There comes a time in everyone?s life, when they need to face tough realities. Over the last week I was introduced to one of my personal revelations: I am TERRIBLE at Mega Man games. I mean, I always knew I wasn?t great at them, but I never assumed I was this bad. And what better way to come to this conclusion than trying to review a collection of classic Mega Man titles" If you’re curious, take a look at our Now Loading feature from Monday for more details of the controller carnage. Unbeknownst to me, but this was actually a good omen, because it’s the EXACT same reaction that I had when playing Mega Man 8 on PlayStation, many moons ago. If that isn?t authenticity, then I don?t know what is!
Less is More"
If you were to take a step back and compare Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 to the original installment, there is a gigantic pink elephant in the room that is impossible to avoid. This time around there are only 4 games in the collection. Sure, 4 solid adaptations of Mega Man games are hard to complain about, especially when I?ve been buying awful single-game ports on iOS for longer than I would like to admit, but it?s still two less ports than the first time around. And hell, 9 and 10 are barely ports, when you consider that they both debuted on PlayStation 3. That said, the content that is offered up more than justifies its meager price tag. As was mentioned earlier, both Mega Man 9 and 10 are products of the modern console era. For this reason, t...