While MM4 isn’t my favourite game (that honour goes to World4), I think that it has the strongest theme in the series. I adore the USSR vibe the game has, obviously with Dr Cossack & Kalinka, but also the reoccurring snow in both fortresses, along with russian architecture seen (starting off as historic when entering the first castle, then transitioning to more a more industrial look halfway through for the rest of the game) and even the weapon screen being coloured red. All of these details remind me of the russian empire (that also fell the same year the game released). Plus I always thought that Megaman was literally leaving for russia to take down cossack, as he’s seen riding a train in the intro, then coming back (in one of the best endings in the franchise). Finally, in terms of gameplay, I think MM4 is the start of megaman games finally feeling polished. Every game prior had some elements that made it unfair (either to the player or game), though here everything has been tweaked to give the player a challenge while still being easy enough to be fun. And obviously the mega buster, eddie, secret paths & rush jet changes are all really nice additions that thankfully came back for future games. (Rip rush marine)
to each their own. i just don't think it's good design because, as i said with the path to the balloon adapter, past cases of having a giant pit you can jump over didn't led to anything. and mega man, at this point in time, isn't the type of franchise where you need to hunt for items you don't get from robot masters. not to say i'm asking for yellow paint, but having a different colored or textured sprite around a bunch of regular sprites would be a better way of doing it. and hey, eventually they would do just that in mega man 5
@@Danspection yeah i think that stuff makes it too obvious. maybe im just too curious and observant. i like being rewarded for exploring areas it seems like youre not supposed to go to or not supposed to be able to go to.
Why did someone say something bad about Snow Levels? How could you say something so bad? Snow levels are fantastic! Snow levels are incredible!
mods, we found the yabber
What a throwback to classic youtube.
you can just climb down and back up on ladders to abuse eddie until he gives you what you want (an e tank).
I also never found ring man that hard.
Great review. I look forward to more.
Oh trust me, more IS coming.
While MM4 isn’t my favourite game (that honour goes to World4), I think that it has the strongest theme in the series.
I adore the USSR vibe the game has, obviously with Dr Cossack & Kalinka, but also the reoccurring snow in both fortresses, along with russian architecture seen (starting off as historic when entering the first castle, then transitioning to more a more industrial look halfway through for the rest of the game) and even the weapon screen being coloured red. All of these details remind me of the russian empire (that also fell the same year the game released).
Plus I always thought that Megaman was literally leaving for russia to take down cossack, as he’s seen riding a train in the intro, then coming back (in one of the best endings in the franchise).
Finally, in terms of gameplay, I think MM4 is the start of megaman games finally feeling polished. Every game prior had some elements that made it unfair (either to the player or game), though here everything has been tweaked to give the player a challenge while still being easy enough to be fun.
And obviously the mega buster, eddie, secret paths & rush jet changes are all really nice additions that thankfully came back for future games.
(Rip rush marine)
the no indications are imo good design.
to each their own. i just don't think it's good design because, as i said with the path to the balloon adapter, past cases of having a giant pit you can jump over didn't led to anything. and mega man, at this point in time, isn't the type of franchise where you need to hunt for items you don't get from robot masters.
not to say i'm asking for yellow paint, but having a different colored or textured sprite around a bunch of regular sprites would be a better way of doing it. and hey, eventually they would do just that in mega man 5
@@Danspection yeah i think that stuff makes it too obvious. maybe im just too curious and observant. i like being rewarded for exploring areas it seems like youre not supposed to go to or not supposed to be able to go to.
Mega Man 4 is amazing, but Mega Man 6 is the best one imo