Near the beginning of Routes C/D,
you crash land in the Flooded City as 2B, who then realizes she has been infected with a logic virus.
In an attempt to isolate herself, she decides to make her way to the abandoned commercial facility, which is quite a ways away.
Unfortunately, due to the increasingly bad system failures she experiences, her movements become much harder to control. The worst parts of her condition temporarily prevents her from jumping and can end an otherwise normal jump prematurely, causing her to fall back down, which makes it somewhat difficult to get to the abandoned commercial facility through the normal paths I take.
After running through this chapter a few times and angrily mashing the jump button near short ledges in the hopes I'll regain the ability to jump for a long enough period to climb up, I am wondering if there is a path that is intended to be used that does not require me to make jumps. Does such a path to the abandoned commercial facility exist from the Flooded City, or am I being too optimistic?
Best Answer
After much trial and error, I think I've figured out the easiest way to get to the abandoned commercial facility with minimal jumping. Unfortunately, this path still requires a single jump, but I haven't had any issues with virus infection ruining my jump (yet).
Naturally, there are spoilers related to this part of the game, but the path I took can be seen here.
To summarize the path taken:
Once you emerge from the sewer that leads to the city ruins area from the Flooded City, make an immediate left (not straight ahead or to the right, like I was always inclined to do...), into the hole in the building, then fall one level, but not any further. Run up the ramp to the right, then do a 180 and run up the long ramp. Run past the pillars until you reach the wall of the abandoned building, then turn left. This is the jump that the machines make in the Parade Escort side quest, but you're coming at it from the opposite direction. Wait until you are able to jump, then cross the gap. From this point forward, the way to the commercial facility is extremely simple. You will basically just keep running straight until you get to the bridge to the commercial facility.