Seriously, Right onto Your Head

Seriously, Right onto Your Head

Friday, April 24, 2009

Megaman 9 First Impressions

I finally got around to buying Megaman 9 on my 360. This game was made in the style of the original 8-Bit Megaman games and is true to form, featuring silly 8-Bit graphics and music, back-to-basics gameplay, and even some cheesy still-image-based cinematic sequences. From what I've played so far (not much) it's pretty fun, just like the oldschool titles. And, true to it's predecessors it is DAMN hard! Like wow, hard! And I haven't even gotten to one of those sequences where you gotta memorize where the little gray blocks appear. Any Megaman fanboys out there should understand that reference.

Some of those guys are pretty ridiculous I gotta say...concrete man?

Megaman 9 features only the combat and movement elements included in the original: no charging your shot, no sliding around, just 3 little yellow bullets on the screen at a time and that's all. The game does features the series' first female boss though, Splash Woman! How progressive. Another wonderful throwback feature of the game.
Annnd, who can forget classic tunes like the password screen from Megaman 2
, another wonderful throwback feature of the game.

I am aware that the game will be frustratingly difficult and require vast amounts of replaying and memorizing stages and bosses, but I'm ready to take it on, and kinda excited about it in a way I haven't been in a little while.

Funny how with all the power that the 360 holds one of the most exciting things is getting oldschool games, or in this case, new-oldschool games.

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