[–]▶ 913290 (7) No.15202474>>15203341 >>15203366 >>15203482 >>15204467 >>15204964 >>15205114 >>15207265 >>15207664 >>15207877 >>15210855 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]
The Mega Man franchise confuses the shit out of me.
>Most sequels feel the same shit all over again with small changes here and there that barely changes how the game feels like
>A fuckton of different subseries going on at the same time
>Next to zero subseries has actually ended, some has been abandoned with unresolved cliffhangers
>The overall lore/plot/whatever is nothing that special, yet most subseries put a lot of care into the story and it keeps going on and on
It's just a fucking (repetitive) mess. That doesn't mean that the games can't be fun to play, but from an overall perspective, it's a damn frankestein. The community confuses me as well.
>A huge chunk of fans jerk off to the story of the X series, despite being one, if not the most, flawed subseries in terms of story and overarching plot. Terrible writing, shit at explaining what's going on and lots of retcons, plotholes and other bullshit, like X6 being created after the ending of the franchise to keep releasing more X games.
>Every single fan crying like a butthurt baby when Capcom stopped producing Mega Man games for awhile, as if there weren't ENOUGH games in this fucking IP.
For fuck's sake, there are more than 50 MM games and the fuckers cry as if the number of sequels were really small. I understand things like asking for one or two games to end each subseries, that's completely fine and I fully agree, but then I hope some fans don't become Mega Faggots and make fun of other video game series with a shitton of sequels and yearly releases because Mega Man has been among the most milked franchises in history. And I bet those retards haven't even played every single Mega Man game before demanding more of the same thing.
Don't take me wrong, the games are fun and I'm going to keep playing more of them, but this is the kind of shit I don't understand. Also classic Mega Man >>> X, the overall quality of the classic series is superior and there's no X6 or X7 equivalent.
Also Mega Man thread, I guess.
▶ 7c26ff (4) No.15202486>>15204126
We already have multiple Mega Man threads, nigger
▶ 52421c (1) No.15203280>>15210855
1, 2, 3, X, X4 and the Zero series are the only games worth playing tbh.
▶ 5a946f (1) No.15203297>>15204126
>he gives a fuck about the plot to MegaMan
It's just an action game. You play it, you have fun. Don't over think it. Also get that autism checked out.
▶ c0f94e (1) No.15203341>>15210855
>>15202474 (OP)
>It's just a fucking (repetitive) mess.
Yyyeep.
2, 3, X, X2, X3, maybe X4, maybe 7, Rockman & Forte, and zero series (maybe skip Zero 1) are the ones that are actually worth playing.
>The overall lore/plot/whatever is nothing that special
The amount of retarded and autistic detail put into the series is a fucking marvel to behold. It's not actually relevant to the games themselves or even particularly good lore, but it's fascinating in the same way Pannenkoek is.
▶ 9c28ce (1) No.15203366
>>15202474 (OP)
This is something that has always bewildered me for decades as well.
▶ 2a1670 (1) No.15203482>>15204030 >>15204054 >>15210855
>>15202474 (OP)
Classic Megaman and X 1-3 are the only games that matter.
▶ 6b5045 (1) No.15204030>>15204808 >>15208574
>>15203482
This, though I think classic MM goes to shit after 6.
>7 has giant floaty MM, shit music and level design
>8 has even shittier level design plus cringy anime scenes because now every game has to be about muh story due to CD-ROM
>9 does muh retro hipster faggotry before it was a thing, removes sliding and charge shots for MM2fags
>10 has no challenge even on hard because hipster faggots couldn't play 9
X goes to shit the instant it left the SNES, MM Zero is the best thing that came out of that mess, and even that goes to shit.
▶ 166120 (1) No.15204038
It's robots hunting robots, ain't gotta explain shit.
▶ 725c20 (2) No.15204043>>15204196
This didn't warrant it's own thread you fucking retard.
Kill yourself.
▶ b13255 (1) No.15204054
>>15203482
You forgot MMZ 1-4 on GBA. Each game had a unique sub-weapon that changed how the game played compared to others. Different, but still good. And the fact you have to get S ranks against bosses for better weapons (and they fight harder too on better rankings) is just icing on Mark's big fat fucking cake.
▶ c6d3e6 (1) No.15204066
>next to zero subseries have actually ended
But the Zero series actually had an end
▶ 10033a (1) No.15204126>>15204289
▶ a8b698 (1) No.15204196>>15204530 >>15207901
>>15204043
>it's
You have to go back. Back to grade school. The thread is bemoaning the fate of the series as a whole, not specific elements.
Capcom doesn't give a shit about Mega Man, and only makes shit for the "universe" to keep the copyright active, it seems.
▶ 7c26ff (4) No.15204289
>>15204126
This isn't cuckchan. You can go stick redundant threads in your urethra.
▶ e90b2d (1) No.15204467>>15204804
>>15202474 (OP)
>millennial critiques megaman: the blog
You special snowflakes ought to stay on tumblr
▶ d2adfa (1) No.15204530>>15204561
>>15204196
Third image would be cuter if Samus didn't have her helmet off for whatever reason.
▶ ef0cbe (1) No.15204561
>>15204530
I'll agree with that,a woman in armor/uniform is insanely more sexy then without.
▶ 913290 (7) No.15204804
>>15204467
>game series is repetitive and milked to death
>muh tumblr millenial!
▶ 67294a (1) No.15204808>>15214307
▶ 673c8e (1) No.15204812>>15204916
Classic > X
X was never good.
▶ 815f1d (1) No.15204915>>15207597
I hate Mega Man. He ruins everything.
▶ 862bf2 (1) No.15204916
>>15204812
Battle Network > all
Mega Man was never good.
▶ d4aa8c (1) No.15204964>>15207859
>>15202474 (OP)
>The overall lore/plot/whatever is nothing that special, yet most subseries put a lot of care into the story and it keeps going on and on
Contrary to initial impression, there are only 2 storyline continuites for Mega Man: classic/Power Battles/X/Zero/ZX/Legends and .exe/Star Force
The classic storyline is loaded with deepest lore, and requires translations of drama CDs, artbooks, interviews, etc. to get the full story. It stretches over 5000 years of canon and millions more when you factor in Super Adventure Rockman
It'd be easy to boil it down to god figure (Light) and devil figure (Wily, Sigma) duking it out with their creations/followers, but there's quite a bit more that goes on, ranging from Proto Man's reactor core issues and his unwillingness to let Light fix him to the geopolitical climate of the entire Zero series. And that's not even starting to tread into Legends's plot
▶ d7f81f (1) No.15205620>>15212794
▶ 151a6f (5) No.15207209
>Every single fan crying like a butthurt baby when Capcom stopped producing Mega Man games for awhile, as if there weren't ENOUGH games in this fucking IP.
It's not that they stopped making Mega Man games, for a while. It's that they canceled every single one that was being made, including a long-awaited sequel to one of those cliffhangers you mentioned, then did nothing to reassure the fans that things were going to be fine, with Capcom of Europe's twitter guy even antagonizing people upset over the cancellation of Legends 3. Add in the unfortunate timing of Bad Boxart Mega Man, Capcom's incredibly token act of sticking their label on a fangame, and the release of Xover, and it looked like Capcom was outright disrespecting the franchise, forget about simply dropping it. You think it isn't normal for fans to be upset over something like that?
▶ 4688ca (4) No.15207265>>15207916
>>15202474 (OP)
By the way nobody's "crying" that they stopped making Megaman games. People are mad because Capcom keeps going out of its way to parade Megaman's corpse every year to sell useless merch despite not even giving a shit about the franchise anymore, giving false hope that they're making new games.
>Hey guys remember megaman??? Here's some brand new concept art! And new megaman merch!
>We're not actually making a Megaman game though
>Hey guys remember megaman??? Here's some brand new Megaman merchandise!
>We're not actually making a Megaman game though
>Hey guys remember megaman??? Here let's make a big commemoration event/stream of the series' anniversary!
>We're not actually making a Megaman game though
It's just endless cockteasing that spans years. It would get on your nerves too if it they kept reopening old wounds of a dead series you liked. If you're gonna shelf a franchise, keep it fucking shelved.
▶ fc6c9c (2) No.15207597
▶ 0cc7d1 (1) No.15207664>>15207698 >>15207743 >>15207835 >>15207883 >>15207967 >>15212455
>>15202474 (OP)
I could write a thesis on why the NES games are bad. They are so badly designed it's hilarious.
Level design and enemy placement is fucking awful, and the controls - especially the lack of control of your character - are mediocre at best. Leaps of faith into the abyss (usually layered in spikes at the bottom :^) ) are fucking unacceptable.
Mega Man fans are up there with Sonic fans at being fucking delusional.
▶ 8d586a (1) No.15207698>>15207859
>>15207664
AND THE CONTRLOER ONYL HAS TOO BUTTONS!? WHAT THE HEL WHERE THEY THINKING!?!? I'D RATHER EAT A BELUGA'S PEEPEE JUICE! I'D RATHER SUCK A BIG TURD! I'D RATHER A DONKEY DICK!
▶ 72fe7c (1) No.15207715
The Megaman series has innovated a lot. But plebs complain that it isn't Megaman 2, so we always end up back there.
All I really want is Legends, personally.
▶ 7c26ff (4) No.15207743>>15207859
>>15207664
WTF WHY CANT I SHOOT IN EVERY DIRECTION LIKE CONTRA! AND I CAN DIE TOO???
▶ 378e33 (1) No.15207835
>>15207664
>tapping the dpad from neutral leads to a pixel movement, allowing you to fine-tune your position for large jumps
>lack of control when you have full air control of your jumps
really makes me think
▶ bdef2e (1) No.15207859
>>15204964
>Ugh, I'm broken
<Let me fix you
>No
Fuck yeah, best plot. Just like one of my Japanese animes.
>>15207743
>>15207698
So this is the power of autism.
▶ e8dce6 (1) No.15207877>>15210855
>>15202474 (OP)
>classic Mega Man >>> X
Zero >>>>>>> classic >>> X
▶ eb36df (4) No.15207883>>15212455
>>15207664
>Mega Man is hard because I can't dunk and shoot in more than one direction
>Sonic is hard because I can't react to enemies in time
>I literally can't even
▶ 725c20 (2) No.15207901
▶ 9e860b (2) No.15207904>>15207932 >>15207987
>Playing through Megaman 2
>Having a good time
>Hit Boombeam Trap
>You used a crash bomb or two earlier in the stage and there's no other weakness so you have to kill yourself. By the way, enjoy the nearly undodgeable attacks. :^)
This boss is fucking garbage. It's like a fun destroyer.
▶ eb67fd (2) No.15207916
>>15207265
I'm crying that there's no 16 bit, pre-X4-armor Mega Man X9 and X10
▶ eb36df (4) No.15207932>>15207946
>>15207904
>he can't beat every boss with the mega buster
▶ 9e860b (2) No.15207946>>15207961
>>15207932
>He never played Megaman 2
Mega buster doesn't work on Boobeam trap, nigger. You can only use crash bombs.
▶ eb36df (4) No.15207961
>>15207946
I'm aware of how the boss works. You can just throw yourself into him or better yet zip through the walls.
▶ 151a6f (5) No.15207967
>>15207664
>lack of control of your character
>mega man only moves when you move the d-pad
>has no momentum whatsoever, meaning every single one of his movements is directly controlled by the player
>Leaps of faith into the abyss
>vertical screen transitions always pause gameplay, giving you time to react to what's coming up
>said jumps are always in sections designed to funnel you into the right path
If you're going to shitpost, at least shitpost with things that aren't blatant lies.
▶ 085055 (1) No.15207987
>>15207904
Megaman 2 came out well before the principles of good game design did. There's tons of totally retarded shit like that, which is why it's so disappointing it's still the best classic game.
▶ eb67fd (2) No.15208008
Do people really switch out weapons in game unless totally necessary? Unless it's rush I don't ever pull out anything but the buster during any stage unless it's a boss that I don't want to deal with.
▶ 913290 (7) No.15208075>>15208446 >>15208496
Best classic MM game is 9.
▶ fc6c9c (2) No.15208446>>15208484
>>15208075
Rm weapons in that game were the best in the series and no charge shot really encouraged you to use them
▶ 913290 (7) No.15208484
>>15208446
Can't believe how much I was against no charge shots and no sliding in MM9 until I got to play the game. I guess the level design took that in mind.
▶ eb36df (4) No.15208496
>>15208075
I replay it the most out of all of them. Time attack mode keeps me coming back.
▶ 153d06 (5) No.15208521>>15208549 >>15208556 >>15208817
>Mega Man 3 for PC
Shit was my jam back in the day.
▶ f2035b (1) No.15208549>>15208623
>>15208521
>Shit was my jam back in the day.
Sorry for your poverty stricken childhood.
▶ 913290 (7) No.15208556
>>15208521
And people say MM8 was the first time MM could swim in a game.
▶ dae9c1 (1) No.15208574
>>15204030
<X4 is shit
<MM7 is shit
fuck off with your shit taste.
▶ 153d06 (5) No.15208623
>>15208549
Seemed just fine to me.
▶ 521267 (1) No.15208817>>15209757
>>15208521
This is worse than a sad Chinese bootleg product. What the fuck?
▶ 151a6f (5) No.15209757
>>15208817
If I remember correctly, all the MSDOS Mega Man games were entirely made by one guy.
▶ 105078 (3) No.15210079>>15212794
>complains about the subseries without a proper ending
>wonders why people complained when capcom stopped making mega man
▶ d061ad (1) No.15210614
I generally agree with OP. I would add the 2 SNES megaman X games not listed though.
I've played the MMZero series. It was clear that Zero was becoming the focus of MMX, so this was not unexpected. But man, capcom did not do a good job to get me to care about Zero's situation in MMZero.
▶ a45ef4 (1) No.15210783
Who cares about story or plot in Megaman games?
▶ 2a8539 (1) No.15210855>>15210918 >>15211761 >>15214467
>>15202474 (OP)
>>Next to zero subseries has actually ended, some has been abandoned with unresolved cliffhangers
Battle Network and Zero both ended anon that's not "zero"
>>15203280
>>15203341
>>15203482
>>15207877
>Nobody mentions Battle Network
>One of the best things to come out of Megaman
▶ 0fa62f (1) No.15210918
>>15210855
As did Star Force.
▶ 151a6f (5) No.15211761>>15212188
>>15210855
>that's not "zero"
He didn't say zero, he said "next to zero".
▶ 4d62c0 (2) No.15212188>>15212255 >>15212382
>>15211761
>next to zero means "two"
>in a franchise with only 7 distinct series
▶ 4688ca (4) No.15212255>>15212324
>>15212188
But that's not any of the 7 he's talking about that didn't end.
▶ 4d62c0 (2) No.15212324>>15212399
>>15212255
>>Next to zero subseries has actually ended, some has been abandoned with unresolved cliffhangers
>guy is explicitly talking about the franchise as a whole
>but that's not any of the 7 he's talking about
▶ 151a6f (5) No.15212382
>>15212188
"Next to zero" is still not "zero", no matter how many you think "next to zero" should mean.
▶ 4688ca (4) No.15212399
>>15212324
The next to zero subseries has actually ended, some has been abandoned with unresolved cliffhangers he's talking about is that almost none of them are resolved you huge gay
▶ 1f45cd (2) No.15212455>>15212957
>>15207664
>>15207883
http://archive.is/MsCft
Reminds me of this nigger complaining that Mania was too romhack levels of hard.
▶ 913290 (7) No.15212794>>15212932 >>15213086
>>15205114
>>15205620
>This is considered actual deep lore
>>15210079
It's like you didn't read everything, faggot
▶ 9ab73e (1) No.15212932
>>15212794
If you didn't understand the lore until that post pointed it out, then yes, it's deep.
LIKE MY FIST IN YOUR ASSHOLE WITH A PORCUPINE
GOOD FUCKING DAY DOUCHEBAG
▶ 7c26ff (4) No.15212957>>15213832
>>15212455
Sonic 3 & Knuckles's Death Egg was surprisingly tough along with the 4/5-stage boss rush at the end. By comparison, Titanic Monarch was just really long and I cleared the final boss on the first go despite playing Mania before 3.
▶ 105078 (3) No.15213086>>15213115
>>15212794
>you didn't read everything
Oh right
>spends a paragraph complaining about megaman being milked and missing the point of the fanbase's anger
>still complains about the unfinished subseries
▶ 913290 (7) No.15213115>>15213323
>>15213086
>completely changes the subject
▶ 105078 (3) No.15213323
>>15213115
>completely
Do you know what that means or are you the kind of person that destroyed the meaning of ironically and literally?
▶ 1f45cd (2) No.15213832
>>15212957
Really, I just did the Sonic alone half of the game and breezed through most of it. I guess it's because I've gotten used to it after all these years and came back after playing some harder games.
▶ a65ae1 (1) No.15214307>>15214547
>>15204808
I like anime. The mm8 cutscenes are pure cringe though.
▶ 9adb29 (1) No.15214467
>>15210855
Battle Network is awful. I still remember the salt over the X-Play reviews.
▶ ba4101 (1) No.15214547
>>15214307
I actually enjoyed the dub for X4.
▶ 8d1660 (1) No.15214569>>15214679
>>15214213
Just out of curiosity, how do you draw now?
▶ cc8fa6 (1) No.15214679
>>15214569
>>15214213
YEAH DRAW US SOMETHING FAGGOT
RIGHT NOW