They Call it “Rockman” For a Reason
October 2, 2008 2:40 am Games for Fun, Gaming
Megaman is probably my all time favorite game series.
If you’ve never played a Megaman game, it’s generally been a challenging series (which seems to be Capcom’s “thing”). I recently played through all the 8-bit and 16-bit Megamans and in case you’re wondering: Megaman 9 much harder that any previous Megaman game. All the memories of throwing NES controllers at walls are coming back, and once again I’m cursing out loud and scaring my wife while playing a video game. Thanks Capcom!
I’ve only beat one boss (Galaxy Man who I guess is the easiest to start with) and got to the end of the Jewel Man stage (and died) in two nights of playing, but I’ve played all the robot stages at least some. I’m a little disappointed they went after the super hardcore audience, and basically filled the game with all the annoying traps, puzzles and enemy placements from the previous games, instead of trying to being new people into the game. Games have come a long way since the last 8-bit Megaman, and in fact Megaman 9 seems to be missing features (like sliding).
Sadly, even if Megaman 9 was twice as hard I’d buy it since I loves me some Megaman, but this one is going to take awhile.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
wow, this game is tough. have you gotten any farther? every time I sit down to crank out a complete level, I just get owned by how f’n hard this game is. I’M GOING SOFT IN MY OLD AGE OMG
October 11th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Yeah, I beat all the robots a while ago, then started the Wily stage, got past two and gave up.
Once you make some headway on the robot order and get some new weapons, the game gets at a lot easier. I went Galaxy Man -> Jewel Man to start, because the Jewel shield is incredibly useful.
Also you get the Rush Jet once you beat any five bosses I think.
But, this game is hands down harder than any Mega Man to date. Everyone else on message boards and such seems to to think so as well.