Where is the Giant Bomb Review?

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I am a little surprised it's not up yet, does anyone know who's doing it?. I certainly hope they are not waiting till it hits either PS3 or 360, I think this game demands it be reviewed on it's spiritual home on a Nintendo platform.

It would be nice to get the opinion of both Jeff and Ryan on the game, or at least have one do the main review while the other gives his brief take.

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Maybe they are waiting for the other platforms so they can see if there are any significant differences to note.

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Post by Lemegeton (412 posts) See mini bio

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the guys already said when giant bomb launched that game pages and reviews will not be platform specific , so if a game releases on all systems there will not be a separate review for each version like other sites do. So yeah they were probably waiting for it to come out on Live and PSN

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Linkyshinks said:

It would be nice to get the opinion of both Jeff and Ryan on the game, or at least have one do the main review while the other gives his brief take."

May I ask why? I don't see why MM9 would get any sort of preferential treatment. Besides, you can get all of their opinions on the game by listening to the Bombcast

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HazBazz said:

"Maybe they are waiting for the other platforms so they can see if there are any significant differences to note."

That would not be a good thing in my opinion, I would rather have them update the initial review in a segmented structure. There will definitely be differences of the minor sort such as resolution and subtle differences in palette, and of course the fact the 360 and PS3 will have proper Achievements/Trophies.

I just think this game demands to be played using a very responsive D Pad, and the Nintendo platform delivers that with it's default controller. Until that new 360 pad comes out with the revised D pad, I don't think your going to get a very fair opinion on the 360 game. This game is tough one, second to the original in that respect, in my opinion, getting achievements using the current D pad on the official controller pad is going to make the task even more fucked up.

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Post by Lemegeton (412 posts) See mini bio

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Linkyshinks said:

"HazBazz said:
"Maybe they are waiting for the other platforms so they can see if there are any significant differences to note."

That would not be a good thing in my opinion, I would rather have them update the initial review in a segmented structure. There will definitely be differences of the minor sort such as resolution and subtle differences in palette, and of course the fact the 360 and PS3 will have proper Achievements/Trophies.

I just think this game demands to be played using a very responsive D Pad, and the Nintendo platform delivers that with it's default controller. Until that new 360 pad comes out with the revised D pad, I don't think your going to get a very fair opinion on the 360 game. This game is tough one, second to the original in that respect, in my opinion, getting achievements using the current D pad on the official controller pad is going to make the task even more fucked up."

thats fair enough and yeah the game can only truly be enjoyed with a d-pad. but to write a correct and complete review they still have to play the other versions . obviously they could post a review based on the Wii version and then add their thoughts about the other versions, but that is not their review policy.

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thety probably can't beat it. games is ridiculously hard. i cant even get past the damn elephants on the concrete man level in the demo.

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Post by Randolph (222 posts) See mini bio

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MM9 doesn't have trophies.

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TwoOneFive said:

"thety probably can't beat it. games is ridiculously hard. i cant even get past the damn elephants on the concrete man level in the demo. "

lol, those elephants are a wind up at first, it requires you to get there with a near immaculate energy bar.

If that's where you stand on the demo good luck with the final game lol. Quite frankly, I cannot even imagine how a Megaman game controls using a dual shock, but If i were you I would invest in a third party pad that has a conventional D pad that will possibly work better. If you don't already have one that is..

Randolph said:

"MM9 doesn't have trophies."

Well then perhaps it will be closer to the Wii game in that respect, still it's undeniably not a good thing. I also think it would have been a excellent incentive to people if they also included Remote Play, as they did with Bionic Commando. Who knows, it may even still happen, but no word on it may prompt those who have a Wii also to jump onto the Wii ride instead.

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Here is the Giant Bomb video review of MegaMan 9

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LOL, I have felt his pain. It is brutal at times, but it still retains that magic ingredient that draws you to press the start button for yet another "one more go"

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I'm pretty far into Megaman 9...all I need are the Wily stages, but I keep loosing in the second to last level: That boss that is like Yellow Devil.

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Oh, I feel Jeff's pain. That stupid flower on the Hornet man level is the absolute worst thing in the world. The worst part is when you have to fight it again on the Wily levels. Freaking flower.

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Oh, poor Jeff. I'm sorry, but I couldn't help to notice the following:

1. Jeff is intensely focused when he's playing and needs to loosen up more.

2. His anger is never erratic enough. Break stuff, sir...break stuff.

3. He needs to vary up his cursing with some random stuff, because "shit" just doesn't do it sometimes. Get the frustration out by claiming you'll be the game's master and it'll be licking your balls by the time you're done with it, then when it pisses you off, just yell "WHAT THE COCK IS THAT SHIT?!" in the loudest voice you can. Someone will ask what's going on, and that's when you throw your controller onto the couch/bed/floor/wherever, go in the next room, and rant off something like "Fuckin' Blue Bomber won't do this shit right, and he's pissin' me off. Muthafucker just keeps jamming his ass on spikes like he's looking for Lance Bass or some shit. I'm fuckin' sick of this little pisshead. Fuck this, let's get some brew, then I'll go back and ghost these muthafucks!".

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Post by Dalai (1,241 posts) See mini bio

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You can replace Jeff with me and you'd get similar results. That flower is a fucking douche.

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Jeff's expression's = Me on many other games, but not this one

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I hate that fucking flower also lol
FUCKING FLOWER!

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Luls, I was going to come in here to say its because he can't beat it. Mega luls.

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Emilio said:

"Luls, I was going to come in here to say its because he can't beat it. Mega luls."

It seems he has resorted to using a guide on site on the evidence of his recent article.

Using guides with this is lame lol, the whole point is trial and error, albeit lots of error in Megaman's case. Working everything out yourself is so much more fun, it's a lot better learning enemy patterns, jumps, tactics and all that on your own back.

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Post by Hailinel (192 posts) See mini bio

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Yeah, this game is hard, ridiculously so at times, but that's what I was expecting. I actually would have been more disappointed had this game not been kicking my ass, which is probably why I'm not frustrated at all with it.

As for when we'll see a review, who knows? Brad has been working on Final Fantasy IV for a couple of months now and there still has yet to be review of that game.

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I bought the PSN version, I'm saving my Wii points card for the VC stuff, as a buddy at another forum said, playing musical chairs with my Wii memory isn't fun. Besides, I was already on there to buy Burnout and Wipeout HD at the time, couldn't resist it just a click and a download away while I was already on there. I actually played it while the other games were downloading, so that was a big help. It's a really hard videogame, I think this is well known, but it bears being restated, many times. Moreso than either the original or MM2, and I have those on my Wii, so I know. Those games were hard for their time just as a byproduct of typical eight bit games development, with this one they just went out of their way to purposefully make it extremely difficult, and may have overdone it.

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I'm tempted to get this now, but I'm worried about the difficulty of the game.

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Wednesday can't come fast enough.

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I just posted a 4999 Screws Exploit in my guide section.

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Linkyshinks said:

"I just posted a 4999 Screws Exploit in my guide section."

You sneaky monkey. I'll have to try it later.

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Post by Knives (327 posts) See mini bio

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I totally blog'd it up. This game is awesome, dudes. It isn't as hard as people say it is (not counting Dr. Wily levels), and definately one of the best downloadable games this year. 4 out of 5 if you've never played a Mega Man game before (shame on you), 5 of 5 for all you Mega Man lovers out there.

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"You sneaky monkey. I'll have to try it later."

I did not use it to beat the game, oh no, I would never do that. I will however use it to get those achievements for sure. Any help you can get for those is a very welcome thing as far as I'm concerned..

Maybe Jeff could do with using it...

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alright, about the whole xbox d-pad thing.

you only need to press left and right in a megaman game. thats it. you don't need any 360 motions or corner presses or anything like that. just left and right. thats it.

the 360 d-pad can do that just fine.

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Post by Dalai (1,241 posts) See mini bio

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ThePhenomenal1 said:

"alright, about the whole xbox d-pad thing.

you only need to press left and right in a megaman game. thats it. you don't need any 360 motions or corner presses or anything like that. just left and right. thats it.

the 360 d-pad can do that just fine."

Ladders... up and down are important, too. It could make a difference, but we'll have to wait until the 360 version is released until we know for sure.

Posted 9 months, 1 week ago

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