A good series gone bad

[Mikero]

You have no sense of humour if you think you're funny at all.

I can't imagine being you.

Every race as been enslaved by another at some point in history.

Nooooot.... reaaaallllllyyyyy.....

[preventerWIND]

You're pretty bad at it.

[ChaosVortex]

I've laughed harder watching Seinfeld.

[Rama Olendris]

It's hard to tell online when someone is messing around or if they are genuinely upset. Online, you can't read someones body language all you can rely on is what they wrote and how they wrote it.

 

You have no sense of humour if you think you're funny at all.

I can't imagine being you.

Every race as been enslaved by another at some point in history.

Nooooot.... reaaaallllllyyyyy.....

 Not that slave comment, the first one. 

[Lunchebox]

I've laughed harder watching Seinfeld.

Well, duh, Seinfeld is #####ing hilarious.

[ChaosVortex]

Me watching a Seinfeld marathon:

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[Lunchebox]

You'll understand the jokes when you grow up.

[Winged Warrior]

I think Yuri should tag his jokes </joke>

[NovaMan XP]

I think </joke> is a good idea </sarcasm> </notsarcasm> </wtf>

[Mikero]

We had an argument with a guy in my class whether or not Seinfeld is funny. Basically 7 people against 1, because the show is incredible. This guy Dan is about as big a fan of it as I am, which is pretty big, and he basically ended it by telling the guy (who is also named Dan) "No you're right Dan, 50 million people are wrong."

[TheRedPriest]

I never found Seinfield funny.  I don't dislike it, but I never had any desire to watch it and when it's on I change the channel.

[Edgecrusher]

We had an argument with a guy in my class whether or not Seinfeld is funny. Basically 7 people against 1, because the show is incredible. This guy Dan is about as big a fan of it as I am, which is pretty big, and he basically ended it by telling the guy (who is also named Dan) "No you're right Dan, 50 million people are wrong."

That's kind of a poor closing statement. I mean, American Idol has staggeringly high ratings for how awful it is.

[TheRedPriest]

America, as a whole, is stupid.  Very stupid.  Look who got into office TWICE.

[Edgecrusher]

Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Grant, Cleveland, Wilson, Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Washington

Am I forgetting anyone worth mentioning?

[Lunchebox]

Teddy Roosevelt.

[Winged Warrior]

I have an explanation for that.

Warning. Under the spoiler tag is a JOKE.
If you are easily offended, don't click da button.

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What the ##### is this topic doing way over here?!

Get back to bashing battle network!

[NovaMan XP]

I CLICK THE BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENS

*continues clicking*

[Mikero]

There's an image tag that is apparently not working for some reason.

We had an argument with a guy in my class whether or not Seinfeld is funny. Basically 7 people against 1, because the show is incredible. This guy Dan is about as big a fan of it as I am, which is pretty big, and he basically ended it by telling the guy (who is also named Dan) "No you're right Dan, 50 million people are wrong."

That's kind of a poor closing statement. I mean, American Idol has staggeringly high ratings for how awful it is.

Good point but at least Seinfeld is worldwide accepted as hilarrr.

[Winged Warrior]

I CLICK THE BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENS

*continues clicking*

... They deleted the image.

Search for "jesus land, united states of Canada"

[Mikero]

The image wasn't deleted. If you put in the url it works fine. It works when I try to do it so I don't know what's wrong with the tagging.

[Dizzi]

1. Not bad, Room to improve
2. A little better, still needed something
3. Freaking Amazing, best of the series
4. I vomited
5. Wasnt as bad as 4, still vomit worthy
6. Not as bad as 5 but it was still terrible

[TheRedPriest]

1. Not bad, Room to improve
2. A little better, still needed something
3. Freaking Amazing, best of the series
4. I vomited
5. Wasnt as bad as 4, still vomit worthy
6. Not as bad as 5 but it was still terrible

Pretty close.

1. Good, but lots of room to improve
2. Absolutely fablous, best in the series
3. Very good game, but not quite up to par with 2, new chip/folder limitations and poor PAs hurt game
4. Absolute garbage, on par with X7 as one of the worst games in Mega Man history
5. Terrible game
6. Less Terrible, but still garbage.

[NovaMan XP]

Rez got it right. And I'll have to agree with BN3 having poor PAs... nothing ever beats the stuff from BN2 like Gater and such.

[ChaosVortex]

I still choose BN3 as a personal favorite, but I would nod to Rez's list to be accurate.

I mean, Battle Network 2 was delicious from front to back.

[Fatso]

In my case, 'is'. Picked it up two days ago from the GBA locker at my local EB, and I must admit to being totally enthralled. For years I ridiculed the BN series on principle without actually playing it, but I really had no idea what I was missing :S

[Dizzi]

dont get your hopes up for anything over #3

[NovaMan XP]

Seriously? I was planning on buying 10 copies of each version of Battle Network 4!!

[Dizzi]

lol, i must condemn anyone to Battle Network hell who actually liked 4-6

[Winged Warrior]

oh noes... Please don't do that. I don't know if anyone could survive Hades Isle.</sarcasm>

[Dizzi]

lol

ya know what... in MMBN5's different navi use levels, you use all these random turds, but you never get to use Megamans actual FRIENDS

[Mikero]

After what I saw in BN4 I wouldn't be Megaman or Lan's friend if he paid me a billion zenny.

[The Man]

I wrote a huge paragraph but it got deleted cuz i forgot to re-sign in..so ima just sum it up ina  nutshell

1. pretty good, but roads chips and graphics were a bit off. 6/10
2. amazing. best in series. Everything about it was good, graphics, sprites, plot, style changes, chips, PAs, bosses, etc. BN2 has it all. 11/10
3. Also good like bn2. just a few minor setbacks. kind of a predictable game, especailly at the n1. seom weird chips were put in mega class, even though the mega/giga secitons sorta helped. Chips were just as good here, and Pa's werent AS great, but still good. Overall, 8/10

4. Hm, if bn 4 were a person, i'd slap it, stab it multiple times, shoot it witha  bazooka, soak it in liquid nitrogen, light it on fire, drive a spear through it, and throw it offa  cliff (making sure it hits bn5 on the way down). sucked. chips sucked. net was horrible. sprites were horrible. They guy who took over mmbn was a douchebag. pa's stunk, and SOULD UNISONS.  i have 3 words for those. W.T.F. 1/10
5. Also sucky, pretty much the same except .005 points better than bn4. liberation misssions were totally unnescesary...and u only faced liek two bosses. the onyl good thing that got the 0.005 is your able to control other navis 1.005/10
6. I dont think this is that bad, except for the whole Ex/Sp navi thing. Thats kinda dumb. Crosses were a lazy ass failed attmpt to imitate in soem oddball way style changes. the game was way too easy and predictable, and every pa did like 900 damage. chips were alright. enemies, and net was good. plot was ok. 7/10

[XJ]

I'm not gonna try and fix that.  But from what I read, he's seems on track.  I'm starting to not hate you as much.

[The Man]

I'm not gonna try and fix that.  But from what I read, he's seems on track.  I'm starting to not hate you as much.

good to know...real quick why did u hate me in the first place?

[Chron]

Your grammar and spelling skills are deplorable.

[TheRedPriest]

As is your assessment of BN6.

[Pluvius]

Souls were way better than Styles. A single battle can have multiple Souls per MegaMan.EXE, & allowed for greater folder customization beyond "lol Life Sword, Area Steal, & Poison Pharaoh". I loved 3. It was great to play alongside a friend, but 4 was even better. Multiple versions are great if you have friends. People that hate the multiple versions are clearly playing the games antisocially.

[XJ]

First of all, souls are definitely worse than styles, considering that styles were given to you based on how you used your chips.  And you got more than one besides your normal style.  And they were ALWAYS there in battle.  With souls, you only had three turns per battle to use one, limited number of times to use different souls per battle, and took up one of the five chip slots to use one.  And a lot of the time, you never even used the soul unless you forced yourself to customize a folder for one.  Like I'm sure everyone made a sword folder for ProtoSoul.  AND in BN4, you had to play through the game three damn times to get all six.  That's nine #####ing useless tournaments.  I don't know how I managed to play through the same damned plot three times without losing my patience.  That damned chef mission pissed me the hell off when I played through it all three times.

BN4 sucked. All it did besides attract the "i watch the anime wit teh turnament lawlz" crowd of fans was give the series a bad name amongst the more noble fans.  BN3 had an actual plot besides an occasional visit from the main antagonist.  Not to mention that it had a challenge to it.  And as for multiplayer, THEY'RE BASICALLY ALL THE SAME.

[NovaMan XP]

XJ, I wouldn't be surprised if Pluvius was joking.

[XJ]

He better pray to the gods that he was.

[The Man]

Pluvius serves as a nice substitution for BN4 in my horribly violent description of what what i would to bn4 if it were a person. So plu, my friend, which are you? Blue Moon or Red Sun? hm?

[Mikero]

One would assume he is neither a blue moon or a red sun. They abhor using the internet.

[Croanicen]

i didnt like the series a whole lot til the last 3, i know, weird
but 5 was great, loved it because of its liberation battles, it really gave a new element and it was fun and took skill
6 had a great plot, it was amazingly fun, i loved the beast crosses and beast mode and all, added another great element to the games battles system
first 3 were all too similar... the way the overworld looked was just... awkward...
but i liked 5 and 6 best, they had most in them, more originality, they were diferent than the others.

[preventerWIND]

i didnt like the series a whole lot til the last 3, i know, weird

WAT

[Fatso]

You just summed up the expressions of pretty much everybody there.

[NovaMan XP]

I like how he said the first 3 were too similar.

It's the same with 4-6, except they're similar in terms of #####tyness.

[Mikero]

i didnt like the series a whole lot til the last 3, i know, weird

WAT

I know. Weird.

[ChaosVortex]

i didnt like the series a whole lot til the last 3, i know, weird

WAT

I literally quoted Metal Gear Awesome when I read that post.

"Wait a second what What WHAT!?"

[Cherry]

I did a double-take, myself.  I checked the URL to make sure I was on the right site.

Anyway, as long as we're evaluating the games:

1: Setup.  Like all the first games of each Megaman series, there were balance issues.  Way too easy, but fun to play.

2: Excellent.  We get a glimpse of just how evil this Megaverse's Wily can be, and Styles were added.  The Library also saw a much-needed revamp, and the PAs were great.

3: Aw, damn, I already used "excellent".  Well, how about incredible?  Styles are expanded, but not by too much (2, 1 per version), the Navi Customizer is added for even MORE customization.  As for story, we get loads and loads of character development (plus we get to see Lan physically attack someone, which is quite rare).  This game holds my personal favorite final boss and chipset. (Though favorite PA set goes to 2)

4: ...Capcom, what the hell?  Styles traded out for Souls.  Chips NERFED.  I didn't mind the idea of DarkSoul or DarkChips.  I even liked the idea a little, and I think it'd have been great if they'd applied the Karma Meter system to the Style Change system.  (Light WoodShield?  Dark HeatBug?  Neutral ElecCustom?  (insert other random style combo here))  But they didn't.  And the game sucked.  The highlight of the game was (potentially) Raika belting Lan. -_-

5: A step up, but very, very tiny.  Playing as other Navis was a plus, and I enjoyed Liberations, but the chipset was HORRIBLE.  We still had Souls, and DarkChips were messed up (and they came from a messed up game to begin with!).  Due to the horrid chipset, the game's difficulty was ridiculously high, higher even than MM1 once you got post-game.  Again, the highlight for this game is violence involving Lan - he hits Chaud/Baryl. (depending on game version)

6: MAJOR step up, but too little, too late.  Souls replaced with Crosses, which attempt to combine Souls and Styles, but Capcom missed the point - what made Styles great is that they were tailored somewhat to your chip preferences.  Bringing a degree of permanence to the Souls and getting rid of the "sacrifice a chip" rule were good moves, but not good enough.  Chipset showed signs of trying to return to BN2/3 caliber, but ended up with a pathetic version closer to BN1's chipset than anything else.  Oh, and do you want to know what they do to the most evil incarnation of Wily ever?  The Wily that took advantage of an orphan to cover for his return, tricked an environmentalist into thinking he was too, with a stream of toxic waste being dumped into the ocean right outside, played with Bass's mind and succeeded?  They converted him to good!  I have a penchant for turning villains good, but I swore I would never do this for this particular Wily.  And CAPCOM does it!

...In conclusion, Capcom lost their #####ing minds after BN3.

[Mikero]

To sum up Cherry's post:

1-3: Yeah boi!
4-6: fartfartfartfartBUM!