i sat down and spent 130 hours playing this, after witnessing adoration and loathing for this game on the internet in pretty equal amounts, and i gotta say

i'm 100% in the former camp. i'm mostly a fan of other megaten games more than persona (having only played P4G) but i can safely say this blows digital devil saga 2 and even nocturne out of the water for me. genuinely a masterpiece

okay so after going all-in and 100%ing the entire game i realized something. this really is gonna be my goty huh

it's been SO long since i've played a game that actively made me want to 100% it, especially when i have less free time nowadays, but this game scratched an itch i've had for a LONG time. the stages are really fun to learn, the bosses are fun as hell to fight and even do no-hit runs of (which the game actually does acknowledge despite having no achievements for it! you love to see it)

but yeah i haven't had a game be this addicting for me for a long time, the movement's great, combat's probably some of the best i've EVER seen in a 2D action game, even the plot and characters are pretty fun and compelling. just a fantastic game all-around.

combat's easily the highlight of this game, i wouldn't call everything around it undercooked but you can tell where this game gets its main inspirations from

honestly though if this dev makes some kind of spiritual successor (i can't see an actual sequel to this story, but i could be wrong) to this game, keeping the incredibly fluid combat but giving everything around it the same level of polish, i'd be buying that shit day 1

i don't think there's a single other second mega man game that's as huge of a step up from the first game as this one is. shoutout to the deranged translation btw

still enjoyable enough but man are the internet areas and virus encounters rough. held together pretty well overall, surprisingly enough, though its definitely the second-worst of the series (behind BN4 fuck you BN4)

just fully indoctrinated myself into being a gal gun fan god save my soul

this game is a psyop by inti creates to get people to become gal gun fans and im sorry to say i fell for it

still the best worst 9/10 i've ever played

honestly ended up pleasantly surprised by this game, i didn't think it'd be bad exactly but didn't think it'd be genuinely really solid. aside from a few flaws (most notably: enemy placement is seriously ridiculous in later stages, i found myself frequently having to take hits just to proceed) it's pretty well-designed all around, and i'm glad there's more dev studios out there besides inti creates pumping out 2D action games like this

this game has britney spears but racist in it you literally cannot get more 2000s than that

very solid game and a big step up from 1 gameplaywise, though i do think it doesnt have as much charm as 1 did

i fucking love the tone of this game so much but holy hell do the later titles play so much better. having an actual strafe in later games is such a godsend

it's kind of amazing this released just one year before the disaster (storywise) that was gunvolt 3. inti what happened

somehow way better on the replay, not as good as 3 but still a super solid game. playing it with voice acting this time really enhanced the experience too

easy as hell but damn this game is fun. also gets bonus points for leading into BMZ3 which is one of inti creates' absolute best games