In the JP version all dialogue boxes draw out 1 character at a time over 1 or 2 seconds, whereas for most text boxes in the NA version the entire box draws out in 1 frame. Illusion of Gaia is one of those rare games where the North American version plays considerably faster than the Japanese version, ironically due to text speed differences.100% in Illusion of Gaia is defined as getting all 50 Red Jewels and defeating Solid Arm in Gem's Mansion.
It's certainly been a long journey both fun (especially running IoG for Summer Games Done Quick 2012 with an awesome couch commentary crew) and frustrating (not the least of which was getting a 2:17:30 run a few days ago that I would have submitted if not for a video capture issue)!
I didn't make it very far in 2010 (just to Freejia or so), but meeting Nitrodon, PJ, and other IoG fans at the first Awesome Games Done Quick marathon in 2011 and talking speedrun strats both at AGDQ and online over the following year motivated me to pick the game back up and sometime in early 2012 I finished my first 100% run (well over 3 hours and with many deaths). Illusion of Gaia was actually the first game I ever speedran, starting in early 2010 after the Classic Games Done Quick marathon inspired me to become more active in the SDA community (before that I'd been watching the runs posted on the site and occasionally lurking the forum since probably 2005 or so). You all make gaming the social and fun experience that it should be! Last but not least, all of my other great friends in the SDA community (Essentia, Mike Uyama, Mercury.Com, Lag.Com, UraniumAnchor, Carcinogen, Emptyeye, Poxnor, Caracarn, and many others).
Halamantariel - for making the Illusion of Gaia 100% TAS that was most helpful at learning optimal routes through towns/dungeons.ĭessyreqt - for discovering the Fisherman's Jewel RNG manipulation, without which I'd probably be looking at dozens of resets between attempts.ĭarkwing Duck, PJ, romscout, fisherrob86, Mecha Richter, RaneOfSoTN, Dragondarch, djtifaheart - for all of the encouragement to keep working on this run on the SDA forum, IRC/Skype, my practice streams, in person, etc.Īll SDA Admins – for all the countless things they do for our great site and community. Nitrodon - for teaching me probably 80% of what I know about Illusion of Gaia speedrunning.