Written By: Bernard Julius Paje
Title: Mega Man Legacy Collection
Developer: Digital Eclipse
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Platformer
Price: $14.99 (PS4)
Also Available On: 3DS, Steam, XB1
As a child, Megaman (who I primarily knew equally Rockman growing up) holds a particular house inwards my videogaming life. I literally grew upward playing most all his games across diverse systems. I constitute the mechanic of getting a boss' ability when yous shell him thence cool dorsum then--It should be, because Megaman games were amid the start ones to properly implement this mechanic. I played all of the start 6 entries on the NES (mainly on its Japanese counterpart, the Family Computer, or Famicom) in addition to ended upward mastering most of them because I played (and replayed) them whenever I had the chance.
Being immature though, most of us actually merely meet our game consoles in addition to cartridges equally what they primarily are: toys. And because of this reason, I ended upward either losing or selling my game cartridges; an human activity that I tin attest most of us regrets at nowadays that nosotros accept grown up. If always about of us did even thence accept their old cartridges, most of their boxes in addition to education manuals accept in all likelihood been destroyed or thrown away. I could accept even thence had a consummate cartridge collection of the Rockman games had I known the value of videogames dorsum then.
When Capcom announced that it would free the Megaman Legacy Collection, it made me silly similar a 6 yr old again. The prospect of playing (and replaying) about of my favorite retro games on electrical flow generation systems is really appealing to me. When I got the game, I straight off played the games inwards order. Some of them (like iv in addition to 6) are sure harder than I remember, but my most favorite ones (the start three) I tin even thence easily beat. Just similar that, I was a kid again!
Now that I am re-judging this compilation of games equally an adult, I tin honestly tell that they accept definitely stood the examination of time. All 6 games are even thence really fun to play today. The 8-bit graphics even thence await the same but accept a higher fidelity in addition to crispness to it. The chiptune audio in addition to music are even thence equally awesome equally I remember, in addition to the game also has about modern re-arrangements of the series' most familiar tunes. Each game also has Database in addition to Museum features, where yous tin lookup information in addition to concept fine art for everything each game has to offer. There is also a Music Player which lets yous play the 6 games' music inwards all their tinny glory. Brand novel missions inwards the Challenges carte du jour are also a welcome add-on to the compilation, where yous are either given a remixed fix of areas from each game or postulate to defeat sure bosses in addition to robot masters consecutively (a la Boss Rush from other games). You tin fifty-fifty alter the version of the games from Megaman to Rockman! All inwards all, this is a pretty feature-packed compilation.
The exclusively affair I want they did non retain from each game is the slowdown that happens on about sprite-filled areas. I know that Capcom in all likelihood wanted to conk on the authentic experience of each game thence they opted non to alter their original performance, but the alternative to take away those slowdowns would accept been a welcome feature. Still, this is a really pocket-size gripe that volition hardly touching the fun yous volition accept inwards playing 6 really awesome in addition to iconic retro games. Like me, I am sure a lot yous accept a particular house for Megaman (or Rockman) inwards your hearts. This is definitely a enterprise compilation of games whatsoever gamer should have--Even those who never played the original games.
YAY!
- Solid compilation of 6 iconic games.
- Challenge trend gives yous a lot of remixed missions to conquer.
- Database, Museum in addition to Music Player features are also welcome additions.
NAY!
- Slowdown even thence exists inwards most games.
- Why isn’t Capcom making whatsoever to a greater extent than Megaman games now? ☹
REVIEW SCORE: 9/10
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