Is Megaman 8 underrated?

To me, it was one of the worst MM games. Bosses sucked, music sucked, everything about it I hated.

To me, it was one of the worst MM games. Bosses sucked, music sucked, everything about it I hated.

Legendaryscmt

The game barely gets much attention and after that terrible 7th game i am not sure why. it was quite popular at its time while X was overshadowing the original series. But it's barely mentioned anymore. I wonder what people though of it then or think of it presently?FreddyJeffery

Since when was 7 terrible? I thought it was enjoyable and arguably had the hardest Wily battle...

I thought 8 was the worst of the series, particularly due to the cutesy artstyle, terrible voice acting/cutscenes, and so-so level design/bosses. Not a bad game, but probably the least favorite Mega Man game in the original series.

7 suffered because it was so drastically different than the previous 6 games. Due to the much larger sprites, the levels felt small, cramped and rather short. Not to mention it seemed like the difficulty was turned down, due to the slower pace of the game. It was a good game I thought, and like some poster said previously had probably the most difficult final Wily boss in the series.

8 fixed what I thought was 7's main problem: sprite size. It kept a distinct art style, while making everything else smaller on screen that gave it more of that classic feel but with an update. As far as Megaman goes, well its Megaman. Tough levels, fun bosses, cool powers. I thought 7 and 8 were pretty good.

Edit: Obligatory Dr. Wah-wee

It has the sad misfortune of being released alongside the greatest Megaman game ever created.

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It has the sad misfortune of being released alongside the greatest Megaman game ever created.

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Aero5555

Which one was that? I can't remember what released when. Was it X4?

Was it X4?

MLBknights58

The one and only.

I'll shed some light into my megaman history. The first one I ever played, by coincidence of a store clerk recommendation, was Megaman X4 when it first released and I completely fell in love with it. It'll always define a period of time during my teen years. But aside from that, I didn't care for the series. Legends was announced instead of X5 and it made me cringe (it's a bad 3D game, sorry fans).

The only reason I picked up MM8 was due to my naivity. I needed a fix similar to the brilliant side-scrolling/Anime dark story mix X4 presented and even thought Zero and the hunters were in it lol. What I was left with was confusion and hatred towards the game's simple mechanics when compared to X4 (the non-wall jump especially killed me). Atleast the music was good.

Mind you, this was over 13-14 years ago. I have since become an MM buff and passionate X series fan especially (artbooks, Zero T-Shirts, keychain... etc.). And I can tell you that, in my opinion, 8's problem was simply the bad presentation. Team didn't capitalize on it like they did with X4's 32-bit transition. Story was bad and levels were uninspired. That's 2 classic MM games in a row with a mediocre reception. Its release timing also hurt it badly, like I mentioned prior. I personally don't hate it. I'm more an X series guy. Classic series never really grabbed me as much.

I'll shed some light into my megaman history. The first one I ever played, by coincidence of a store clerk recommendation, was Megaman X4 when it first released and I completely fell in love with it. It'll always define a period of time during my teen years. But aside from that, I didn't care for the series. Legends was announced instead of X5 and it made me cringe (it's a bad 3D game, sorry fans).

The only reason I picked up MM8 was due to my naivity. I needed a fix similar to the brilliant side-scrolling/Anime dark story mix X4 presented and even thought Zero and the hunters were in it lol. What I was left with was confusion and hatred towards the game's simple mechanics when compared to X4 (the non-wall jump especially killed me). Atleast the music was good.

Mind you, this was over 13-14 years ago. I have since become an MM buff and passionate X series fan especially (artbooks, Zero T-Shirts, keychain... etc.). And I can tell you that, in my opinion, 8's problem was simply the bad presentation. Team didn't capitalize on it like they did with X4's 32-bit transition. Story was bad and levels were uninspired. That's 2 classic MM games in a row with a mediocre reception. Its release timing also hurt it badly, like I mentioned prior. I personally don't hate it. I'm more an X series guy. Classic series never really grabbed me as much.

Aero5555

Hit me right in the feels man. Tears of joy.

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Was it X4?

Aero5555

The one and only.

I'll shed some light into my megaman history. The first one I ever played, by coincidence of a store clerk recommendation, was Megaman X4 when it first released and I completely fell in love with it. It'll always define a period of time during my teen years. But aside from that, I didn't care for the series. Legends was announced instead of X5 and it made me cringe (it's a bad 3D game, sorry fans).

The only reason I picked up MM8 was due to my naivity. I needed a fix similar to the brilliant side-scrolling/Anime dark story mix X4 presented and even thought Zero and the hunters were in it lol. What I was left with was confusion and hatred towards the game's simple mechanics when compared to X4 (the non-wall jump especially killed me). Atleast the music was good.

Mind you, this was over 13-14 years ago. I have since become an MM buff and passionate X series fan especially (artbooks, Zero T-Shirts, keychain... etc.). And I can tell you that, in my opinion, 8's problem was simply the bad presentation. Team didn't capitalize on it like they did with X4's 32-bit transition. Story was bad and levels were uninspired. That's 2 classic MM games in a row with a mediocre reception. Its release timing also hurt it badly, like I mentioned prior. I personally don't hate it. I'm more an X series guy. Classic series never really grabbed me as much.

Aero5555

Megaman 8 is a good game and it's sort of a nostalgia trip for me. It was the first Megaman game I ever played (grew up on N64) and I didn't have any others in the series to compare it to. The day I decided to get X7 over Jak 2 might have been the worst gaming decision I ever made.

Mega Man 8 on the Saturn was such a great game. Awesome music (Tengu Man has my favorite Mega Man theme!), awesome bosses and levels.

It wasn't my first Mega Man, but man did I have fun with it... I still play it once every few years.

Other great underrated Mega Man games: Mega Man Legends, X4.