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Mega Man 8 Review Today I am going to be critiquing and reviewing Mega Man 8. So let’s get started. Story: 9 The story starts off in outer space. Two robots a blue one, who is a good robot, and a purple robot, who is an evil robot, are battling in space. Both of them collide and plummet to earth. Meanwhile Mega Man is battling Bass in the city when he is interrupted by Dr. Light telling him a strange meteorite has fallen into Earth with huge energy readings. Mega Man leaves the battle which irritates Bass. Dr. Light tells Mega Man to try to locate the energy from the meteorite (purple robot) because it must not fall into the hands of Dr. Wily. Mega Man rushes to the island were the two robots landed only to find the island is owned by Dr. Wily. Dr. Wily takes the energy from the purple robot and goes to his secrete base. Mega Man sees the injured blue Robot, who is called Duo, and has Dr. Light to pick him up so he can be repaired. Just what is this new energy source that Wily has acquired? Also who is Duo what is his mission? Mega Man sets out once again to save the world and to answer these questions. Okay I really liked the plot of this game. I thought it was creative and it sounded like Capcom was really trying something new here. Dr. Wily is a reoccurring villain in the Mega Man series but every time he has a creative way of trying to take over the world. I really like to see that kind of creativity. By having Dr. Wily take an energy source from another robot was something different. I also liked how the plot introduces us to a new hero named Duo. This plot was creative and it introduced the characters very well. Thus, I give Mega Man 8’s plot or storyline a good 9 out of 10 rating Graphics: 9 The graphics in Mega Man 8 were amazing. The stages look like real places. Grenade Man’s stage looks like an actual factory. Sword Man’s stage looks like a ruin you would see in an Indiana Jones movie. Aqua Man’s stage looks like an underwater ocean research lab. Search Man’s stage looks an actual jungle. The backgrounds were nicely done and full of color. In addition, the sprints of this game were very good. Mega Man can actually swim in this game. The enemies look very colorful as well. The controls are good, but there is a minor problem with them. As I stated this is the first and only game Mega Man can swim in. Mega Man while swimming sometimes appears to be sluggish. I do not know if that is because this is the only game he can swim in or what. But since this was on the play station, so I was not expecting that. Mega Man 8 does not suffer from lagging until some of the Dr. Wily stages. The one stage I noticed a few lagging was the scrolling stage. I guess that is because that stage scrolls, but I was really surprised there would be a lag considering this is on the Play Station. So, the graphics in this game for the most part were very good. The only problem was the sluggish feel to Mega Man when they player is having to have him swim. Also the few lags in Wily stages keeps them rating from being a perfect score. Thus I give the graphics a 9 out of 10. The backgrounds and color really bump up the rating. Sound: 5 The sound is were Mega Man 8 suffers the most. If anybody has played this game they know what I am talking about here. Mega Man 8 had the worst voice acting ever concerning a Mega Man game. Mega Man sounds like a young child. In fact, it is speculated that Capcom hired a 9 to 10 year old to do his voice. Do not know if that is true but that is what the game sounds like. Dr. Light sounds a lot like Elmer Fudd in this game. Also the robot masters some of their voices are horrible. Aqua Man sounds like a child just like Mega Man does. The other robot masters voices sound squeaky. Dr. Wily, Bass, Duo and Sword Man are the only characters in this game that have a good voice. A lot of players were turned off from this game because of the voices (more on that latter). Also another annoying sound in this game is the sled voices that tell you to jump or slide; they sound squeaky. Now for the positives concerning the sound. The music in this game was actually pretty good it is a shame it was overshadowed due to the horrible voice acting. Sword Man’s, Aqua Man’s, Search Man’s and Tengu Man’s themes are very nice. I find their themes to be enjoyable and relaxing. However, it’s a shame the voices were not up to the soundtrack’s level. Had the voices been better this would have been a higher rating. I give the sound to Mega Man 8 a 5 out of 10. The reason it does not get higher is because of the voices. The reason it does not get lower is because of the music. Addictiveness and Depth: 6 Some people do not like this game mainly due to the voices. I happen to like this game. Now is it one of my all-time favorites no. But, I do play this game often just not as much as some of the others in the classic series. Mega Man 8 did not have as much depth compared to its precursors. There are items to collect in Mega Man 8 and by beating a stages mini boss you get an extra item. Items can be brought at the store by collecting bolts. However, here is the thing the game only gives you 40 bolts to collect. That is not enough to buy all the items. The items can add some replay value. Sometimes I play through this game with different parts but even then you can’t buy everything as I stated. The stages are long and all of them are broken up into first and second halves. So that right there adds some depth. However I was really expecting more from Mega Man 8. I was hoping it would be like Mega Man 7, Mega Man V, Mega Man IV and Mega Man 5 in terms of depth and it wasn’t. Thus, I give the addictiveness and depth of this game a middle of the road rating of 6/10 Difficulty: 9 This game really shines on its difficulty. Mega Man 8 was one of the hardest games in the classic series for me. In fact, it rivals Mega Man 1 in terms of difficulty. The stages can be a nightmare due to obstacles such as the sledding part in Frost Man and Dr. Wily stages. Those are a real pain to get through. The enemy placement in this game was very numerous. It is so easy to get hit in this game. Enemies will hit you from behind, corner you and surround you. The mini bosses in this game can be nightmares as they have a ton of health. It should also be noted that there is no Rush Coil or Rush Jet in this game. The closest thing you have to Rush Coil is the Mega Ball which can be jumped on for a boost jump. In addition, unlike other Mega Man games there are no energy tanks in this game. The player cannot even buy energy tanks even in the store. I remember losing quite a bit of lives in this game. The bad thing is the game does not really give you much to help to compensate either. For some players that might be a turn off. But as for me I like games like this. The boss fights really test your skill. Some of the bolts in this game require creativity to get too so that is a big plush. I really like games like that. The very first Mega Man game was difficulty mainly because of the poor graphics and glitches in it. Mega Man 8 is just a difficulty game that requires skills and some luck to master. I will be honest I have not made it to Dr. Wily yet so that tells how hard this game is. You may be wondering why I did not give this game a perfect score on difficulty. The reason being is they are two items you can buy in the store to help with enemy placement. Still, at the end of the day I give this game a 9 out of 10 on difficulty. Overall: 8 Mega Man 8 came out in 1998 and was released on the Play Station one counsel. I got this game when it first came out. I want to think I purchased it at Kmart. I was excited to play this game. But in some areas I was disappointed in. I was disappointed in how bad the voices were. I was suspecting much more considering this was on the Play Station. A lot of people were turned off from this game because of the voices. I can see why to be honest. Sometimes it is best just to hit the mute button when the characters are talking, yeah they are that bad. Also I think a lot of people were turned off from this game because you cannot buy every item in the store. Mega Man IV, Mega Man V, and Mega Man 7 the player could buy every item by getting enough chips or bolts. The difficulty in those games, where you could buy every item, were still very difficult. So why did Capcom make it to were you could not buy every item? I do not know maybe they were trying to get players to play the game again with different parts who knows. These two things really kept this game from being a huge hit. In addition, Mega Man X4 was released the same time as this game. So it was like Capcom was competing with itself. Mega Man X4 turned out to be a smash hit. I think Mega Man 8 could have been a huge hit if it was not for the voices and other issues I mentioned. Okay now to the positives. Mega Man 8 does have some things to offer. The graphics in this game are very good. Mega Man 8 is also known for being very colorful. The sound track was very good. Despite the negatives I do play this game again. However, I do not play it as much as some of the other classic games like IV, V, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Those games are my favorites, so this one is a good game but not as good as others. I really think this game could have been so much better had it not been for the things I mentioned. So would I recommend this game? Here is my take. If high pitched children voices bother you it may be that you want to skip this game or hit the mute button during the cut scenes. If you want to see how good the graphics are then by all means play this game. If you can look past the negatives in this game you will find it is a good game. So this concludes my critique of Mega Man 8. Today I am going to be critiquing and reviewing Mega Man 8. So let’s get started. Story: 9 The story starts off in outer space. Two robots a blue one, who is a good robot, and a purple robot, who is an evil robot, are battling in space. Both of them collide and plummet to earth. Meanwhile Mega Man is battling Bass in the city when he is interrupted by Dr. Light telling him a strange meteorite has fallen into Earth with huge energy readings. Mega Man leaves the battle which irritates Bass. Dr. Light tells Mega Man to try to locate the energy from the meteorite (purple robot) because it must not fall into the hands of Dr. Wily. Mega Man rushes to the island were the two robots landed only to find the island is owned by Dr. Wily. Dr. Wily takes the energy from the purple robot and goes to his secrete base. Mega Man sees the injured blue Robot, who is called Duo, and has Dr. Light to pick him up so he can be repaired. Just what is this new energy source that Wily has acquired? Also who is Duo what is his mission? Mega Man sets out once again to save the world and to answer these questions. Okay I really liked the plot of this game. I thought it was creative and it sounded like Capcom was really trying something new here. Dr. Wily is a reoccurring villain in the Mega Man series but every time he has a creative way of trying to take over the world. I really like to see that kind of creativity. By having Dr. Wily take an energy source from another robot was something different. I also liked how the plot introduces us to a new hero named Duo. This plot was creative and it introduced the characters very well. Thus, I give Mega Man 8’s plot or storyline a good 9 out of 10 rating Graphics: 9 The graphics in Mega Man 8 were amazing. The stages look like real places. Grenade Man’s stage looks like an actual factory. Sword Man’s stage looks like a ruin you would see in an Indiana Jones movie. Aqua Man’s stage looks like an underwater ocean research lab. Search Man’s stage looks an actual jungle. The backgrounds were nicely done and full of color. In addition, the sprints of this game were very good. Mega Man can actually swim in this game. The enemies look very colorful as well. The controls are good, but there is a minor problem with them. As I stated this is the first and only game Mega Man can swim in. Mega Man while swimming sometimes appears to be sluggish. I do not know if that is because this is the only game he can swim in or what. But since this was on the play station, so I was not expecting that. Mega Man 8 does not suffer from lagging until some of the Dr. Wily stages. The one stage I noticed a few lagging was the scrolling stage. I guess that is because that stage scrolls, but I was really surprised there would be a lag considering this is on the Play Station. So, the graphics in this game for the most part were very good. The only problem was the sluggish feel to Mega Man when they player is having to have him swim. Also the few lags in Wily stages keeps them rating from being a perfect score. Thus I give the graphics a 9 out of 10. The backgrounds and color really bump up the rating. Sound: 5 The sound is were Mega Man 8 suffers the most. If anybody has played this game they know what I am talking about here. Mega Man 8 had the worst voice acting ever concerning a Mega Man game. Mega Man sounds like a young child. In fact, it is speculated that Capcom hired a 9 to 10 year old to do his voice. Do not know if that is true but that is what the game sounds like. Dr. Light sounds a lot like Elmer Fudd in this game. Also the robot masters some of their voices are horrible. Aqua Man sounds like a child just like Mega Man does. The other robot masters voices sound squeaky. Dr. Wily, Bass, Duo and Sword Man are the only characters in this game that have a good voice. A lot of players were turned off from this game because of the voices (more on that latter). Also another annoying sound in this game is the sled voices that tell you to jump or slide; they sound squeaky. Now for the positives concerning the sound. The music in this game was actually pretty good it is a shame it was overshadowed due to the horrible voice acting. Sword Man’s, Aqua Man’s, Search Man’s and Tengu Man’s themes are very nice. I find their themes to be enjoyable and relaxing. However, it’s a shame the voices were not up to the soundtrack’s level. Had the voices been better this would have been a higher rating. I give the sound to Mega Man 8 a 5 out of 10. The reason it does not get higher is because of the voices. The reason it does not get lower is because of the music. Addictiveness and Depth: 6 Some people do not like this game mainly due to the voices. I happen to like this game. Now is it one of my all-time favorites no. But, I do play this game often just not as much as some of the others in the classic series. Mega Man 8 did not have as much depth compared to its precursors. There are items to collect in Mega Man 8 and by beating a stages mini boss you get an extra item. Items can be brought at the store by collecting bolts. However, here is the thing the game only gives you 40 bolts to collect. That is not enough to buy all the items. The items can add some replay value. Sometimes I play through this game with different parts but even then you can’t buy everything as I stated. The stages are long and all of them are broken up into first and second halves. So that right there adds some depth. However I was really expecting more from Mega Man 8. I was hoping it would be like Mega Man 7, Mega Man V, Mega Man IV and Mega Man 5 in terms of depth and it wasn’t. Thus, I give the addictiveness and depth of this game a middle of the road rating of 6/10 Difficulty: 9 This game really shines on its difficulty. Mega Man 8 was one of the hardest games in the classic series for me. In fact, it rivals Mega Man 1 in terms of difficulty. The stages can be a nightmare due to obstacles such as the sledding part in Frost Man and Dr. Wily stages. Those are a real pain to get through. The enemy placement in this game was very numerous. It is so easy to get hit in this game. Enemies will hit you from behind, corner you and surround you. The mini bosses in this game can be nightmares as they have a ton of health. It should also be noted that there is no Rush Coil or Rush Jet in this game. The closest thing you have to Rush Coil is the Mega Ball which can be jumped on for a boost jump. In addition, unlike other Mega Man games there are no energy tanks in this game. The player cannot even buy energy tanks even in the store. I remember losing quite a bit of lives in this game. The bad thing is the game does not really give you much to help to compensate either. For some players that might be a turn off. But as for me I like games like this. The boss fights really test your skill. Some of the bolts in this game require creativity to get too so that is a big plush. I really like games like that. The very first Mega Man game was difficulty mainly because of the poor graphics and glitches in it. Mega Man 8 is just a difficulty game that requires skills and some luck to master. I will be honest I have not made it to Dr. Wily yet so that tells how hard this game is. You may be wondering why I did not give this game a perfect score on difficulty. The reason being is they are two items you can buy in the store to help with enemy placement. Still, at the end of the day I give this game a 9 out of 10 on difficulty. Overall: 8 Mega Man 8 came out in 1998 and was released on the Play Station one counsel. I got this game when it first came out. I want to think I purchased it at Kmart. I was excited to play this game. But in some areas I was disappointed in. I was disappointed in how bad the voices were. I was suspecting much more considering this was on the Play Station. A lot of people were turned off from this game because of the voices. I can see why to be honest. Sometimes it is best just to hit the mute button when the characters are talking, yeah they are that bad. Also I think a lot of people were turned off from this game because you cannot buy every item in the store. Mega Man IV, Mega Man V, and Mega Man 7 the player could buy every item by getting enough chips or bolts. The difficulty in those games, where you could buy every item, were still very difficult. So why did Capcom make it to were you could not buy every item? I do not know maybe they were trying to get players to play the game again with different parts who knows. These two things really kept this game from being a huge hit. In addition, Mega Man X4 was released the same time as this game. So it was like Capcom was competing with itself. Mega Man X4 turned out to be a smash hit. I think Mega Man 8 could have been a huge hit if it was not for the voices and other issues I mentioned. Okay now to the positives. Mega Man 8 does have some things to offer. The graphics in this game are very good. Mega Man 8 is also known for being very colorful. The sound track was very good. Despite the negatives I do play this game again. However, I do not play it as much as some of the other classic games like IV, V, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Those games are my favorites, so this one is a good game but not as good as others. I really think this game could have been so much better had it not been for the things I mentioned. So would I recommend this game? Here is my take. If high pitched children voices bother you it may be that you want to skip this game or hit the mute button during the cut scenes. If you want to see how good the graphics are then by all means play this game. If you can look past the negatives in this game you will find it is a good game. So this concludes my critique of Mega Man 8. |
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