Honestly i don't get the hate towards this game, I think it marries original megaman and the network games amazingly. Now the difficulty is high which I love, but part of that difficulty IS in some wonky mechanics here and there I agree. But I haven't played this in 15 years and picked it up and I'm addicted to it, it has great platforming, the cards are a great substitute for megaman weapons, soundtrack rocks, and the RPG elements of upgrading your health and buster, and maps to find secrets in is all awesome. I think the issues are - i don't like continuing making you reload the game, a lot of old games have this problem. I wish the chip load out were slightly less random in some way, and the boss battles move so quickly and range from very easy to insane - with few in that middle ground of difficult but fun like Needleman and Fireman. I think it could also be a prettier game, and all the text is pointless, but it's honestly a great megaman game