The 11th Annual Greatest Games Event - The Discussion Thread

[Darashiva]

Cerebralbore101 said:

Darashiva said:

#47

Mega Man 4

Change YOY: -4

Mega Man 4 served as my introduction to the series, and to this day it remains my second favourite NES game of all time. The gameplay was further polished from the previous games, with the addition of the Mega Buster bringing a great new element to the game, the music is among the best on the entire system, and the robot masters are still highly varied and a lot of fun to fight.

After this game the quality of the 8-bit Mega Man games took an unfortunate dive, but from Mega Man 2 until Mega Man 4 the series was on par of better than any other 2D platforming game around at the time, and they still hold up today wonderfully, with this one being the best of the bunch, in my opinion of course.

#46

Rogue Galaxy

Change YOY: +1

I really need to get around to replaying Rogue Galaxy at some point in the near future. If only my backlog wasn't so stupidly long already. Anyway, Rogue Galaxy is the second Level-5 developed game on my list after Dragon Quest VIII appeared here a little earlier. It was a game I hadn't really heard anything about, one say I just happened to see it on one of online stores I used to order games from, and thought it looked interesting. So I gave it a try, and absolutely loved the game from the moment it started.

From the music to the gameplay and from the characters to the story, I enjoyed every part of Rogue Galaxy. In addition, the setting is wonderful, with a huge variety of different types of locations to explore over the course of this JRPG space opera.

Aww Jeez. I thought Megaman 3 was the last of the great NES megaman games. Guess I'll have to pickup Megaman 4 then. Added to my wishlist.

Also, I love PS2 era Level-5. Rogue Galaxy will get played eventually. My backlog is too big. :P

Yeah, I've heard some people say that, but I always thought 4 was very much on par with 2 and 3, though I'm sure people's opinions differ greatly on that topic. Also, I actually just started replaying Rogue Galaxy a few days ago, and so far I'm really enjoying it. The PS4 digital release is a nice way to go back to it.