#if i had to guess i'd say the mm8 distaste is moreso due to a combination of nostalgia bias and oversaturation
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you know what maybe it's just because i haven't played the nes titles in ages and ages but six stages in i really like mega man 8 and i think aside from some weird quirks and obvious growing pains it's a fantastic modernisation [by late 90s standards lmao] of the mega man gameplay. no idea why it's regarded as the weakest of the classic series it's super fun
#if i had to guess i'd say the mm8 distaste is moreso due to a combination of nostalgia bias and oversaturation#it was the last classic series game in the 'new mega man every 5 minutes' era so people may have just been sick of mega man by then#and from fuzzy recollection a lot of the people who bitch about 8 are the same people who insist 2 and 3 are the best#which. i have nothing against 2 and 3 i started with them too but they have sooooo many flaws that were ironed out in later entries#trial and error level design and deranged difficulty spikes and over half the weapons being lame as hell and useless outside of bosses#which i know are sometimes treated as staples of mega man lmao but i think that's also 2 and 3 nostalgia speaking#a mega man or any other game can be infuriatingly difficult while also being fair and reasonable about it#but anyway looking at 8 in a vacuum it's got really fun level design i think and refines the gameplay formula quite nicely#not that it's flawless of course [some levels are confusing and frustrating to navigate whether due to layout or the visual design or both]#[and i think i've said it before but i think the thing 7 and 8 do with limiting the stage order to first half then second half is lame]#but i'm really enjoying it so far i don't see why it gets lampooned so hard. would love to get a physical copy someday
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