Mega Man 9 Comments by Dan Whitehead

I'm lucky enough still to have Mega Man 1 for my NES, fucking brilliant game. Even if it's nothing more than a remixed version of that then I'm well in, the real draw of these games is how you can always turn around and say to yourself 'You know what, that was my fault I died there. A different approach to this section next time might turn out better' rather than relying on luck and hoping the enemy isn't going to draw a bead on you like most of these shooter games these days.

Moaning milquetoasts and pantywaists! How does this stack up against NSMB? Because that was perfect for me, any harder and I would not enjoy it. I'm also really curious about the restrictions they used; surely with modern tools and processing power they were able to squeeze more into this game despite the graphical limitations - what about physics, particles, AI, etc?

I hate this game. But I love hating it.

It's actually about the only retrogame that I've played that holds up after twenty years. You just know it's going to be about pixel perfect jumping, trying to figure out patterns and the best order to beat the bosses. Somehow that makes me able to forgive all that. That said, the first hour in it's still frickin hard, much harder than I remember from my NES days. But it could be that all the mindless waggle minigames debilitated me

wizbob: It's a NES game in every single aspect. The music even drops instruments when sound effects are played because they use the same effects channel. The sprites even flicker when there's too much happening on the screen (although you can turn that off if it bothers you).

When it comes to the game being hard. On one hand I agree BUT on the other hand it just goes to show what pussies we, gamers - even the self proclaimed hardcore (hardcore my ass) ones - have become after the industry decided that games should carter for everyone. Even blind 80-year olds.
I mean - I fired up some SNES classics after taking a long break from emulation and I KNOW that I could beat some of these while playing with my feet back when I was 12 or so... Nowadays I can barely make it through them without extensive save-state usage (a form of cheating, if you will =).

"You will die on every screen. At least a hundred times," the letter continues, now sounding more like a terrorist threat than an invitation to play. "Our goal is to make you cry and give up, not just on the game, or gaming, but life itself."

Sounds like Dead Rising :)

"Sounds like Dead Rising :) "

+1!!!

"Truly Hardcore" = "Truly Unemployed Insomniac".

Ha ha ha. As long as you first say your game is stupidly hard, then you can't criticize them for it?

What if they tell you it is crap, are you then not allowed to say that, either?

I really loved mega man x on the snes, as much as I wanted to I Really couldn't get into the earlier games and the ultra punishing mechanics of yesteryear. I'm glad that they are producing games for the niche hardcore market. I'm also Really glad I read the review before I wasted money on it, played it two or three times and never went near it again. If they don't make the difficulty known to the average person looking at it through wii ware; then the detach rate is going to be Huge for it. Everyone remember the statistic for people not finishing 70 percent of there games? Games like this are the reason. It's only fair to let the punters know Before they part with there cash.

Sounds like a lot of people are afraid of a little effort to get rewards.
I'm half ways through replaying Flashback on the Snes and the feeling of acomplishment when you reach the password screen is intense. I refused to emulate as quick saves really destroy some games. So I tracked down a copy. Some games become great when the save points, lives, health etc are taken away. This sounds right up my street as I bought too human and saw the ending in two days and will never forget my first play through of gears of war, where myself and buddy didnt die ONCE for the whole co-op campain. We were playing through on insane the other day and both agreed we should have had the difficulty up from the start.

I honestly belive that when you take away duel anolouge (my spelling is terrible) controls and guns 90% of gamers suck.
Buy this and get some new skills, I hope for the day to arrive when 2D is back in full force so we can enjoy the best of both worlds.

Im now finished rambling

Retro is the new cool. I'm not cool. Next...

Next is the new casual, casual was the new emo, emo was the new sissy...
Shame it's not coming on PC. Pretty much every single one pile of junk should handle it.

The one make or break thing for me, bizarre and petty as it is, is the precise level intro sound. The Mega Man 2 one was perfect, then they broke it in every sequel.

I genuinely couldn't believe it when I played it to find they had indeed restored my favourite sound ever. It's like Capcom have been spying in my brain. Though they obviously missed the "shit at games" bit. I'm stuck on about screen 3 of the demo, but I still want the game so I can be stuck on the other 7 levels too.

8/10 for a NES game that's designed to be too hard for most? Okay...;)

Nah, not THAT hard at least... I was on the Wily levels in under two hours of play. Now those on the other hand...!

I knew Darren was going to hate it. He dont like the challenge in games. I need a challenge to be entertained though.

Looking forward to buying this on the 360 tomorrow. Played the trial on the PS3 while I wait but still going for that version.

must get!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

little cheaper and Ill buy it.... ~_~

I love all these people saying that gamers are "pussies" now, etc etc.

Why exactly should games be extremely hard? They should be challenging. The average gamer doesn't need this level of difficulty to get a sense of accomplishment and there's nothing wrong with that.

I play games to have fun as do most other people, all you retro-grade-insane-dificulty lovers can stick it up your arse if you don't like it

Games like this just need to die.

@collymilad

to be completly fair this game is not too hard, agree its different with different ppl, what i can say is, when u get used to it and get a bit better at it. If u can, u will enjoy the game sooo much more.

well if this game isnt for you just leave this it alone, megaman is known for its diffuclty, im glad capcom didnt change the aspect cos of some ppl who cant suck it up, peace brother :)

ps there are much harder megaman games out there, hope this helps lol

This is one of the greatest games I've played this year. I rate it as high as Geo Wars 2 in terms of quality and addictiveness. The level design is ingenious, the music instantly classic and memorable, and finally the look and feel is so spot on and coherent. People who complain about the difficulty are simply spoilt by too much hand holding in games of late.

This is a truly excellent, classic game - to pass it by because you're too lazy to actually improve on a game, then its your own massive loss.

By the way - Space nugget is spot on. People getting so vehementally angry over a game like this is testamant to how a lot of gamers today are qute simply close minded and stubborn when they're moved slightly our of their comfort zone of 'guns, space marines, football, tutorials''.

"post-modern pandering to hopeless nostalgics"

Couldn't agree more. Nostalgia is a great feeling, until you cast an eye over the object of your nostalgic adoration and realise that, with the pink fog of time stripped away, it isn't nearly as amazing as you remembered. And in this way another wonderful past experience is forever tarnished by the cold and unforgiving light of the present day.

IMO, anyway.

I'm generally too lazy to play really hard games (Ikaruga was a notable exception) so I'll probably give MM9 a miss. I'm sure lots of people will love it, and fair play to them.

This thread, for me, has separated the real gamers, nay, worthwhile persons who can understand and appreciate good things for what they are (in terms of both graphics and gameplay), from the shallow 12 year old fucking shitheads who only want to press a button to make things explode on the screen.