a deliberate decision. People die when they are killed. It's the cost of war. The Victory Run is tomorrow. If you want all the characters to follow you in escape, you'll want to defeat Pizzaface again first. Otherwise, you can just use the door to the final level. Congratulations!
re: description i think you're the first person i've seen say that about lap 2, and i'm glad to finally hear it from somebody else. "striking" is absolutely the word for it
Something that not a lot a folks might consider is doing the secrets on the 2nd lap in this one -- at least the ones where not having a gun could be faster -- could be an argument for the empty lap 2 thing.
part of me hopes raocow attempts to P Rank Crumbling Tower via the final boss so that we properly get a credits sequence along with a brand new judgement to go along with all the P's and S's, though I kinda doubt it'd happen, due to the final boss being rather lengthy, and a little annoying. Still, it's a fun thought, though. Whenever I replay this game, I always save the Face-Off achievement for last, so that I get that nice little credits sequence as I wind down from 100%ing the game again.
War as a level preys upon you having not mastered peppino's controls and nuances yet. After P ranking everything else it turns from a final frontier into something much more managable.
If there was a likely culprit for your running out of time on the first attempt, I'd put it as the failed rocket run because of that unblasted target box. That probably cost you 6-8 seconds, which probably would've been enough to get to the door.
(0:01) 99%! The finish line is just over the hill! (0:12) "Savant" is now a canon verb. :P (2:22) Yeah, it's probably okay if that secret waits until Lap 2, unless you actually need the gun for it. (3:11) Zap. D'oh, first failure today. (3:21) Yep, gotta make sure you destroy all of the target blocks that'll be in your way. (5:29) Now to scout out the gunless Lap 2. (5:32) Doesn't change the music, and you get a bonus 2½ minutes added to your clock from the terminals in this room. But, those are the only time extensions you'll get. (6:40) Yeah, having the gun here would help, so it's best to get this secret during Lap 1. (7:58) 30 seconds left! HARRY UP! (8:28) Time over... KA-BLAMMO!!! (8:43) Start of the winning run. (10:03) Yeah, getting that secret done during Lap 1 while you have the gun is better. (13:03) Lap 2! And, you've got just over 3 minutes to complete it. (14:17) Nice preemptive supertaunt there! (15:16) Ding! Score reached the threshold you needed for the P! (15:23) Whoa, that was really close, and you didn't have another supertaunt charged, but you just barely saved the combo there anyway. (15:44) 30 seconds left, but the goal's right there! (15:47) FINISH!!! P-rank get on just the second try today! Obtained three new clothes, and completed two chef tasks! Awesome! (16:34) Goldmane was for clearing every Chef Task room. That's really neat. (16:41) TV Purple is for all P-ranks, of course. (16:47) And, Golden God is for getting every S-rank. (17:06) Yep, gotta change that tower's A to one final P to wrap this up.
War might seem imposing for P ranking, at first, given the difficulty most people likely have with it their first time beating it, but it really isn't that bad for P ranking. Since the entire basis of the level is beating it under a tight time limit, it has a relatively simple, straightforward design compared to the other levels of its tier (Gerome is basically the only thing you really have to go out of your way for, and even he's almost right next to the main path). And it's a route you've already learned just by learning to beat it, whereas with other levels you might have to figure out the best route for a P rank as opposed to just beating it,
I think I said this the first time WAR came around, but 101% Speedrunners (all squares, which ends up requiring all P-Ranks) will do the secrets for WAR on the second lap, because of how the Gun changes Peppino's movement.
3:53 That Cardboard Tank is very annoyingly placed and will hit you, if you don't know it's coming. 4:34 Sometimes they do like the one at 4:01, but usually they don't. 4:52 That Kentucky Bomber often likes to drop a bomb at the EXACT time I try to go past him. Judging by the animation he was about to drop a bomb on you, but he got scared. 7:40 - 7:48 I've lost my combo here by not being able to hit/kill any clones. You just need to get lucky I guess. 8:28 It was an accumulation of many small time losses, which accounted to a lot of lost time. 10:58 The leftmost Cardboard Tank in the second secret sometimes hits you, but is unlikely to make you lose your combo thankfully. WAR may be the hardest level to beat, but is deceptively easy to P rank (second try is still impressive). If you're good enough, you can get a P rank while having more than a minute left on the timer.
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War may never change but the second time definitely gives you a different feeling
The barrenness of lap 2 is definitely a deliberate decision. People die when they are killed. It's the cost of war.
The Victory Run is tomorrow. If you want all the characters to follow you in escape, you'll want to defeat Pizzaface again first. Otherwise, you can just use the door to the final level. Congratulations!
re: description
i think you're the first person i've seen say that about lap 2, and i'm glad to finally hear it from somebody else. "striking" is absolutely the word for it
the thing about WAR is once you've got the level layout down you're pretty much unstoppable
16:50
you definitely did not have Goldmanne, you just unlocked it
Something that not a lot a folks might consider is doing the secrets on the 2nd lap in this one -- at least the ones where not having a gun could be faster -- could be an argument for the empty lap 2 thing.
13:36 that was slick
part of me hopes raocow attempts to P Rank Crumbling Tower via the final boss so that we properly get a credits sequence along with a brand new judgement to go along with all the P's and S's, though I kinda doubt it'd happen, due to the final boss being rather lengthy, and a little annoying.
Still, it's a fun thought, though. Whenever I replay this game, I always save the Face-Off achievement for last, so that I get that nice little credits sequence as I wind down from 100%ing the game again.
but you can restart Crumbling Tower of Pizza without having to restart the boss, so it shouldn't be an issue
War as a level preys upon you having not mastered peppino's controls and nuances yet.
After P ranking everything else it turns from a final frontier into something much more managable.
If there was a likely culprit for your running out of time on the first attempt, I'd put it as the failed rocket run because of that unblasted target box. That probably cost you 6-8 seconds, which probably would've been enough to get to the door.
War's over soldier
this level's theme is soooo goood. I also like how this level is apparently PizzaFace's Peppino/John Pillar cloning facility?
shoutout siivagunner's mashup with Waters of Nazareth, that version beats the original for me.
(0:01) 99%! The finish line is just over the hill!
(0:12) "Savant" is now a canon verb. :P
(2:22) Yeah, it's probably okay if that secret waits until Lap 2, unless you actually need the gun for it.
(3:11) Zap. D'oh, first failure today.
(3:21) Yep, gotta make sure you destroy all of the target blocks that'll be in your way.
(5:29) Now to scout out the gunless Lap 2.
(5:32) Doesn't change the music, and you get a bonus 2½ minutes added to your clock from the terminals in this room. But, those are the only time extensions you'll get.
(6:40) Yeah, having the gun here would help, so it's best to get this secret during Lap 1.
(7:58) 30 seconds left! HARRY UP!
(8:28) Time over... KA-BLAMMO!!!
(8:43) Start of the winning run.
(10:03) Yeah, getting that secret done during Lap 1 while you have the gun is better.
(13:03) Lap 2! And, you've got just over 3 minutes to complete it.
(14:17) Nice preemptive supertaunt there!
(15:16) Ding! Score reached the threshold you needed for the P!
(15:23) Whoa, that was really close, and you didn't have another supertaunt charged, but you just barely saved the combo there anyway.
(15:44) 30 seconds left, but the goal's right there!
(15:47) FINISH!!! P-rank get on just the second try today! Obtained three new clothes, and completed two chef tasks! Awesome!
(16:34) Goldmane was for clearing every Chef Task room. That's really neat.
(16:41) TV Purple is for all P-ranks, of course.
(16:47) And, Golden God is for getting every S-rank.
(17:06) Yep, gotta change that tower's A to one final P to wrap this up.
This was my first P rank that I got accidentally.
I was just going for s ranks but I was just very lucky :D
You're kind of amazing Rc. Well played so far.
War might seem imposing for P ranking, at first, given the difficulty most people likely have with it their first time beating it, but it really isn't that bad for P ranking. Since the entire basis of the level is beating it under a tight time limit, it has a relatively simple, straightforward design compared to the other levels of its tier (Gerome is basically the only thing you really have to go out of your way for, and even he's almost right next to the main path). And it's a route you've already learned just by learning to beat it, whereas with other levels you might have to figure out the best route for a P rank as opposed to just beating it,
That was slick!
15:48 you indeed got quite a lot of shirts clothes as you predicted at 0:45
Forget Sonic, Peppino is The Fastest Thing Ali-yee-ive
I think I said this the first time WAR came around, but 101% Speedrunners (all squares, which ends up requiring all P-Ranks) will do the secrets for WAR on the second lap, because of how the Gun changes Peppino's movement.
There is always Anton Blast which follows a similar playstyle but before that is one last task and "The Noise"...
3:53 That Cardboard Tank is very annoyingly placed and will hit you, if you don't know it's coming.
4:34 Sometimes they do like the one at 4:01, but usually they don't.
4:52 That Kentucky Bomber often likes to drop a bomb at the EXACT time I try to go past him. Judging by the animation he was about to drop a bomb on you, but he got scared.
7:40 - 7:48 I've lost my combo here by not being able to hit/kill any clones. You just need to get lucky I guess.
8:28 It was an accumulation of many small time losses, which accounted to a lot of lost time.
10:58 The leftmost Cardboard Tank in the second secret sometimes hits you, but is unlikely to make you lose your combo thankfully.
WAR may be the hardest level to beat, but is deceptively easy to P rank (second try is still impressive). If you're good enough, you can get a P rank while having more than a minute left on the timer.