Ok so I'm at Wily and here's some of my opinions on the game.
I fucking love it. It's fantastic. It's just as fun, challenging, and rewarding as 9. There is no other game I'd rather be playing this year.
Inafune and the crew at Capcom still got the juice.
I disagree with everyone who said this isn't as hard as 9. I feel that I was right all along. Let's face it fellas, MM9 gave us our balls back. Of course 9 seemed harder. NO ONE expected 9 to be so brutal. Going into 10 everyone was braced and ready for the difficulty, and having cut our teeth on 9 we were ready,
I mean the way I read some of the initial impressions I was expecting to breeze right through everything. No, there is just as much learning curve to the stages as 9 IMO.
Cause when you break shit down, 9 really isn't all that difficult. Once you -really- learn the stage, it's just hardwired into your brain from there on out. I jumped back into 9 after a year off and I breezed right through it. Coming into 10 I died my ass off until I got the hang of the new stages. Overall I spend 2 hours 15 min learning and beating the stages and bosses (keep in mind I do not use energy tanks nor exploit boss weaknesses).
I really enjoyed it so far and can't wait to see what's in Wily's castle... and I'm also like actually interested in the story. That's a Megaman first for me.