what a delightful little game! not without its flaws, but i had a great time with this one. actually, it mainly has one giant flaw. the camera is so monumentally shit. look, i get it, its a ps1 game and the developers have never made a 3d game before, yada yada, i don't really care. i'm not playing this game in 1997, its 20XX now and the camera is so bad i almost dropped this game entirely. i got better at handling it over time, sure, but even by the final boss battle, after about 8 hours of playtime, it still felt like i was fighting more against the camera than the boss itself.
but other than the camera, i really loved this game. interestingly, if you analyse each element of mega man legends individually, you'll find that it doesn't excel at anything at all. as stated, the camera is dogshit, but also the voice acting is terrible and combat is mediocre and the music is repetitive and the dungeons are very uninspiring. the exception is the art direction, this game is absolutely gorgeous and everyone knows it. but i feel that mega man legends is a textbook example of a game that is so much greater than the sum of its parts.
sure, the voice acting sucks, but it's also kind of charmingly bad and the cutscenes were always a joy to sit through. the combat is nothing special, but there's a decent level of depth to trying out different combinations of buster parts and special weapons, and learning the attack patterns of each enemy so you know how to avoid getting hit is pretty rewarding. the dungeons consist of narrow hallways and tunnels, occasionally throwing in a large arena-type room for some variety, and it all kind of feels like they were built by one of capcom's interns, but they're still a lot of fun to run-and-gun through. there's just something really cozy about the atmosphere, i'm not sure how to explain it. it's the vibe of the thing.
the last thing i want to comment on is the narrative. no spoilers, but it took a really strange twist at the very last second that i was not expecting at all, but then that twist is promptly resolved by an unexpected character and i loved it. there's lots of humour sprinkled throughout the game, you'd do well to speak to all the npcs just so you can experience all of the dialogue boxes. i only wish i got some more tron bonne, she was my favourite character. they should make a spin-off based on tron bonne, i think.
anyway, great game, i highly recommend it, it's not long so you might as well play it especially if you like cozy comfy ps1 games and shooting and robots
but other than the camera, i really loved this game. interestingly, if you analyse each element of mega man legends individually, you'll find that it doesn't excel at anything at all. as stated, the camera is dogshit, but also the voice acting is terrible and combat is mediocre and the music is repetitive and the dungeons are very uninspiring. the exception is the art direction, this game is absolutely gorgeous and everyone knows it. but i feel that mega man legends is a textbook example of a game that is so much greater than the sum of its parts.
sure, the voice acting sucks, but it's also kind of charmingly bad and the cutscenes were always a joy to sit through. the combat is nothing special, but there's a decent level of depth to trying out different combinations of buster parts and special weapons, and learning the attack patterns of each enemy so you know how to avoid getting hit is pretty rewarding. the dungeons consist of narrow hallways and tunnels, occasionally throwing in a large arena-type room for some variety, and it all kind of feels like they were built by one of capcom's interns, but they're still a lot of fun to run-and-gun through. there's just something really cozy about the atmosphere, i'm not sure how to explain it. it's the vibe of the thing.
the last thing i want to comment on is the narrative. no spoilers, but it took a really strange twist at the very last second that i was not expecting at all, but then that twist is promptly resolved by an unexpected character and i loved it. there's lots of humour sprinkled throughout the game, you'd do well to speak to all the npcs just so you can experience all of the dialogue boxes. i only wish i got some more tron bonne, she was my favourite character. they should make a spin-off based on tron bonne, i think.
anyway, great game, i highly recommend it, it's not long so you might as well play it especially if you like cozy comfy ps1 games and shooting and robots