Then the basic powers are limited – so if you run out of energy there is no way to shoot or blast unless you find a refill. Shooting is limited to horizontal only except if you have a certain type of mega man - it's frustrating to get hit by an enemy from the top or bottom and you can't hit them. Then we have saving slots like we're playing SNES / NES and the worst of it: if you forget to use the save slot you will lose your progress as there is no autosave and the menu structure is poorly designed. There is no wall jumping, no double jump and no rolling. The time stop and extra power feel poorly designed. Megaman relies on cheap mechanics to make things feel difficult but it is not working. I mean we now we have Mario Odyssey and we didn't stay in the 8-bit era? Dead Cells was brutal at first but always fair - I didn't feel Megaman is fair: it is limiting itself too much to a time long past and it should have adapted improvements of games that were released in the last decades. The not so goodThe limited lives, sparsely spread-out checkpoints and instant killing spikes all feel punishing for no good reason other than to prolong the game. It looks OK and the graphics design is clean and crisp with an old-style flavour to it. The levels are 2.5d with some of the bosses becoming 3d at times and making use of that. The levels aren't that long so if you feel like you want to replay it again the opportunity is there.

There are four difficulty levels and many challenges to replay the game. I found the following sequence to work best: Block, Acid, Impact, Bounch, Fuse, Tundra, Torch and Blast.

Part of the game revolves around finding out which boss to beat first so it can give you an advantage in the next level. Then during the next level, you can use the beaten boss' abilities to beat the next boss. You can select any of the levels from the start - it is not necessary to beat one boss or level before the other.Īfter you have completed a level and beaten the boss you take their abilities. The retro music is nice - going back to the 1990 - 2000 :-). The goodIt's great that tutorials are offered throughout the game and you can always go back to test out your weaponry and skills.

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