Ghosts?
I recently got this game again on Switch after beating it on PC a few years ago, but I can't seem to figure out how to race against a ghost from the leaderboard or a friends time. In fact, I can't even seem to filter the leaderboard for friends. I thought I had been able to do all of this on the PC version, but I can't find a way on Switch. Is this in the game or am I just mis-remembering entirely?
Posted Jan 3, 2022, 3:51 AM UTC
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There is no ghost's feature, although it would be awesome it would also give away shortcuts hence why it wasn't originally added and would now require a whole rewrite of the game to make it possible.
As for friends leaderboards, those only show up if you have a friend who plays it on the same platform, as leaderboards aren't cross platform due to some platforms restrictions. To prevent extra unnecessary information the friends leaderboards aren't shown by default
Gotcha, thank you! I never thought about it giving away routes, but that's also why I kind of would like it. It would be cool to see friends times and the ghost of the route to try to beat their time down the same path. I do this with racing games as a form of asymmetric multiplayer and it's a lot of fun. I think Steep does the same thing and it's a similar concept to LM:D.
Agreed, it would be cool to have ghost's. If you're looking for the fastest routes though in the Discord server they have there is a #speedrunning channel. Well worth it to have a look at the runs there! Not exactly the same as ghosts but it almost gives a similar feeling but with world records instead of friends
I think it would be good to be able to race against your own ghost, but only your own. I agree that racing against other people's ghosts would remove the exploration aspect which is a valuable part of the experience.