The Surge 2: Any% -

[@avp076]

I just finished this game myself, very fun to see the speedrun after. GG!

[@gabrielwilliam7812]

every single the surge speedrunner deserves respect

[@phillipjames7142]

That's going a little far haha

[@jace_bellend]

Great run, made it look easy

[@FlyingBystander]

Fresh meat! . . . 3 years later, is it though? Enjoyed the run

[@Blue_cosmicsouls]

AWESOME 🤩👍 I love this game so much that I wanted to get into speedrunning, but when I see your run, I cry.. 😱 😂🤣

[@phillipjames7142]

There's definitely room for improvements. I would have gone back myself to do better but sometime in early 2021 there were multiple OpenGL/Vulkan patches for this game on Steam that completely decimated the performance of the game for me. I usually check it out every 6 months to see if they unscrewed it, but it seems like it's going to be left in this state. :(

[@ImaHappy]

@@phillipjames7142 Finally playable now with a 4090 :D

[@its-ameed1422]

Great run. I use It as a boss guide.

[@josee6307]

Lo hizo más rápido aún, porque el contador le contaba las pantallas de carga. Eres realmente genial.

[@djtoxicdhg]

I just started playing this game last week absolutely a blast 5x beter than the surge 1 I'm blown away just a bummer I can't seem to fined enyone speed run this game on NG+. Ps good run bro 👌👍

[@biddlybongwong]

That Ezra boss on new game plus was a tough one

[@lenuarr]

1 minute for the archangel Eli, nice.

[@Beduw]

Damn sick run man. GG

[@phillipjames7142]

Any% guide I made that you can use, features boss strats: docs.google.com/document/d/1AIkMDsaH4baxcWjvUdkQxyQeQFQ0JN7iDhiQbQC94XM/edit?usp=sharing

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

Gonna use this as a guide!! Never speedran before, but I'll figure it out. Fantastic job!

[@phillipjames7142]

There's a written guide in the description. Good luck!

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

@@phillipjames7142 ooh, I didn't notice that! Thanks a lot! I think the first major hurdle for me will be the blocking, because it seems like I can never get block timing right. That will need a lot of practice.

[@jacksim5759]

sweet run, hope a threequel comes out soon

[@duda-lh1te]

Is that "Ninjas play free" on his timer a reference to warframe or is it just my mind playing games with me?

[@phillipjames7142]

Yep, it's a Warframe reference, due to the final boss' getup.

[@felixfrechette6616]

And here i thought the combat in his game was hard

[@manueljammers4747]

16:00 wtf ^^

[@granatachefumasa180]

Nice ✊😎

[@yanSama0]

Nice job there! i would like to discuss with you the glitches

[@phillipjames7142]

Ask away

[@chriscarver631]

"Ask away" *never answers back*

[@GriffyWdaGrippy]

Bro just gave up on asking about the glitches

[@Zu_CCer]

lmao 💀💀💀

[@Ashanmaril]

Wait is Ezra Shields actually voiced by the voice actor for Geralt? As soon as I heard his voice I thought "holy cow that sounds exactly like Geralt!" I looked it up just now and the Fextralife wiki claims it's him, but that's with how reliable Fextralife is. Nowhere else mentions it, including his imdb page

[@phillipjames7142]

I too looked into this a while back and going by the lack of a credit on Doug Cockle and Surge 2's IMDB pages you'd have to say it's not him. It's a very good soundalike though. I think he also voices the Cloud 9 barman 'Highball' and maybe a few generic enemies.

[@Ashanmaril]

@@phillipjames7142 What was even weirder was literally right before this boss fight I was thinking about how the whole “child of destiny” plotline in this game was a bit cliche because a bunch of other stuff has already done it, and I thought “she’s basically the Ciri of this game” Then I walk into the boss room and start hearing Geralt. Anyway, great job with the run! Lots of fun to watch. Some of those quick boss kills were amazing

[@moixamuspayne5960]

In your Google Doc you mention getting t Lil Johnny's Forceps Mk3 how do you get those?

[@phillipjames7142]

You'll instantly get them upon defeating Little Johnny if you've obtained and equipped a Mk2 weapon prior to his fight.

[@MalcolmCrouch]

Do you plan on doing an anniversary run to see if you can shorten it a little

[@phillipjames7142]

I'd love to, last I checked in early 2021 they were doing bizarre Open GL patches which made performance on my PC worse during action sequences (i.e. the important bits). Maybe I should re-download it and see if they've unscrewed that.

[@MalcolmCrouch]

@@phillipjames7142 That would be awesome, its such an enjoyable game to watch people speedrun and i feel its been a decent amount of time since anyone has shortened the WR, might be about time :)

[@dzhbby]

Why are you able to sprint without your exo rig before the officer fight im confused by that Edit: great run tho

[@phillipjames7142]

If you set your L3 button to Run/Evade, you can run before the ExoSuit.

[@dzhbby]

@@phillipjames7142 you mean to say that.... run isn't naturally bound to that? I never played on pad lmao

[@GriffyWdaGrippy]

@@dzhbby no, it's bound to A, or X depending on what console

[@dariusi4046]

I thought you had to destroy the General's flame canister in phase 2 to get the 2.0 gloves.

[@theone6669]

get a new mic and stop the breathing on the mic omg !!!

[@phillipjames7142]

How about you stop breathing in general?

[@djtoxicdhg]

@@phillipjames7142 you just ended that kids hool corer!