MGS4 New Game Big Boss Emblem Speedrun: 3 Faster Methods for Confinement Facility (left-hand route)

Act 4: Part 2 will be on the way soon.

In the meantime my thoughts were directed to a rather weak Confinement Facility section used in my current speedrun. I thought that a prior test had revealed to me that the road route is equivalent to the high-path & that either of these options will suffice. At the time all my Stuns were allocated & I didn't have any spare for this section, knowing full well that 1 could be used to speed it up if available. I also thought that selecting the Mk.2 would just add time. This is clearly not the case.
I believed that some changes were possible after I made the discovery (which jinguji of Japan has also discovered on his own) near the end of Act 2 about the XM25 (explosive weaponry knocking enemies down, but not killing them). Only yesterday did I consider testing it elsewhere. I would now use a single shot from the XM25 on the guards at the staircase in Vista Mansion & run on without detection.

All 3 of the new Confinement Facility methods save 3 seconds (Technically I lost 1 second selecting the Mk.2 on method 1, but if it was equipped at the start then the time is the same as the other 2)

The menu & weapon selections would now happen earlier rather than when shown previously. The menu would be in Vista Mansion (due in part to the Masterkey collection) as the Stun (used in 1:39:03 run) is traded for a single shot of the XM25. The Stun would be used in the Confinement Facility instead.
Combining the time saved at the Facility with the improvement at Vista Mansion would lead to a saving of a further 5 or 6 seconds on my current time. I wont redo all those sections again now though. If anything, one of these methods will be used in a future New Game Speedrun of mine. My final time would be as good as 5 or 6 seconds faster now.

The left-hand Confinement Facility route now produces a faster checkpoint time at the Frogs in comparison to the right-hand route.

Link to the right-hand method:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caFoDVHlKX8&feature=channel_page

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[nero7672]

man those 2 headshots in the beginning....

just WOW!! keep up the good work mate :)

[MosaicJ]

Thanks mate! :D I'm glad you like it. Will do.

[MultiFireHound]

one detail u could use a smoke instead of a stun grenade in the 2 final methods

[Skoder007]

I hope mgs5 will be all kojima, cuz I am afraid that if somebody else takes over. Then it can go the other way. And its stupid that if hideo quits, cuz he have made this great game for 20 year and the everything can fall down like a house of cards. But I think they are playing with us. Cuz first he said no more mgs and now maby and..... I dont know but I like the thrill of it.

[MosaicJ]

Rolling is faster at the exit because it allows Snake to stretch his reach via the dive. His hands become the first point of contact to trigger the end.

According to a recent Japanese gaming mag's interview, he will be overseeing far more of the next game than he initially expected. :D

[Skoder007]

Thanx my friend, no but I think running is mutch faster but when your near the exit of a level then rolling is I think mutch faster. And somtime I just want to shake hideo kojimas hand for really making a great game. And I hope that mgs never dies and that hideo allways makes it. I know that can sound big but play his games and you will see what I am talking about. And the loading button I dont think that it wouldent been so big problem, cuz you know nothing is impossible...

[MosaicJ]

Running is faster. Rolling always adds a second to your time, unless its use equals running or saves more time than the 1 second needed for a roll.

Thanks mate. I am. I really like the game. It's made so well & the potential for diversity is huge.

Maybe it caused problems loading a game whilst still in a game.

[Skoder007]

Heres a good question, is it faster to do a roll or just run. I think running cuz when you roll snake uses more time to stand up. Sometime you just want to try. And by the way you knoced that second guy without aiming no thats skills. Nice I seen that your really into this game. And yeah they should have made a shortcut of load button in when you press pause. Cuz its so boring to got to main title and load from there.

[MosaicJ]

I like the first one too. They are all the same in terms of speed, according to the timer in MGS4.

[Skoder007]

I think that the first is not only better but faster, the last one did take some 2 seconds more or somthing like that.