This review contains spoilers
You know classic mega man is the shit when the worst one is a 7/10.
This one has its many flaws considering it's the first in the series, but it's really surprising how much this game got right immediately. The basic formula for the classic mega man games is already implemented very nicely here, with the many selectable stages, the bosses with their weaknesses, and the fun weapons to play with.
On that formula, I have to say the weaknesses for all the robot masters make sense here, which I'm pretty sure isn't the same in the following games. Although, some of the weapons you unlock are not very great, like Guts man's rock throwing which is way too situational to be useful, and Bomb Man's bombs which are too slow to blow for it to be very useful either (besides a couple of points in Willy 3 which I was able to use the bombs in). Besides those two, the rest of the weapons are very great and I found plenty of use for them throughout my playthrough, which is good because I generally stick with the basic mega-buster.
If there's any major complaint I have with this game, it's the controls. Mega Man controls mostly fine, but his movements are way too slippery and he drops like a rock. Mega Man's slipperiness can be kind of hard to immediately see, but you'll notice it immediately in Willy 2. I tried to collect some refills on very small lower ledges and ended up sliding off the edge at least twice as a result of Mega Man's controls.
Another small issue I have is that the magnet beam is a required item that you can miss. In order to get it you need to have Guts Man's ability going into Elec Man, and you need to throw away the blocks blocking the item. Ive played this game enough times to know it's there and that I need to get it, so it doesn't actually affect my playthroughs, but I just think having a required item be so missable is kind of bothersome when you can get to the parts that require it without even knowing it exists.
The rest of my issues with this title basically sum up to the other following games being so much higher quality, so I will not mention them here. Overall I find this game to be pretty great. It has its issues but I really can't be too hard on it when there's so much done right here. Very much worth playing.
This one has its many flaws considering it's the first in the series, but it's really surprising how much this game got right immediately. The basic formula for the classic mega man games is already implemented very nicely here, with the many selectable stages, the bosses with their weaknesses, and the fun weapons to play with.
On that formula, I have to say the weaknesses for all the robot masters make sense here, which I'm pretty sure isn't the same in the following games. Although, some of the weapons you unlock are not very great, like Guts man's rock throwing which is way too situational to be useful, and Bomb Man's bombs which are too slow to blow for it to be very useful either (besides a couple of points in Willy 3 which I was able to use the bombs in). Besides those two, the rest of the weapons are very great and I found plenty of use for them throughout my playthrough, which is good because I generally stick with the basic mega-buster.
If there's any major complaint I have with this game, it's the controls. Mega Man controls mostly fine, but his movements are way too slippery and he drops like a rock. Mega Man's slipperiness can be kind of hard to immediately see, but you'll notice it immediately in Willy 2. I tried to collect some refills on very small lower ledges and ended up sliding off the edge at least twice as a result of Mega Man's controls.
Another small issue I have is that the magnet beam is a required item that you can miss. In order to get it you need to have Guts Man's ability going into Elec Man, and you need to throw away the blocks blocking the item. Ive played this game enough times to know it's there and that I need to get it, so it doesn't actually affect my playthroughs, but I just think having a required item be so missable is kind of bothersome when you can get to the parts that require it without even knowing it exists.
The rest of my issues with this title basically sum up to the other following games being so much higher quality, so I will not mention them here. Overall I find this game to be pretty great. It has its issues but I really can't be too hard on it when there's so much done right here. Very much worth playing.