Current Events > Do you have any opinions on the robot masters from Mega Man 10?

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These guys always disappointed me.
I like when they look like humanoids dressed in stupid outfits, rather than weird shapes with eyes drawn on. The guy in a costume look makes it easier to come up with a dumb personality and imagine them in the Ruby Spears cartoon.

In MM10 you get what, 4 big weird shapes with eyes, Chill/Pump Man looking like dudes in outfits. Nitro Man and Solar Man middle ground between the two.
Big step down from 9.

IMO, Nitro Man is the worst/most poorly designed Robot Master. He looks like a common stage enemy.

10 is a mixed bag imo. The music is solid and the stages are pretty but the bosses are mid and the weapons are niche.

Dr. Wily really built a Sheep Man

Kajagogo posted...

IMO, Nitro Man is the worst/most poorly designed Robot Master. He looks like a common stage enemy.

I can see it. Give him a buster, rename him Biker Joe.

ZMythos posted...

10 is a mixed bag imo. The music is solid and the stages are pretty but the bosses are mid and the weapons are niche.

Right? I was so let down with 10's weapons after 9 gave us Concrete Shot, Hornet Chaser, the best shield weapon and T BLOW.
In 10 Triple Blade did damage, Nitro Man's wheel thing scaled walls and everything else felt too situational.

BlueBoy675 posted...

Dr. Wily really built a Sheep Man

Did he? Didn't Roboenza cause robots built by other people to go crazy?

I actually like 10 more than 9, and yes it has a great soundtrack. (check out Gencoil's remixes on YT). 9 has better weapons.

Overall I like 10's robot masters. SheepMan is definitely interesting. I like transforming robot masters so Nitro is fun, even if he seems a little basic.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Did he? Didn't Roboenza cause robots built by other people to go crazy?

All of the robot masters in 10 were built by Dr. Light (or others, never explained). They all had jobs before the virus changed them.

Airhammy posted...

I actually like 10 more than 9, and yes it has a great soundtrack. (check out Gencoil's remixes on YT). 9 has better weapons.

Overall I like 10's robot masters. SheepMan is definitely interesting. I like transforming robot masters so Nitro is fun, even if he seems a little basic.

I do remember listening to those years ago. I'm torn between Wily 1 and Wily 2's themes. They don't have consistent energy across the whole soundtrack but the songs are good.

I think the weapons being lame drags down the robots since it makes their fights less fun. Something about attacking Pump Man with Thunder Wool just feels bad. Hitting Commando Man with the wheels is meh.
Weirdly, Chill Spike is probably the lamest weapon but getting Nitro Man to repeatedly drive into the spikes is actually pretty satisfying.

I played 9 to death so 10 always felt more fresh to me. Thought the robot masters were fine.

BlueBoy675 posted...

Dr. Wily really built a Sheep Man

He did, but he's more like Storm Cloud Man, because he floats around and used lightning.

Kajagogo posted...

IMO, Nitro Man is the worst/most poorly designed Robot Master. He looks like a common stage enemy.

Lol Nitroman is actually my favorite from 10. Motorcycle Transformer is just too cool a gimmick. >_>

10 isnt bad at all, but it also doesnt do anything interesting. Yeah it has Protoman and Bass, but they are just Mega Man with a double jump and can shoot diagonal or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRgCt94EaU
best robot master theme from the classic series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl_Le1SKn-o

It was incredibly disappointing they went only Man bosses again

FL81 posted...

best robot master theme from the classic series

Tough call for me.
I could narrow it down to Metal Man, Flash Man, Bubble Man, Magnet Man, Dive Man, Drill Man, Tomahawk Man, Splash Woman and Galaxy Man. Difficult to pick from there.

MarthGoomba posted...

It was incredibly disappointing they went only Man bosses again

If it'd swap one of the big trapezoids with angry eyes drawn on out for another one that looks like more of an actual character, I agree.

They were ok imo. They were better than MM4, MM5 and MM6 robot master line-ups (I have always thought the last 3 NES game robot masters were starting to get a bit lame. A little bit of burn-out going on since certain NES mega man games were being cranked out not even a full year after the last entry). When it comes to robot mater weapon usefulness I would say MM10's are actually in the upper-tier of the classic mega man games. They ain't close to MM2, MM11 (yeah, believe it or not this game has really good weapons) and MM9's great weapon spreads, but its not as awful as like, MM5, MM6 and MM8's weapons. Better than MM7's weapons too imo. There is still the weapons like sheep man's where you will never really use this thing outside of weakness hits, but it had a few that can be used throughout the game like blade man's, solar man's, nitro man's to ride up walls (I used it more for this than actually damaging enemies, lol), pump man's bubble shield was still ok despite not being good as jewel man's busted shield, lol. Commando and chill man's weapons had more niche uses but commando man's missile blast wave thing was still cool to mess around with.

Another nice touch is that mega man gets 3 exclusive weapons that helps set him apart from proto-man and bass. Probably won't use the reflect too much, but the other 2 are really good imo. Especially punk's weapon the screw crusher.

All in all I actually liked mega man 10 more than mega man 9. Mega man gets to feel like he stands out thanks to those 3 exclusive weapons, and having both proto-man and bass along brings variety to the gameplay imo. Still kept the endless mode if you just want to test your platforming skills until you screw up.

Mad-Dogg posted...

All in all I actually liked mega man 10 more than mega man 9. Mega man gets to feel like he stands out thanks to those 3 exclusive weapons, and having both proto-man and bass along brings variety to the gameplay imo. Still kept the endless mode if you just want to test your platforming skills until you screw up.

You know I kind of neglected the Mega Man Killers' weapons.
Fights where you have to shoot upwards like the goal/castle mini bosses and the Wily Machine at the end really make Mega Man feel disappointing but if I was to overuse Punk and Ballade's weapons it might feel like a whole different character.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

You know I kind of neglected the Mega Man Killers' weapons.
Fights where you have to shoot upwards like the goal/castle mini bosses and the Wily Machine at the end really make Mega Man feel disappointing but if I was to overuse Punk and Ballade's weapons it might feel like a whole different character.

Another good thing about punk's weapon in particular is that it lasts freaking forever. Like if you thought the metal blades was wacky, you can straight up spam the screw crusher through an entire robot master stage and that thing most likely won't even be 1/4ths through the weapon bar. Combined with the pretty generous weapon recovery item drop rate and you have a pretty solid weapon for mega man where you can easily take care of his vertical problems.

But yeah those 3 mega man killer weapons will forever be with mega man in any mode you play so don't be hesitate to bust those mofos out in endless mode or superhero mode, lol.

Nitro Man is the best one. Overall not my favorite bunch of RMs

what are these 3 exclusive weapons you guys are talking about?

Mega man can get 3 weapons that proto man and bass does not have access to via the mega man killer robots enker, punk, and ballade. You get them by beating these robot masters at least once via selecting their stage on time attack. Once you have these weapons mega man will forever have them in any mode where you play as him.

*Ballade's stage from mega man 10 is in my top 5 in best classic mega man music.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F9q6_pYBfI

Mad-Dogg posted...

*Ballade's stage from mega man 10 is in my top 5 in best classic mega man music.*

I agree. All 3 Mega Man Killer stages had awesome music.

10 was so weak, I played through it once and never picked it up again. Meanwhile, I played 9 to death and did as many of the challenges as I could. The endless mode was pretty neat and the music was insanely good.

And where was Quint? They got Enker, Punk, Ballade and not Quint?
Quint's the best! Terra would have been cool too.
What a missed opportunity.

Quint was never really considered one of the "MegaMan Killers", and they probably didn't want to build any part of the game around use of his Sakugarne.

10 is just kinda odd

BlueBoy675 posted...

Dr. Wily really built a Sheep Man

Who somehow has lightning powers.

They definitely took note of the criticism, because 11 has, in my opinion, the best set of robot masters in the series. I can rattle them and their powers off faster than the games I've been playing for 25 years.

WolfFangHowell posted...

They definitely took note of the criticism, because 11 has, in my opinion, the best set of robot masters in the series. I can rattle them and their powers off faster than the games I've been playing for 25 years.

11 was a marked improvement, most def. Even the OST, I dont care what anyone else says.

Its hard to surpass mega man 2's robot master line up for me but I do agree that 11's is pretty great. Their designs is all around nice, and the variety of their designs compared to one another is also great.. All the powers was fun to use and I liked the power gear making super sized versions of'em.

Mega man 11 imo gets a lot of undeserved hate. Yeah the music could be hit or miss but the gameplay was on point and the 2.5D (along with the art style in general. This game is basically the perfect representation of the japanese artwork for classic mega man stuff in game form even over MM8 imo) looks nice at least on the PS4 pro/xbox one+x/PS5/PC. Actually had fun getting the platinum trophy too/beating the game under a hour.

Haven't played it, who all is there?

Lil_Bit83 posted...

Haven't played it, who all is there?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/7/AAUg1tAAEl7_.jpg
From top left: Blade Man, Solar Man, Sheep Man, Commando Man, Chill Man, Nitro Man, Strike Man, and Pump Man.

mybbqrules posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/6/7/AAUg1tAAEl7_.jpg
From top left: Blade Man, Solar Man, Sheep Man, Commando Man, Chill Man, Nitro Man, Strike Man, and Pump Man.

Thanks. There's some interesting designs there. Strike Man is kind of boring and Solar Man looks like a walking ash tray.

I like Sheep and Chill best.

I never played 11
Something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
Someone I know who likes classic MM tried it, went meh and walked away pretty quickly too.

It's actually pretty good. The fortress just lacks. Could have used another stage or two.

I play the 8 bit games all the time, and often skip 7 and 8 when I do a series play through. I think 11 is great. I didnt like the look at first but I definitely recommend it.

My only complaint other than a forgettable soundtrack, is difficulty balancing. Its hard at first but you buy power ups to help. But if you keep buying them, the game is too easy by the end

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I never played 11
Something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
Someone I know who likes classic MM tried it, went meh and walked away pretty quickly too.

I BOUGHT the game and stopped at the intro cutscene, and didnt play it again for 2 years.

Its top 3 for me now. Worth it just for Block Man.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I never played 11
Something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
Someone I know who likes classic MM tried it, went meh and walked away pretty quickly too.

Everyone has their preferences. I fell in love very quickly, and it's a lot of fun. There isn't a single bad robot master or useless power. Thats very rare. The graphics are gorgeous, and the controls feel good.

mybbqrules posted...

Who somehow has lightning powers.

Do robots dream of electric sheep? I like to imagine he hangs out with Flaffy.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I never played 11
Something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
Someone I know who likes classic MM tried it, went meh and walked away pretty quickly too.

I dont like the whole "Megaman looks like the robot masters when he gets their powers" part. I prefer the old school version where he looks the same but is colored differently.

11 apparently only has one Wily stage theme which is strange considering even MM1 and MM2 had multiple. Some games technically only have one but they have an entire second fortress beforehand balancing it out.

Haven't played any past the first 6 so not really no.