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Mega Man Discussion / Re: Toughest Robot Master in Each Game?

« on: March 02, 2014, 03:41:28 AM »

Let's see...

MM1: Ice Man. Elec Man and Fire Man can both be tricked in to easy patterns, but you have to be legit with Ice Man. Dodging in between the slashers is very precise, and they kill you in 3 hits to boot. Talk about challenging.
MM2: Quick Man would be the obligatory choice, but Air Man gives me just as much trouble. We all know why Quick Man is hard, but some of Air Man's patterns are EXTREMELY precise and allow NO room for error whatsoever. I think both of them are equally difficult.
MM3: Shadow Man. This is purely a reaction battle, relying on reflexes to see what he'll do. My reflexes aren't always that great. You can see why this is difficult.
MM4: Drill Man. I've always had trouble telling where he's going to pop up, and his Drill Bomb spam can be a serious pain in the ass.
MM5: Wave Man. His random Water Wave plus the low clearance jumping his harpoons makes this the only hard boss in MM5.
MM6: Yamato Man. He sends spears everywhere, and he's pretty fast about it to. Having very little reaction time, and being able to block your shots, it's a challenging fight.
MM7: I've seen a lot of people say Freeze Man, but I've mastered him, so Slash Man. THOSE FREAKING JELLY ORBS. I hate them with an absolute passion.
MM8: I've never bustered the all of these bosses, but I'd have to say Search Man. The missile spam is really annoying to dodge.
MM&B: Burner Man, Dynamo Man, Astro Man, fucking every boss in this game is hard. Fuck this game.
MM9: Plug Man. Having absolutely no recognizable pattern, his jumping, his Plug Balls, everything is a challenge of wit and pure reaction time. It's kinda insane.
MM10: Commando Man. Having the ability to corner you for a nice cheap hit, and being all out insane as Mega Man, this boss earns his spot.

Hey, let's do fan games, why not?

Rokko Chan: Forest Man. His jumps are random, and dodging his homing bees just feels claustrophobic.
Mega Man Rock Force: Judging on the recent update, Charade Man. He went from being mildy challenging to absolutely insane. Bullets and projectiles fly everywhere, and combined with the Charade Clone, it just gets ridiculous.
Mega Man Unlimited: Trinitro Man. Being able to corner you easily to hit you with the powerful Nitro Blast, having the gimmick of his glass case, makes this a seriously challenging and tense battle.
Mega Man Revolution: I find these bosses to be particularly hard (and cheap in some ways), but Storm Man and Cyro Man would have to be the worst for Mega Man and Bass respectively. Storm Man is constantly out of your reach, and Bass' weak buster makes killing Cyro Man in time impossible.

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Mega Man Discussion / Re: What I hate about Wily Stage 1 in the first Mega Man Gam

« on: January 26, 2014, 05:09:33 AM »

On the subject of required weapon/equipment with limited energy usage, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned that Rush Jet section in Doc Robot Needle Man's stage yet, in which gives you no opportunity to let you farm Weapon Energy just before it (I think? It's been a long while since I last played 3), and the Weapon Energy pickups themselves don't respawn after you die.

Or worse yet, the arbitrary Rush Coil requirement in Doc Robot Gemini Man's stage, where after defeating Flash Man, if you don't have enough energy for Rush Coil, you get stuck and have to RESET the game entirely (there's the player 2 controller cheats, but they're fixed in the ports and remakes, not to mention unavailable in the 3DS Virtual Console version).

Mega Man 6 was a lot better about this, which gave you the Rush Adaptors, which could be used an unlimited amount of times.

The Doc Robot stages as a whole are all designed poorly. Bad checkpoints, unfair bosses, and these cheap utility sections. Then you get the Wily Stages, which are all too EASY to be even considered real fortress stages. Just shows how rushed MM3 was in it's late stages.

That's another reason why I love MM6. The utilities don't use energy.

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Mega Man Discussion / Re: What I hate about Wily Stage 1 in the first Mega Man Gam

« on: January 20, 2014, 11:52:13 PM »

Adding gimmicks like that to every weapon is hardly a good idea.

It encourages more forced utility usage... which MM2 Wily 1 (which I believe is an even worse designed stage) had too much of.

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Mega Man Discussion / Re: What I hate about Wily Stage 1 in the first Mega Man Gam

« on: January 20, 2014, 01:42:38 AM »

There are also a couple spots in that stage where enemy placement can make it impossible to not get hit if you don't know what's coming.

Just like every stage in every Mega Man game ever?

No, good MM games allow the player to react to everything. The first one doesn't always do this. Namely, the fleas after the fire pillars, when you ascend the ladder. They can do a far jump, and essentially make it impossible to dodge them.

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Mega Man Discussion / Re: What I hate about Wily Stage 1 in the first Mega Man Gam

« on: January 19, 2014, 10:56:03 PM »

There are also a couple spots in that stage where enemy placement can make it impossible to not get hit if you don't know what's coming.