Why does everyone hate MM5?

[Kapus]

MM5 was the first Mega Man game I had ever played, so it holds a special place for me.

I can disagree with just about everything that has been stated in this topic. I find MM5 to have a very memorable soundtrack, slightly memorable robot masters(Stoneman and Waveman feel kinda bland, but that's it) and fun level design. Yes, 1ups rain from the sky and the overpowered Mega Buster makes the game incredibly easy, but it's still very fun to play.
Despite popular opinion, I actually have a lot of fun with the MM5 weapons. Sure, since the Mega Buster is so overpowered, you don't need any of the weapons, but they're still fun. Napalm Bomb and Power Stone aside, of course.


The difficulty(or lack thereof) and a couple of the weapons are the only things I really didn't like about this game. A solid entry in the series, I think.



This is all a matter of opinion, of course. Most people I see dislike MM5 for the weapon selection and the soundtrack, both of which I like. One man's trash is another man's treasure!

[Magnet Dood]

While I will admit that's pretty awesome...

I still don't like Top Spin.

1) You do get damaged while using it.
2) It doesn't work against the weakest of enemies.
3) It's completely useless until you get to Gamma/Shadow Man.

I think the tops Top Man threw would have been a better weapon.

[Kapus]

This is a little off topic, eh.

Yes, you sometimes get damaged when using top spin.
Yes, it eats ammo like crazy.

Useless against weak enemies? No. Useless period? No. Nu just demonstrated the uses of Top Spin. Sure, it's much more practical to shoot the enemies with the Mega Buster, but that applies to all weapons in MM3, and most of the weapons in the MM series period. In most cases it is a better choice to use the Mega Buster, but who wants to do that? Using the various weapons you are given is much more fun.

[Nuy]

1) You do get damaged while using it.
2) It doesn't work against the weakest of enemies.
3) It's completely useless until you get to Gamma/Shadow Man.

1) No, you don't.. like I said, if you get damaged, you're either using it against a boss or not using it correctly.
2) If they're so weak why not kill them with something else? Top spin works on stronger enemies, thats kind of the point.
3) Given a lot of pepole dont use weapons out side of boss rooms, I have no room to argue here.
Anyway, I'm done arguing.

[Ivory]

I love Mega Man 5. It's highly underrated. The music was great, despite what some people may think. I could play MM5. It wasn't like playing MMX6.

[LlamaHombre]

I'm going to be honest here.
MM5 is my third favorite behind 6 and Bass.

The music is BEAUTIFUL if you give it a chance, the levels are diverse and unique, the weapons DON'T suck, and the bosses stand out to me more than MM2 and MM4's.

I have to hit my head a few times to remember that Heat Man, Wood Man, and Dive Man exist.

[brotoad]

1) You do get damaged while using it.
2) It doesn't work against the weakest of enemies.
3) It's completely useless until you get to Gamma/Shadow Man.

1) No, you don't.. like I said, if you get damaged, you're either using it against a boss or not using it correctly.
2) If they're so weak why not kill them with something else? Top spin works on stronger enemies, thats kind of the point.
3) Given a lot of pepole dont use weapons out side of boss rooms, I have no room to argue here.
Anyway, I'm done arguing.

i think that only using the megabuster is boring!
and top spin is only useful if you spend ages trying to make it work. it's not something you could just use the first time and make it a viable threat to enemies.

mm5 has some great robots. especially chargeman and napalmman. starman too for having the first space level even if it was a retextured waterlevel

[LlamaHombre]

I think the real question ought to be "why does nobody remember MM6?"

The met machine in tomahawkman's stage gets no love...

[Ivory]

MM6 is one of my favorite games as well. MM4-6 were my favorites.

[Tails]

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To be honest, I don't find Megaman 5 memorable. Something about it makes me forget what happened and who I just fought. I honestly find it oveshadowed compared to MM3 and MM3. Meh, maybe it's just me?
I sadly await Megaman 5 fans to yell at me and pelt me with rocks..
But yeh, I find the weapons to be not as fun as the others (Though I like Gravity Hold), most of the robot masters to be oh so bland, and the music is.. debatable. You get some great tracks like Stone Man and Wave Man. Others have.. awkward melodies. I'm sorry, I cannot stand Starman, or Crystalman to name a few. In all, I find half the robot master music good (Napalm, I find is the best), the others are just weird. I never really listened further, so I can't judge Darkman and such.

[Mr. X]

I like MM5.  It was my first entry into the series.  However, when I played them all again back when MM9 was coming out, it was the most tired feeling game (read:  not worst, just tired.  See MM8 for worst).  Although I actually like the robot master designs, their stages, music, and weapons all just seem mediocre.  Plus, it has two of my most hated weapons:  Charge Kick and Power Stone.  Also, how they managed to f*** up Rush Coil is beyond me, but they did.

Oh, and Top Spin sucks.  I have tried using it and in every conceivable way I can and I still get hit.  Plus, you've got the whole "BOOM NO WEAPON ENERGY" problem.  Even if it worked flawlessly, it would still suck.  In a game about shooting things, why would I try to dodge a bunch of fire to get to somebody's face and spin into them when I can just shoot them from far away with any other weapon?

[Nuy]

Plus, you've got the whole "BOOM NO WEAPON ENERGY" problem

Tis a glitch involving post damage invulnerability, again only when you're using it wrong/against shadow man. It was fixed in Wily Wars and MM2GB.
And the whole "Why use it blah blah blah" Its your choice. I personally find spinning into an enemy a lot funner thus I use it. Why use it? Its different. But thats just me.

[-FiniteZero-]

Getting this out of the way: Top Spin is awesome. It one hit kills the enemies it affects and only uses one bar of energy to do so. If you use it on an enemy that it doesn't affect, you get damaged. So, DON'T USE IT AGAINST THAT ENEMY AGAIN! So simple, yet people seem not to get it... I mean, if it affected ALL enemies, it would be overpowered.

But this is about Mega Man 5. Which is awesome.

1) Cool Robot Masters (A robot that can control gravity? Yes please!)
2) Cool stages (The first space stage, and the only stage so far that involves gravity flipping.)
3) Power Stone does not suck. You just need to learn how to use it, and that isn't too difficult.
4) Charge Kick does not suck. You just need to learn the right places to use it.
5) The music is awesome. End of argument.

[Mr. X]

So I'm just supposed to guess what enemy it works against and if I guess wrong, I get hit?  WTF.  Also, I don't care if the weapon energy drains when you use it at the wrong time, the fact that a wrong time to use it where your weapon energy will drain is a problem in the first place.  Going back to MM5, Charge Kick has the same problems as Top Spin, only not quite as bad (I once said it was worse but I retract it):  sometimes hit while using it, melee attack where not needed.  Also, Power Stone I think sucks but I still don't put it in Top Spin/Charge Kick/Thunder Wool territory.  I've actually hit somebody with it.

[Myroc]

So I'm just supposed to guess what enemy it works against and if I guess wrong, I get hit?

Oh man up. Experimenting what weapons are effective against which enemies is an integral part of the overall megaman experience. Once you finally manage to figure out what enemies are susceptible to it, it's a really, really decent weapon.

Save for the running grenades and the met dozers, it kills every enemy in Shadow Man's stage. All of them. It also easily deals with those annoying screw things you see all over the place.