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Mega Man Powered Up
Apr 29th
I’ve just used up a fully charged battery on this, near enough. PSP needs more battery life.
Mostly Old Style game, which is almost the same as the original Mega Man game. Music and graphics have been changed and enemies and bullets don’t pass through walls any more, which makes a big difference. Did the Cutman level – twice, because autosave, er, doesn’t – then the Gutman level, then the Bombman level. No real trouble with any of them. Then tried the Elecman level. Getting to the end isn’t a problem, but Elecman has a stupidly powerful attack and I can hardly get any hits in before he kills me. It’s annoying. So I tried the Iceman level and haven’t been able to get to the end of that at all yet.
Other than that, I tried a couple of the challenge levels, which were fun. I see you need to play the New Style game to unlock new challenges, but I don’t really want to play that until I’ve finsihed off Old Style. However, Old Style may be a bit too tough, so maybe I’ll have a crack at New Style later.
Also went online and downloaded a user made level called “Just try it!!” Was fine until I got to a bit I just couldn’t do at all. Broken level or am I just rubbish? I don’t know.
Mega Man Anniversary Edition
Apr 28th
Jumped forward to Mega Man 8 this evening. I seem to have done one level before, so I tried another. And another. And another. And another. In fact, I tried all four that were open to me. Only got through to one boss – Tengu Man – and couldn’t kill him. After upgrading my charged shot I managed to get him to about two-thirds health at one point, but that was the best I did.
Still, it’s a pretty good game. A bit too busy at times, making it less precise than the first game, and the side-scrolling and snow boarding bits I found were a bit rubbish, but I still had fun.
Hooray for Mega Man!
I’ve got Virtua Tennis and Burnout Legends to trade in towards Mega Man Powered Up tomorrow.
Mega Man Anniversary Edition
Apr 27th
I’ve been really wanting to get Mega Man Powered Up for the PSP. Bit odd, as I’ve never really played Mega Man games. It just sounds so packed full of great stuff – challenges! level designer! downloadable designed levels! – and looks so nice. And it doesn’t hurt that I’m full of PSP love at the moment.
Anyway, I’ve been trying to stop myself from getting it and realised today that I have Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the Gamecube, which I’ve hardly played at all. Mega Man is on there and Mega Man Powered Up is a remake of that game, so I should play Mega Man, realise I don’t like it much and be at peace.
See?
Except… I’ve just lost my evening to the bloody game. It’s ace. I barely got three screens in last time I played, or something, but this evening I’ve finished two levels and seen the boss on a third. It’s lovely stuff. With cool graphics, more stuff and sound effects that don’t drive me insane, the PSP version is now a definite must buy.
Shit. I hate it when that happens.
I also gave Mega Man 2 a quick go out of curiousity. Seems to be more of the same but – gulp – possibly even harder.
