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Simply Simon posted:
Spikes after a drop are really, really lame design. In no way are they skill dependent.
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Are you sure the grabby powerup isn't just a random proc? That would explain a lot.
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Mar 25, 2014 22:38
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What you say about the game being more of a slower paced puzzle style game is funny, because that's exactly how I feel when I go back and play the original Mega Man. Quite often I find myself on screens where the point appears to actually be to avoid the enemies rather than attack them. (Bomb Man's stage especially is like this). It creates an entirely different flow from the rest of the series and it seems so strange in comparison.
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Mar 25, 2014 22:45
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Interesting comparison to MM1. I wouldn't have thought of it, though the steam shots in Neptune at least are classic Elec Man (and bullshit!).Lizard Wizard posted:Are you sure the grabby powerup isn't just a random proc? That would explain a lot.
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Mar 27, 2014 00:04
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So Capcom's got a poll up to see which Game Boy Mega Man game should go on the 3DS Virtual Console first. We've got the four other Mega Man games besides Dr. Wily's Revenge, and the Mega Man Xtreme games. I liked Xtreme 2, but I voted for Quintum here. It'd be nice for people to legally be able to own that game without spending a buttload on a rare cart. Plus, you know, Simon's making it look good and all.
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Apr 1, 2014 03:12
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Yeah, MMV gets my vote. I have the ROM on a DS flash card, but it always freezes when I select Saturn's stage, so I've never finished the game.  Also I heard that Mega Man Xtreme is pretty bad, so there's that.
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Apr 2, 2014 08:00
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Xtreme2 isn't that bad, but it suffers from the "Too Small a Screen" problem that these games do, just exacerbated because vertical movement and dashing are a thing in the X series.
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Apr 2, 2014 15:38
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And it really doesn't have enough buttons.
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Apr 2, 2014 18:53
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Kurieg posted:Xtreme2 isn't that bad, but it suffers from the "Too Small a Screen" problem that these games do, just exacerbated because vertical movement and dashing are a thing in the X series. Xtreme 2 is what X5 needed to be, small screen be damned. I mean, switching characters whenever the hell you want is just great, and the parts system actually made sense.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:05
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Though if memory served they still did the dumb thing of only giving the power to the character that landed the killing blow on the boss.
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Apr 2, 2014 19:44
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Kurieg posted:Xtreme2 isn't that bad, but it suffers from the "Too Small a Screen" problem that these games do, just exacerbated because vertical movement and dashing are a thing in the X series. Xtreme 2 also has the best script. Xtreme 2 Script posted:For some unknown reason, the programs of Reploids are suddenly erased. The Reploids stopped moving and almost seemed like they had become hollow shells. This phenomenon was named "ERASURE" and began to frighten the Reploids... "Laguz Island" in the Southern Ocean. Here is where the Reploid Research Lavatory is located. One day, the readings of Reploids had instantly vanished. A lot of Reploids were erased! What happened in this island...? Maverick Hunters, X and Zero received the orders and head into action! Xtreme 2 Script posted:Sigma: Hmmm... You are the ones who made that noise! Fu fu fu you'll never escape, my lavatory!
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Apr 2, 2014 21:45
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I played a tiny bit of Xtreme and couldn't deal with the controls at all. I watched an LP of Xtreme 2 ages ago; I only remember that I thought it had a lot of neat ideas. But...controls. Would also say that MMV is far more worth it.  Music Take Flight
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Apr 2, 2014 22:29
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I have some issues with the premise of this game. "Dr. Wily's fourth attempt at world domination has failed and his name has once again faded from the minds of the citizens of the world"? Hitler only tried it once and it's taken a lot longer than a few months to forget him. Has everyone been inflicted with Alzheimer's?
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Apr 2, 2014 22:35
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Bruceski posted:I have some issues with the premise of this game. "Dr. Wily's fourth attempt at world domination has failed and his name has once again faded from the minds of the citizens of the world"? Hitler only tried it once and it's taken a lot longer than a few months to forget him. Has everyone been inflicted with Alzheimer's? Well, they just aren't thinking of him as much as they did. Do you think about Hitler everyday?
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Apr 2, 2014 22:41
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Pyroi posted:Well, they just aren't thinking of him as much as they did. Do you think about Hitler everyday? Only when I update my homepage at the Hitlerblog and Fanfiction Archive .
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Apr 2, 2014 23:33
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Discendo Vox posted:Only when I update my homepage at the Hitlerblog and Fanfiction Archive . I can't wait for the next chapter. I really hope Mussolini and Hitler get together  "The Mega Arm fires at the speed of light" The worst unintentional pun.
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Apr 3, 2014 03:35
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I do like the use of in-engine cutscenes. Makes it all seem more... realistic?
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Apr 5, 2014 21:42
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Pyroi posted:Well, they just aren't thinking of him as much as they did. Do you think about Hitler everyday?
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Apr 6, 2014 20:00
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Bruceski posted:I have some issues with the premise of this game. At this point Wily fails so often and so quickly everyone forgets about him inside of a week. I have to agree with Simon about this devil fight. It's so slow. Soooooooo slow. Also boring. But it's better than having a brutally hard one since those are terrible, but I feel like there's a middle ground we're missing. On the other hand, some really nice cutscene details - Light's custom thinking sprite is great, and the space launch was great.
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Apr 7, 2014 00:11
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The middle ground is no devil fight.
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Apr 7, 2014 00:15
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Naw, there's a way to make a Devil-styled fight interesting or at least less tedious. By making it so that the Devil can always be damaged or make it like the Mega Man And Bass one from the intro level.
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Apr 7, 2014 01:07
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D_W posted:Naw, there's a way to make a Devil-styled fight interesting or at least less tedious. By making it so that the Devil can always be damaged or make it like the Mega Man And Bass one from the intro level. Doesn't it kind of cease being a Devil fight at that point?
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Apr 7, 2014 01:17
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Naw. Unless they completely alter the appearance and loose the deforming/reforming motif.
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Apr 7, 2014 03:24
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Devils are like disappearing blocks and surprise spikes. The best thing you can do with them is not having them at all, but Capcom does not understand this.
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D_W posted:Naw. Unless they completely alter the appearance and loose the deforming/reforming motif. The one from Mega Man & Bass DID do the latter of these things, though. Deforming and reforming, and consequently only being damageable in short windows of time, is the crux of a Devil fight. Even with the same body shape, a boss that doesn't do these things is not "Devil-style" at all.
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Apr 7, 2014 03:57
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I completely forgot that this fight was even in the game.
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Apr 7, 2014 03:59
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I like the crystal devil from minus infinity a lot
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Apr 7, 2014 11:05
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Devils suck, yo. Sorry for no update this weekend (as if I had a schedule, ha), I was just lazy. To force myself to not be lazy, I hereby promise one tonight. (it's just uploading and making the update picture, not actual science like you are doing at the moment in the lab Simon, not that hard jeez) To tide you over, in case you missed that, Quartum is on the archive!
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Apr 14, 2014 15:08
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  Music Pluto
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Apr 14, 2014 22:47
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Those Met Tanks take off almost half your lifebar in a single hit? That's some grade-A bullshit right there.
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Apr 15, 2014 00:38
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When I was watching the Pluto fight, all I could see was Neon Tiger, from Megaman X3. They're awfully similar. Both animalistic, both have that annoying dash and cling trick, and both shoot projectiles at odd angles, in much the same pattern. My first thought was that Pluto was a ripoff of the Tiger. Turns out that Quintum predates X3 by about a year, though. It must be convergent evolution.
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Apr 15, 2014 02:28
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Simply Simon posted:
Pluto is supposed to be the God of the Underworld, but our Stardroid here looks more like Cerberus instead 
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Apr 15, 2014 04:08
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Bluemage142 posted:When I was watching the Pluto fight, all I could see was Neon Tiger, from Megaman X3. They're awfully similar. Both animalistic, both have that annoying dash and cling trick, and both shoot projectiles at odd angles, in much the same pattern.
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Apr 15, 2014 08:13
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Dang, can you use this as an air dash? That's something I haven't seen before in an 8-bit Megaman game.
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Apr 22, 2014 16:35
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I was just looking through the schedule for this year's Summer Games Done Quick, and saw that this game will be featured in their lineup! I'm interested to see how this game, which Simon has called slower than most of the others in the series, works as a speedrun.
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Apr 26, 2014 17:42
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heytallman posted:I'm interested to see how this game, which Simon has called slower than most of the others in the series, works as a speedrun. Lots of sliding and Break Dash abuse, most likely.
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Break Dash sadly is not an airdash. Still really loving useful! So yeah this took a while uh did you guys notice Dark Souls 2 came out? Na poo poo excuse. Actually I was to busy having sex with my girlfriend. Yeah, that's far better!   Music Jupiter Simply Simon fucked around with this message at 22:26 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 01:53
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Really seems like the item grabbing mega arm was put in as an afterthought once they were done with all the level design without really thinking about if it would break those item challenge rooms.
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May 3, 2014 10:17
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MR. J posted:Really seems like the item grabbing mega arm was put in as an afterthought once they were done with all the level design without really thinking about if it would break those item challenge rooms. The item grabbing ability is a purchase, right? Seems to me like it's more of a reward for investment than an outright mistake.
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MR. J posted:Really seems like the item grabbing mega arm was put in as an afterthought once they were done with all the level design without really thinking about if it would break those item challenge rooms. Mega man games usually have multiple solutions to problems.
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