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Author: honestgamer
Posted: October 07, 2008 (12:53 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This is a pretty good review that I think does a nice job of capturing what was wrong with the first Mega Man. A point you didn't really make that I was expecting to see was how the elements you described were refined for later installments. You kind of hinted at that--particularly in your intro--but that didn't really make it into the main text. It felt a little bit to me like a point that got lost along the way, though maybe it was never something you wanted to talk about. Either way, this was a solid review... and timely, I'm sure.
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Author: dragoon_of_infinity
Posted: October 07, 2008 (01:20 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's a pretty good review, although I think it's a little weird to criticise an old game for being old, and the first game in a series for not having everything nailed down exactly. It's not so much that you mention it, as the fact that you keep mentioning it. That was the point, I suppose, but of course it's old and unrefined. It's Mega Man 1, one of the earliest examples of its genre.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: October 07, 2008 (03:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think it's a little weird to criticise an old game for being old
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Author: dagoss
Posted: October 07, 2008 (04:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thank you everyone!
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Author: dragoon_of_infinity
Posted: October 08, 2008 (11:29 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You're not around here very much, are you? That's the number one complaint old games get on HG.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: October 08, 2008 (06:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Haha. Good review. I really don't see a problem with arguing that the game's bad because it's old (indeed, some games are still good for their age, but that's not the point here) as long as you back it up, which you do here. I understand everything you're trying to say well; I can picture everything clearly. It's also entertaining, which is always a plus.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: October 09, 2008 (01:24 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Pretty spot on, I thought. You get kudos or curses for making me remember my least favorite part of that game......where you have to jump from those randomly moving platforms. It was unbearable in Ice Man's stage and I think you do it again in Wily's Castle, don't you, with the difference being the spiked ceiling and floors? Nothing like randomly moving around, hoping your platform doesn't take you right into the ceiling.....
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Author: dementedhut
Posted: October 09, 2008 (01:26 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, it happens again in Wily's castle. When I tried beating the game the last time, maybe 6 months ago, these two parts became annoying. I would stand on the ground in Ice Man's stage, waiting for up to 3 or 4 minutes for a platform to finally reach me. It happened again in Wily's castle, except I ended up waiting an absurd 10 minutes. I turned off the game after that.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: October 14, 2008 (01:34 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Your intro is a little silly. You say MM a lot very close together and the line about people still playing Mega Man games over and over seems a little far fetched to me. I dunno, maybe people do. But the real complaint is how you make this claim then go nowhere with it.
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Author: joseph_valencia
Posted: October 14, 2008 (04:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Those Ice Man platforms are frustrating, but they can be by-passed completely with the Magnet Beam. Now what's really annoying is Fire Man and the way he randomly and aggressively spams his fire wave attack.
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Author: dagoss
Posted: October 14, 2008 (05:12 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It's actually not random. He prioritizes keeping a set distance between you and him; if he is within that distance, he will use fire wave repeatedly until you either move towards or away from him, which will cause him to move in kind.
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Author: psychopenguin
Posted: October 15, 2008 (04:33 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Considering there's like 30,000 Mega Man games it's not far fetched to think people still play them. I know I still do and the original six are still some of the most popular NES games out there.
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