Syphon Filter - Theory TAS #2 -

Updated, faster version from 2023 here: • Syphon Filter - Theory...
This a theory TAS created with savestates and real-time play. It is intended to show what a highly optimized run using only RTA-viable strats would look like. It mostly avoids strats with high risk/low success rate, gets ideal RNG, and takes some safety weapon and armor pickups. It's played on Bizhawk, which has PS1-similar load times that have been tested alongside a PS2 standard disc speed run to be 1m05s slower. -- Watch live at / baronhaynes

[@AlejoGoVegan]

This is such a good game and the TAS speedrun is really well done, I would like to see more love for this game.
Good job dude.

[@vladislavepstein]

Thank you for the nostalgia of childhood! This is one of my favorite games of that time! Peace to you! Hello from Russia!

[@ragnarock6610]

Great speedrun. Also for future attempts at 17:53 when screen begins to fade, you may kill Mara Aramov. This will make Lian say failure words " ... Mara needs alive" Which is shorter than standart conversation. It will save you about 3-6 seconds.

[@Baronhaynes]

Interesting, I'll have to look into this! Thank you :)

[@Firewolf702]

absolutely insane

[@najafhabibov]

Great speedrun!

[@Somebody_M]

He is not afraid to die

[@proa007]

So the only question now is: Who breaks the sound barrier first in a regular run?

[@Matrix-xp6sc]

Nice run!!!! How long have you been training this game? xD

[@Gran.Turismo_Syphon.Filter_Mod]

Hi... Could I use your footage of the first three levels for a my video?

[@Gran.Turismo_Syphon.Filter_Mod]

24:27 Nice skip!

[@andyhinkle]

30:25 What does the random shotgun blasts do?

[@emanolova]

maybe to get the scientist out of the room, and kill him downstairs, or just one more Speedruners mania haha

[@Baronhaynes]

@@emanolova Yeah, shooting here makes the scientist at the end of the hallway leave the room and run downstairs. You can see him as a blue dot on the radar as I'm running down the ramp and into the back-room labs. He's the one running in circles around the boxes at 31:19.

[@andyhinkle]

5:13 How did you obtain grenades?

[@Baronhaynes]

If you switch from certain level-unique items (C4, keycard, viral antigen) to a 2-handed weapon during certain animations (a roll, falling off a ledge into a stumble), the game will get confused and equip both at the same time. For some reason, those level-unique items behave like grenades, probably due to their position in the inventory menu.
The way I do it in Destroyed Subway (5:03) is roll, then hold select and press R2 twice to switch from C4 to the M-16 before the roll finishes. The M-16 behaves normally during 3rd person firing, but also throws grenades in 1st person view. I have to use an awkward grip to perform the roll/swap, which I do again in Rhoemer's Base (19:46) to disable the motion sensors without having to go through the fence.
There are other weapon combinations and ways to get grenades in other level chains (like Pharcom Expo Center), but I couldn't make them useful in a speedrun. Hope this helps!

[@andyhinkle]

@@Baronhaynes Whoa.. sick man. Gonna try this today

[@jackjax7921]

I hope Resident Evil speedrunners do the same.

[@coreyvickery5083]

Any movement on this since late 2018?

[@Baronhaynes]

I'm working on relearning the game and exploring some new things, my Twitch account is twitch.tv/baronhaynes, but it will be sporadic over the next few weeks

[@jackjax7921]

What if you fell on the ledge after you shot Mara at 17:54 exactly at the blackout ? 😂😂😂