@Felthry Megaman 6. I'm a big fan of the series, but 6 is the worst (IMO) of the classic games. It just feels like a slog and the weapons are either bland, clumsy, or both. But it does a lot right; the graphics and music are top-tier and the Jet and Power adapters are fun to play with. And of course it has the one 'taur-shaped boss so far. It's just overall... fine.
@dodec We've noticed that most people seem to think 2 and 4 are the only good megaman games and all the rest are mediocre.
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2 and 4? ... I'm not sure I agree with that. Not that either is bad (like I said, 6 is my least favorite of a series I at least kind of like all of). It's hard to recommend 1, true. 3 is a very solid game, though, and makes a very nice cap to the original trilogy. 5 is the best of the 4-6 series (the speedrun does a terrible job of representing how fun the game actually is). 7 just has so much care put into it, from the animations to the many interactions the weapons can cause, that I'm surprised people don't like it more. I genuinely like 8 and think it's one of the best MM titles, although the terrible voice acting is a weak spot. 9 and 10 were both generally pretty fun if not very ambitious. 11 had some great ideas but suffers from the designers only giving any thought to the 8 boss stages and apparently forgetting to make Wily Castle interesting (also most of the music suffers from using the same synth lead instrument that's a little unpleasant to listen to). Megaman and Bass was ambitious and underappreciated (the Ice Wall remains one of my favorite MM weapons, and MagicMan is still a great boss design).
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@dodec oh I'm thinking just out of the original six--most people seem to think 2 and 4 are the best for whatever reason. Those are the ones we see speedruns of the most, too.
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@dodec perhaps we'll give it a try!
original megaman games are ridiculously expensive, but they've been ported a lot
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@Felthry
The Megaman Legacy Collection has 1-6 in it and is $15 on Steam, if you're looking for a cheap legal way to get them (and Legacy Collection 2 has 7-10).
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@dodec yeah, we got the megaman X legacy collection on switch a while back
don't think we ever managed to beat a single boss of it, hah
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@Felthry
They are, in general. 5 happens to be one of the easier ones, though, because it likes to throw E-tanks at you.