Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 And 2 Has Got Rookies Covered With New Easy Mode

Easy mode? I don't need no stinking easy mode! 😁 (Nice to have for a less stressful playthrough, tho.)

This is nice for my 9 year old to get into it cause i had him play x1 on the snes mini and the guy sucked. Nothing like his old man 😎🕹🎮

Great for those that want it no harm to those who don't. Lot of people these days say this kind of thing cheapens a game but I'm all for it if it means people get more enjoyment out of there games. I wouldn't use it myself because I guess I just love being angry at games!!

I always liked the music and watching my friend play, but I’ve been horrible at Megaman since the first. This definitely put the collection on my radar.

I only hope we don't get the bulls*** of having exclusive unlockables from easy mode. Hate when they do that, some Devil May Cry do that, Mega Man Zero Collection did that. That gives a bad taste for a completionist. If I want to unlock everything I need to do the easy mode, if I do the normal/hard first, doing the easy mode will be even more painful for the boredom, but doing the easy mode first might spoil some surprises and the actual feel of experiencing first on normal/hard.

I have never played any Mega Man game until now. I'm trying the Mega Man Legacy games (the first game) and I find it quite frustrating, especially the physics. I think Legacy 1 and 2 could get an easy mode. On Switch you have the rewind feature but I don't know why that is not available on Xbox as well.

Mega Man has always been brutally difficult. But not everyone appreciates that difficulty. I think it's good to have an easy mode. It's not like they are removing the normal mode for the more dedicated players.

@ReaderRagfish Yep, the physics are what I find so... different.

Back in the day we had Game Genie and Gameshark for these types of problems... now we just got an added easy mode.

Oh come on guys you need to suffer and hate the game you love like we all did, practice until you bleed and until you know every movement Sigma does, even when he's in his privacy...

Nah, it's good that it has an easier option so that more people can enjoy the game

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One thing I think would be good is giving the easy mode a faster route. Like in Mega Man X8 there is already an easy mode. Doing the easy mode will end the game before the final fight. For a "casual" gamer this might be enough because defeating Sigma will most likely feel like the end fight. But for any gamer interested discovering there is more will give a good motivation for gitting gud and going back to normal or hard and seeing the entire thing.
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@roy130390 I for one am adept of the idea everyone should "respect" the director's idea for the game and at least play it on normal. But well, we all know most people don't actually care, so good for them.

Excellent. I wished they had the same on Sonic Mania - I'm so terrible that if I eventually get to a boss, I panic and lose whatever lives I have remaining...

This will be great for my daughter. She loved Mighty Gunvolt this one should be accessible as well.

Good! I just want to experience the levels and bosses and glean the traits and quality of each game. If I'm going to see all of the content across 8 different titles there's no way that I'm going to trial-and-error my way through that much content for hours and hours.

I used to have pride about refusing such modes but I threw that pride out the window a few years ago and have enjoyed games much more since because of it.

@ReaderRagfish funny how that works, I love bullet hell and tough platformers but can’t play fortnite to save my life.

I'm actually quite okay with this. Megaman X6 In particular seems to be quite brutal.

Perfect for the Participation Trophy generation!

Bah! The one company I could always trust to challenge players.

Zero: "What am I fighting fooooor?"
Iris: "It's okay. You were playing on rookie mode. Here's a flower."

I wish they would have the easy mode for ghosts and goblins, and ghouls and ghosts. I could never beat those games.

I'm playing 2-8 for the first time, so maybe I will go filthy casual mode for this one.

It's a welcome addition. I don't have as much time to invest in games as I used to. I've already beaten all of them, so now, with this mode, I'll get to leisurely enjoy them.

Mine arrived Friday 13th from Amazon UK, great to see easy mode my tired old hands need all the help they can get lol

Easy mode is fine with me if it makes the games more enjoyable.

Easy mode? Back in my day, we'd walk 8 miles in the snow just to get to Chill Penguin!

This is great for someone like me who has never played a Megeman game or sucks at older games. I’ve always wanted to jump into the series but was hesitant because of the difficulty. Having an easy mode option may get more people to play it.

Oh yes, god forbid people actually learn about the game mechanics and bosses. Nope, gotta spoonfeed them or else the journalists will rate them as "Outdated" Remember when games used to be difficult?

@Gamegrumps303 Bitter much?

More accessibility while not sacrificing the difficulty for those who want it is always welcome.

@Gamegrumps303 Let people enjoy things.

Why not just turn it into a Twitch stream but you get to hold an expensive remote called a joy-con?

@EvilRegal. I thought of UHF when you said that.

@ekwcl lol

@NTELLIGENTMAN. I see what you did there. XD

Oh good! I might actually consider getting these games eventually now.

@Gamegrumps303 Yeah, and they sucked because of it. I'm not getting my money's worth out of those old games if I can't ever make it even a third of the way through the game no matter how much I try. Learning the mechanics only gets the majority of gamers only so far. If I have to memorize entire layouts and enemy/obstacle placements just to have a chance at beating a level, then the game is just no longer enjoyable to play.

Thank goodness for modern games with more reasonable difficulty levels and save systems that don't make you restart the entire game when you get a Game Over!

Got the game, and apparently don't remember a single thing from MM X1.
I will be using the rookie mode so I can at least memorize those levels... then maybe give it a try in normal difficulty