2nd April 2003, 10:49 AM
According to Megaman 8, Bass is said like the fish. That suits me find. Stupid audiophiles... If you are going to SPELL it like the fish, say it like that! Don't spell it one way and say it like the word base is spelled! If you are so upset about it, spell it base!
Back on topic, it's been a while since I played using the original Megaman, but it's good to be back. Following the style of Megaman Zero, this game is frickin' hard (Burner Man and Dynamo Man in particular are frickin' difficult). The levels sometimes are hard enough to take away most of your lives before you reach the end (a whole lot of jumps seem to be REALLY extreme with Bass in mind, so the non-doublejumping of Mega Man could make them hard on ya :D.
Instead of being able to select from 8 bosses in any order, or choosing from a list of 4, then another list of 4 once the first group is defeated, you have another system. You have 3 bosses to start with, and when you defeat any of them, you open a path to some new ones, depending on which one you beat. I like it.
Unline Mega Man X4, the two characters don't get seperate abilities from the bosses, but they behave differently so it's fine. Bass can double jump, shoot in any direction, and can dash Mega Man X style (mainly to extend his jump, the dash doesn't get you low to the ground to slide under enemy attacks and into small passageways). Bass's Bass Buster fires rapid shots when you hold it down. They are weak, but it's like a machine gun effect. Megaman has his standard Mega Buster, which has the ability to be charged, unlike Bass's weapon, for more power. He can slide, which unlike the dash, gets you lower to the ground for dodging and getting into small areas. He can also shoot while moving, unlike Bass who must remain stationary when firing (so he can aim). He also has the power of the "thumbs up" according to the display of pics of special abilities when you select your character :D.
They recycled two Mega Man 8 bosses, Tengu Man and Astro Man. Fortunatly, they have different battle strats and powers this time so they are pretty much new.
So why is Bass fighting? Some robot managed to get concious thought (a miracle Dr. Light and Dr. Wily are still trying to figure out) and decided to overthrow humanity, by taking over Wily's fortress. So, Wily sends Bass to teach this robot "King" a lesson. Bass actually wants to because he desires to be most powerful.
Anyway, fun little game. I think only EdenMaster will even care about this though... The rest of you will pop in post comments about not being interested in a series that's been done to death, and leave :D.
Back on topic, it's been a while since I played using the original Megaman, but it's good to be back. Following the style of Megaman Zero, this game is frickin' hard (Burner Man and Dynamo Man in particular are frickin' difficult). The levels sometimes are hard enough to take away most of your lives before you reach the end (a whole lot of jumps seem to be REALLY extreme with Bass in mind, so the non-doublejumping of Mega Man could make them hard on ya :D.
Instead of being able to select from 8 bosses in any order, or choosing from a list of 4, then another list of 4 once the first group is defeated, you have another system. You have 3 bosses to start with, and when you defeat any of them, you open a path to some new ones, depending on which one you beat. I like it.
Unline Mega Man X4, the two characters don't get seperate abilities from the bosses, but they behave differently so it's fine. Bass can double jump, shoot in any direction, and can dash Mega Man X style (mainly to extend his jump, the dash doesn't get you low to the ground to slide under enemy attacks and into small passageways). Bass's Bass Buster fires rapid shots when you hold it down. They are weak, but it's like a machine gun effect. Megaman has his standard Mega Buster, which has the ability to be charged, unlike Bass's weapon, for more power. He can slide, which unlike the dash, gets you lower to the ground for dodging and getting into small areas. He can also shoot while moving, unlike Bass who must remain stationary when firing (so he can aim). He also has the power of the "thumbs up" according to the display of pics of special abilities when you select your character :D.
They recycled two Mega Man 8 bosses, Tengu Man and Astro Man. Fortunatly, they have different battle strats and powers this time so they are pretty much new.
So why is Bass fighting? Some robot managed to get concious thought (a miracle Dr. Light and Dr. Wily are still trying to figure out) and decided to overthrow humanity, by taking over Wily's fortress. So, Wily sends Bass to teach this robot "King" a lesson. Bass actually wants to because he desires to be most powerful.
Anyway, fun little game. I think only EdenMaster will even care about this though... The rest of you will pop in post comments about not being interested in a series that's been done to death, and leave :D.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)