Gravity Circuit - Ark 3 Stage Perfect Medal (No powerups, hard modifiers, left doors)

[@ransan]

Now this is gaming

[@DumpsterDonuts]

Godlike.

[@arXiv2311]

Dear friend, excellent job! When you made the longplay in the version without game modifiers, I have already found that the time limit of the final stage is too harsh (without game modifiers, it is 7 minutes) and so I reported this to the developer. But he said that he did a quick test under the same situation as you (hard mode, Fading Onyx, no powerups) and finished it in 6 minutes, 36 seconds and 73 centiseconds. Of course, he took some damage rather than as you did perfectly in this video. But he said all the damage are not intentionally to run faster, and he has done this stage damageless before multiple times. Finally, he said "practice makes perfect" and then did not make change on the time limit of the final stage😅

[@blue5star]

Hi friend, thanks for your comment :D I think the same, this stage has the most strict time limit to get 1000 points while aiming for a perfect medal. Most other stages have more time to do the platforming or beat the bosses in a safe and slower way, and still getting 1000 points. I think the key was defeating Commander Circuit in a faster way, I've watched runs where they are constantly dealing damage to his forehead weak point (my current strategy has some delays between each attack, to prioritize safety). I realized that when you break his forehead, it is better to wait some seconds before attacking again, so it keeps open longer, and I think it worked great in the end. Btw, I did this run about three weeks ago, but I wanted to complete Ark 2 first, and then upload both of them at the same time. So the developer was right, it was not necessary to increase the time limit of this stage, but it pushes you harder if you want to beat it quick. Best regards!

[@arXiv2311]

@@blue5star Hi friend! Thank you for telling me that this video is finished earlier than that of Ark 2. For the strategy of waiting some seconds before attacking again after you break his shield, I am sorry that I feel a little strange. I watched this video again and found that in the first two phases of Commander Circuit, it seems that you did not adopt this strategy, you attacked it immediately instead and it closed very quickly. Maybe I misunderstand your meaning?

[@DumpsterDonuts]

The time limit for the last level use to be 6 mins, but they changed it to 7 in 1.2. It was unbelievably tight

[@arXiv2311]

@@DumpsterDonuts Yes, I know. When I reported the tight time limit to the developer, he also mentioned this and said no further adjustments to target clear times were planned after changing it to 7 minutes.

[@blue5star]

@@arXiv2311 no friend, you understood well, but since the 2nd and 3rd phase are more unpredictable, some times it's better to attack every moment, when possible, because he barely gives you time to think between attacks