A thread to discuss the Mega Man franchise!
I've been binge playing Mega Man games this past week. I've always loved the series, but something has always kept me from enjoying them. I think it's that, for a long while, I really sucked at them. I never beat a MM game until just a year or two ago. I've owned the 6 NES carts for a long time, but I've never beat any of them. I was really excited when 9 and 10 came out, but I never beat those either.
I'm pretty sure Mega Man 7 was the first game in the series that I've ever played at length. About 16 or so years ago, I got myself a MM7 cart off eBay. And holy fuck, I'm glad I got it back then because I just looked at the price and WTF! Anyway, I went to town on MM7 back when I first got it. I made it to Wily's second form but never beat it. I haven't played it since then, but I've always regretted putting it down. I just played through it the past couple of days, and I again made it to Wily's second form. I haven't beaten it yet, but I plan to this time around.
A year or two ago I beat Mega Man X, which was the first MM game I ever beat. I promptly played through X 2 and beat that as well. Luckily, I also picked up the three X carts off eBay 16 or so years ago before the prices became absurd.
A week ago, I played through X 3 for the first time and beat it. The reason I didn't play it a year or two ago when I played X 1 and 2 is because I read a lot of negative comments about X 3. Just in general that it isn't as good as the first two, but I also read a few times that it's a lot harder. That put me off to playing it because of the difficultly I've had with MM games in the past. But after playing X 3, I don't know why some people say it's harder. The final bosses were kind of a joke compared to other MM games. And if you get that upgrade that restores health when you stand still, the rest of the game is cake.
I owned X 4 for Saturn some years back but sold it when the price started to go up. I kinda regret doing that now that the price is so high I'll never get another copy. I mean, I can play a burned disc of the game, but it's not the same. The PS1 version of X 4 is super cheap though, so I picked up a copy of that and started playing it. I made it up to the Colonel fight, but put my playthrough on pause. I got an itch to play MM7, but once I beat it I think I'll pick X 4 back up.
After 7 and X 4, I'm not sure what I'll play next. I might play 8, since I never really gave that one a chance. And I just picked up 11. It seems like a natural progression to play 7, 8 and then 11. I'd definitely like to tackle the NES games at some point. After that, I guess I should naturally play 9 and 10.