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Never played one of these games before. Where's the best place to start?

>> No.8779472

>>8779464
It's a simple platformer series so the best place to start is always the first game

>> No.8779478

>>8779464
Any of them. Pick any classic series game and play it.
The key is to make sure you eventually play all of them, because all the classic games are different from each other.
Then play the first X game. Or play X first before classic, it doesn't matter.
Just be sure to ONLY play the Z series after finishing a couple X games, because the plot relies on it

>> No.8779516

>>8779464
I'll say 2, 1 is good but kinda rough around the edges but really can start with any of them.

>> No.8779546

>>8779516
As someone who replayed all the NES games recently I can confidently say that 'Mega Man 1 is clunky' is a meme, it plays almost exactly like the games that followed

>> No.8779660

>>8779472
Wrong. 1st game is the worst.
>>8779546
Nah.

You should start at 6, because it's the easiest one, by a wide margin.

The story is a joke so none of that shit matters.

>> No.8779664

>>8779464
>Mega Man 2
>Mega Man 3
Ignore the rest.

>> No.8779672

2
3
9

are the best classic megaman games. however, you should just play MEGA MAN X if you don't care about which subseries you play. it is the mega man game with the least wrong with it and fantastic production values.

>> No.8779673

>>8779546
I said rough not clunky, the boss battles and level design in the all games after are better.

>> No.8779678

Production order.

>> No.8779680

>>8779464
>Where's the best place to start?
Dude, it's not a JRPG series where the games take 50+ hours to beat and they're allowed to have 3-7 shit tier games before it gets good and the autists will suck that shit up because "it advanced the genre"
It's fucking mega man, it takes around an hour to beat these games. Start on part 1, stick around for part 2, if you like where it's going play the rest.

>> No.8779689

>>8779464
2
1 isn't too bad but it's probably better to come back after 2 or 3, some of the bosses can be a pain
if you're not big on these try the x games out, those can be in order

>> No.8779763

The people recommending you to start on 2 are retarded. Start with 4, it's the best of the original 6. If you like it, then play the others. If you don't, then try X. If you don't like X, then stop playing

>> No.8779776

>>8779680
Yeah this is retarded since they are REALLY short and it's always cool to play a video game series starting from the first entry

>> No.8779813

>>8779776
Nah. Release order is the fucking brainlet answer.

The LOGICAL order for a game begets the story is nothing, is difficulty order.

6 is the easiest, so you should play it first. Then 5. After that it doesn't matter as much.

Id say easiest to hardest =
6 > 5 > 8 > 2 = 3 = 4 > 10 > 9 > 7 > 1 > Mega Man & Bass

I know it may seem weird to play them in this order, but if you do it, the difficulty curve will feel very natural.

>> No.8779816

>>8779763
4-6 are unessential. Three is the best, two is the innovator and one is fundamental.

>> No.8779819

>>8779813
1 is on the easier side and 7 is only hard because of the final boss but overall yeah, MM&B, 9,10 and 4 are the hardest. Also play 11, great game

>> No.8779825

>>8779816
What did two innovate? It's been some time since I last played Mega Man but isn't it the same as 1 but with 8 robot masters instead of 6? No slide, no charged shot, no Rush, etc. Oh it introduced e tanks as far as I remember but that's about it

>> No.8779837

>>8779825
E-Tanks and utility devices (beyond the Magnet Beam)

>> No.8779845

Fuck around with 1 on the NES for a while.
If you don't like it, consider the Wily Wars, Complete Works or Powered Up Editions.
If none of those do it for you, consider trying the X games instead.
If you prefer RPGs, you could play Battle Network.

>> No.8779874

Start with Rockman DASH Zhěngjiù Dìqiú Dà Màoxiǎn
>>8779845
>If you prefer RPGs, you could play Battle Network.
Yeah, Rockman EXE WS in particular is a good entry point
Have fun, OP

>> No.8779879

>>8779464
2 is considered one of the best old school ones so i'd say start there.

>> No.8779936
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>>8779464
There's no 'correct' first game to play. Truth is that they are all fundamentally the same. 1 planted the flag, but is naturally clunky because it is less refined than later titles. I only had copies of 2, 3, and 5 when I was a kid, and didn't get a chance to play the others until emulation became an option. What I can say for certain is don't start with 7.

>> No.8779978

>>8779464
Order doesn't matter. MM3 has the best OST though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuKQCXRseU8&list=PL5B01BDBBF4783C7A

>> No.8779980
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8779980

>>8779464
>9 (best entry with basic moveset, start here)
>11 (pretty good modern entry with advanced moveset and difficulty options (recommend Casual)... if 9 is filtering you, try this out)
>4 (best entry with advanced moveset)
1 is one of the easier ones once you have experience, but is a bit extreme for a first timer.

>> No.8780004

>>8779816
>Unessential
Okay? Why does that matter?

>> No.8780052

>>8779813
>story
The reason to play these in order is the evolution of the gameplay.
Mega Man 1 was unpopular or something, most people started with 2 or later then played 1 and went "what the fuck is this". That's why they're saying don't play 1 first.
>7 and 9 harder than 1
Only becuase you can tank your way through bosses with e-tanks. 9 seems like it was designed by people who misremembered how hard the nes games actually were. The difficulty level they ended up with is a challenge for players who can beat the first 8 games. Unless that was intentional.

>> No.8780081

>>8779980
Mega Man 1 trouble spots:
>Guts Man platforms
If you really can't figure these out, get elec man's weapon, go back to his stage and use the beam to break the blocks and get the magnet beam. Magnet beam over the platforms.
>Ice Man stage
The pit was designed to be skipped over with the magnet beam. Don't bother with the randomly moving platforms with bad hit detection unless you want thr extra challenge.
>Yellow Devil
Use the pause trick with the elec beam, this works on Wily too
>Boss Rush
Look up Fire Man's pattern on youtube, it's easy but most people try to spam him to death and absorb hits which eats up your health here

>> No.8780103

>>8780081
>Use the pause trick
Or you could just learn the pattern like you do with every boss in literally every other game ever. He's not hard. Copy robot is

>> No.8780108

>>8779464
Just play MM2 since it's the smoothest experience with all the most iconic stages and tracks.

>> No.8780127

>>8779464
Just play 2 and X
Ignore rest

>> No.8780162

OP here, I just beat 2, it was pretty fun! Probably gonna play more at some stage. But fuck that turret boss, I didn't have enough ammo for the final turret so I had to redo it all. Still, I enjoyed it.

>> No.8780169

2homos still think 2 is better than 4? lol

>> No.8780204

>>8780162
Did you play on 'hard' mode?

>> No.8780215

I don't understand the praise 3 gets. I've played 1-3 and 3 is the only one I didn't immediately pay again.

>> No.8780220

>>8780215
Maybe they only played the first half

>> No.8780431

>>8780215
First or only megaman they played

>> No.8780452

>>8780103
Its for zoomers who are bad at games and think MM1 = impossible (boomers already know this trick). This pattern shows up in 8 9 and 10 so might as well learn it if you plan on playing all the games.
Heres one for MM2. On the turret boss rapidly push start to open/close the menu, the bullets will go through you.

>> No.8780458

>>8780452
And the yellow devil pattern is obviously in 3 but you can easily fly over it with the god tier rush jet.

>> No.8780857

>>8780004
Because the anon was asking what he should play. Mega Man 1-3 gives you the full experience, there's nothing new in 4-6

>> No.8780870

>>8780857
>there's nothing new in 4-6
Did you forget about the charged shot?

>> No.8780879

>>8780870
I consider that more of a feature of Mega Man X, even though 4 came out the same year.

>> No.8780887

>>8779546
Mega Man's movement is more sluggish in 1 and I believe 2 as well. Even leaving the questionable bits of stage/boss design aside, it's fair to say Mega Man 1 is literally more clunky compared to the later games.

>> No.8780919

>>8780879
>I consider that more of a feature of Mega Man X, even though 4 came out the same year.
Anon how should I break this to you

>> No.8780942

>>8780919
Oh wow you're technically correct I love Mega Man 4 now skull man 4ever

>> No.8780969

>>8780879
>>8780942
Don't be a faggot to excuse yourself from being wrong.

>> No.8780979

>>8779464
>where should i start
>didn't read the billion threads in the archive with the same question and the same answers
why is /vr/ full of retards? do people get a dopamine rush off asking questions over and over that were already asked? really, why do people do this? do people not know that the archive exists?

>> No.8780986

>>8780870
Lots of Megafags like to leave 4 out of the essential Mega Mans for some reason. The charge shot is an important gameplay change.
5-6 have no big changes. 7 introduces the bolt store and 11 has the double gear system.

>> No.8781018

>>8780986
5 introduced beat but he's really only good in that game and maybe &bass

>> No.8781021

>>8780986
>The charge shot is an important gameplay change.
Many gamers didn't get new NES games after the SNES came out and were more familiar with the charge shot as an innovation from Mega Man X

>> No.8781026

>>8779464
Mega Man 2 or 9

>> No.8781027

>>8781018
Beat is a minor addition, I feel the same way about Eddie (also from MM4!). Double gear may end up being a one game gimmick, like the jetski in 5 and the snowboard crap in 8.

>> No.8781032

>>8781021
Keep digging yourself deeper, retard.

>> No.8781050

>>8781021
>Many gamers didn't get new NES games after the SNES came out
NES was the only place to play new Mega Man until January '94. Not Mega Man's problem those kids only wanted to consoom shiny new thing.

>> No.8781054

>>8781032
I HECKING LOVE DUST MAN!

>> No.8781074

>>8781054
SNES launch date in North America: August 23, 1991
So all those kids were early adopters who immediately ditched the NES just a few months after the SNES launch, despite there being a new Mega Man in January.
5 was dragging it out the move to 16 bit too long and 6 was released post MMX. I wouldn't expect everybody to have played those but come on, what Mega Man fan didn't know about the charge shot until X?

>> No.8781103

>>8781074
>So all those kids were early adopters who immediately ditched the NES just a few months after the SNES launch, despite there being a new Mega Man in January.
All the ones I knew. It wasn't like the current era where you have an XBox, 360 and PS4 and 5 all connected to the same machine. Most homes had one good color TV and you'd hook one console up to it.

>> No.8781196

>>8781027
I wonder if double gear will return or it'll be like how newer kirby did it for a while where each time it introduces a big gimmick while the gameplay stays the same for the most part

>> No.8781210

>>8781074
Mega man sucks, bro

>> No.8781319

Best place to start is by finding where they hide the ROMs.

>> No.8781321

>>8779472
FPBP. 1 has kino music and powers.

>> No.8782112
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>>8779464
You can choose any and have a good time. I started with the first game and remember hotly anticipating the 2nd one. Had all the magazines promoting the release of 2, and that lived up to my hype.

>> No.8783630

>>8782112
Nice story anon

>> No.8783634

Just start with 1 for Classic.

>> No.8783640

IN ORDER:
Megaman X
Megaman Legends
Megaman Battle Network

dont bother with the other crap, honestly

>> No.8783642

Why would someone start with 2 in this day and age? 1 is easily accessible these days and it's best to experience the changes by going through it release order. There is zero reason to not start with 1

>> No.8783682

>>8779660
>got filtered by fucking Elecman's stage

>> No.8783691

>>8779664
>>8779672
Soi-induced advice. 1, 5, 6 are the best on NES to anyone who actually enjoys the series. 7, 8, M&B, 11, maybe 10, and all the GB games if you want more great fun.

>> No.8783871

>>8783682
>>filtered by the third easiest stage in the game
literally impossible

>> No.8783891

>>8783871
I got filtered by the start of the Gutmans stage when I was 10

>> No.8783902

>>8783891
me too
except the 10 part

>> No.8785496

>>8783902
I understand

>> No.8787275

>>8783640
Based

>> No.8787301

If you want an easy start, 5 is a decent choice. Honestly you can just start from 1, but 1 is one of the more difficult entry and the graphics hadn't quite nailed that Rockman feel.

>> No.8787312

>>8779464
Chronological order

>> No.8787615

>>8779464
The start.

>> No.8788370

>>8779464
start w/ 2 or X.

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8789091

You didn't get filtered, did you /vr/?

>> No.8789229

Don't be a fag and just go straight 1 to 11. All great games, but 8 is the worst.

>> No.8789250

>>8779813
6 is not easier than 5. You can beat 5 with your eyes closed. 6 actually has the occasional tricky platform section.

>> No.8789254

>>8789091
GBA version a little. SNES version no.

>> No.8789257

I feel like release order is always the best answer to these kinds of questions regardless of the series.

>> No.8789259

Release order yeah. 1 is pretty damn hard but if you can clear that then the rest of the games shouldn’t be an issue. They’re all good games so you needn’t worry about quality decline. It’s not like the X games where they got to a certain entry and everything after was either painfully mediocre or downright atrocious. Every classic game has a lot of good things going for it, even the less interesting entries like 5 and 10

>> No.8789267

>>8779464
Classic Megaman is fun, but X1 is perfect

>> No.8789272

>>8789257
Most of time. The only exception I remember are the Yakuza series. Start with 0 is a Win Win.

>> No.8789296

>>8789272
Yeah, can’t disagree there. Getting insight into Nishiki before 1 did his character a lot of favours

>> No.8790276

>>8789091
initially yeah but i pushed through and it wasn't so bad
did it with mega man later and the hard bosses were easier except for wily capsule

>> No.8791671

>>8779464
Anyone telling you to start with 1 is fucking with you. It aged like milk and is very vicious to newcomers. The formula didnt start properly until 2. Only play 1 once you beat at LEAST 2 and 3 both

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>>8779813
For some reason I trust you more than the Megaman autists here. I've only played two so far and will eventually make my way to Megaman after a bunch of games that I'm interested in. I'll be looking into playing six and five before the others.

>> No.8791782

>>8791760
Play 5 first. It’s waaaayyy easier than 6.