Overall I had a much better experience with MM9 For me it was more upbeat, more colorful, more cheery and more in tune with everybodies(for the most part, and mine) favorite MM2. And you have to admit, MM9's sound track pretty much destroys MM10's.....Although MM10 does have a few gems...Solar man's track for me goes down as one of the greatest MM tunes in history, while Nitro's is pretty damn awesome as well. Those aside, Pump, Chill, Sheep and Strike are all decent, while Blade and Commando man's were weak and forgettable. Honestly, Splash woman's tune blows away Pump man's, there's no contest. Wily's Castle tracks were all inferior to MM9's as well. But this is all a matter of taste and opinion, but based on what i've read most people prefer MM9's. Also, I wasn't too crazy about MM10's story or the ending but that's just a minor teeny little gripe.
Anyways, I appreciate the more difficult gameplay and Bosses, and the option to play as Proto man which adds more depth to the game overall. And the DLC looks to be pretty rad considering you get to play as Bass and face off against the Mega Man Killers. But I dont know, I came out of my first experience with MM10 feeling kind of dissapointed, although it was still a great experience. At first most of the music didn't really click with me, but it starts to grow on you. The Boss Battles are pretty great as well, and slightly alittle mode complex and less predictable than MM9's. But as it stands, I still think that MM10 is better than MM3, but MM2 and MM9 are the cream of the crop
Well, I was scared by the difficulty of these games and so my first MM game is MM10, and I've really enjoyed it, but I'm really glad it has an Easy mode. For me, Easy mode was still very difficult. Of course now that I've played through it on Easy, and learned more about the mechanics of the MM games, Normal mode is doable. I'm currently on stage 1 of Wily's castle in Normal mode, but my first 3 or 4 attempts to beat stage one were a bust. Damn this game is tough, but yes it's fun. After I can beat this game in Normal mode I'm probably going to get MM9.
Better, more "classic-feeling" bosses and boss design
Tighter, more natural level design
THE MUSIC
The wonderful ending sequence (srsly, MM10's is such a gyp...)
The story (yes, when MM9 can be said to have a better story, MM10's must be REALLY bad)
The weapons all doubled as utilities that could be used to get through each stage in new ways. I loved this, as I so rarely ended up using special weapons in the classic series except against bosses.
Better, and more plentiful, in-game challenges
Bosses can be beaten buster-only without too much hassle (Plug Man is the only one I can't do) whereas too many of MM10's bosses feel cheaply overpowered without a special weapon.
Where MM10 wins:
Fewer instant-death cheap shots
Love the mini-challenges
The branching path concept is awesome, if underutilized
Free features that were previously DLC
The special weapons often don't do much damage to a boss directly; you need to use splash damage or a ricochet or something, which makes the fights more interesting
The chance to face bosses outside of their stages for practice is wonderful
My money's on MM9. It's a lot more fun (imho), but they're both good. MM10 is disappointing compared to 9...but that's okay. 9 will stand as one of my favorites in the whole series. 10 will just stand as a good game. Which, in itself, as all we really wanted after 9 anyway.
I have to agree with most of what Chicken said. The ending to 9 was so awesome there was no reason to do the exact same thing with 10's. I thought the weapons were more useful in 9. For all the shield weapons that exist, the Water Shield is by far the best. The Jewel Satellite was useful for some cheap bolts, I find myself using the Water Shield a lot more than any other weapon. I think one thing we should all consider is that when 9 came out, we hadn't seen an 8 bit game in fifteen years so there is something that I think all of us are emotionally attached to with 9. We expected 10 and there was a lot of media coverage of it so it didn't have that wow factor that 9 did. It seems we all agree that 10 is a great game nonetheless. As for the music, Solar Man has one of the most rockin' tunes of the whole series. Chill Man has an eerie sound to me which I like, and Pump Man has a cool mellow tune. Keep in mind that 10 isn't a completed product yet. We still have a playable character, three levels and an endless stage to judge. My biggest question is about Ballade's weapon. It's the same freakin' thing as Nitro Man's weapon!
Chiken hit the nail on the head. Mega Man 10 is still one of the best MM games though if you ask me, but I see MM9 as a 10/10, while MM10 is an 8.5/10. I couldn't help but feel a bit dissapointed after I completed it....And really, Wily's stages felt alittle bare bones and uninspired compared to MM9's. And i think one of the main reasons why i somewhat dislike MM10 is because of it's darker theme. I LOVE beautiful, colorful, organic and bright Aquatic and Air stages. Bubble, Splash and Air man's stages were among my favorite in the franchise. and MM10 had none...... Instead you had to to travel through a dirty sewer.....Ugh, Splash woman's and especially Bubble man's stages was so much better for MM11, i'd love to see a tropical beach stage, a forest ect ect.
Anyways, some of the bosses definitly felt alittle overpowered.....Nitro man especially. Solar man gave me alot of trouble in the beginning, but once you stand in the middle and master his patterns he's not too hard.
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