17th July 2018, 5:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 17th July 2018, 2:49 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
As I said above, I don't think MMWI has reasonable difficulty at all. It's full of far too many traps on the "next" screen that just instantly kill me, with zero chance to react, just for being on the wrong side of the screen when I transitioned. The last Wily level is a gauntlet of "do it on one shot or you're out!". MMWII is, as I said, the easiest of them, and you're right that the music (namely the notes) are a problem, but I'll take too easy over frustrating unfair difficulty any time. Frankly, the MMWII stages are better designed, at least in that respect. (I can't really call then original or a fair challenge or any of the other things, but dangers are telegraphed far better, and when it comes to those two games, I'll take what I can get.) MMIII is very hard, but fair in it's challenge, and I think it is a good game. I prefer the MM4 style charge shot that MMWIII also uses, no kick back and it isn't lost on hit. MMIV is really good though, VERY good. The only criticism I have when it comes to stages is, as I said, Crystal Man's stage. It's the worst combination of a pointless path split (I did both paths just to see if anything important was hidden there, and nothing), that same "blind jumping to your death" nonsense that made MMWI so annoying, and just being far too long, even compared to the other stages in the game. Its for that reason that I had to keep it marked below MMWV, but as I said, they're close.
Oh, and MMWII was developed by a totally different team than the other 4 GB games. I think that goes a long way towards explaining why sound quality slipped so badly, and other odd choices.
Also, I have to say that the melodies are solid enough on the GB, it's the instrument choices that ruin it. Want proof?
Oh, and MMWII was developed by a totally different team than the other 4 GB games. I think that goes a long way towards explaining why sound quality slipped so badly, and other odd choices.
Also, I have to say that the melodies are solid enough on the GB, it's the instrument choices that ruin it. Want proof?
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