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People with opinions like yours give me faith in humanity. I must admit. Sometimes it's fun to be a little gremlin and say "L" or "skill issue" with no further elaboration... I never do it seriously, though.

You can really tell that extra love and attention went into X1. The only major downside is that you don't start out with the dash, and since that's such a fun part of the game, I pretty much always do Chill Penguin first. Still, everything else is so good that I'm gonna say it's tied for first place along with X4.

Your problems with games sound like a skill issue. I mostly use it, 'get gud' or 'u suk' ironically, but I remember a professional Kirby review where the reviewer was doodling in the corner of the screen far from Kirby and complaining about Kirby not following the paths she drew. Now, that was a skill issue.

The problem is a lot of people state some ridiculous things like "mega man 1 is the hardest nes game" while the game is objectively easier than most nes game simply by allowing you to have unlimited game overs and only having to replay one level, if I read an opinion like this, I instantly assume that this person has not played a lot of nes games

I totally agree with you here, every time dismissive phrases get thrown around, it's a big missed opportunity not just to talk about something one is clear passionate enough about to be skillful, but an opportunity to teach others the things you mastered.

*So this video is actually about people's difficulties or lack of willingness to properly communicate what they mean.* I had a very similar debate with an online acquaintance. We both did unpaid TCG card reviews for fun on the same website. He _hated_ the term "playstyle", a term I found useful. After some back and forth, I realized it wasn't actually the word that was the problem, it was people using it to justify their lack of skill and/or poor decisions. As is probably obvious, a "playstyle" or "play style", with respect to really *any* game (not just TCGs) is the sum of your play preferences. In a TCG, it affects not only how you build your deck, but how you play it. My acquaintance got sick of people using it as an excuse/justification for poor decisions in deck building and when playing the game. They wouldn't tolerate people trying to explain _why_ their decisions/deck building were poor. It isn't even like folks were _completely_ using it wrong, either. If a strategy doesn't suit your natural inclinations, even if that strategy is normally more effective it may not serve you well. If you _know_ your skill is below the threshold of what it takes to win a tournament, you may find your playstyle gravitates towards managing more luck-based effects, where as a high skill player may have little or even nothing to gain from whatever RNG is built into the game. *Skill issue is the same.* Yeah, it is frustrating how people use it as an excuse to justify poor game design (or other mechanical issues) within a game. Or who just toss it out as an insult... *...but sometimes it is true.* I don't think I'm all too good a gamer *but* the more I played with my nephews, especially the youngest, the more I realized I took a lot of gaming skills/knowledge for granted. They were amazed I'd play something like New Super Mario Bros. Wii and just "know" where certain secrets were or how to reach them. Said secrets just happened to follow similar patterns/logic to past secrets. It is like how you see a pit in a platformer and you *don't* jump down it even in a game with no fall damage. In fact, your skill in video games, based on experience playing them, tells you that a pit in a platformer is more likely than not bottomless and you'll just die if you fall into it. Granted, it isn't skill that let's me enjoy playing the Virtual Boy. That really seems to be a biology issue; I play it, and assuming I can find a comfortable position, the worst I have to deal with when I'm done and pull my head away is the same feeling I get from walking out of a darkened theater into sunlight. I've defended Mega Man X6 many times before, because overall I think it is a good game. *Flawed* but overall a lot better than people give it credit for being. Little of "the bad" in it were new phenomena. New to Mega Man X? _Maybe,_ but not new to Mega Man as a whole. The areas of poor (or even unfairly cheap) game design? I had a lot of experience with it from NES, Genesis, Game Boy, and SNES titles. Something I think modern reviewers need to accept - *not* like, just accept - is that "How was I supposed to know there'd be spikes there?!" _used_ to be standard game design. As long as games have had some kind of way to save your progress (Save file, passwords, etc.) then *unfortunately* the same holds true for "Oh great, now I have to reset and try again." Though that had to have been a nightmare on original hardware because PS1 load times. I first played X6 via the Mega Man X Anniversary Collection on the GCN and it was bad enough then; re-playing it via Steam ended up being rather enjoyable. I mean, with respect to *both* problems I listed. Plus, since I watched a lot of TH-cam, I found out that some things that were frustrating game design had workarounds. Like an infamous jump that is nearly impossible without the correct Parts/Armor.

My take on skill issue: It only applies to people who call a game bad simply because they can't beat it, not because it's genuinely poorly designed. If you don't like the game because it's difficult, that's fine, it's just not your taste. But if you say high difficulty is a bad design choice that genuinely makes the game bad (nobody directly says this obviously, they just call the game frustrating/unfair, but the point still stands), then that's absolutely a skill issue on your part. Just because you can't keep up with a game's demand for skill, that doesn't make it bad. If you think the game has genuinely unfair aspects to it, then that's a valid criticism. Of course it's a blurry line between plain hard and unfair moments, but most of the time, you should be able to understand when a game just isn't for you and when it's genuinely poorly designed, otherwise I will absolutely call out a skill issue.

Skill difference?

For me it's X6 then X5 and X4. Those were my childhood, and I those are the ones I like the most.

The original Mega Man is trash. It should be at the botttom of every list. Super Mario Bros 1 is way worse than any Mario game. Im 35, so the nostalgia bias for the "Grand First Game" doesn't work on me.

Nah thats glass sigma

he may have been brass but bro folded like aluminum 💀🙏

My interpretation of Sigma going down this fast is just that after six attempts plus the two Game Boy Color games, X is just so done with him at this point LOL

Advent being bellow Z1 and Z2 is a tragedy and I'm upset

Weirdly enough, this game is addicting to me. I like how weird and cryptic and unfair and stupid it id. The Light capsule and the heart tank right next to eachother in Mijinion’s stage is hilarious, same with the shitty unanimated donuts. I think playing as Zero makes the game much more stomach able.

I HATE X2. The entire game, from bosses to levels and story, feels rushed and half finished. Getting through it is more like work, or like a chore. The music grates on my ears and I have to turn it off after a few minutes..... turning OFF the music in a Megaman game! Got 100% once, never gonna finish the game again.

I think X2 is like X but better. People actually like X6? Ithink it is horrible in so many ways.

Heh, when I should be hurrying and getting ready to work *but* ExploDjinn finally drops Round 4 comparing Classic to Battle Network designs! For the new, I've been watching the video and typing up my own takes, but that means catching folks up on what they may have missed from the previous videos/comments. And yes, this part is just a copy/paste from the previous video's equivalent comment: even I gotta work some days. *Anyway:* 1) Unless otherwise stated, I either agree with ExploDjinn, or don't significantly differ. 2) I'm focusing more on aesthetic, personality, and theme than gameplay. 3) Robot Masters are gonna look similar, given both story and hardware limitations, so I won't hold that against them. 4) NetNavis, on the other hand, *don't* have much of a reason to look similar to each other... or to be physically plausible. 5) Ties *are* allowed. 6) So are "Not Applicable" (N/A) results for when there's no counterpart. 7) I absolutely flipflop on these, and often. 8) "Classic" will usually be used to denote the RM; ".EXE" at the end will usually be included if we're talking about the Navi. 9) There's a lot of room for "personal interpretation". *That last one needs some explaining.* Take Quick Man; most see an agile assassin, but sometimes I see him as a sugared up toddler. Like when he just runs into the corner of the room and... keeps running in place there. ;) I also freely admit to being influenced by non-canon takes on characters, memes, etc. I mean, with this batch in particular, I noticed ExploDjinn treating a lot of Navis as if they were actual, physical entities. Which may be relevant to the later Battle Network games (never played 4 thru 6), but I wouldn't know. *I'll save the running tally for the end, so let's begin!* *Bright Man Vs BrightMan.EXE* If I wasn't already in more or less total agreement with ExploDjinn, let me add that green is my favorite color *and* I'm a fan of Jet Set Radio... or Jet Grind Radio as it was originally called in North America due to naming-rights-issues. Also, I am a NumberMan.EXE fan... and NumberMan.EXE was thought to have been inspired by Classic Bright Man. We didn't get BrightMan.EXE until a little ways into the Battle Network series. BrightMan.EXE easily takes it. *Toad Man Vs ToadMan.EXE* Though I still agree with _nearly_ everything ExploDjinn said... in the end i just like Classic Toad Man's appearance better. Maybe it is because of the "lovable loser" shtick he's presented as in various fan works (including _Bob & George_ ), or the cute little dance he does to use his attack. Which you can interrupt by shotting him with buster shot (regular or charged) so the fight is super easy. Both characters are a little aquatic to be thought of as "toads" rather than "frogs"... but a quick web search suggests there may not actually be a hard and fast distinction between the two. Whether there is or not, though, I'm going with Classic Toad Man. *Drill Man Vs DrillMan.EXE* Again, I cannot argue with _most_ of ExploDjinn's critique, but I need to explain something _personal._ As a kid, I owned the _Gobot_ Screw Head, or "Drill Robo" if you're more partial to _Machine Robo._ Anyway, while not my favorite kind of vehicle, ever since I was little I thought drill tanks were cool. _Neither_ of these guys turn into a drill tank, but one of them transforms into a giant drill and I think that's so silly, so over-the-top that it goes past being dorky to being fun, if not "cool". So DrillMan.EXE wins this one. *Pharaoh Man vs PharoahMan.EXE* Remember how I said DrillMan.EXE took what was a silly concept and took it so far it became cool? That does *not* apply to PharoahMan.EXE. Basically, all the Navi has going for him in this matchup is being _different._ That might be worth some bonus points, but I *don't* need an explanation for why a Robot Master's weapon arm looks like the Mega Buster; I just assume that busters are like guns; especially to the untrained eye, most pistols look like each other, most shotguns look like each other, most rifles look like each other... etc. With that real world example being pertinent since I could easily mistake a single-barreled shotgun for a rifle due to my ignorance about the finer points of distinction between the two. Throw in the Pharoah Man meme from the old Ruby Spears cartoon, and Pharaoh Man easily conquers this round. *Ring Man Vs Ring.EXE* Again, take what ExploDjinn says about the two and apply it to me... who doesn't hate Quick Man, but isn't a fanboy for him. Though this might be expert level "You can copy my homework but don't make it obvious." with how Classic Ring Man looks (and fights). My love of _Mega Man Battle Network Battle Chip Challenge_ skews things even more in Ring's favor. Even though I never realized Ring was a female Navi. Pretty sure I didn't pick Mary/Ring.EXE as my characters for either of my two Story Mode save slots in that game, so I never saw (or just forgot) any scenes where Ring was clearly addressed as being female. *Oops.* Ring.EXE totally wins this _not_ because I feel stupid for missing that Ring.EXE was a "she". >.> *Dust Man Vs DustMan.EXE* This is the first time I've ever seen DustMan.EXE. _I think._ Neither of these guys look great to be, but neither do they look "bad". My biggest issue is that neither screams "Dust Man" to me. Like, Junk Man _looks_ like "junk", but Dust Man looks like HVAC Man, while DustMan.EXE looks more like IncineratorMan.EXE. Or something like that. Maybe in the future, I'll know if I prefer one over the other, but for now.... ...it's a tie. *Dive Man VS DiveMan.EXE* Broken record, but I agree with ExploDjinn. Meaning Dive Man takes it. *SkullMan Vs SkullMan.EXE* What's funny is, I took my Mega Man 3 comparison post and copy/pasted it. This was Shadow Man Vs ShadowMan.EXE's entry and... *it works for Skull Man Vs SkullMan.EXE!* It is a tie, for all the reasons stated in the video. *Except* it wasn't even close to a tie in the video... but I've seen some decent fan art of Classic Skull Man that _really_ helps. Even official art tends to make him look cooler than his in-game sprite. Still repeating my thing with Shadow Man vs ShadowMan.EXE I'll add that I would _love_ to blend the two designs together. S'like Skull Man isn't skeleton-y enough, but SkullMan.EXE might take it a bit too far? Again, it's a tie! *Dr. Mikhail Sergeyevich Cossack Vs Dr. Cossack* No, I did _not_ know Classic Series Dr. Cossack's full name. I only discovered it just now, referencing the Mega Man Knowledge Base fan wiki. It looks like Battle Network Dr. Cossack isn't known by anything else, so that's a decent way to distinguish them. Well, not really, that is a _long_ full name and not the easiest to pronounce for this American English speaker/reader. Plus, the name is the main thing that version of Dr. Cossack has going for him. As the video shows, Battle Network Dr. Cossack has his own look, and what did I say my favorite color was? Battle Network Dr. Cossack wins this round! *For this round,* the scores are *Classic:* 3 *Battle Network:* 4 *Ties:* 2 *Not Applicable:* 0 The *running totals* are: *Classic:* 12 *Battle Network:* 15 *Ties:* 9 *N/A:* 3 At least if I've counted correctly. Kind of in a hurry, if I wasn't clear earlier. I will add, that if I forced myself to break the two ties I had, I'd have probably gone with Classic Dust Man but Battle Network's SkullMan.EXE... so it'd just be 13/16 in Battle Network's favor. Which ignores all the _other_ ties I didn't force myself to break. Either way, I'm a bit surprised at how well the Classic Series has been doing. Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but when this began, I thought I would more heavily favor Battle Network. *Edit:* Ironically, I didn't need to go into work after all so I _could_ have taken more time but... like what I did do wasn't overkill anyway. XD

What if Dr. Cossack simply made Skull Man as a cry for help and to connect him to Wily? I wouldn't be surprised if Skullman.EXE was ahold over from the bizarre original concept of Lan being a necromancer/medium and Megaman being a demon. Kalinka was also planned to be in Battle Network 3 but got cut. There's concept art of her and some of them are really cute, so we missed out.

@13:30 Well, at least every Robot Master from Mega Man 4 isn't cribbing from a Mega Man 2 Robot Master... *or are they?* Air Man => Dust Man *Reason:* A stretch, but fans can blow dust *and* both RMs are like small appliances given life (fan versus vacuum). Bubble Man => Toad Man *Reason:* Both are green, aquatic themed, kind-of-joke enemies that move funny on land. Crash Man => Drill Man *Reason:* Both are orange, drill-handed dudes firing exploding drill bombs. Flash Man => Bright Man *Reason:* Both stop time, though at least they look extremely different. Heat Man => Pharoah man *Reason:* Both are mostly yellow colored with chargeable fire/heat projectiles! Metal Man => Dive Man *Reason:* Both have ACTUAL weapons. Yeah, this one doesn't really work unless you turn your head and squint. Quick Man => Ring Man *Reason:* Fast guys with similar looks and boomerang weapons. Wood Man => Skull Man *Reason:* Things that shouldn't be used to build a robot; wood versus bone. Oh, and both use barriers. Skull Man looks kewl, at least. ;) I'm betting some were intentional, a few were accidental, and... well the stretches just _weren't_ but it isn't impossible that this is the "You can copy my homework but just don't make it obvious." situation. One lazy copy/paste (Crash/Drill), a few more innovative ones, and then two that were actually original. Because smart cheaters know to stop at 75% copying. ;) Also, now my head canon is Dr. Cossack really did copy from Wily both because of time/resource demands and thinking "Eh, maybe if they're familiar Mega Man will win and maybe even save the world alongside my daughter!"

that's beyond f***ed up lmao

I didn't even realize he could steal the S Tank!

As an RPG nut, too, enemies that steal my items always bring out my rage (and urge to reset LOL) My inventory is sacred! D: I have to save all those Elixirs and never use them!

X5 is such a weird game. It isn't bad but some of the rng is so frustrating. Still one of my favs

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Anything specter knight does is cool, i mean look at king knights campaign, imagine getting FOLDED like a mattress by king knight and STILL having aura, have you SEEN his change into phase 2?? i dont even like that form of specter knight and i STILL think they cooked

Thunderbolt skips the first attack he does and makes this way easier

Repliforce's general incompetence prior to X4 as stated in the manual. putting a failed Reploid experiment in a position of power when he literally cant make certain critical decisions because that part of him was given to his sister Iris and General hiring a known maverick like Frost Walrus was already telling of how much of a joke the Repliforce was behind the scenes. As for the Maverick Hunter's response to the whole thing, I never understood why some fans give them grief for it when they handled the situation fine. They get word the Sky Lagoon is under attack by Repliforce, X or Zero (or both?) arrive on the scene and find it under attack by Mechanaloids used by Repliforce. They dont know about Double or Magma Dragoon at this point and while it could be possible someone else simply stole the mechanaloids at this moment they have no evidence of that and thousands if not tens of thousands of innocent humans and reploids dead. They absolutely needed to bring someone in for questioning to get to the bottom of this attack. Suddenly a high ranking member of Repliforce (who is currently the only suspect of the attack) shows up, X/Zero make the completely reasonable request for Colonel to stand down and come in for questioning (such a thing is more than within their rights given the the current situation) Colonel who cant act out of anything but pride in such a situation due to his incompetent design as a reploid basically tells them to pound sand and leaves. This is a very bad look for Repliforce at this moment, made worse by General immediately declaring a coup against the humans and sending two of his generals to commit war crimes against human population centres right after he broadcast this was not about rebelling against their human creators. Oh and their reploid "utopia" being a giant kill satellite aimed right at earth. I'm a litte curious how some fans could think the Maverick Hunters handled the X4 situation wrong? Even taking into account Sigma being behind everything Repliforce's actions were still their own and they handled this in the worse possible way and basically made them selves guilty of the crimes they were being suspected of. I'm not really gonna blame the Maverick Hunters for Double or Magma Dragoon, since there was literally no way for them to know Double was a Sigma mole or Dragoon was harbouring hidden desires to fight X and Zero. Neither acted in a way that made them obvious traitors.

Anything after X4 was utter garbage

After all these years, Kirby Super Star aged so well

My least favorite to favorite 6- Zero 1 5- ZX 4- Zero 4 3- Zero 2 2- Zero 3 1- ZXA

I agree. This game sucks ass. It’s got great music 🎵,but everything else is awful.

Hey, nice being featured here (and thanks ^^). I definitely remember just playing the card game for so long until the quotes stuck, having not played any other Tales of games before this one made it quite hard to know them in the first place XD. I just paused and unpaused to get a glimpse of the board until I saw the right card. Just watched my own video again and the cpu literally, halft a second after the quote was said, just aimbotted into the right card at higher difficulties. Might not be the most honorable way to do it, but oh well ^^.

We need a legends collection with Misadventures of Tron included

Oh dang, an Explojin short! I've known this for years, but I really wish kid me had known.... For a long time, 7 was the only classic series game I hadn't finished xD

My ranking would go like: 1. Rockman X/X4. I play both at least twice a year, these are fantastic games and they both share the first place. 3. Rockman X2. Great follow-up. 4. Rockman X8. An overall solid game. The intro song is a bop, it has my favorite final boss in the series. But the game is bogged down by gimmicky levels and farming. 5. Rockman X5. Some levels are good, Volt Kraken is a great boss, the soundtrack is... *Chef's kiss* . Dynamo and Awakened Zero's themes are my two favorite songs in the X series. It's such a shame the production value took a nosedive compared to X4. Too much backtracking, some levels are really... not great. The part system wasn't clear, some bosses felt like I was fighting JPEG images. And worst of all, the random nature of the Enigma cannon and the space shuttle affecting the ending you get was a baffling decision. 6. Rockman X3. I do not like this game at all. You take so much damage it's insane, bosses suck. Their patterns are a joke and their i-frames are way too long, making the fights drag on. It has one of the worst upgraded charged shots in the series. Why is Sigma's weak spot so small? And this game has by far my least favorite soundtrack of all X games, counting the spinoffs. Dear Lord, I'd take a forgettable ost over this! Maybe that's why I prefer the PS1 version ost. 7. Rockman X6. Had potential, game sucks, only redeeming quality is the superb ost. It has to be tied to X1 as my favorite soundtrack. 8. Rockman X7. I made the mistake of playing this already bad game on PC. No, I don't mean the X Legacy Collection 2 on PC. I mean the old Korean PC port. It's not compatible with any controller, so I had to use a third party software to emulate a keyboard with my PS2 controller. The confirm button changes depending on the menu, there is no way to change forms without opening the pause menu, and there were a few graphical bugs. Don't play this version, kids.

3:40 I could definitely see that being the case for Aeolus and possibly Atlas.

I remember playing prime hunters at school with my friends in multiplayer. Never touched single player. It was fun for what it was back then but wasn't anything I wanna do now at 34

I'm glad I never played any DS shooters. I remember the Metroid Hunters Demo was really boring, awkward and hard though. I think I put in 10-20 minutes and never looked back. The controls are part of the reason I don't think we'll ever get a Legends Legacy collection. They'd have to completely redo the engine to fix the controls and at that point, you might as well just do a full remake.

That paint chipping off the New 3DS model makes me sad, mine was suffering bad from it after a certain point. Aside from the point, the DS models always challenge me to hold it in the "correct way" or feel the pain.

One of the saddest ones for me is that I ended up dropping my first playthrough of Okami because of this, all because I decided to pick up the Wii version instead of PS2 when it came out. Aside from the Celestial Brush being a bit more touchy than usual, the controls are mostly fine on Wii Remote and Nunchuck... riiiight up until you realize that the basic attacks are mapped to a Wii Remote swing, bit still wants you to do it with the input timing of pressing a button, and enemies in later areas become frustrating with any weapon besides beads, and despite the original release of the game being made for a PS2 controller, the Wii version has no option to use the GameCube or Classic Controller, which is baffling because almost every other Capcom PS2/GC port on Wii has a fulls suite of control options. (I would eventually get to play and finish the game on later HD rereleases, however. Very highly recommended)

Kid icarus uprising controls are what scare me from starting the game

8:38 Battle Network 3 is amazing! 🤩👍 12:44 Battle Network 6 is phenomenal! 🤩👍 13:50 there is no time limit to the Cross system. I love that WAY more than Double Soul. 14:16 "Box Legendary" 😏 15:56 I completely agree 🐺

I remember x2 and x3 being very rare and expensive back in the day… Was that true?

Mega Man X is about the greatest game of all time.

I just finished the game and I noticed how the game loves the mmz mmzx and the gunvolt series (which the gv series is one of my favourite series of all time and my top 3 favourite video games are the mainline gunvolt games) what I noticed is there are sp skills like in the gv series (kana even does the same pose as gv when using a sp skill) and a lot of boss moves are from the gv series

Plague of shadows has 2 main things to criticize: - it gives you way too many upgrades that are not really that useful. - it uses the same levels as Shivel if Hope. And it made me think the other campaigns would do the same so I almost didnt pkay them

For me 2 and 3 will always be the best followed by 4. I can still remember my mom taking me to the video game store in the mall so i could buy mega man 2 with my birthday money. I was about 6 or 7 and I thought it was the greatest game of all time. Then I remember the huge hype for the release of mega man 3. Kids talking about it at school and everyone wanting it for xmas because it came out not too long before xmas that year. 4 is a great game but as a kid at the height of my love for video games 4 unfortunately lost some of its magic because of the arrival of the super nintendo. It didn't have the same hype as 3 and also the music was not nearly as good. For me, and probably most other people, the music in a game is super important. Most of the games that are considered the best of all time have great soundtracks. Take Chrono trigger for example. Mega man 2 and 3 are by far the greatest soundtracks in the series. I can still hear the songs in my head to this day.

9:40 I disagree, the file select screen alone is practically begging to be 100%ed. On top of each game, which includes Milkyway Wishes, keeping track of your total progress, I say this game was made for completion. 11:40 sooooo, 9/11 gaming? 13:30 Meta Knight will actually fight you if you wait for long enough, so you don't have to give up your ability Anyway bro, I really like your stuff, and you definitely deserve more, but you gotta up your game. The thumbnail is not attractive at all, though I'm no thumbnail artist and can't tell you how to improve it, but if you want more views, that's the place to start. Also, as much as I love Kirby Super Star, this game has been reviewed to death, so I don't think too many people would be interested in watching the 1000th review of the next 1K sub TH-camr, so maybe go for something more unique is my suggestion. I'm not saying this out of hate, I genuinely wanna see you grow, because, well, I like your content.