#i dont think ill play through the rest of the bonus stage yet though. i want to properly enjoy it and i'm going to be mia for a few days

[trophygony]

Ive gone wild. Ive done it. I made a private playlist of songs that made me think "this could fit a wh character"

#ramblegony #witch's heart #and now i am all teehee what if i made an animatic. ignoring the fact that the three times i started one #i only ever finished one and it was significantly shortened #granted it was before i got a graphic tablet but STILL. listen i don't CARE that wtf this fits so well. i am not. doing it #(lies. im at least going to try) #i dont think ill play through the rest of the bonus stage yet though. i want to properly enjoy it and i'm going to be mia for a few days #also the claire pixel face thing is turning out nicely but i will die. i will die this drawing is killing me #i thought oh heeey just flip this magnificent pixel bow part because it took you 45 min alone to save time! #no. it did not save time. it doesnt look too good. why does claire have so much blue #i can only look at rusty colours for a long time or desaturated colours. but vivid blue? i am very tired.

[transirisreal]

mega man (1987) - review

also known as: rockman

release date: december 17th, 1987

played on: nes (mega man legacy collection)

have i played this prior to the review?: yes

mega mans first game!!! does it hold up??? lets find out!!!!

i assume i dont need to go too in depth as to how mega man gameplay works. you likely already know but ill explain a bit anyway. u are given the choice of 8 robot master stages (6 in this game) and after beating those, a few more linear stages after those referred to as the fortress stages, with a final boss at the end who is (almost) always dr wily. after beating one of the 8 (6) robot masters, u get their weapon, certain weapons are strong against certain enemies and bosses, etc.

the popular consensus regarding this game is that it isnt very good, and to a certain extent, i agree. this game is pretty clearly their first attempt. only 6 stages, passwords werent invented yet (meaning if ur playing on an og nes and need to leave, youll have to start the game all over), and a bad game design moment that ill talk abt a bit later.

despite it being the first game, its graphics have aged pretty well, and still look pretty nice today. of course later games would have better graphics but mm1 still looks damn good

the music in this game is pretty good and memorable! my favorite tracks are elec man's stage, guts man's stage, wily fortress 1 and wily fortress 2, and the ending theme.

the special weapons are pretty good, the thunder beam (elec mans weapon) is the best but everything else is still pretty good, my least favorite is the super arm (guts mans weapon), as you can only pick up specific blocks...

this game is known for its hard difficulty. its one of the hardest in the series, though theres a pretty infamous glitch that cuts the difficulty down by about half. its known as "the pause glitch" and basically involves you constantly pausing the game to abuse the bosses invincibility frames. unless ur a Super Ultra Pro Hardcore Gamer™, ur gonna need that pause glitch bcs bosses like fire man, elec man, and yellow devil are way too friggin hard without the pause glitch or any other fancy tricks.

theres a moment a bit later on in the game thats quite infamous for being badly designed...so in elec man's stage, theres an item called the magnet beam, you cant miss seeing it but u need either guts mans weapon or elec mans weapon to break the blocks and grab it. heres the thing: the magnet beam could have easily stayed as a fun little bonus utility if you went through the effort of obtaining it.

instead, theres a section in the first fortress level that you cant pass without the magnet beam. since "exiting the stage" wasn't invented yet, if you dont have it, youll have to lose all of your lives, get a game over, go back to elec mans stage, grab the magnet beam, and finish the rest of his stage or get another game over, and go back to the fortress to finally pass through. incase you couldnt tell...

in conclusion, this might be a hot take but i think mega man 1 is a lot better than people give it credit for. did it age perfectly? no. are there better mega man games? yes. is this game even good? thats debatable! however, i think out of the 716 licensed nes games, this still outclasses a good majority of them. good controls, good music, good graphics, a lot of aspects of this game still hold up today.

mega man 1 gets a 3.5/5 from me :)

so anyway, if u made it this far tysm for reading my silly goofy ramblings! likes/reblogs would seriously be appreciated, as my goal is to get more people to see my dumb little reviews! i plan on doing a review for mega man 2 soon, but dont be surprised if i get bored and forget my tumblr account exists :3

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