I, Mop it up, will do whatever I mopping feel like, because I play games to have fun.
Since I'm sort of a long-time Mega Man enthusiast with Mega Man 1, 2, and 3 being some of the few NES games I grew up with, I couldn't resist downloading this game today. I may have made a mistake.
I beat the 8 robots and am now on Wily's porch. I picked the stage before I quit to hear the music, and it is definitely the worst Wily Castle music I've ever heard, I wondered if I were playing some Castlevania reject. The music is pretty blah and forgettable, it's quite a mess and sounds like it was created by wanna-be Mega Man composers. I'll wait until some fans make some remixes before shunning it entirely, as some of MM9's bland music was actually pretty good when composed with not-8-bit instruments.
The option to choose Proto Man is nice, despite that he stole moves that Mega Man used to know. I chose him just to switch things up, though it looks like none of the "achievement" type of stuff is available to him (and also not on Easy anyway). The slide move doesn't seem very useful, I actually forget that it is there. This is probably because the game was designed for Mega Man, who has no slide. The stage designs contain the same cheap tricks as in MM9 (or would if I didn't choose Easy), though they seem even more bland and formulaic than before. Some styles don't match the featured robots either, like Sheep Man's binary level. Shouldn't it be a farm or something? In any case, I need to play on Normal before I judge the stages properly.
Mega Man 10 has the most lolz-worthy robots since Mega Man 4. Considering that Sheep Man was the first one revealed, I expected this. Strike Man? I actually expected this guy to have something to do with "strike" as in "hit," but no. It's a robot shaped like a baseball catcher who throws baseballs. His weapon is a baseball. It bounces. Whee. Then there's Commando Man. Seriously? I sure hope he's wearing underpants. Where's Hippie Man to give me his weakness? That boss is right up there with Hard Man and Flash Man in terms of bad names. Pump Man had me burst out with laughter. He has an old-style ground water pump on his head that he must pump to create a water shield. I guess such a clearly cheaply-made robot is a sign of the hard economic times of the year 20XX.
Most weapons are lame and have very few uses other than for their respective robots, there's nothing cool like the Tornado Blow or Hornet Chaser here. It's sad when the best weapon is the Water Shield weapon, which has been used in every Mega Man game expect MM3. This almost seems like a parody; it's certainly as funny as one.
I can't say I'm disappointed as this is what I was expecting. This game is pure product, intended to tug at the nostalgia strings of old-school gamers so that they don't notice how poorly designed the game is. I guess I was just holding out hope that the game would actually be good this time around.
Topic: Newscast Game Club Discussion - Mega Man 10 (Read 24420 times)
