this really is just diet Mega Man
not that it's a bad thing of course I do love me my Mega Man, though I will say that this game doesn't have as much polish when it comes to the gameplay. Kid Dracula moves pretty slow, his weapon shots don't really stick out too much, and his bat power up stops after making contact with anything, which can get a little annoying. on top of that the last three stages were a pain, especially the last one. 7 is this dumb vertical scrolling platforming segment with rockets and robots that'll knock you to your death, 8 has this insta-kill laser near the end that you're just suppose to know that it's there, and the entirety of 9 is just a huge difficulty spike as well as having no checkpoints whatsoever. I get that it's the final level but come on, a gradual buildup in difficulty couldn't have hurt.
everything else before that was good though, I had a fun time with the quirky enemy designs and being able to shoot them you can never go wrong with shooting. the minigames at the end of each level were charming too, well two of them were just roulettes and the skeleton one I could never figure out what it was about. I'll let you find out the fourth one on your own. oh yeah I liked seeing Dracula's castle in a new light that the game has. interesting enough I don't really remember how any of the music went even though I just got done with this game an hour ago, I guess it just wasn't that memorable to me. the game could have used some cutscenes too. I checked and it turns out the Game Boy sequel does have a few of them and even Death makes an appearance there, so I have no idea why this game doesn't have any outside of three boss dialogues.
this was alright though it's a neat and silly game that you wouldn't expect to see from the same company that has Contra and Metal Gear in their hands. in this day and age where a good portion of video games are trying their best to be dramatic and thought provoking, it's good to wind back and play a game that's nothing more than some good old goofy fun.
not that it's a bad thing of course I do love me my Mega Man, though I will say that this game doesn't have as much polish when it comes to the gameplay. Kid Dracula moves pretty slow, his weapon shots don't really stick out too much, and his bat power up stops after making contact with anything, which can get a little annoying. on top of that the last three stages were a pain, especially the last one. 7 is this dumb vertical scrolling platforming segment with rockets and robots that'll knock you to your death, 8 has this insta-kill laser near the end that you're just suppose to know that it's there, and the entirety of 9 is just a huge difficulty spike as well as having no checkpoints whatsoever. I get that it's the final level but come on, a gradual buildup in difficulty couldn't have hurt.
everything else before that was good though, I had a fun time with the quirky enemy designs and being able to shoot them you can never go wrong with shooting. the minigames at the end of each level were charming too, well two of them were just roulettes and the skeleton one I could never figure out what it was about. I'll let you find out the fourth one on your own. oh yeah I liked seeing Dracula's castle in a new light that the game has. interesting enough I don't really remember how any of the music went even though I just got done with this game an hour ago, I guess it just wasn't that memorable to me. the game could have used some cutscenes too. I checked and it turns out the Game Boy sequel does have a few of them and even Death makes an appearance there, so I have no idea why this game doesn't have any outside of three boss dialogues.
this was alright though it's a neat and silly game that you wouldn't expect to see from the same company that has Contra and Metal Gear in their hands. in this day and age where a good portion of video games are trying their best to be dramatic and thought provoking, it's good to wind back and play a game that's nothing more than some good old goofy fun.