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Solar Man was composed by the same lady who did the MM3 soundtrack, which is The Best Soundtrack, so that makes perfect sense. I think MM6 is hideous. It has extremely weird color choices, with many blocks and objects in the stages clashing extremely heavily with the background palettes, and those themselves are also way too saturated. Both of Knight Man's color schemes (green and pink especially) are assaulting my senses. MM5 on the other hand is a very beautiful game, with an extremely pleasing and well-chosen pastel palette, and the sprites also fit very well to the backgrounds. Those themselves are also wonderfully detailed to a level no other 8-bit MM game can compare (especially not MM9 and 10, which is weird); just look at the train silhouettes in the background of Charge Man's first screen. They are above and beyond anything MM6 does.
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I dunno if it was just because their A-team was on the SNES by that point or what but I feel like it being an NES game in 1993 led to something be up, kinda like how Ducktales 2 had some of the most forgettable music imaginable (at least I think so, compared to the first game).
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Mar 14, 2019 18:52
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Personal MM6 standout tracks: Blizzard, Tomahawk, Mr. X
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Mar 14, 2019 18:59
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Simply Simon posted:I think MM6 is hideous. It has extremely weird color choices, with many blocks and objects in the stages clashing extremely heavily with the background palettes, and those themselves are also way too saturated. Both of Knight Man's color schemes (green and pink especially) are assaulting my senses. At least Plant Man's stage looks good. Well, the outdoor part.
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Mar 14, 2019 21:39
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Yeah, the easiest way to showcase the NES games graphical advancement is comparing Wood Man's forest to Plant Man's. 
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Did you know that there is more fire in Dust Man's stage than there is in Heat Man's stage?
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the best looking nes game is Castlevania 3 and it came out 4 years before Mega Man 6. Hell, it came out before Mega Man 3!
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Star Man posted:Did you know that there is more fire in Dust Man's stage than there is in Heat Man's stage?
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The Merkinman posted:You can have heat without direct fire. They're even different attributes in Breath of the Wild While I'm aware that heat doesn't require fire, Heat Man is colloquially still considered a fire-themed boss (his body is a Zippo lighter and he has an aura of fire) and there is no fire in that fire-themed character's stage. I'm just being unfunny.
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Star Man posted:While I'm aware that heat doesn't require fire, Heat Man is colloquially still considered a fire-themed boss (his body is a Zippo lighter and he has an aura of fire) and there is no fire in that fire-themed character's stage. I'm just being unfunny.
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Merkin Man will be a vertical jungle stage with those annoying tick enemies from Mega Man 1.
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I don't know if anyone still cares but Dragon MFD came out at retail, and they've patched it once or twice to make it less sponge-y, apparently. EDIT: there's a separate thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3881914 Also, Blaster Master Zero-2, out today on Switch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEIEJVd33Qk
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They announced Cuphead for the Switch today; I was surprised that they won't charge more for it than for every other platform. As much as I enjoy the Switch's adaptability, but I'm not sure if I"m going to bite on it. I've found that any Switch controller, whether it's the built-in snappy one or the separate Pro controller, really doesn't work well for games that require very subtle, quick movements. I can barely play the SF collection on Switch because I find it very difficult to do dragon punches, fireballs and the like, but I can bust those out with no difficulty on PS4-style controllers. Cuphead is such a difficult game that I fear that I would be setting myself up for frustration with the Switch version.PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Also, Blaster Master Zero-2, out today on Switch! Looks fun, just like the first one... which I own and have yet to finish.
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Mar 20, 2019 23:27
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To the same token, there's a bunch of NES games, including Megaman 1, on the Switch. I'll just hope no one's damaged their system in frustration. I also got a handful of bosses deep into Blazer Master Zero, then I just lost the urge to play. Loved it, loved it, forgot about it.
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guess what, I found a "new" x game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9sSjFYuZyw
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I don't know if anyone still cares but Dragon MFD came out at retail, and they've patched it once or twice to make it less sponge-y, apparently. EDIT: there's a separate thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3881914 loving anime watermelon tits
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i will buy it because the first one was tons of fun. but gently caress the unnecessary otaku male gaze poo poo. why can't a game be a game?
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Mar 21, 2019 10:47
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Inti Creates has always been horny on main.
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Bought the game and finished the first pass of first two areas. Gameplay is on point and the new counterattack mechanic makes the top down areas fun. Also the map is very good for a metroidvania. You can even get information on which parts you get from which areas. Also the game is 10 bucks and I am pretty sure I will get my gameplay worth. Workaday Wizard fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Mar 21, 2019 |
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drat it, I let my wife pick the first Maverick I would fight in MMX2 and she picked Magna Centipede  I barely managed to beat him on like my fifth try.By the way, I went back into his stage and made it to the end without getting caught by a searchlight but didn’t get the in-game achievement. What gives? Switch version. Edit: wtf I had no idea that an X-Hunter disappears forever if you beat the stage they are in without challenging them. drat! Time to start over. I’m better off fighting Wheel Gator first anyhow since you need spin wheel to get a bunch of other stuff. Blackbelt Bobman fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Mar 28, 2019 |
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Mar 28, 2019 02:15
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I think you specifically have to do the searchlight thing on a first run and without any continues even if you didn't get caught before dying.
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Is there some trick to beating Serges in X-Hunter Base Stage 2? Besides using Giga Crush on the cannons. Trying to hit him with Sonic Slicer is hilarious by which I mean infuriating. Even hitting him with charged X-Buster shots is hard. A poorly designed, unfun boss. The rest of the game is super easy, which is why I’m so confused by this one difficulty spike.
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Mar 29, 2019 02:57
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If you stay directly between two of the alternating platforms one of them will always be propelling you up. I feel like this makes it easier to aim shots and consistently dodge, and seems to make the bullet pattern line up in a way to miss you more often than not. Don't even bother using the slicer.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Is there some trick to beating Serges in X-Hunter Base Stage 2? Besides using Giga Crush on the cannons. Trying to hit him with Sonic Slicer is hilarious by which I mean infuriating. Even hitting him with charged X-Buster shots is hard. A poorly designed, unfun boss. The rest of the game is super easy, which is why I’m so confused by this one difficulty spike. Try the charged version of Sonic Slicer (assuming you have the armor that is), I've found that's a bit easier to hit with.
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You could also try speed burner (uncharged obviously). It's still not great for hitting his tiny hitbox, but a little better than the slicers. Yes, that fight sucks. I believe you can one shot the cannons with silk shots?
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Speed Burner's probably the best weapon with the biggest hitbox and it's still unfun, as Wrex Ruckus said yeah If you do want the Sonic Slicer, charging it then standing just right under him on the frontmost platform and letting go while he's above you generally has ok results but hitboxes can still be dodgy
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I beat that finally, killed Agile with one dragon punch and then easily disposed of Sigma because they made him weak as hell. Virus Sigma summons enemies that drop health items which is crazy. The only trophy I didn’t get was killing a boss with giga crush, I tried to but it only does one damage and that’s dumb as hell. X3 is the X game I have played the least so I am looking forward to getting another chance to play it, even if it isn’t great.
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:i will buy it because the first one was tons of fun. but gently caress the unnecessary otaku male gaze poo poo. why can't a game be a game? You vote with your wallet on this- and can communicate your views in spaces that developers and other parts of the userbase see.
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can you all recommend good 2d action platformer games. preferably on switch.
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:can you all recommend good 2d action platformer games. preferably on switch. Megaman 11.
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There's the Gunvolt 1+2 collection, the Shantae games are basically fine, Dragon Marked for Death is alright with some bumpiness, and Double Cross is interesting if short. You could also join me in praying for a rerelease of the Zero collection with ZX/ZXA added in.
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chumbler posted:There's the Gunvolt 1+2 collection, the Shantae games are basically fine, Dragon Marked for Death is alright with some bumpiness, and Double Cross is interesting if short. You could also join me in praying for a rerelease of the Zero collection with ZX/ZXA added in. zero with widescreen on switch is my kokoro wish
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Shinku ABOOKEN posted:can you all recommend good 2d action platformer games. preferably on switch. I’m playing through The Messenger right now and it’s very good.
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I had some fun with Blaster Master Zero, but it was shorter and with less content than I expected. Pretty good as a fiveish hours thing, though.
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Hey. Mega Man X3 kinda sucks. The levels are bland and boring. A lot of the music is bad. I don’t like the bosses much either. Oh well. Also it’s annoying that there are trophies for beating Vile, Bit and Byte without using special weapons when you have to use special weapons to destroy them and get Zero’s saber. And there’s one for getting the gold armor and one for beating Sigma without the gold armor. Who would want to play through this whole game twice?
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X3 and X6 are the worst X games. X7 is better only because Hyenard is hilarious and at least they tried something new. They failed, but they tried and that sort of means something.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Hey. The music is like the one good thing about X3, because it's made by the lady who made Vampire Killer and are great compositions held back by the awkward decision to use rock guitars for everything.
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I like X3's PS1 arranged tracks a bit more really, the soundchip is what really kills the original for me Also yeah X3 is kinda boring but it's at least just... boring and not aggressively bad Like I'll still fight whoever decided that you should have to go through Duff McWhalen's stage three times to get everything when it's a slow autoscroller level
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Was X3 on PSX? I thought it was on Sega Saturn? The old MMX Collection for PS2/GCN had the option of the Saturn soundtrack or maybe it only had that one.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Was X3 on PSX? I thought it was on Sega Saturn? The old MMX Collection for PS2/GCN had the option of the Saturn soundtrack or maybe it only had that one. You’re thinking of X4, the X3 in the Collection was the PSX version and didn’t have a soundtrack option.
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