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Wizpig said:
Exactly!
SonicMegaDrive
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That guy in the middle panel is me.
That's the expression on my face whenever I browse a GameStop or WalMart or any video game store, scoffing at the endless corridor of shooters, sports, and generic 3D action rubbish.
yeah, I'm an old fogey. But Mega Man 9 was the just the right medicine for this jaded, cynical old bastard.
Great comic, very touching.
That's the expression on my face whenever I browse a GameStop or WalMart or any video game store, scoffing at the endless corridor of shooters, sports, and generic 3D action rubbish.
yeah, I'm an old fogey. But Mega Man 9 was the just the right medicine for this jaded, cynical old bastard.
Great comic, very touching.
I'm probably way late on this, but if you stand one "pixel" away from the magma beams on magma-man's stage SPARKS FLY OFF MEGAMAN! :O
I'm totally in the NES mindset and they do effects like that, that are totally within the realms of possibility of what the NES could do visually, but probably didn't have the processing power to do.
I'm totally in the NES mindset and they do effects like that, that are totally within the realms of possibility of what the NES could do visually, but probably didn't have the processing power to do.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I downloaded the demo off of PsN. Is Concrete Man supposed to be the easiest level? That was insane. The timing you need to jump over the second elephant's ball will mean that I'll probably never finish that level. Unless I'm missing something. :lol
Damn, the game is insane. I already figured it wasn't a good investment for me, so I'm glad the demo just proved to me that I shouldn't bother.
Damn, the game is insane. I already figured it wasn't a good investment for me, so I'm glad the demo just proved to me that I shouldn't bother.
Segata Sanshiro
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Man, if you thought the second one was hard, the third one would completely wreck you. Concrete Man isn't the easiest stage, though. It's not the hardest either.VanMardigan said:
I'm kind of surprised so many people are hitting a wall on this game's difficulty though. It's not really any more difficult than the previous titles once you're as familiar with it as you are with the old ones.
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Deleted member 21120
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How long did it take you guys to download this on XBLA? It's going to take me, like, two hours... or longer, maybe. Why is it going so slow?
Segata Sanshiro
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The very fact that there is a shop you *can* abuse makes the game potentially a lot easier than Mega Man 1 for those having troubles.syllogism said:
iconoclast
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VanMardigan said:
Don't jump over the second elephants ball. Stand just to the left of it and it will bounce over you. Then run away when he does the suction move and jump over the ball as it returns. Pretty easy. The third elephant can be annoying though.
JPBrowncoat
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<3 the shop. Would buy $10 remake of Mega Man 1 if they had the shop. Also if they made him STOP SLIPPING all over the place.Segata Sanshiro said:
Segata Sanshiro
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Amusingly Tornado Man's level was the first one I tried and the first one I beat. Buster'd that bugger to death. And now it's my very favourite level in the game.Davidion said:
Technically, Galaxyman is the easiest in both level and boss. Magmaman's level is pretty easy as well, except if you have trouble with the midboss; Magmaman himself can be tricky depending on how you play.Davidion said:
And Tornadoman stage is not hard AT ALL; there may be little room for error, especially the latter half of the stage, but it's not hard. "/
VanMardigan
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iconoclast said:
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it another shot, but knowing there is an even more difficult foe just beyond that. yeesh. I went straight from playing Rock Band 2 on medium to this. Imagine the shock to my reflexes. :lol
Segata Sanshiro
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Keep at it, man. It's a great feeling when you finally beat it. And you WILL if you keep trying.VanMardigan said:
Segata Sanshiro said:
Really... I just happened to play some other levels first and got several reports that Tornado is the hardest everything, so I've avoided it for now, expecting that it will be my last pre-Wily challenge. I've literally played every other stage EXCEPT Tornado. :lol
lyre said:
Really? Galaxy Man was pretty easy but I found Concrete's patterns easier to avoid. *shrugs* I agree with Magma being an easy stage, but Hornet's was just a cakewalk for me.
Couldn't beat Magma as of yet...but then again, I'm still on my all-buster, no items/weapons kick. I'll try that and Tornado once I beat Hornet.
His difficulty is overrated. Even when fighting him, there's enough space between his tornados to stand between and not take damage, it's relatively easy to guess when he jumps down at you, and you can exploit the extra push in jump when he does his tornado. And if you have Plug Ball, even if you miss, it'll eventually get to him.Davidion said:
Unless you suck at jumping over bosses, Galaxyman won't be able to touch you due to his two easy to dodge moves. Assuming you're playing buster only, ff he throws a black hole at you, as long as you keep running away, he can't damage you. If he charges at you, you can easily jump over him unless you're at opposite ends of the room. Concreteman, on the other hand, assuming you're going buster only, is more likely to hit you with concrete once or twice if you're not expecting it.
Tornadoman stage and boss is far easier than Magmaman battle, but then again, I'm a spazz.
RockmanWhore
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Rez>You said:
Try to remember the pattern, it's always the same, stay in the middle and throw him some black bomb. And in case you don't know, you can "cancel" a black bomb by pressing bomb, usually the bomb last 2-3 seconds, but by canceling them, you can shoot him two or three time at each passage, you have to hit him 5 time with the black so when you'll get the hang of it you'll be able to beat him in 2 loop
tzp2gameknight
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Wizpig said:
Exactly how I felt.
Patrick Bateman
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This game is too hard for me. 
scarybore
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Yeah I just got disconnected from downloading the Dring Down The Sky DLC for Mass Effect 2 mins ago so I presume Live has gone tits up again.
On a Megaman note, tried the trial and thought this shit is way too hard and I shouldn't buy but I did anyway. Glad I did, I actually beat Concrete Man after god knows how many attempts but I daresay I will be lucky to get any achievements. Good fun though.
On a Megaman note, tried the trial and thought this shit is way too hard and I shouldn't buy but I did anyway. Glad I did, I actually beat Concrete Man after god knows how many attempts but I daresay I will be lucky to get any achievements. Good fun though.
Cyan said:
Galaxy was easy, but I just found Hornet's to be easier. As for the midboss
all you have to do is stay ahead of the flower "beam" and shoot at the flower whenever it pops up.
To give you an idea of how I feel about Hornet Man's stage, I actually completed Speed Metal (I think that's the name, it's the one where you don't stop at all on way to boss's room) on Hornet by accident. This was actually done having spent a cool 5 minutes right before the boss mining for energy. :lol
Plug is rough. I honestly think that it has the most complicated disappearing block patterns in all of the MM series.
As for Jewel, the "hole" that I'm talking about is where
you fall into a room on a swinging platform with spiked all over the bottom and all the walls except for a hole to fall through dead smack in the middle. You have to run back and forth to get the platform out of the way before jumping down at just the right time.
I didn't have any problem with that.Davidion said:
Just swung a bit, jumped through the hole and done.
But I'm stuck at the boss of Wily Castle 3. Damn, that's a tough one.
I did try Black Hole Bomb, but for some reason it didn't do anything when that "eye" or whatever was still inside the gooey mass. Only when it came out the bomb hit it. Maybe I aimed at the wrong spot or something?
Left, right, leap, move on.Krelian said:I didn't have any problem with that.Maybe I was luckyJust swung a bit, jumped through the hole and done.
The boss is only vulnerableBut I'm stuck at the boss of Wily Castle 3. Damn, that's a tough one.I did try Black Hole Bomb, but for some reason it didn't do anything when that "eye" or whatever was still inside the gooey mass. Only when it came out the bomb hit it. Maybe I aimed at the wrong spot or something?
when it's outside of the body
Patrick Bateman
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Graf Nudu said:This game is too hard for me.
Fuck it. Buying the full version now. :|
commariodore64
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how old are you?_Xenon_ said:This game is ridiculously hard ... I can't even make it to the first elephant in the demo
Great game and music, but I have to pass :/
I replayed MM1-5 in preparation for this. I will say MM9 is harder than the hardest MegaMan game - BUT not in a cheap way - just unforgiving to the impatient player, I suppose. BUT - IT'S FUN AS HELL - and the sense of accomplishment in playing is 10 fold that of any game this gen...
Torquill
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I still think Mega Man 2 (hard mode) and Mega Man 3 are harder than 9.
Anyone else notice that there's a gap in the weapon selection screen even when you have everything? I wonder if something goes there. Traditionally they haven't allowed gaps, any gap was always something you could fill with something.
Anyone else notice that there's a gap in the weapon selection screen even when you have everything? I wonder if something goes there. Traditionally they haven't allowed gaps, any gap was always something you could fill with something.
goldenpp72
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in jewel mans stage don't jump at the tricky part with the momentum platforms, just walk of the edge
RockmanWhore
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Cyan said:
The only weakness I've found is the charged Magma Bazooka, if you get just in front of him and managed to shoot all the 3 bullets fully charged he dies in one shot, but it's a bit tricky to get to him, and it's easy to fall on the spike if you're not careful, it's still much funnier than fighting him for a few minutes shooting him once in a while.
Patrick Bateman
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Not to be a sissy, but what is the easiest level? 
sonicspear64
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Graf Nudu said:Not to be a sissy, but what is the easiest level?
Most people say Galaxy Man and I agree with them. Easy stage, easy boss once you learn the attack pattern. Black Hole Bomb is really useful throughout the entire game too.
People keep talking about how hard this game is, but... I dunno, I don't think it's that hard. A bit tough, but not frustratingly so. I usually get frustrated with games very easily (I could take a picture of my wall of controller-shaped indentations), but I've only gotten frustrated with this game once, when I got to Wily 4, got a game over, left to stock up on E-tanks, and then realized I had to start over from Wily 1.
It's tough, but fair. You just have to take it a bit slowly and think about what you're going to do; you can't just go in expecting to be able to take everything as it comes based on your reflexes alone. You will die, and you will say, "Well gee, I won't do that again," and you won't.
And the penalty for dying really isn't that bad, unlike a lot of hard games which just set out to completely fuck you over if you die. In MM9, if you die, you go back to the stage select screen, and you might have to start the level over from the beginning instead of the midpoint. That's it! You get three more lives, all of your weapons are filled up, and even get to keep any screws and E-tanks you've obtained so you can go to the store and make it easier if need be.
Plus, the game starts to get easier when you do beat some bosses. Their weapons can help you a LOT, Galaxy Man's and Jewel Man's especially. And Galaxy Man has the easiest level by far, so that's a good place to start.
I think I said it earlier in the thread, but I'm not good at games. I suck, and I know it. But even I could beat this game. All it takes is a bit of patience.
It's tough, but fair. You just have to take it a bit slowly and think about what you're going to do; you can't just go in expecting to be able to take everything as it comes based on your reflexes alone. You will die, and you will say, "Well gee, I won't do that again," and you won't.
And the penalty for dying really isn't that bad, unlike a lot of hard games which just set out to completely fuck you over if you die. In MM9, if you die, you go back to the stage select screen, and you might have to start the level over from the beginning instead of the midpoint. That's it! You get three more lives, all of your weapons are filled up, and even get to keep any screws and E-tanks you've obtained so you can go to the store and make it easier if need be.
Plus, the game starts to get easier when you do beat some bosses. Their weapons can help you a LOT, Galaxy Man's and Jewel Man's especially. And Galaxy Man has the easiest level by far, so that's a good place to start.
I think I said it earlier in the thread, but I'm not good at games. I suck, and I know it. But even I could beat this game. All it takes is a bit of patience.
Patrick Bateman
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sonicspear64 said:
Alaluef said:
Thanks.
Yup. I usually only get frustrated when I die or have hardships in games if they're due to retarded design decisions, and that's far from what happens here. MM9 is a well thought game where if you die is because of the challenge, everything is there for a reason. And you will get better the more you play, that's what keeps me going. In fact, most of the time I die in MM9 I laugh because it's just so fun.KevinCow said: