Baten Kaitos Origins Speedrun - Segment 71

This was a truly exceptional segment...well worth the 3 weeks of attempts it took to get. As proof, just look at how much I beat my second best time by at the save.

The fights here were beyond exceptional. For the three main fights, my goal was sub 2:50 combined...I got 2:34. My second best over the last few weeks was 3:01. All three of my fights were probably in the top 10% of runs. In addition, my escape battle was the second fastest possible, only a 10% chance of getting better than this.


Looking in detail at the fights, you'll see how insane they really are. For instance, in the first fight, I luck out and have the foe knock Milly over, so I don't have to sit through her attack (yet still maintain the MP gained from it), saving 3-5 seconds. Guillo only gets knocked down once, and even then I managed to have a very fast fight. I'd say about 40% of my fights are 1:10+, 20% from 1:00-1:10, 20% from :56-:59, and 10% from :54 down.

Even everything outside the battles was great. I got caught on no edges and made no noticable mistakes. I did have a bit of a good luck/bad luck moment after the third fight: what I usually do is slip through the small gap between the machina and table, but about a third of the time I fail the trick and get caught in a fight, ruining the run. I am always super nervous about this part, so to have the machina move right, closing the gap, and forcing me to take the long way around was actually a bit of a relief, even if it cost 1-2 seconds.

Many places were potential run ruiners. The escalators are, as always, a massive pain. Pretty much any room I could fail my heartwing dashes and get stuck in exhaustion. If I mash too fast after the floor collapses in Block B, I'll get a "walking while talking" glitch that prevents me from exiting the room. It is really easy to get stuck on an edge in a few places, especially the falling block room. The Heartwing Maze is easy to mess up in. If I go too fast I make the wrong dialogue choices at the window. And of course, those damn battles caused restart after restart.

In summary: I'm really, really, really happy with this segment, it is definitely one of the best of the run and well worth the effort.

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[engrishlessons]

Very impressive time up to this point. :)

[Yuglyoshi]

Oh good you finally got it done. Can't wait to see the rest, but sad it's coming to and end :(

[Iced1992]

I'm just a Baten Kaitos layman, but that certainly looked mighty impressive. Good job, mate.

[ChronoPaladin91]

At first I got confused with the deck change.

I liked the escape method.

Can't wait to see the end of your speedrun!