YELLOW DEVIL IS DOWN!
It took me all this time today, but I did it. I can
move on to the next levels. I have no time to waste.
The second level has another section of platforming,
after which Mega Man finds himself in a room against Cut Man. What? Oh no! The
Robot Masters, again? Alright, fine, it can’t be that hard, right? The devious
developers at Capcom cannot be so cruel as not to leave a healing item before
each boss, right? …right?
After Cut Man is dealt with, more platforming occurs,
then we fight Elec Man. Oh crap… And after Elec Man, this continues! And a
nasty surprise awaits at the bottom… Mega Man gets cloned, and has to fight a
clone of himself! When you switch to a different weapon, so does the clone.
This is another tough fight, though you can make it easier by using the Pause
glitch… which isn’t considered legal here unlike for the Yellow Devil, but fuck
it, this is too hard. When the clone is defeated, we move on to the next level.
Don't you hate opponents who are bigger than you? |
Finally, we enter the final level, where we complete
another platforming section, and then we get to the “boss”, or rather, a whole
lot of bosses. First is Bomb Man; then it’s Fire Man. Then, Ice Man. And
finally, Guts Man. You do not get healing items between each boss, you do
however have access to all of your weapons, and the whole sequence boils down
to “don’t get hit too much in each encounter”. Fire Man is the one who’s gonna
be the most problematic in that regard.
After those four bosses are defeated, Mega Man reaches
a checkpoint, after which he can refill one of his weapons, and then it’s the
fight against Wily. You don’t get to regain any Hit Points before the final
boss, so I hope you weren’t on your last life! Still, if you know the tricks,
Wily is not that difficult. He has a few weaknesses that you can exploit, even if
that means using the pause glitch to have an easier time. …Which I totally had
to do, in order to win and be able to tell this to you. Soon Wily’s machine is
defeated and Wily surrenders. Mega Man chooses to stay the way he is now, and
decides to fight for everlasting peace.
But we all know that Wily’s comes back in Mega Man 2,
with 8 robots this time. God damn it. And everlasting peace? Sorry Mega Man,
you’ll never see it. I can’t blame you for trying, but… yeah… not gonna happen…
See that tiny opening to jump into where the fire is? That's cheap platforming. |
Review presented by Nicolas Hamel through Planned All Along. But you could have guessed that. |
The sprite art is very detailed, and the 8-bit music’s
good. Not that you’ll notice most of this considering the kind of trouble
awaiting in each level… In the end, despite its great difficulty, Mega Man is a
good game. However, while the sequels kept the level of difficulty, they were more merciful and ameliorated the formula, so I'd suggest another Mega Man game, maybe the second. But if you want to try this one, go ahead and have fun. I think that covers everything I had to say about
this game.
Next week, a Top 12 list.
(I promise I will no more have freakouts like this.
Well… I’ll try my best.)
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