Nice review, This is actually my fave game of the 6 nes titles. I'd have to disagree about MM4's weapons falling short of MM 2&3. MM4 had one of the better weapon balances in the nes games too imo. You have a screen clearing weapon, a bomb type weapon that you can detonate at will, a useful version of flash man's weapon, a homing weapon, a shield weapon and a multi hit weapon. Compare that to mm3 where majority of the weapons fire forward or mm2 where one weapon overshadows all the others. Weapons aside, I found MM4's level design to be a step up from the past games and hit a peak in the nes era. That said, I still enjoy all the MM games even MM&B.
The thing about writing these as I'm playing in order is that... well, the weapons in 5 are way worse than 4. So had I remembered that, the stuff about the weapons would've been worded differently
Pretty much, but I have people in my group chat finding weapons like the power stone to be very useful haha. I guess that's what makes mega man games great, giving players of different skill sets a variety of ways to tackle the game. Also, when playing the games chronologically, MM2 does seem to be a fan favorite while every other game following 3 doesn't get much praise due to fatigue. But taken on their own merit, each MM game, (sans MM5) offers a unique experience.
It gets tiresome hearing reviewers go "Mega Man 4 is still a great game! But... -insert reasons here why it falls short of Mega Man 3." I constantly find reasons to use all the weapons in Mega Man 4. People grew up playing Mega Man 3, so naturally they're more familiar with the game, and how to properly use the weapons. If you plug as many hours into MM4, you realize its weapons are equally as useful. Except MM4 isn't plagued with the awful slow-down like in MM3, and features some of the coolest bosses in the franchise. For every awesome robot master like Snake Man and Gemini Man, I can match it with Pharaoh Man and Skull Man. And for each lame character such as Toad Man and Dust Man, I can point a finger at Top Man and Needle Man. Give me Mega Man 4 over all the other classic titles, any day. Its superb level design, plot and art style is the cream of the crop.
Skull man and Pharaoh man are easily on my top 10 mega man bosses. When I was a kid and I rented this game for the first time, those levels and bosses blew my 10 year old brain away.
This is actually my favorite NES Mega Man game! I'm pretty happy to see someone give it a fair shake (most reviewers are just like "Well, it's more Mega Man...) so thank you, and great review!
a majority of weapons in this game are actually pretty good and they have their uses. The charged buster is NOT op in this game. Mega Man 5's charged buster on the other hand..... Honestly, this is the best NES mega man, good weapons, good level design all around. Also, I suggest looking up Mega Man 2 vs. 4 by the retro job, it's a pretty good video that makes solid points.
+ModelJames13 Agree. I just replayed the entire series and will be uploading my footage soon, and I came away liking MegaMan IV the most. The flash stopper, skull barrier, and rain flush are extremely handy, plus there are plenty of sections where you can use rush jet or balloon to skip tough level sections. To me, that's what makes a MegaMan game great.
@@CC-bm3wb Your opinion is not controversial, but it's definitely dumb. Nobody here is suggesting that any of them are bad, the conversation is about why some of us like the 4th the most.
Idk if I can fully agree with some of these points. Weapons here seem to have more flavor and use for me. Instead of 3's weapons being just different ways of shooting forward, 4 has some cool and fun weapons. Rain Flush is simple but effective. Pharaoh Shot cleans house. Dive Missle, while a bit squirrelly, can pick off troubling enemies, etc. The music is also better than stuff I have heard in 1-3s. I honestly do think that 4 is better than its older brothers.
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Loved the video, dude. Gotta disagree about the weapons, though. To me MM4 has the second best arsenal after MM9 (which is a comically OP arsenal anyway). The weapons in this game are super varied; just think about the moment you enter a room and how you can reach enemy X or Y across the screen. You always have an answer in MM4. You can freeze time, clear the screen, fire a homing shot, or one that goes through walls/enemies and comes back. Dust Crusher doesn't look too special but it kills a lot of strong enemies in 1 hit. Pharaoh Shot can be abused to hell with the charge. The only really sucky weapon is the shield. Great job as usual! Can't wait to see MM5 and 6.
I agree with everything, but the weapons. I’ve found my uses of dive missile, found it better than magnet missile sometimes, although it circles around the target sometimes and that annoys me. Ring boomerang is great for piercing shields, but uses energy too fast. Dust crusher deals a lot of damage, but the extra projectile things never hit, I would’ve had it explode in 8 directions than 4. Rain flush is just a screen nuke, but it has a nice delay so you can’t spam it. Skull barrier isn’t too bad, but is just really underwhelming. I agree with what you said about drill, pharaoh, and bright’s weapons, especially bright’s that thing is chaotic.
I borrowed MM4 and MM1/2 from a friend of mine on primary school, really liked this one actually. I always started with the toad map, because when you beat the level the boss was easy. That said I only beat the game in combination with my brothers, taking turns after x amount of deaths... damn this game was tough...
Man Megaman 4 is like the best designed NES Megaman tho, it has great weapon balancing, enemy placements are usually grand and it doesn't reuse the same enemies on most of the 8 initial stages making each stage really feel different. (imo at least) It does fall a bit short on the bosses once you learn how they work but on your first run of the game you probably won't notice how easy they can be. It's definitely better than MM1 and 2 that's for sure.
Good review, though I disagree about the weapon selection. Mega Man 4's weapons were at least more useful overall than Mega Man 3's weapons, depending on the situation. Such as the Dive Missile's homing capability, Rain Flush clearing the screen, Ring Boomerang's armor piercing, (and can retrieve items on MM 4 for Gameboy) and Flash Stopper stopping enemies briefly. Mega Man 5's weapon selection is actually worst, with maybe only a couple of weapons being useful.
Mega Man 4 was my first exposure to what would later become my favorite video game franchise. I actually love this one more than Mega Man 3 (esp. thanks to the Pharaoh Man and Skull Man stages), though Mega Man 2 (being one of the greatest games of all-time) is still the series' best.
The Mega Man series is like pizza. While 4 may be my least favorite slice, it's still pizza. Looking forward to the reviews of 5 and 6. 6 is really underrated.
probably usually say 6 is downright bad. I've always said that maybe but it's not significantly worst than the other ones. I mean yamato man is the most pathetic boss/robot master though. I feel bad for him.
@@GadGades Mega Man 6 has the issue of it along with 5 feeling kinds rushed and the constant forced Adaptor usage which really tears down the pacing of the game
Mega Man 4 and 5 were the first Mega Man games I played so it was always too hard for me to go back to 2 and 3 which everybdy loves without the mega buster.
I've noticed in recent time that more and more people are starting to say Mega Man 4 is their favourite of the NES Mega Man games and I’m one of those people. I did enjoy Mega Man 1-3 but I never found them to be grand masterpieces that many led me to believe. They’re better designed than a lot of games during the same and even the 16-bit era (looking at you Sonic 2) but they still had annoying flaws. Fortunately, Mega Man 4 takes the best of the original trilogy and irons out the major flaws. The level design is very challenging with rarely a moment where the game feels boring to play through, more importantly however is that Mega Man 4’s level design is highly consistent in quality compared to its predecessors. There is some trial and error and cheap enemy placement but this is kept at a bare minimum in comparison to the previous games. Most of the challenge actually feels rewarding as well as cutting down a lot of the bullshit from the previous games. 1 had trial and error, 2 had poor enemy placement and 3 had the doc robots. 4 doesn’t have a single bit of majorly offensive design that pisses me off to no end. It’s all rewarding and satisfying design that rarely feels cheap and is overall well designed and fun to play. While I personally prefer the robot master stages from Mega Man 3, Mega Man 4’s robot master stages are still a riot to play through and is overall a lot of fun. One thing that is better than Mega Man 1, 3 and especially 2 is the weapon balancing. Mega Man 4 easily has the best selection of weapons of all the NES Mega Man games. The ring boomerang is a piercing weapon worth a damn, the rain flush is a screen nuke done right, the dive missile is a solid homing missile that works well for what it does, the drill bomb is actually what the crash bomber should have been, the skull barrier is a decent shield weapon and the flash stopper is the time stopper with far better execution. The only weapon I would say isn’t great is the dust crusher, it’s basically just a quicker way of shooting a fully charged mega buster. With that said, I’d take it over the worst weapons of the previous games anyday. The 2nd half of Mega Man 4 involves you travelling through Dr. Cossack’s stages and then you eventually take on Dr. Wily through his new set of castle stages. Mega Man 4’s 2nd half is what Mega Man 3’s 2nd half should have been. Instead of slightly different versions of previously played stages, you instead play through actual new stages with new graphics and design with much better boss battles. Can I just bring up how much I love Dr. Cossack? He’s a refreshing change of pace from Dr. Wily and the opening has Mega Man travelling on a train going to Russia to stop Dr. Cossack. It turns out that Dr. Cossack is doing this because Dr. Wily kidnapped his daughter who Proto Man saves before Mega Man almost destroys Dr. Cossack to death. Yeah, it has a dumb twist but I don’t mind since the game does do a good job of not mentioning Dr. Wily until the near end and it makes Dr. Wily more threatening than last time. It’s a good story and I liked it more than Mega Man 3’s story. Sure, Proto Man was great but you can’t take Dr. Wily helping out Dr. Light seriously in that plot. The boss battles are good but not great. More specifically the robot masters. They’re relatively hit or miss and they don’t pose a huge challenge. Thankfully, the bosses in the Dr. Cossack and Wily stages are a lot of fun with well telegraphed patterns, recognizable strategies and pose a fun challenge. They’re a lot of fun from start to finish even if the robot masters aren’t great to begin with. The graphics is about on par with Mega Man 3 only with more colourful and interesting environments so there’s not much to say here. The music, while not up there with 2 & 3’s music, is still some great stuff, plus, I cannot get enough of Dr. Cossack’s tracks, they’re so damn catchy. One last thing to address is that Mega Man 4 was the game that introduced the chargeable mega buster. Some criticize Mega Man 4 for introducing it but I think Mega Man 4 handles the chargeable buster quite well, it’s fun to use but it takes long to charge and it does the same amount of damage as the weapons you gain in this game. I mostly use the chargeable buster just to have an easier time against the robot masters, plus, because of this new mechanic, it’s much easier to do the buster only challenge than previous games. Because the weapons are so good in this game, I never found much of a reason to use the chargeable buster since, like I said, it does the same amount of damage except you have to charge it for 2 seconds so I prefer to use one of the weapons. To conclude, Mega Man 4 is a brilliant game and a huge improvement over its previous installments. It’s consistent, balanced, well designed and overall just a fun time with minimal frustration
mega man 4 is easily my favorite. Mega man 2 shoots itself in the foot due to wily 4, many sections that are just flat out not explained, and overpowered and under powered weaponry. terribly overrated imo
I won't deny that Wily 4 (and also Quick Man's stage until i memorized it by heart after, oh I dunno, 50 playthroughs?) kinda makes me feel dread when playing MM2, a feeling I don't really get from any other megaman game except MM&Bass. It's just.. .the stage is bad, and that boss is _fucking awful_, what were they thinking? But the rest of the game's really good, fun stages, memorable bosses, cool weapons even if the balance isn't great, awesome music... I understand why people love it so much. But yeah, the later ones on the NES are good as hell too and it's weird how people seem so bent on thinking 2's the best or even the only relevant one, which is nonsense.
hip indeed and also crash mans stage has a segment that's impossible not to get hit without weapons, wilys final boss that isn't the alien is impossible to no hit without weapons, the forced weapon usage, the seemingly impossible to dodge enemies without somehow knowing it would be there, etc. etc. I love the game but its not the best. I even practiced and did a really good lp of it but like, its defiantly not the best. not by far.
Even Mega Man 3 is kinda overrated. It has some serious flaws, like the Doc Robots impossible-to-dodge-patterns and the really lazy level design in the Wily Stages. No Mega Man game is perfect, but people tends to blindfold themselves in order to not see the cons of their favorite games.
To me it looks like people’s beef is more with 5 and 6. Megaman 4 is usually held in much higher regard, due to the creative level design and the overall challenge it presents. The weapons aren’t really all that bad, I consider them to have variety and balance each-other out.
Lol, I don't know why people don't like the robot masters from 4. As if flashman and iceman weren't as silly as ring man, toad man, etc. Basically, 4-6 didn't get people's attention because they came late in the NES lifespan, like basically every other NES game of the 90s. For instance, kirby probably is the best NES game, but it doesn't get any credit just because it came out in 93.
I like em. I never heard anyone complain before. MM always has silly bosses. Bombman looked like a chicken! And toad man can be slightly tougher than he looked like in this vid when you first fight him. I think it's like batman 60s. Some people don't get that it's SUPPOSE to be silly.
Mythmaker Oh my god that was pure literature. I’m an advocate myself for singing fours praises, especially the weapons, those things are god tier in 4.
Silly Robot Master designs were always done intentionally. Guts Man, Fire Man, Wood Man, Bubble Man, Crash Man, Top Man, Snake Man, and Hard Man are just a ridiculous of concepts as Ring Man, Toad Man, or Bright Man.
Something that I love about the classic series is that you mostly can pass all the bosses and challenges without upgrades, unless the X series, who make you repeat every level if you want to even have a chance in the last levels.
Man I remember having 2 and 3 as a kid, and thinking these games are as good as it gets! And when I heard 4 was coming out, I saved my allowance for what seemed like months... And I was mildly disappointed with the end result. I never thought it was hard, just as you said though, the bosses were weak! That was one of the cool things about the mega man series, the variety of bosses and the strategies to complete each stage. Even though I gripe, I still play mega man 4 every now and then, and I still rock out to the music! Mega man is just a staple of my childhood, these games always remind me of easier times! Thanks for the great reviews!!
We had Megaman 2 and 4 growing up. A friend had 3, and I played that some. At the time, it felt that 3 was the most hyped up of the games, because of bosses like Snake Man and Gemini Man. I liked 2 the best, and I loved playing 4. I liked how you could replay stages you already beat, the charged shot was fun, the hidden pathways that later games eventually used, although just to get the two extra assist weapons. I know I played the hell out of 2 and 4 though growing up. I later played all of them on PS2, with their collection series, and maybe it is nostalgia, but 2 and 4 were still my favorite, followed by 3.
Mega Man 4 is my personal favorite in the NES series. Untold hours on this game over at my neighbors house. The first game I ever stayed up all night trying to beat. I'll have to disagree on the boss weapons; I always liked em
You are right, I missed a lot of the late 91-93 NES games as well as a lot of the late 96-97 SNES games because I was just moving on... These games often didn't get much fanfare in stores either, and by end of life cycle back then, there are tons of used copies for games you had been wanting that you can now afford.
Nice...are you going to be making any notice to the Nintendo SNES Classic Mini (or whatever it will be called)? I know its not completely the style of your channel but because its kinda near the same page. Maybe once we get more info? And later in the year. I'm still upset that I never got a NES Mini. Looks like I'll be camping out for this one.
The first game isn't really "comically difficult". Returned to it recently and completed it on a CRT; was much better than I remembered. Yes, there are some bits in Wiley's stage which are really tough but it's doable.
coderkind I played it recently and the first game is *very* hard if you are not prepared for it's quirks. Not the hardest ever but it's no means a breeze
Lar's Gaming Channel I guess I was prepared after playing it as a kid. There was only one level in Wiley's stage where you *have* to get an energy tank to stand a chance that I remember as cruel.
I didn't think it was comically difficult either, not if you grew up with it. I'm sure I beat it at 8-9 years old. I mean it was hard but not even close to something like Battletoads. I kind of laugh at every thing getting this OMG nes was so harddddd.. I mean yeah compared to today's games and you didn't grow up with NES that style of game might be hard for you to adjust to, but I consider today's games often far too easy and boring for them to be enjoyable for me, like watching a movie and going through the motions often. There are two sides to this difficulty/easy coin...
@@coderkind "There was only one level in Wiley's stage where you have to get an energy tank to stand a chance" There are no energy tanks in MM1 so I don't know what you're talking about.
I think this is the last classic megaman I really enjoyed, 5 and 6 might have felt a bit stale or maybe it was because when 5 and 6 got released I already had a SNES, idk. Still, nothing can top the crap levels of X5 and X7 I guess.
Thanks Drunk. Me and a buddy are bro-opping the MegaMan series as we can get ahold of the carts. I need to pick up 4 and 5 still so I'm happy to see 4 is still a worthy entry. 5 is super pricey.. may have to emulate that one.
I remember I had a birthday coming up and this was the latest Mega Man game out. My dad rented me all four games in succession and let me pick which one I wanted to own for my birthday. I was torn between 2 and 4, but ultimately went with 4 because I thought the charge buster was cool.
Great review. I agree that the later NES Mega Man game don't get enough love. They great graphics, great sound design, and solid gameplay. Mega Man 5 is actually my favorite of the bunch.
1996 wasn't REALLY late in the SNES lifespan, the SNES was still quite popular in 1996, by the end of 1997 the SNES had run its course which is a pretty long run actually.
I'm 33 years old and have abandoned gaming a long time now mostly because games are shit nowadays and as I grew I had other interests...but I was a fucking hardcore nerd back in the day...thanks for all the memories m8...u made me search my snes and gb advance in a closet I had long forgotten...cheers!
Games are shit these days? They are very good, just... different than the games from 20 years ago. If you're looking for games that feel like old games, take a look at Shovel Knight.
Megaman 2 is just THAT good. And so is 4. I believe they're tied as some of the best action platformers on the NES. The X series has always been weird for me, they're great on their own, but they're also too damn hard for me. I usually stick to the 8 bit MM games. And that's weird since I usually prefer 16 bit.
"Everyone" seem to hold 2 and 3 extremely high. 1 pretty high and 4-5-6 very low. Did "you" even play the games back then? Did you put in the same kind of hours into it? I did it with 1-5. While I can agree that it is sort of the same game.. That's exactly what I wanted. The bosses in Mega Man 2 are overall way to easy.. That's something you rarely see someone complain about. Still a lovely game but it's not that perfect compared to the rest of series. I think all the games have their strengths and weaknesses.
"All the stuff you'd expect from a Megaman series is here". YES! EXACTLY! I don't really get why everyone else and their mothers shit on 4-6, from the HVGN to Projared to the screwattack dolts and 90% critics/reviewers in-between. What, did they expect Capcom to re-invent the fucking wheel or anything four years after its initial release? It's like they forgot how Nintendo already tried to do the same with Zelda 2. Megaman titles are simple, good-looking, great-sounding, tight-controlling run and gun games. If I'm having fun playing through them there's no reason for me to write them off regardless of how similar they are to one another. I'd be missing out. And tbh, some songs from 4 rank among my favorite MM tunes. Dr. Cossack castle 2 and Dr. Wily castle 2 are some incredible compositions that rival even the iconic Wily Castle 1 theme from MM2. It's the little details that matter and this game had enough in my eyes.
I remember I was in grade 6 and we had a class Christmas party. One of the kids brought an nes with Megaman 4, I remember thinking it was so cool that you could charge his shot. More kids should take their NESes to school
3 and 4 were my favorite Mega Man games with 3 being slightly on top. 4's password system fell behind since iyour password was no longer including the energy containers you had amounted so far. and speaking of passwords there was a lot of game left to play after getting the last password in 4.
This is definitely my favorite NES Megaman title. I also feel like it was the last of the classic Megaman games on the NES. 5 and 6 were a few steps down. The music was nowhere NEAR as good in MM 5 & 6.
I'll disagree with both of these statements. Mega Man 4 definitely has one of the best soundtracks of the Classic series, but I think Mega Man 6 has the best, while 5 was pretty weak.
I always liked 4 the best. It felt like it hit the sweet spot, and was prematurely dismissed as more of the same. MM1 was great for its time, but 2, 3, and 4 were perfect.
Hello from 4 years into the future: MM2's willie castle was....well it existed. the robot masters are pretty fun, and their's MM3. Oh the pain. It lags (debug stuff) it was rushed, because CapCom. lol they were pretty hammered when they started it, got ory-ental-developered: RUSH, the thing it since we have _jet_ . and I guess cut a ton of stuff...to have kind of sort fufulling game? used a level tester bot (seriusly that's all crashman was) and another for the DrFartFace things. I guess you needed to make sure the weapons worked somehow. The end result: a train wreck. MMX added...plot? oO JediEdgelord with...Rockman? because reasons? $$ probably
Can't wait to hear what you think about 5! It's my favorite which apparently is crazy I hear lol Funny many people these days say 3 is the best but the slowdown is absolutely terrible as the devs even said it was rushed to meet a short development time and you can tell by the graphical bug sitting right on the stage select screen lol
I do agree 4's not perfect despite it being my favorite Mega Man/NES game. Although when you mentioned the weapons not being that great... 2's weapons weren't the best either, don't get me wrong the metal blade's great. But there's stuff like time stopper that drained quickly and you couldn't use the buster during it and crash bomber which was pretty situational and had a delay in exploding. As for some of the robot masters, yeah Dust Man's goofy but so was Bubble Man lmao.
Great review! I don't think 4 is harder than the others myself, and the weapons in 4 were as good as the ones in the earlier games (better than 1 for sure). 5, 6, 8, and 10 have fairly poor weapons across the board, though 5, 6, and 10 are still very fun games.
I hardly use the special weapons in the levels in any Mega Man NES game. In Mega Man 4 they're still very useful against the Robot Masters since some of them are still hard to beat with the Mega Buster. This in contrast to Mega Man 5 where I don't use them at all.
When Mega Man X and Castlevania Dracula X both hit, I was convinced they were both the 10th games in their respective series. Years later, with the help of Netscape Navigator, I learned elsewise. Boy was my face green.
I can't disagree. Although I would say Jaws 3D has something to do with it. Not only was it an awful movie, but it also had some of the worst 3D ever used in a feature film.
I found 3 to be difficult out of all 6, to be honest. I don't know...maybe because you have to fight the robot masters from 2 again, thus depleting your resources faster. But maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
When I was a kid, I hated 1 for being so difficult. 2 was my first Mega Man game. 4 was the one I owned. I completely agree with this review after having played all the Mega Man games. But I personally now enjoy replaying Mega Man 1 the most since it offers the best challenge and the robot master weapons are really useful.
Always funny to see MM 4 comments. For some people it's the black sheep of the series. For others it's their favorite. That's great. I love some of the level design. Dr. Cossack's levels are my favorite next to Wily's from MM2. I like some of the weapons (I think the weapons are worse in MM5). And I love the somber, melancholy tone of most of the music.
2 is my favorite on NES, 4 is my second favorite. The charge and slide were great editions. 2 is hard until you realize that the saw kills almost every boss
Yep, you hit the nail on the head - a great platformer but the villains are lame and terrible. Aside from Pharaoh Man and Skull Man, who are legit cool in their own right, all the other robot masters look goofy, been there, done that, and dull. Cossack himself would be a cool villain if Capcom didn't get cold feet and just make Wily a formula villain every game, setting the stage for weak NES sequels to drag out Mega Man's legacy. After this game Mega Man, a star player of the Nintendo family, REALLY should've jumped to SNES. Hell, probably after 3, actually. Given the choice in 1994 between the blocky, old hat Mega Man 6 and the groundbreaking 3D Donkey Kong Country... Well, I don't have to finish that sentence. That's why people only talk about 2 and 3.
Me and my friends who all were HUGE megaman nerds loved this game, it was the last megaman most of us played before moving on to the snes and megaman x though. Since we were all kids etc our parents didnt buy systems right when they came out but instead you usually got it for Christmas or birthdays a while after release.. So at least in my personal experience I wouldnt say that megaman4 was one of those games that got to late to the system. On the other hand megaman 5 and 6(specially 6) were less known.. Megaman 5 i only played as a rental at one of my friends who didnt get a snes and megaman6 i didnt play until i got older. The point with this comment though is that i dont think megaman4 is on the list of less known and loved megaman games, at least not among my friends and i assume it would be the same for most people in scandinavia, it might have to do with release dates for different games in different countries and stuff like that i dont know, but it quite surprise me that you say that megaman4 is forgotten. ps. i know i base this only on my personal experience and this is no proof that its not less known even among fans in scandinavia
I think this game is severely under-rated. This wasn't quite the best Mega Man game (my vote goes to Mega Man 3), but you look at the graphics/music/cinematics of the original six games and to me 4 objectively stands out as the apex. It's right up there with Mario Bros 3 as the most polished game on NES. I honestly can't fathom why people hated the megabuster, it was the biggest innovation in the history of the series, though I'll grant that later games did it better.
Toad Man boss fight needed a day 1 patch. Great game idgaf what people say it's a good challenge and still has the charm of MM2 and 3 despite some lame bosses. 5 is too easy and feels like a different team worked on it even if it's still not a bad game. 6 actually had some fun ideas even if the series is seriously running on fumes by then. still better than most of the NES library which is saying something
I absolutely loved MM4 back as a kid and that intro still gives me some serious chills. This is probably a bit nitpicky, but I disagree with the argument ''You can always just not use it'' regarding the charge buster. When a game provides such a strong option for no real cost, you're heavily incentivized to use it. Having the player do self imposed challenges does not excuse poor weapon balance. If the charge was a little slower, I could get behind it, but as it is, it seems a bit too good for a default pew pew gun. MM2 had the overpowered metal blade, but at least that used some resource. It's not game breaking, but definitely hurts the other weapons a bit, since they won't be as strong, relatively.
For me it wasn't until after 4 that I abandoned the original series, because I didn't get an SNES until after this one was out. I even owned 4 and loved it. I think I jumped off at the right point, though. 5 and 6 introduce too much bullshit. X is an amazing series.
I never understood why everyone prefers the first 3. I love the last ones more. Late NES was so much better than early. I liked that there were more abilities in the later ones and less bullshit sections.
I was 42 when Mega Man 4 came out. I'm 27 now.
Is that a joke?
@@akhilvvv1925 No.
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Did you got younger? Lol
@@akhilvvv1925 Reverse the way it was said.
Nice review, This is actually my fave game of the 6 nes titles. I'd have to disagree about MM4's weapons falling short of MM 2&3. MM4 had one of the better weapon balances in the nes games too imo. You have a screen clearing weapon, a bomb type weapon that you can detonate at will, a useful version of flash man's weapon, a homing weapon, a shield weapon and a multi hit weapon. Compare that to mm3 where majority of the weapons fire forward or mm2 where one weapon overshadows all the others. Weapons aside, I found MM4's level design to be a step up from the past games and hit a peak in the nes era. That said, I still enjoy all the MM games even MM&B.
The thing about writing these as I'm playing in order is that... well, the weapons in 5 are way worse than 4. So had I remembered that, the stuff about the weapons would've been worded differently
Pretty much, but I have people in my group chat finding weapons like the power stone to be very useful haha. I guess that's what makes mega man games great, giving players of different skill sets a variety of ways to tackle the game. Also, when playing the games chronologically, MM2 does seem to be a fan favorite while every other game following 3 doesn't get much praise due to fatigue. But taken on their own merit, each MM game, (sans MM5) offers a unique experience.
MM5 offers a unique experience too, you get to use one of Darkwing Duck's weapons
It gets tiresome hearing reviewers go "Mega Man 4 is still a great game! But... -insert reasons here why it falls short of Mega Man 3." I constantly find reasons to use all the weapons in Mega Man 4. People grew up playing Mega Man 3, so naturally they're more familiar with the game, and how to properly use the weapons. If you plug as many hours into MM4, you realize its weapons are equally as useful. Except MM4 isn't plagued with the awful slow-down like in MM3, and features some of the coolest bosses in the franchise. For every awesome robot master like Snake Man and Gemini Man, I can match it with Pharaoh Man and Skull Man. And for each lame character such as Toad Man and Dust Man, I can point a finger at Top Man and Needle Man.
Give me Mega Man 4 over all the other classic titles, any day. Its superb level design, plot and art style is the cream of the crop.
@@soursauce5509 y'know, Needle Man ain't a bad boss. It's quite fun if you practice him.
Skull man and Pharaoh man are easily on my top 10 mega man bosses. When I was a kid and I rented this game for the first time, those levels and bosses blew my 10 year old brain away.
This is actually my favorite NES Mega Man game! I'm pretty happy to see someone give it a fair shake (most reviewers are just like "Well, it's more Mega Man...) so thank you, and great review!
a majority of weapons in this game are actually pretty good and they have their uses. The charged buster is NOT op in this game. Mega Man 5's charged buster on the other hand.....
Honestly, this is the best NES mega man, good weapons, good level design all around.
Also, I suggest looking up Mega Man 2 vs. 4 by the retro job, it's a pretty good video that makes solid points.
I agree
I think Mega Man 4 is the best of the classic bunch. Have to disagree with you on the weapons. I think most of them are very useful.
Yeah; it's not how powerful the weapons are; it is what is done with them.
I prefer 3. I think its much better but 4 is gorgeous.
+ModelJames13 Agree. I just replayed the entire series and will be uploading my footage soon, and I came away liking MegaMan IV the most. The flash stopper, skull barrier, and rain flush are extremely handy, plus there are plenty of sections where you can use rush jet or balloon to skip tough level sections. To me, that's what makes a MegaMan game great.
Here's a controversial opinion....they're all good on the NES xD
@@CC-bm3wb Your opinion is not controversial, but it's definitely dumb. Nobody here is suggesting that any of them are bad, the conversation is about why some of us like the 4th the most.
Idk if I can fully agree with some of these points. Weapons here seem to have more flavor and use for me. Instead of 3's weapons being just different ways of shooting forward, 4 has some cool and fun weapons. Rain Flush is simple but effective. Pharaoh Shot cleans house. Dive Missle, while a bit squirrelly, can pick off troubling enemies, etc. The music is also better than stuff I have heard in 1-3s. I honestly do think that 4 is better than its older brothers.
As the description says: "kind of a rambling mess". That's one of the reasons we love ya! Thanks for giving me some entertainment this fine evening even though you made it six years ago!
3:44 oooff we’ve all been there
Loved the video, dude. Gotta disagree about the weapons, though. To me MM4 has the second best arsenal after MM9 (which is a comically OP arsenal anyway). The weapons in this game are super varied; just think about the moment you enter a room and how you can reach enemy X or Y across the screen. You always have an answer in MM4. You can freeze time, clear the screen, fire a homing shot, or one that goes through walls/enemies and comes back. Dust Crusher doesn't look too special but it kills a lot of strong enemies in 1 hit. Pharaoh Shot can be abused to hell with the charge. The only really sucky weapon is the shield.
Great job as usual! Can't wait to see MM5 and 6.
I agree with everything, but the weapons. I’ve found my uses of dive missile, found it better than magnet missile sometimes, although it circles around the target sometimes and that annoys me. Ring boomerang is great for piercing shields, but uses energy too fast. Dust crusher deals a lot of damage, but the extra projectile things never hit, I would’ve had it explode in 8 directions than 4. Rain flush is just a screen nuke, but it has a nice delay so you can’t spam it. Skull barrier isn’t too bad, but is just really underwhelming. I agree with what you said about drill, pharaoh, and bright’s weapons, especially bright’s that thing is chaotic.
I borrowed MM4 and MM1/2 from a friend of mine on primary school, really liked this one actually. I always started with the toad map, because when you beat the level the boss was easy. That said I only beat the game in combination with my brothers, taking turns after x amount of deaths... damn this game was tough...
1:20 has aged we well 😅😂.
Man Megaman 4 is like the best designed NES Megaman tho, it has great weapon balancing, enemy placements are usually grand and it doesn't reuse the same enemies on most of the 8 initial stages making each stage really feel different. (imo at least) It does fall a bit short on the bosses once you learn how they work but on your first run of the game you probably won't notice how easy they can be. It's definitely better than MM1 and 2 that's for sure.
I like that robot masters are really difficult even with their weaknesses
Good review, though I disagree about the weapon selection. Mega Man 4's weapons were at least more useful overall than Mega Man 3's weapons, depending on the situation. Such as the Dive Missile's homing capability, Rain Flush clearing the screen, Ring Boomerang's armor piercing, (and can retrieve items on MM 4 for Gameboy) and Flash Stopper stopping enemies briefly.
Mega Man 5's weapon selection is actually worst, with maybe only a couple of weapons being useful.
Yeah the problem with revisiting these in order is that I forget that 5 actually had much worse weapons
Mega Man 4 was my first exposure to what would later become my favorite video game franchise. I actually love this one more than Mega Man 3 (esp. thanks to the Pharaoh Man and Skull Man stages), though Mega Man 2 (being one of the greatest games of all-time) is still the series' best.
I love this game - only real complaint is that the tunes aren't as rockin' as 1-2-3. Another great review Drunk.
The Mega Man series is like pizza. While 4 may be my least favorite slice, it's still pizza. Looking forward to the reviews of 5 and 6. 6 is really underrated.
probably usually say 6 is downright bad. I've always said that maybe but it's not significantly worst than the other ones. I mean yamato man is the most pathetic boss/robot master though. I feel bad for him.
@@GadGades Mega Man 6 has the issue of it along with 5 feeling kinds rushed and the constant forced Adaptor usage which really tears down the pacing of the game
Mega Man 4 and 5 were the first Mega Man games I played so it was always too hard for me to go back to 2 and 3 which everybdy loves without the mega buster.
I've noticed in recent time that more and more people are starting to say Mega Man 4 is their favourite of the NES Mega Man games and I’m one of those people. I did enjoy Mega Man 1-3 but I never found them to be grand masterpieces that many led me to believe. They’re better designed than a lot of games during the same and even the 16-bit era (looking at you Sonic 2) but they still had annoying flaws. Fortunately, Mega Man 4 takes the best of the original trilogy and irons out the major flaws.
The level design is very challenging with rarely a moment where the game feels boring to play through, more importantly however is that Mega Man 4’s level design is highly consistent in quality compared to its predecessors. There is some trial and error and cheap enemy placement but this is kept at a bare minimum in comparison to the previous games. Most of the challenge actually feels rewarding as well as cutting down a lot of the bullshit from the previous games. 1 had trial and error, 2 had poor enemy placement and 3 had the doc robots. 4 doesn’t have a single bit of majorly offensive design that pisses me off to no end. It’s all rewarding and satisfying design that rarely feels cheap and is overall well designed and fun to play.
While I personally prefer the robot master stages from Mega Man 3, Mega Man 4’s robot master stages are still a riot to play through and is overall a lot of fun. One thing that is better than Mega Man 1, 3 and especially 2 is the weapon balancing. Mega Man 4 easily has the best selection of weapons of all the NES Mega Man games. The ring boomerang is a piercing weapon worth a damn, the rain flush is a screen nuke done right, the dive missile is a solid homing missile that works well for what it does, the drill bomb is actually what the crash bomber should have been, the skull barrier is a decent shield weapon and the flash stopper is the time stopper with far better execution. The only weapon I would say isn’t great is the dust crusher, it’s basically just a quicker way of shooting a fully charged mega buster. With that said, I’d take it over the worst weapons of the previous games anyday.
The 2nd half of Mega Man 4 involves you travelling through Dr. Cossack’s stages and then you eventually take on Dr. Wily through his new set of castle stages. Mega Man 4’s 2nd half is what Mega Man 3’s 2nd half should have been. Instead of slightly different versions of previously played stages, you instead play through actual new stages with new graphics and design with much better boss battles. Can I just bring up how much I love Dr. Cossack? He’s a refreshing change of pace from Dr. Wily and the opening has Mega Man travelling on a train going to Russia to stop Dr. Cossack. It turns out that Dr. Cossack is doing this because Dr. Wily kidnapped his daughter who Proto Man saves before Mega Man almost destroys Dr. Cossack to death. Yeah, it has a dumb twist but I don’t mind since the game does do a good job of not mentioning Dr. Wily until the near end and it makes Dr. Wily more threatening than last time. It’s a good story and I liked it more than Mega Man 3’s story. Sure, Proto Man was great but you can’t take Dr. Wily helping out Dr. Light seriously in that plot.
The boss battles are good but not great. More specifically the robot masters. They’re relatively hit or miss and they don’t pose a huge challenge. Thankfully, the bosses in the Dr. Cossack and Wily stages are a lot of fun with well telegraphed patterns, recognizable strategies and pose a fun challenge. They’re a lot of fun from start to finish even if the robot masters aren’t great to begin with.
The graphics is about on par with Mega Man 3 only with more colourful and interesting environments so there’s not much to say here. The music, while not up there with 2 & 3’s music, is still some great stuff, plus, I cannot get enough of Dr. Cossack’s tracks, they’re so damn catchy.
One last thing to address is that Mega Man 4 was the game that introduced the chargeable mega buster. Some criticize Mega Man 4 for introducing it but I think Mega Man 4 handles the chargeable buster quite well, it’s fun to use but it takes long to charge and it does the same amount of damage as the weapons you gain in this game. I mostly use the chargeable buster just to have an easier time against the robot masters, plus, because of this new mechanic, it’s much easier to do the buster only challenge than previous games. Because the weapons are so good in this game, I never found much of a reason to use the chargeable buster since, like I said, it does the same amount of damage except you have to charge it for 2 seconds so I prefer to use one of the weapons.
To conclude, Mega Man 4 is a brilliant game and a huge improvement over its previous installments. It’s consistent, balanced, well designed and overall just a fun time with minimal frustration
mega man 4 is easily my favorite. Mega man 2 shoots itself in the foot due to wily 4, many sections that are just flat out not explained, and overpowered and under powered weaponry. terribly overrated imo
Agreed. Also, the Metal Blade breaks the whole game.
I won't deny that Wily 4 (and also Quick Man's stage until i memorized it by heart after, oh I dunno, 50 playthroughs?) kinda makes me feel dread when playing MM2, a feeling I don't really get from any other megaman game except MM&Bass. It's just.. .the stage is bad, and that boss is _fucking awful_, what were they thinking?
But the rest of the game's really good, fun stages, memorable bosses, cool weapons even if the balance isn't great, awesome music... I understand why people love it so much. But yeah, the later ones on the NES are good as hell too and it's weird how people seem so bent on thinking 2's the best or even the only relevant one, which is nonsense.
hip indeed and also crash mans stage has a segment that's impossible not to get hit without weapons, wilys final boss that isn't the alien is impossible to no hit without weapons, the forced weapon usage, the seemingly impossible to dodge enemies without somehow knowing it would be there, etc. etc. I love the game but its not the best. I even practiced and did a really good lp of it but like, its defiantly not the best. not by far.
Even Mega Man 3 is kinda overrated. It has some serious flaws, like the Doc Robots impossible-to-dodge-patterns and the really lazy level design in the Wily Stages.
No Mega Man game is perfect, but people tends to blindfold themselves in order to not see the cons of their favorite games.
AlberichGamer 150% agree.
To me it looks like people’s beef is more with 5 and 6. Megaman 4 is usually held in much higher regard, due to the creative level design and the overall challenge it presents. The weapons aren’t really all that bad, I consider them to have variety and balance each-other out.
Lol, I don't know why people don't like the robot masters from 4. As if flashman and iceman weren't as silly as ring man, toad man, etc.
Basically, 4-6 didn't get people's attention because they came late in the NES lifespan, like basically every other NES game of the 90s. For instance, kirby probably is the best NES game, but it doesn't get any credit just because it came out in 93.
I like em. I never heard anyone complain before. MM always has silly bosses. Bombman looked like a chicken! And toad man can be slightly tougher than he looked like in this vid when you first fight him. I think it's like batman 60s. Some people don't get that it's SUPPOSE to be silly.
Mythmaker Oh my god that was pure literature. I’m an advocate myself for singing fours praises, especially the weapons, those things are god tier in 4.
Silly Robot Master designs were always done intentionally. Guts Man, Fire Man, Wood Man, Bubble Man, Crash Man, Top Man, Snake Man, and Hard Man are just a ridiculous of concepts as Ring Man, Toad Man, or Bright Man.
MM 4 is the first one with an actual story, and that's why it's one of the best in the series.
DUUUUUDE! WHAT ABOUT THE MUSIC?!?! This game has a KILLER soundtrack!!!
Something that I love about the classic series is that you mostly can pass all the bosses and challenges without upgrades, unless the X series, who make you repeat every level if you want to even have a chance in the last levels.
I like the charged up Mbuster..i always wondered why it took until the 4th game for it to be introduced
Use DUST CRUSHER on the 2nd Wily Castle boss that keeps splitting in twos.
The Music of MM IV is Amazing Skull Man Stage is one of my Alltime Favs 😍
His stage is plain
Man I remember having 2 and 3 as a kid, and thinking these games are as good as it gets! And when I heard 4 was coming out, I saved my allowance for what seemed like months... And I was mildly disappointed with the end result. I never thought it was hard, just as you said though, the bosses were weak! That was one of the cool things about the mega man series, the variety of bosses and the strategies to complete each stage. Even though I gripe, I still play mega man 4 every now and then, and I still rock out to the music! Mega man is just a staple of my childhood, these games always remind me of easier times! Thanks for the great reviews!!
THAT MUSIC IS THE BEST-
We had Megaman 2 and 4 growing up. A friend had 3, and I played that some. At the time, it felt that 3 was the most hyped up of the games, because of bosses like Snake Man and Gemini Man. I liked 2 the best, and I loved playing 4. I liked how you could replay stages you already beat, the charged shot was fun, the hidden pathways that later games eventually used, although just to get the two extra assist weapons. I know I played the hell out of 2 and 4 though growing up. I later played all of them on PS2, with their collection series, and maybe it is nostalgia, but 2 and 4 were still my favorite, followed by 3.
Mega Man 4 is my personal favorite in the NES series. Untold hours on this game over at my neighbors house. The first game I ever stayed up all night trying to beat. I'll have to disagree on the boss weapons; I always liked em
You are right, I missed a lot of the late 91-93 NES games as well as a lot of the late 96-97 SNES games because I was just moving on... These games often didn't get much fanfare in stores either, and by end of life cycle back then, there are tons of used copies for games you had been wanting that you can now afford.
Nice...are you going to be making any notice to the Nintendo SNES Classic Mini (or whatever it will be called)? I know its not completely the style of your channel but because its kinda near the same page. Maybe once we get more info? And later in the year. I'm still upset that I never got a NES Mini. Looks like I'll be camping out for this one.
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I do love megaman 4. Great music, great levels, great controls. Fun game. One still take a spin on (on my 3ds) every now and then still.
The first game isn't really "comically difficult". Returned to it recently and completed it on a CRT; was much better than I remembered. Yes, there are some bits in Wiley's stage which are really tough but it's doable.
coderkind I played it recently and the first game is *very* hard if you are not prepared for it's quirks. Not the hardest ever but it's no means a breeze
Lar's Gaming Channel I guess I was prepared after playing it as a kid. There was only one level in Wiley's stage where you *have* to get an energy tank to stand a chance that I remember as cruel.
I didn't think it was comically difficult either, not if you grew up with it. I'm sure I beat it at 8-9 years old. I mean it was hard but not even close to something like Battletoads. I kind of laugh at every thing getting this OMG nes was so harddddd.. I mean yeah compared to today's games and you didn't grow up with NES that style of game might be hard for you to adjust to, but I consider today's games often far too easy and boring for them to be enjoyable for me, like watching a movie and going through the motions often. There are two sides to this difficulty/easy coin...
@@coderkind "There was only one level in Wiley's stage where you have to get an energy tank to stand a chance"
There are no energy tanks in MM1 so I don't know what you're talking about.
I think this is the last classic megaman I really enjoyed, 5 and 6 might have felt a bit stale or maybe it was because when 5 and 6 got released I already had a SNES, idk.
Still, nothing can top the crap levels of X5 and X7 I guess.
MegaMan 6 is my favorite on the NES but MegaMan 5 for Gameboy is one of the best I've played, give it a try
Total length of video: 317 sec.
Total length of "SNES Drunk": 2 secs.
.63% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".
Thanks Drunk. Me and a buddy are bro-opping the MegaMan series as we can get ahold of the carts. I need to pick up 4 and 5 still so I'm happy to see 4 is still a worthy entry. 5 is super pricey.. may have to emulate that one.
4 has Rush. How could you not like it? (Yes I know he's in 3.) And this game was easier. As a kid this was the only one I beat.
I started with mmx, so the charge shot is a must.
I remember I had a birthday coming up and this was the latest Mega Man game out. My dad rented me all four games in succession and let me pick which one I wanted to own for my birthday. I was torn between 2 and 4, but ultimately went with 4 because I thought the charge buster was cool.
Great review. I agree that the later NES Mega Man game don't get enough love. They great graphics, great sound design, and solid gameplay. Mega Man 5 is actually my favorite of the bunch.
1996 wasn't REALLY late in the SNES lifespan, the SNES was still quite popular in 1996, by the end of 1997 the SNES had run its course which is a pretty long run actually.
Would you perhaps do a series on this channel for Sega Master System & Genesis? Maybe call it 'Sega Drunk'.
"Ssssssega Drunk"
This was the first video game I cleared on my own with no game genie, way back when I was a kindergartner in the 90s.
"Flip-Top Dude"? That's Eddie! I thought every die-hard Mega Man fan knew that... XD
Not the people writing the manual for III on Gameboy
@@randomguyontheinternet7940 That's a good point, since I've never seen the manual for that game myself.
Some of my fav megaman music
I'm 33 years old and have abandoned gaming a long time now mostly because games are shit nowadays and as I grew I had other interests...but I was a fucking hardcore nerd back in the day...thanks for all the memories m8...u made me search my snes and gb advance in a closet I had long forgotten...cheers!
Cheers!
Games are shit these days? They are very good, just... different than the games from 20 years ago. If you're looking for games that feel like old games, take a look at Shovel Knight.
Megaman 2 is just THAT good. And so is 4. I believe they're tied as some of the best action platformers on the NES.
The X series has always been weird for me, they're great on their own, but they're also too damn hard for me. I usually stick to the 8 bit MM games. And that's weird since I usually prefer 16 bit.
"Everyone" seem to hold 2 and 3 extremely high. 1 pretty high and 4-5-6 very low. Did "you" even play the games back then? Did you put in the same kind of hours into it? I did it with 1-5. While I can agree that it is sort of the same game.. That's exactly what I wanted. The bosses in Mega Man 2 are overall way to easy.. That's something you rarely see someone complain about. Still a lovely game but it's not that perfect compared to the rest of series. I think all the games have their strengths and weaknesses.
Megaman 2 is not that great, sure still great but not that much. I think 4 surpasses it.
Without this, we wouldn't have one of the best rom hacks of all time, Rockman 4 Minus Infinity!!!
"All the stuff you'd expect from a Megaman series is here".
YES! EXACTLY! I don't really get why everyone else and their mothers shit on 4-6, from the HVGN to Projared to the screwattack dolts and 90% critics/reviewers in-between. What, did they expect Capcom to re-invent the fucking wheel or anything four years after its initial release? It's like they forgot how Nintendo already tried to do the same with Zelda 2. Megaman titles are simple, good-looking, great-sounding, tight-controlling run and gun games. If I'm having fun playing through them there's no reason for me to write them off regardless of how similar they are to one another. I'd be missing out.
And tbh, some songs from 4 rank among my favorite MM tunes. Dr. Cossack castle 2 and Dr. Wily castle 2 are some incredible compositions that rival even the iconic Wily Castle 1 theme from MM2. It's the little details that matter and this game had enough in my eyes.
I remember I was in grade 6 and we had a class Christmas party. One of the kids brought an nes with Megaman 4, I remember thinking it was so cool that you could charge his shot. More kids should take their NESes to school
3 and 4 were my favorite Mega Man games with 3 being slightly on top. 4's password system fell behind since iyour password was no longer including the energy containers you had amounted so far. and speaking of passwords there was a lot of game left to play after getting the last password in 4.
This is definitely my favorite NES Megaman title. I also feel like it was the last of the classic Megaman games on the NES. 5 and 6 were a few steps down. The music was nowhere NEAR as good in MM 5 & 6.
I'll disagree with both of these statements. Mega Man 4 definitely has one of the best soundtracks of the Classic series, but I think Mega Man 6 has the best, while 5 was pretty weak.
I always liked 4 the best. It felt like it hit the sweet spot, and was prematurely dismissed as more of the same. MM1 was great for its time, but 2, 3, and 4 were perfect.
Hello from 4 years into the future: MM2's willie castle was....well it existed. the robot masters are pretty fun, and their's MM3. Oh the pain. It lags (debug stuff) it was rushed, because CapCom. lol they were pretty hammered when they started it, got ory-ental-developered: RUSH, the thing it since we have _jet_ . and I guess cut a ton of stuff...to have kind of sort fufulling game? used a level tester bot (seriusly that's all crashman was) and another for the DrFartFace things. I guess you needed to make sure the weapons worked somehow. The end result: a train wreck. MMX added...plot? oO JediEdgelord with...Rockman? because reasons? $$ probably
Can't wait to hear what you think about 5! It's my favorite which apparently is crazy I hear lol Funny many people these days say 3 is the best but the slowdown is absolutely terrible as the devs even said it was rushed to meet a short development time and you can tell by the graphical bug sitting right on the stage select screen lol
The boss weapons in 5 are uh... not good. Other than that it's great
Yeah that must be it! Thanks for the reply!
I played a ton of 3 and 6 and never used any of the boss weapons outside of boss fights anyway.
I do agree 4's not perfect despite it being my favorite Mega Man/NES game. Although when you mentioned the weapons not being that great... 2's weapons weren't the best either, don't get me wrong the metal blade's great. But there's stuff like time stopper that drained quickly and you couldn't use the buster during it and crash bomber which was pretty situational and had a delay in exploding. As for some of the robot masters, yeah Dust Man's goofy but so was Bubble Man lmao.
love these videos my friend!
Great review! I don't think 4 is harder than the others myself, and the weapons in 4 were as good as the ones in the earlier games (better than 1 for sure). 5, 6, 8, and 10 have fairly poor weapons across the board, though 5, 6, and 10 are still very fun games.
The weapons in 5 are definitely worse. Charge Kick is just a bad idea
SNES drunk It is right up there with Top Spinning. It always amused me that Darkwing Duck's Super Arrow ended up in MM5.
4 and 6 are probably actually my favorites. All the OG Mega Man games are legendary.
I hardly use the special weapons in the levels in any Mega Man NES game.
In Mega Man 4 they're still very useful against the Robot Masters since some of them are still hard to beat with the Mega Buster. This in contrast to Mega Man 5 where I don't use them at all.
the only thing lacking in this game is some of the boss fights. my second favorite in the classic series right after 9
Crushing it as always @Snes Drunk.
When Mega Man X and Castlevania Dracula X both hit, I was convinced they were both the 10th games in their respective series. Years later, with the help of Netscape Navigator, I learned elsewise. Boy was my face green.
I blame the Rocky movies for teaching us Roman numerals
I can't disagree. Although I would say Jaws 3D has something to do with it. Not only was it an awful movie, but it also had some of the worst 3D ever used in a feature film.
I found 3 to be difficult out of all 6, to be honest. I don't know...maybe because you have to fight the robot masters from 2 again, thus depleting your resources faster. But maybe I'm just doing something wrong.
I vastly prefer 8-Bit Mega Man to X. The sprites were too big and X seems slower to me. That's just my opinion.
When I was a kid, I hated 1 for being so difficult. 2 was my first Mega Man game. 4 was the one I owned. I completely agree with this review after having played all the Mega Man games. But I personally now enjoy replaying Mega Man 1 the most since it offers the best challenge and the robot master weapons are really useful.
Great minds think alike ;) I was just playing this game and having a few drinks the other night.
Flip top dude? You better put some respect on Eddie’s name
Pharaoh Man is so sweet
Always funny to see MM 4 comments. For some people it's the black sheep of the series. For others it's their favorite. That's great. I love some of the level design. Dr. Cossack's levels are my favorite next to Wily's from MM2. I like some of the weapons (I think the weapons are worse in MM5). And I love the somber, melancholy tone of most of the music.
2 is my favorite on NES, 4 is my second favorite. The charge and slide were great editions. 2 is hard until you realize that the saw kills almost every boss
Mega Man 4 is better.
This the first Megaman game I've ever played and I love it!
@Jeremy Seal on the other hand, the flicker and swampy colors make me stay away from the NES ones
MM4 was the first game in the series I played during my Childhood. In my opinion one of the best too.
MM4 is the best game of the series...
Really, MM2 is somewhat lacking good game design. Not the best shit ever.
You didn't mention the soundtrack!
Come on let's be real who actually used the bubble gun air gun and woodman shield apart from boss fights?
My Megaman experience was late and this was the first one I played till my friend and I beat it
THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ONE
amazing visuals for the NES
Miguel Rossington As someone who has seen many NES games, I disagree. It's certainly not bad looking, though.
@CaptainNnif
I've only seen a few games on the NES that look better. Those being MM5, MM6, Kirby, and Mario 3.
Yep, you hit the nail on the head - a great platformer but the villains are lame and terrible. Aside from Pharaoh Man and Skull Man, who are legit cool in their own right, all the other robot masters look goofy, been there, done that, and dull. Cossack himself would be a cool villain if Capcom didn't get cold feet and just make Wily a formula villain every game, setting the stage for weak NES sequels to drag out Mega Man's legacy.
After this game Mega Man, a star player of the Nintendo family, REALLY should've jumped to SNES. Hell, probably after 3, actually. Given the choice in 1994 between the blocky, old hat Mega Man 6 and the groundbreaking 3D Donkey Kong Country... Well, I don't have to finish that sentence. That's why people only talk about 2 and 3.
Me and my friends who all were HUGE megaman nerds loved this game, it was the last megaman most of us played before moving on to the snes and megaman x though. Since we were all kids etc our parents didnt buy systems right when they came out but instead you usually got it for Christmas or birthdays a while after release.. So at least in my personal experience I wouldnt say that megaman4 was one of those games that got to late to the system. On the other hand megaman 5 and 6(specially 6) were less known.. Megaman 5 i only played as a rental at one of my friends who didnt get a snes and megaman6 i didnt play until i got older.
The point with this comment though is that i dont think megaman4 is on the list of less known and loved megaman games, at least not among my friends and i assume it would be the same for most people in scandinavia, it might have to do with release dates for different games in different countries and stuff like that i dont know, but it quite surprise me that you say that megaman4 is forgotten.
ps. i know i base this only on my personal experience and this is no proof that its not less known even among fans in scandinavia
I think this game is severely under-rated. This wasn't quite the best Mega Man game (my vote goes to Mega Man 3), but you look at the graphics/music/cinematics of the original six games and to me 4 objectively stands out as the apex. It's right up there with Mario Bros 3 as the most polished game on NES. I honestly can't fathom why people hated the megabuster, it was the biggest innovation in the history of the series, though I'll grant that later games did it better.
I need that soundtrack!!
I love Megaman 4 & 2 most of all Megaman games. Only bad thing about 4 is that it`s bit too long.
Toad Man boss fight needed a day 1 patch. Great game idgaf what people say it's a good challenge and still has the charm of MM2 and 3 despite some lame bosses. 5 is too easy and feels like a different team worked on it even if it's still not a bad game. 6 actually had some fun ideas even if the series is seriously running on fumes by then. still better than most of the NES library which is saying something
Mega Man 4 has the best boss select music. Though MM2 has the best music overall.
I absolutely loved MM4 back as a kid and that intro still gives me some serious chills.
This is probably a bit nitpicky, but I disagree with the argument ''You can always just not use it'' regarding the charge buster. When a game provides such a strong option for no real cost, you're heavily incentivized to use it. Having the player do self imposed challenges does not excuse poor weapon balance. If the charge was a little slower, I could get behind it, but as it is, it seems a bit too good for a default pew pew gun.
MM2 had the overpowered metal blade, but at least that used some resource. It's not game breaking, but definitely hurts the other weapons a bit, since they won't be as strong, relatively.
Have you actually played around with Mega Man 4's weapons? Sounds like you didn't.
For me it wasn't until after 4 that I abandoned the original series, because I didn't get an SNES until after this one was out. I even owned 4 and loved it. I think I jumped off at the right point, though. 5 and 6 introduce too much bullshit. X is an amazing series.
My first Mega Man game!
I never understood why everyone prefers the first 3. I love the last ones more. Late NES was so much better than early. I liked that there were more abilities in the later ones and less bullshit sections.
I felt this was the hardest of the nes games. So much that I gave up... I beat all the others