[TAS] Linux Axiom Verge by keylie in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/4008M
TAS originally published on 2019-07-30
Axiom Verge, released in 2015, is a 2D Metroidvania centered around the protagonist Trace, a scientist who finds himself on the world of Sudra after an experiment gone wrong, separated from Earth by a deadly void called the Breach. When Trace arrives on Sudra he finds its civilization collapsed due to the release of a deadly pathogen in the act of biological warfare. With the help of the Rusalki - giant war machines that guard this world - Trace has to uncover the truth behind the fall of Sudra, confront the perpetrator behind it, and return back to his home world across the Breach.
Axiom Verge takes heavy inspiration from early Metroid games and some other platformers of the era and employs a number of unconventional storytelling and gameplay design decisions, and is all-around well-polished. If you enjoy action platformers or exploration-driven games with a solid sci-fi plot, playing through the game before watching the TAS is highly recommended so that the latter 1/4 of it (and especially the 4th boss, Vision) become easier to comprehend.
keylie ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/k... ) improves the previous TAS ( tasvideos.org/3842M ) by almost 3 minutes thanks to getting the grappling hook, better optimisation, and skipping one of the bosses. He completes the game's speedrun mode (which shows an in-game timer and disables all cutscenes) in 25:09.24 by the in-game timer, picking up 15% of items.
Boss times: 02:26.52 (Xedur), 05:39.08 (Telal), 11:02.19 (Uruku), 18:20.54 (Vision), 20:23.42 (Ukhu).

[@PurpleSunTAS]

At first it was a great TAS with fast boss fights, tight movement, and a few cool glitches. And then they got the hookshot. 10/10 what the hell did i just watch

[@TheTedder]

Purple come find another bigass skip in hp

[@dekatonkheir]

Me: oh man i cant for the drone teleport, thats when the run will really open up. Grapple: Allow me to introduce myself

[@ashfalcons44]

this is an underrated comment

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

"Pattern minds can manipulate reality at will" 😳I'd say so

[@Whelkman]

Starts off like Blaster Master, ends up like Sonic.

[@colaptesauratus]

her: come visit me, i'm not just a disembodied head anymore me: i can't i'm in my mechanical egg pod her: i'll fire my lasers me: 22:57

[@TM-wn6fj]

15:08 was not expecting that at all

[@occamsbutterknife9186]

HUGE improvement over the previous TAS. Love the new route!

[@PudelMitFoen]

Yes, yes, I understand what happens. 15:06 excuse me what?

[@samuraichilton]

1:03 in....this game looks wild :)

[@VegetaFH1]

Cant believe another glitch would bring this below 25 Just the thought of finishing this below 25 mins .... just fucks with my head

[@CuppaTea101]

Astonishing TAS

[@rodonic01]

Anyone here after Axiom Verge 2 announcement from Nintendo's Indie World Showcase 12.10.2019?

[@blindmuse_9709]

This comment aged really bad huh

[@olsonbryce777]

@@blindmuse_9709 what happened?

[@jess648]

@@olsonbryce777 Its Epic Games Store/PC exclusive now which is absolutely shitty

[@Spoogitywoogums]

15:03 WHAT

[@peterpeter1611]

This game has such great music

[@dngcpx5986]

Grande amigo

[@codejinn4903]

this.is.amazing.

[@MarquisDeSang]

My God this game is good. It manage to be better than all the retro games it is inspired from.

[@jerppursh7570]

yes I like Metriod why do you ask?

[@TM-wn6fj]

16:10 start of the madness

[@samuraichilton]

The TAS is so fast it gets laggy at points. Other than that, it is fun to watch.

[@FuriousMaximum]

Honorable mentions 10:48: Uruku in 12 seconds 15:50 gets grapple instead of going to ukkin-na 16:20 doesnt use snail transport 17:45 Grapple ukkin-na skip 19:50 doesnt get address bomb 20:10: Ukhu in 10 seconds 21:26: Grapple kur skip 22:00 Grapple e-kur-mah skip 23:30: Sentinel skip

[@waynetemplar2183]

The hookshot must have been broken in my game because it never could do that

[@rarebeeph1783]

The grapple movement the TAS abuses is based on a glitch involving the "lock position" / aim lock button. If you're holding straight up, or diagonally backwards, when the grapple connects, the game logic assumes you're directly under or just to the front of the anchor point respectively, forgetting that the grapple moves continuously when aim lock is held. This lets you do a whole lot of interesting things and makes grapple well worth the 4 minutes it takes to go out of your way for it.

[@livesdoxa]

This game looks cool

[@DrGandW]

It is cool, just beat the final boss for the first time, awesome game with a great sense of combat and waaay more weapons than were shown here lol

[@jess648]

@@DrGandW Sequence breaking is wild

[@DrGandW]

What kinds inputs are making grapple do that?

[@MemeMuseum23]

16:05 oh yeah, it’s turbo time

[@TM-wn6fj]

10:55 prob my fav moment in the first half of the vid

[@richieray04]

Looks like Metroid/Contra/Castlevania to me.

[@ChocolateKuruma]

Towards the end, you can't even see the character anymore. He's just a mess of glitches and explosions.

[@jess648]

The way like 1/2 the game was skipped tho

[@davionblackburn9318]

This game looks different... like Metroid? What's the game title? 🎮

[@Bra1ndon]

Axiom Verge

[@davionblackburn9318]

@@Bra1ndon Got it. Thanks 👍

[@CJHElectro]

metroid/boshy