Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Mega Man 8


DAMN YOU MEGAMAN 8!!!

Playing Megaman X4 and X5 may have fucked up my 360 controller, but Megaman 8 is the one that finally killed it. 

The, well, eighth entry in the venerable classic Megaman series saw the move to 32-bit graphics and animated FMV's to tell the story of how the nefarious Dr. Wily had been contaminated by evil alien energy from outer space, and of the alien space alien/maverick(sp?) hunter that hunts said evil alien space energy.

If the previous synopsis made any sense to you, what fucking planet do you live on?!

Megaman 8's gameplay differs from the other main series at the time, Megaman X, in that it focuses more on creatively navigating each stage with the powers taken from Wily's robot masters (including later Robot Master ringers Tengu Man and Astro Man, who later would appear in Rockman & Forte), rather than simply barrelling through with busters blazing and X and Zero's (or god help you, Axl's)walljumping acrobatics.

It also differs in that the voice acting is the worst of any entry in the franchise.  Seriously, some of the VO in this game is truly cringe worthy.

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