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TopicTop 25 games of the decade, period. Exclamation mark!
HaRRicH
01/02/20 12:40:08 PM
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<b>EXCITING COMEBACK OF THE DECADE: Mega Man 11
Released in 9/6/2018
Steam</b>
(written in 2019)

First of all: MM9 >= MM4 > MM2 > MM5 >= MM11 > MM10 >> MM3 > MM6 >= MM1

So I played MM10 first and then a few months later I played MM11 -- an interesting formula-breaker that still stays true to the series.

MM11 finally figured out how to make 3D graphics work for Mega Man because this still looks and feels like a Mega Man game. The power-gear mechanic was okay, but the time-gear is what really made this game unique -- a lot of the game is designed to kick your robot boy's teeth in unless you slow things down at key moments. I loved how Robot Masters changed their patterns on you in this game too once you hurt them a certain amount -- that gave a certain level of freshness to every RM. Dr. Wily's final move in slow motion was well-played as well.

It's really hard to go wrong with classic Mega Man in my book, but what both of these games missed that MM9 nailed so much better than the rest of the series is how every power can be made relevant and important to the gameplay. That was a change I was hoping modern Mega Man games figured out...and look, those powers are still okay and have their uses, but MM9 stands alone in that aspect.

Side-note: after playing these two games, it reminded me that Mighty No. 9 came out inbetween these two games...and man, I only played a little bit of MN9 about a year ago, but after all the associations they tried to draw for Mega Man-fans I'm glad to see that thing tossed away. It is the present year is a terrible opening line and it never won me back with the two or three levels I tried afterward. MN9 was a bad trick -- stick to the classic series.

NOW IN 2020: it took eight and a half years to go from MM10 to MM11. This series is an all-time legend of game series and it's a tired subject to talk about how neglected it is in recent years. The good news is this is a solid modern model to reinvigorate the series, if they decide to. Work on that weapon synergy and improve that soundtrack again (come on, Capcom can afford Danny Baronowsky) -- they have the rest in a solid place they can continue building on.

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