![]() Messing around the maps doing such stupid antics can provide some good entertainment, despite its utter pointlessness. The premise is on a bit of the “so stupid it’s brilliant” side of things, with the game rewarding you for the stupidest things possible, and the maps featuring some hilariously surreal situations (enter a water tower and you’ll find yourself in a throne room filled with fellow goats, or bring bread slices to an oversized toaster and you can transform into a flopping slice of toast!). So you basically just walk around the city messing with people. Knocking stuff over, jumping over things, licking everything in sight, and just being a general nuisance will award you with points. In Goat Simulator, players take control of – what else? – a goat! The goat is then thrown into sandbox environments, where the player gains points by doing… pretty much anything. ![]() This is the case with Goat Simulator, a game that will at times leave you howling, but will just as often have you wondering if its unfinished nature feels like part of the joke, or if it’s genuinely bad. Now, games purposefully designed to be bad isn’t exactly a new concept, and at times it can make for some good laughs. “I’m a better Mega Man than Mega Man! I’m actually aiming my mega buster at the bad guy!”Īt what point does a joke go too far? That’s a question you’ll likely ask yourself when playing Goat Simulator, a game that’s sole purpose is to be as stupid of a game as possible. I was tentatively excited for Mega Man 11 when it was announced, but after playing a stage of the game, it’s really looking like the Mega Man title the gaming world needs…especially after Mighty No. The time-slowing mechanic is a fun little twist on the Mega Man formula, and hopefully a few similar mechanics are introduced to keep things fresh.įrom what I can gather from my limited experience with the game, Mega Man 11 looks to not only revive the series after a notably lengthy absence, but also adding to the series’ norms in ways to make it feel like a proper continuation for the franchise, and not simply a throwback. That’s when slowing down time comes in handy, as it turns the small opportunity to hit this particular enemy into a much bigger one. ![]() While Mega Man can time his blast to destroy the enemy under normal conditions, the enemy’s wheel spins fast enough to make it difficult to get the timing down. One enemy hides within a spinning wheel, which has only a small opening for Mega Man’s blast can make it through. Even with a template as old as Mega Man’s, getting creative with the level design is all the developers need to make things feel new again.Īdditionally, Mega Man now possesses an ability to slow down time for a short while, with certain level elements and enemies taking advantage of the mechanic. It’s concepts like that why platformers remain one of gaming’s greatest genres. But once one such mini-room is completed, there’s another one in line on the conveyor belt. Mega Man has to shoot path-blocking stones, and navigate the rooms by jumping and sliding in order to escape them and, by extension, escape the grinder. Perhaps more importantly, the challenge was brought about by some creative ideas in the level design, with the standout moment being Mega Man navigating through confined rooms which are on a conveyor belt heading for an insta-kill grinder. But in Mega Man’s case, the difficulty is as much a part of the series as the Blue Bomber’s ability to steal the powers of defeated Robot Masters.Īlthough only one stage was available in the demo (Block Man’s), it proved to be pleasantly challenging. I’m not one of those people who demands that every game be extremely difficult, and that any game that’s on the easy side is automatically bad. One concern I did have though, was that the new look may have meant a new direction for the series’ difficulty, and maybe ease things up a bit to grab a new audience. “At least the long line included monitors with fun questions and factoids about Mega Man’s history. Besides, Mega Man 7 and 8 weren’t 8-bit, so it’s not as if Mega Man 11 is the first entry to go against the series’ NES roots. Personally, I think making another 8-bit entry would have felt a bit tired by this point. When Mega Man 11 was first revealed, a lot of fans were disappointed with the new visual look, and wanted another 8-bit throwback title. 9!Īll joking aside, I got to play Mega Man 11 at E3 today (after an excruciatingly long wait in line), and walked away very impressed with the game, which is now on my radar as one of my most anticipated titles of the year. I don’t get this “Mega Man 11” thing! It just looks like Capcom is trying to rip off Mighty No.
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