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Mega Man Community Thread | It's not over yet! -Cancelled- WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOR!?
- Thread starter Kokonoe
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Go with MM2 unless you don't mind playing through the series in order. 1's decent but has tons of issues that 2 fixed.
Yeah, I'd probably choose that even though I wanted to battle the Yellow Devil.
Lightning Lord
Banned
BassForever
Member
Always get all the mega man games!
They are still Mega Man games. I for one pretty much like the entire Classic series roughly equally. I consider any variation in quality to be minor at most, particularly compared to the unevenness of the X series. I suppose other peoples' tastes will vary, but I think it is worth giving them a shot.
Karakato_001
Neo Member
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Missed this. I'll have to give it a whirl after the steam sale 
Holy Order Sol
Member
Game's been kicking my ass. The music is great and they nailed the physics though.
Also playing MM with an arcade stick feels so right.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Thanks for the link. I'll try it out a little later when it's not so hot around here.
Looking forward to the music.
Nice to see Xtreme 2 showing up on the eShop.
URGH. So after trying and trying to get through Sigma's 2nd form as Zero in X4, I hand it over to my brother for a minute to rest my hands and let him take a crack at it and he BLOWS MY SUB TANK on it.
And this is AFTER he'd wasted one fighting the regular bosses.
His trigger happy waste basically had me just up and be like "I quit."
And this is AFTER he'd wasted one fighting the regular bosses.
His trigger happy waste basically had me just up and be like "I quit."
For clarity's sake, are you talking about the version of Sigma right after the cloaked one, where he is wielding the hammer? Since I was a kid, I thought that form of Sigma was one of the hardest in the series. However, when I challenged the game last year or so using un-upgraded X, I discovered that if you really pay attention to his tricks, he becomes shockingly simple. I was actually a little disappointed, since I had hyped that version of Sigma up so much much in my brain. I was still summerly crushed by X4 Sigma's final form.
The trick is
that Sigma throws the hammer straight at you. That means that you can control whether or not it hits the floor or wall, which in turn determines which subsequent attack pattern Sigma uses. One of the attack patterns is much easier to dodge than the other.
He's a sinch as X, yes, but as Zero he's a little harder, since dodging his shoulder boomerangs is a pain. Really, though, he isn't THAT bad. I could've beaten it, except my brother just up and blew all my sub tanks and then I had nothing. X4's final battle isn't that rough, even as Zero, but I'm not perfect and slip up and those slip ups add up.
Trying to get into X5 now and it basically sucks. X4 had only 1 bad level, the Jet Stingray one, and basically all the levels in X5 are terrible. Alia is a constant pain in the ass, interrupting like, every ten seconds in a level, and the time limit is not a plus.
They really should've canned X after 5. I know that was the plan, and it sorta shows, 'cuz Zero 1 compared to X6 is a huge difference in quality.
EDIT: Little bro redeems himself tonight: Ruth Shirashi, voice of Mega Man and X, has her own Youtube channel.
The fight does not change regardless of character. If Sigma uses his shoulder boomerangs EVEN ONCE, you're doing it wrong.
Wait, so what am I supposed to do there? Which of Zero's weapons stuns this form of Sigma? I know form 1 gets stunned by the flaming uppercut, but what gets him here?
And I mean, as X I always either launch the electric spider web at him or if I'm doing Ultimate Armor then I just LOL R2 him.
You don't even need any of that.
First he jumps to throw the scythe in a circle, which you can avoid and get behind him to hit repeatedly. After that he'll jump up to throw the scythe to plant it either in the wall or in the floor. Just be on the wall when he does so then drop down to evade it. Since it hits the wall, he'll leap back and do laser eyes across the floor, but you want to be on the opposite wall (dash or dashjump over there) and just hand on the wall behind his head and whack it over and over. His hitbox is smaller than it looks like it would be, so you don't have to worry about getting hurt by touching him much. After he stops the laser eyes, go back to the first step.
Yeah, that is what I was eluding to in my spoilered comment above. I guess I should have been a bit more clear.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Excited to play the Gameboy games finally, especially V (don't kill me, but I never owned an original Gameboy). Are Xtreme 1 and 2 worth playing?
Shadow Hog
Member
People in SonicGAF (most of whom are regulars here too) emphatically say "no". Pretty sure Schala's quite vocal about not liking it; maybe Kokonoe too, not sure. I think qq more actually likes it (or at least insists they're better than X7, which I'd have assumed went without saying <_<).
Personally, I haven't played them, but since they're basically Mega Man X and X2 but not, I can just play Mega Man X and X2 and probably get more satisfaction.
Seven Force
Banned
Xtreme 2 is definitely worth a fair shake.
Also, I may have missed something, but why have people started assuming the Game Gear game's coming to VC?
Also, I may have missed something, but why have people started assuming the Game Gear game's coming to VC?
It was mostly Schala who was vocal about not liking it. Koko likes Xtreme 2 and I like both.
Dunno. I hope not because it was really awful.
Lightning Lord
Banned
'Cuz Capcpom.
I really liked Mega Man Xtreme 2 as a kid and play it every once in awhile. It's a decent game that lets you play as both X and Zero and Zero even has armor upgrades. But if you don't get exactly the right weapons during your Xtreme Mode playthrough you cannot get all the upgrades.
JStein0222
Member
Hello Mega Man thread! I have had little to no experience with the blue bomber and was hoping to try some games out.
Is there a particularly good Mega Man experience that can be had on the PS Vita? Anything that isn't absurdly difficult?
Thanks!
Is there a particularly good Mega Man experience that can be had on the PS Vita? Anything that isn't absurdly difficult?
Thanks!
Seven Force
Banned
That's the thing though, I don't think it has. When I look up the game on the ESRB site, I run into this rating
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=488&Title=Mega Man
...Which has been up on the ESRB site since before the 3DS was even a thing.
Plus, if the game was rated for 3DS Virtual Console, it'd say "Nintendo 3DS, Game Gear" in the platform description, just like how every other re-release for a VC game includes the platform the game was on, and the platform the game is coming to. I think someone just saw the old Game Gear rating and jumped the gun.
It's a real shame those two remakes never sold as those are very excellent games. I'd love to see more of those. They should do a rerelease on the 3DS or something to gauge interest.
SolarKnight
Member
You could get the PSX version of the NES games.
That reminds me I should pick those up on PSN sometime. The remixed music in Mega Man 5 are soooooo good.
I like Xtreme but when it comes to portable Mega Man, it has to be Zero. Especially if it is Zero 1 or 3.
SolarKnight
Member
Team EXE Universe for favorite portable games here :v
It's an almost disappointingly easy fight when you figure it out.
megarockexe
Member
So now that all the classic games that could be ported got ported, how long before Nintendo breaks the GBA premium gate and allows some Battle Network? Wait, they have to figure out emulating linkup first. I think they'll drop the ball there.
You are now a warrior.
I haven't done it since I was like, in my mid teens.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
I've been playing Mega Man Unlimited. From a physics standpoint + including more spike guards / the energy balancer / slide, etc. it's fine. I kinda miss the charge shot, as I think it's beneficial from the enemies which kind of feel like sponges at times. From a level design/gimmick use department, I don't like it very much. It's not that it's hard because some of it's actually pretty easy, others are moderate, and others are "throw the controller down" and take a break hard. There's just something about the game design which is kind of off to me. Though, ah, Yo-Yo Cutter is totally reminiscent of the Metal Blade, hahaha. The bosses themselves aren't that special and their AI is kind of boneheaded in that going for a buster-only approach and just shooting a lot while sliding under them or jumping above their projectiles works well. I would've liked to have seen neater ideas for the bosses. Stages are also longer than they should be. 2-3 minutes tops for a normal MM stage. 4-6 minutes is too long.
Rainbow Man's stage used a trope I'm not very fond of, though it's a good idea. It's just not a trope I dig. I heard Jet Man's Stage ain't that great either, but I haven't tried it yet.
And honestly, the game I'm comparing it with is Rockman 4: Minus Infinity, which took a bunch of good ideas and never really overused them, nor did stages feel like they'd overstayed their welcome. Some of the bits can be boneheaded hard or the Wily Labyrinth Stage can be kind of dumb design, but it did a lot of nice remixes of the levels and the weapons aren't that bad. The bosses are its strength, though.
I'm finding myself preferring R4:MI by a country mile, despite it being a ROM hack.
Rainbow Man's stage used a trope I'm not very fond of, though it's a good idea. It's just not a trope I dig. I heard Jet Man's Stage ain't that great either, but I haven't tried it yet.
And honestly, the game I'm comparing it with is Rockman 4: Minus Infinity, which took a bunch of good ideas and never really overused them, nor did stages feel like they'd overstayed their welcome. Some of the bits can be boneheaded hard or the Wily Labyrinth Stage can be kind of dumb design, but it did a lot of nice remixes of the levels and the weapons aren't that bad. The bosses are its strength, though.
I'm finding myself preferring R4:MI by a country mile, despite it being a ROM hack.
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
Not sure if this was posted already or not, but I think that Archie teased a MegaMan X adaptation as one of their future arcs in the comic.