I think it's safe to say, this Let's Play is still a long ways from being complete. Maybe over the winter break I'll try to figure out how to get the NES hooked up and do Megaman 1.
I was hoping Gilder would do that one, though, if only for Yellow Devil. Well, that and the platforms from Gutsman's stage, which he would have to do first, naturally. :twisted:
As long as I don't pause it, I can do those platforms blindfolded. Sure, they're hard if you've never done them, but I'd expect anyone who's beaten the game to completion would only die one or two times at most.
Doing Yellow Devil without weakness? That might take a few hours.
Psh, I've played so much Megaman Powered Up that Gutsman's stage is no problem. It's like 4 times as long in the PSP game. As for Yellow Devil, he's really just more annoying than anything and boring as hell to watch. I'd just pause the video once I proved I could do it without taking damage. Or I'd do the pause trick. He has a pattern doesn't he? I know he does in Powered Up.
Psh, I've played so much Megaman Powered Up that Gutsman's stage is no problem. It's like 4 times as long in the PSP game. As for Yellow Devil, he's really just more annoying than anything and boring as hell to watch. I'd just pause the video once I proved I could do it without taking damage. Or I'd do the pause trick. He has a pattern doesn't he? I know he does in Powered Up.
Yup. I don't remember exactly what it is, but the blocks always go in the same order, and once you learn it, it's much easier to remember when to jump (I think that at one point the 2nd one from the bottom goes right before the 3rd or 4th one, so you have a super-tiny window to jump between those two and it's pretty tricky, but the rest is easy).
Yup, I've seen a good speed-run of MM1 on Youtube, and there is one point where you have to quickjump between two blocks. I imagine it can be quite tricky.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
Shady, you need to do the glitch with that spinning move Zero has. It only works in the PC version because on the PS2, you can't hit all the buttons it requires. I don't remember what it is you have to press but if you look it up, I'm sure you'll find it.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
I've always justified it by thinking that the capsules collapsed down and flew around, constantly making minor tweaks here and there between games.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
I've always justified it by thinking that the capsules collapsed down and flew around, constantly making minor tweaks here and there between games.
That would've worked for the early games but then in the PS1 games, he started having conversations and stuff if you found the capsules with Zero. Which really makes no sense. Then there's also the ending to X5 which screws with things even more. But in the end it's just a game so who cares. I'm sure it'll be explained someday.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
I've always justified it by thinking that the capsules collapsed down and flew around, constantly making minor tweaks here and there between games.
That would've worked for the early games but then in the PS1 games, he started having conversations and stuff if you found the capsules with Zero. Which really makes no sense. Then there's also the ending to X5 which screws with things even more. But in the end it's just a game so who cares. I'm sure it'll be explained someday.
It will never be explained.
The general Mega Man community has just decided (I forget how, it's been a long time since I've looked at the official Japanese sourcebooks) that Light inputted his consciousness into some sort of hologram that's in all the capsules. The first armor was made before his death, but the rest were created by this conscious AI. Go figure, Capcom loves to screw with continuity.
In X's time, Dr. Light resumes his supporting role through enhancement capsules that contain upgrades to X's systems together with messages relayed by silver, slightly translucent holographic projections. The status of these holograms is not entirely clear. From Mega Man X to X3, Dr. Light speaks in recordings, with phrases such as "I do not know what has happened to you." In contrast, from X4 to X6 he exhibits clear awareness of the situation and Zero actually holds conversations with him in X5 and X6. In what is most likely a continuity error on Capcom's part, the capsules' messages are again presented as recordings in X7 and go back to being sentient in X8, where he mentions "I hope this is the last time we meet like this, X. I really do."
X8 is okay although you can judge whether or not you'd like it from Shady's videos, Command Mission is alright, X7 is garbage, and then there's the 2 collections of the old megaman games. So really the only ones you can be sure are good are the 2 collections.
Man, anyone remember when I said x6 was my second favorite megaman X game?
Fuck that. I tried playing it again the other day, complete garbage.
How had I not seen this before
It's ok son, everyone makes mistakes sometime in there life, it just takes some people longer then usual to realize it. :P
To x6's defense though, it did have some neat mavericks (not to mention infinity flea without his weakness is the biggest fucker ever) and Gate was a pretty cool boss fight, on top of that the shadow armor was bad ass.
You need to grind for metals so you can max everyone out now. :P
pfft, all you need is
1x rubberband
1x chip that give you metals as you walk
then just leave it on overnight and watch as the chips fly the next morning!
Actually, in some early copies of the game (such as mine), there's a glitch that pretty much maxes out your metals in the early goings. Shopping spree!
Oh and just being curious why do you hate axel so much? he isn't that bad you know especailly if you get him some upgrades and shizz.
Yeah I vote Shady does the last set of levels with Axel. I think Axel ahs been a little under represented in this LP. :P
No "e" guys. ;P And yeah, Axl rocks SO much in this game, especially compared to Mega Man X7. It's like Contra spraydown mixed with Mega Man craziness.
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
I've always justified it by thinking that the capsules collapsed down and flew around, constantly making minor tweaks here and there between games.
That would've worked for the early games but then in the PS1 games, he started having conversations and stuff if you found the capsules with Zero. Which really makes no sense. Then there's also the ending to X5 which screws with things even more. But in the end it's just a game so who cares. I'm sure it'll be explained someday.
It will never be explained.
Clearly, the Light capsules seem to contain some sort of AI, though the extent to which he interacts varies. Why he's sometimes more involved and other times almost like a recording, no idea.
BUT, the reason to X5's ending as I recall is that the strange properties of Area Zero (which sort of broke down the barrier between our space and cyberspace) allowed Dr. Light, or his hologram anyway, to exist beyond his capsules.
I'm waiting for Capcom to just say that he's a Cyber Elf and try to make it work.
I think there has been an allusion that Cyberspace/Cyber Elves is a sort of afterlife here, though it takes one of great power to be able to maintain an "Elf" form in our world.
Was it X7 that had those "view from behind the character" sections? That was awful.
That's the one.
I have X7. Bought it for under 10 bucks clearance at The Source, never opened it. Not sure when or if I will. Might just keep it sealed as a "collector's item," so to speak.
I keep justifying x7 as Capcom asking "would a full 3d X game work?"
Soon after the community took a shotgun to their doorstep and told them NO!
I strongly believe that a 3D Mega Man game in the style of the Classic series could work, and then from there they might be able to do X. But instead, they jumped straight to X, and it sort of got too complicated for them.
Man, anyone remember when I said x6 was my second favorite megaman X game?
Fuck that. I tried playing it again the other day, complete garbage.
How had I not seen this before
It's ok son, everyone makes mistakes sometime in there life, it just takes some people longer then usual to realize it. :P
To x6's defense though, it did have some neat mavericks (not to mention infinity flea without his weakness is the biggest fucker ever) and Gate was a pretty cool boss fight, on top of that the shadow armor was bad ass.
Do what I do, start with the Ultimate Armor. Far less frustrating then.
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Man, anyone remember when I said x6 was my second favorite megaman X game?
Fuck that. I tried playing it again the other day, complete garbage.
How had I not seen this before
It's ok son, everyone makes mistakes sometime in there life, it just takes some people longer then usual to realize it. :P
To x6's defense though, it did have some neat mavericks (not to mention infinity flea without his weakness is the biggest fucker ever) and Gate was a pretty cool boss fight, on top of that the shadow armor was bad ass.
Do what I do, start with the Ultimate Armor. Far less frustrating then.
Heres the thing: I did. That may have been part of the problem, actually. The whole time I was Invinci-Dashing everywhere being all HAHA LOOK HOW STRONG I AM, which would just end up in me getting crushed by a stage-obstacle.
Oh and just being curious why do you hate axel so much? he isn't that bad you know especailly if you get him some upgrades and shizz.
Yeah I vote Shady does the last set of levels with Axel. I think Axel ahs been a little under represented in this LP. :P
No "e" guys. ;P And yeah, Axl rocks SO much in this game, especially compared to Mega Man X7. It's like Contra spraydown mixed with Mega Man craziness.
In fact half the areas Shady seems to be having trouble with would have been easier if he just used Axl. That hover ability of his is hella useful!
Whats the ability for the full H parts? I think H are the blue ones.
X becomes invulnerable for awhile. It's useful if you are prone to getting hurt. However, the full I set of parts is much more superior since it deals a boat load of damage.
Shady, you need to do the glitch with that spinning move Zero has. It only works in the PC version because on the PS2, you can't hit all the buttons it requires. I don't remember what it is you have to press but if you look it up, I'm sure you'll find it.
Interesting. I'll be sure to give it a try.
To address all of you who keep supporting Axl. He's somewhat useful once you power him up. However, I rather power-up X and Zero since they deal way more damage than Axl ever could. Plus, that hover ability can only get me so far. It won't protect me from vehicle levels.
Hehe. I didn't like Axl at first because I played X7. In that game, Axl was the equivalent of X without the buster; his trance shot had to be charged and had to be the killing shot to get the "enemy DNA" thing, but was shot itself was weak as piss. Axl's hover ability required that you hold the jump button down until he started hovering (as opposed to just tapping jump again mid-air in X8 [I played the demo]), which didn't make sense at all. And you pretty much were forced to use him, as X doesn't become playable until later in the game (yeah, an X game where you have to unlock the main character), and Zero made the transition to 3D like an aborted fetus does to well, anything. There's plenty STILL I could go on about Axl in X7, but I think the message is clear.
Now just watching the videos of X8, I see that they pretty much fixed everything wrong about Axl in X7, and actually made him unique from X and Zero. The whole rapid fire, 8-way aiming works, and trance shots and A-trans look more usable (being able to save an A-trans sounds kinda neat actually), which are nice improvements. I do think they should of got it right the first time though. :P
So yeah, I dare you to use Axl for the last set of stages.
Actually, he may want to use Axl for the last Sigma stage. I don't remember it very well but I think there's a couple spots where you jump down and maneuver around walls of spikes so being able to slowly navigate could be helpful. However, I really don't remember if that's true. I know for a fact there's climbing up and dodging walls of spikes though.
So I played through Mega Man 5 today and what the hell Capcom? First of all, of the 8 Robot Master there are two that are moderately difficult with just the buster (Crystal and Wave, I thought and they're super easy with their weaknesses). Secondly, the level design is gross. Spikes! More spikes! Self scrolling stupid Sea-Do half level. Spikes in low gravity! Spikes in water! Spikes with conveyor belts! Spikes and those damn reappearing blocks! Oh and:
Both the final bosses of the two fortresses are most easily defeated with Beat, a tiny little blue bird that goes and pecks them to death.
That said, I vote Heat Man for reappearing blocks and insta death.
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Clearly, the Light capsules seem to contain some sort of AI, though the extent to which he interacts varies. Why he's sometimes more involved and other times almost like a recording, no idea.
BUT, the reason to X5's ending as I recall is that the strange properties of Area Zero (which sort of broke down the barrier between our space and cyberspace) allowed Dr. Light, or his hologram anyway, to exist beyond his capsules.
One would hope this is the case. Because otherwise, despite all his talk for a happy future for X, it means the man was one paranoid son of a bitch. The man has buried away, from my count, twelve different sets of armor. Seventeen if we decide to include secret ultimate armor. Breaking it down by capsule, that would be:
X1: 4 capsules, 1 special capsule (fireball)
X2: 4 capsules, 1 special capsule (uppercut)
X3: 4 regular capsules, 4 super capsules, 1 special capsule (all 4 super upgrades)
X4: 5 capsules
X5: 8 capsules, 1 special capsule (ultimate armor via cheat)
X6: 8 capsules
X7: 4 capsules
X8: 8 capsules
Even if we don't count the "special" ones, that's forty nine different capsules he would have buried away for X to find.
Granted, it's one of those gameplay aspects that's really hard to explain via story. But still. Forty nine. No wonder Light was so weak and frail at the end. Must have killed himself digging all those holes.
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As long as I don't pause it, I can do those platforms blindfolded. Sure, they're hard if you've never done them, but I'd expect anyone who's beaten the game to completion would only die one or two times at most.
Doing Yellow Devil without weakness? That might take a few hours.
Yup. I don't remember exactly what it is, but the blocks always go in the same order, and once you learn it, it's much easier to remember when to jump (I think that at one point the 2nd one from the bottom goes right before the 3rd or 4th one, so you have a super-tiny window to jump between those two and it's pretty tricky, but the rest is easy).
I choose her to annoy my viewers, obviously. ;-)
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Oh and just being curious why do you hate axel so much? he isn't that bad you know :P especailly if you get him some upgrades and shizz.
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pfft, all you need is
1x rubberband
1x chip that give you metals as you walk
then just leave it on overnight and watch as the chips fly the next morning!
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Do the navigators tell you where those rare metals are that you need the icicle thing for? If not...those would just be evil going in blind.
I also really hate when Dr. Light refers to the pieces.
Please try this Body Parts H.
Sounds like each word was recorded separately and then put together like some automated telephone service that tells you the time of the next bus. "Next... bus arriving at.. six..thirty....eight..pm"
I'm just really surprised at how far ahead he planned for all of this. There are dozens of capsules to be found from X to X8.
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I've always justified it by thinking that the capsules collapsed down and flew around, constantly making minor tweaks here and there between games.
That would've worked for the early games but then in the PS1 games, he started having conversations and stuff if you found the capsules with Zero. Which really makes no sense. Then there's also the ending to X5 which screws with things even more. But in the end it's just a game so who cares. I'm sure it'll be explained someday.
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The general Mega Man community has just decided (I forget how, it's been a long time since I've looked at the official Japanese sourcebooks) that Light inputted his consciousness into some sort of hologram that's in all the capsules. The first armor was made before his death, but the rest were created by this conscious AI. Go figure, Capcom loves to screw with continuity.
Whoops!
I'll try and get back into the habit after the exam tomorrow; I should have enough time before my last two exams to finish X3.
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Fuck that. I tried playing it again the other day, complete garbage.
How had I not seen this before
It's ok son, everyone makes mistakes sometime in there life, it just takes some people longer then usual to realize it. :P
To x6's defense though, it did have some neat mavericks (not to mention infinity flea without his weakness is the biggest fucker ever) and Gate was a pretty cool boss fight, on top of that the shadow armor was bad ass.
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Actually, in some early copies of the game (such as mine), there's a glitch that pretty much maxes out your metals in the early goings. Shopping spree!
No "e" guys. ;P And yeah, Axl rocks SO much in this game, especially compared to Mega Man X7. It's like Contra spraydown mixed with Mega Man craziness.
Clearly, the Light capsules seem to contain some sort of AI, though the extent to which he interacts varies. Why he's sometimes more involved and other times almost like a recording, no idea.
BUT, the reason to X5's ending as I recall is that the strange properties of Area Zero (which sort of broke down the barrier between our space and cyberspace) allowed Dr. Light, or his hologram anyway, to exist beyond his capsules.
I think there has been an allusion that Cyberspace/Cyber Elves is a sort of afterlife here, though it takes one of great power to be able to maintain an "Elf" form in our world.
That's the one.
I have X7. Bought it for under 10 bucks clearance at The Source, never opened it. Not sure when or if I will. Might just keep it sealed as a "collector's item," so to speak.
I strongly believe that a 3D Mega Man game in the style of the Classic series could work, and then from there they might be able to do X. But instead, they jumped straight to X, and it sort of got too complicated for them.
Just my opinion.
Do what I do, start with the Ultimate Armor. Far less frustrating then.
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Heres the thing: I did. That may have been part of the problem, actually. The whole time I was Invinci-Dashing everywhere being all HAHA LOOK HOW STRONG I AM, which would just end up in me getting crushed by a stage-obstacle.
I believe they don't tell you. I could be wrong, but I don't recall them ever mentioning that in either my roommate's or my play through of the game.
X becomes invulnerable for awhile. It's useful if you are prone to getting hurt. However, the full I set of parts is much more superior since it deals a boat load of damage.
Interesting. I'll be sure to give it a try.
To address all of you who keep supporting Axl. He's somewhat useful once you power him up. However, I rather power-up X and Zero since they deal way more damage than Axl ever could. Plus, that hover ability can only get me so far. It won't protect me from vehicle levels.
Most importantly, I just plain don't like him.
He's so extereme and to the max though.
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Now just watching the videos of X8, I see that they pretty much fixed everything wrong about Axl in X7, and actually made him unique from X and Zero. The whole rapid fire, 8-way aiming works, and trance shots and A-trans look more usable (being able to save an A-trans sounds kinda neat actually), which are nice improvements. I do think they should of got it right the first time though. :P
So yeah, I dare you to use Axl for the last set of stages.
My vote goes to Flashman. Cause after the running Quickman stage the hard way, wouldn't it be nice to have the tool that would have made it easy?
That said, I vote Heat Man for reappearing blocks and insta death.
One would hope this is the case. Because otherwise, despite all his talk for a happy future for X, it means the man was one paranoid son of a bitch. The man has buried away, from my count, twelve different sets of armor. Seventeen if we decide to include secret ultimate armor. Breaking it down by capsule, that would be:
X1: 4 capsules, 1 special capsule (fireball)
X2: 4 capsules, 1 special capsule (uppercut)
X3: 4 regular capsules, 4 super capsules, 1 special capsule (all 4 super upgrades)
X4: 5 capsules
X5: 8 capsules, 1 special capsule (ultimate armor via cheat)
X6: 8 capsules
X7: 4 capsules
X8: 8 capsules
Even if we don't count the "special" ones, that's forty nine different capsules he would have buried away for X to find.
Granted, it's one of those gameplay aspects that's really hard to explain via story. But still. Forty nine. No wonder Light was so weak and frail at the end. Must have killed himself digging all those holes.