I don't much care for Madden, that's why I didn't bring it up, plus, no sense in having the Madden fanboys out for my blood.
I did, however, see a Madden back covering like 10 years. Dunno why you would want to do that, or who'd be dumb enough for buy it. _________________ John R. Gibson
Host/Writer/Creator Video Masters TV
"The whole planet Houston?" -General Zod
"Am I supposed to conduct with my penis?" -Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
"What does God need with a starship?" - Star Trek V
It's out in America today. Hopefully it will hit Europe this Friday.
If anybody has a chance to try it, let me know how it is (just don't spoil the boss order).
It got a good review on IGN. They said that it was almost as good as 2 or 3 and that even though it followed the formula, the level design was good enough to keep things fresh.
They also announced Protoman as a downloadable character. I'm not too keen on DLC, especially when it's something that should have been in the game in the first place. Still, all together, it's 1200 Wii points. For me that's still a good price for this game.
Also, there are probably a few Mega Man purists who don't think Protoman should be playable, shouldn't be a part of the main game - it's a Mega Man game, Mega Man should be the only playable character.
I know I didn't like it when they introduced Axl (and to a lesser extent Zero) as playable characters in the Mega Man X games. _________________ http://www.what-song.net http://www.rogershanks.com
It came out on Friday here on the Virtual Console. I downloaded it at midnight on Thursday and have been playing it for the last few days.
I really like it. It's pretty obvious I wanted to like it before playing it but even still it exceeds my expectations. I think it might well be my favourite in the series (I'll wait till I finish it before I commit to that).
Quick Review:
What's Good:
- The Level design is the best in the series - honestly the best 2D platforming I've done in a while. Really unique levels that stand out from anything that's been in the series so far.
- Story. The story's lame but it's still cool to have the cutscenes between levels. They're funny, not really taking themselves too seriously, without being too much of a joke.
- Challenges. I'm not an Achievement whore (I think that's the term). I don't need a 'Gamer Score' to prove I like playing games. But even still, Challenges help add to the value of a game. It's cool to aim for these things and to achieve them (Like get through a whole level without getting hit or Beat a Robot Master with just the Buster etc.). Mega Man's already an intense gameplaying experience but this makes it doubly so.
- Time Trials. I'm not nearly good enough to be a ranked Mega Man speedrunner but I do enjoy trying to get a personal best. It's also cool that now speedrunning is regulated. People have been speedrunning for years but in this game all the rankings are guaranteed to be genuine (and not tool assisted).
- Back to Mega Man 2 style gameplay. I never liked the slide or the charge shot and I'm glad that they're gone. With the slide, gameplay was sloppy and loose. Without it, it's really twitch-gameplay - relying on micro-adjustments to left and right and calculated jumps. I prefer proper run and jump twitch-platforming to the Mega Man 3 style of game.
What's Bad:
- Weapons. The weapons are all pretty cool but they're not that unique. The Laser Trident is just a weapon you shoot - really just a better version of the normal gun with a different graphic. Other weapons shoot in different directions or home in on targets. They're good but I wish they were more unique (like the Metal Blade or the Crash Bomber etc.)
- DLC. I said earlier that I don't mind Proto Man being DLC. That's cool. But now it looks like they're charging for harder difficulties. I think it's crazy to charge for a higher difficulty mode. That's definitely somthing that should be included in the game.
I'm glad that this game was made and it definitely sets the series back on the track of the earlier (the best) games.
This game is definitely in the the top 2 Mega Man games (maybe the top spot) and one of the greatest games ever made.
But after this game, I'm starting to side with John. Maybe 9's enough. I don't know where they can take it from here. They can still make great platforming levels but is that enough to justify a wholly new game.
I don't think they should make any more games in the series (at least not without some kind of change or at least a better story). I do want to play some new Mega Man - It's always fun to learn a new level. But if they make new levels, they may aswell just release them as downloadable expansion packs to this game instead of as a new game.
(They'd most likely use alot of the same assets and the same engine, so why not just make them expansions. It might actually be cool to release a couple of new levels a month for a few years. It would definitely keep the game alive and would keep people aiming for the new rankings).
But after this game, I'm starting to side with John. Maybe 9's enough. I don't know where they can take it from here. They can still make great platforming levels but is that enough to justify a wholly new game.
I don't think they should make any more games in the series (at least not without some kind of change or at least a better story). I do want to play some new Mega Man - It's always fun to learn a new level. But if they make new levels, they may as well just release them as downloadable expansion packs to this game instead of as a new game.
Maybe sometime, I'll show the viewers some hacked roms of Mega Man. When I looked at the mm9 videos, that's what it looks like to me. A hacked rom of any of the 6 Mega man games for the NES. I think hacked roms are still a decent piece of entertainment, even something like Zelda Classic (not really a hack). Even though it's PC based, you're taking LOZ to unexplored areas of gameplay. Maybe the same could be done with Mega Man without changing it into some freaky futuristic kiddy anime style crap. _________________ John R. Gibson
Host/Writer/Creator Video Masters TV
"The whole planet Houston?" -General Zod
"Am I supposed to conduct with my penis?" -Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
"What does God need with a starship?" - Star Trek V
The Problem I have with rom hacks is that there is no professional polish on most of them.
They're usually incomplete and buggy, sometimes resembling the original game too much.
Also, for some reason, people always try to make them way too hard. I'm up for a challenge but sometimes it's just impossible.
There's a Link to the Past hack called Parrallel Worlds. You have to go through the entire first dungeon with three hearts and no sword. The dungeon itself is about as hard as one of the later dungeons in the original game, so it's a real challenge.
I'd rather leave Capcom in charge of Mega Man. Rom hacks are cool but they're normally a shallower experience.
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