Mega Man 9: Official Thread

[Giga Power]

I've only defeated Galaxy Man, Concrete Man, and Tornado Man so far...but I'm really having fun with this game. Been taking turns with my girl and it's been hilarious watching her play it. She got to the first octopus enemy on Splash Woman's stage and started yelling out 'This is impossible!' when she lost half her health trying to kill it. Also had a nice chuckle when she killed an enemy, jumped on a ledge to the left below it, and then onto the ledge she had killed the enemy on, just to die because the damn thing respawned.

I actually think this has lived up to the hype. It's hardcore.

[Grave]

Yes! I'm not done with all 8 bosses yet but yeah, the levels and bosses have been making me so very happy. The disappearing blocks in Plug Man's stage were great and the rotating platforms and windy segments in Tornado Man's level were awesome too. And the little details, like being able to buy a life of playing MM with no helmet, spending Splash Woman's stage covered in ink and so on! So far it's all I hoped it would be and more.

I'd really like to see a kid who never played the original games try to take this on. Just kind of curious how the whole affair would go, with all the dying and pattern-learning.

[rama]

i'm pretty sure it would be no different from what we've experienced with the original games. just trial and error.

[bbobb]

Fuck you japan

This can't be stated enough. Those DLC are horseshit.

Pay more for a harder difficulty? Seriously?

[magnifiedplaid]

This game is pure awesome. Its definitely worth the $10. I honestly didn't think they would be able to make another Mega Man game that came close to the quality of the first 3, but they actually pulled it off splendidly. This is NOT watered down and over gimmicky crap like Megaman 4-6. Now I can't wait to get off work tomorrow to play more Mega Man

EDIT - The platforming in this game is pure fucking bliss by the way. Every different type of platforming challenge you can think of is thrown into the mix, along with some nice new "twists" Not sure why I'm such a nerd for the simplicity of jumping over bottomless pits in games...but I am

[StriderKyo]

This game's actually pretty damn great, it's worth more than the $10 it cost. I haven't played one of these 8-bit Mega Man games in like 15 years, and this game hit me hard with the nostalgia hammer. I keep giggling like an idiot at all the great little touches.

Also: people bitching about $2 DLC need to STFU, it's pathetic. You're grown men for fuck's sake.

[Toupee]

This game is awesome. I spent about an hour trying all the levels and only beat Galaxy Man, but eventually like four of my housemates joined in and we all passed around the controller and killed Splash Woman and Magma Man too. So I'm pretty sure I've been playing it for about three hours straight. It's really challenging but not impossible by any means. The control is sharp and there's not too many cheap deaths - I love the levels! And I LOVE the music! And the graphics too. Bliss.

[bbobb]

Also: people bitching about $2 DLC need to STFU, it's pathetic. You're grown men for fuck's sake.

It's not the price, it's the fact that they're selling you shit that should be part of the game in the first place. Harder difficulties? Why the fuck should you pay extra for harder difficulties? This is the shit that leads to buying a game, but you actually only get the first 2 levels, each additional level you need to buy as DLC.

[StriderKyo]

It's not the price, it's the fact that they're selling you shit that should be part of the game in the first place. Harder difficulties? Why the fuck should you pay extra for harder difficulties? This is the shit that leads to buying a game, but you actually only get the first 2 levels, each additional level you need to buy as DLC.

So now it costs $12. Dear me.

You guys all buy tons of stuff that's not half as entertaining for 5x the price.

[bbobb]

Slippery slope. Letting them get away with selling shit that should be part of the game as DLC just lets them think it's ok, soon after you'll be paying if you want to see the third level of the game, or if you want to be able to use the robot masters weapons.