if youre marathoning the mm games, i can see this entry being pretty weak, the burnout would have hit pretty hard by this point
it doesnt do much different or even necessarily better than previous games for the most part, but it does look and control damn fine while doing it. theres still plenty of classic mega man annoyance, and some very frustrating bosses, but i never found it enough to ruin the experience. the animated cutscenes are also quite the treat (with the undub hack)
after giving this game up for years, it finally grew on me