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OliviaTremor posted...

The Utility Man posted...

EndOfDiscOne posted...

I think 4 is one of the harder ones too.

IMO a good bit of 4's challenge came from cheap hits/deaths. Unlike most of the other Mega Man games it would often put you in a position to where you'd get hit or even die because you wouldn't/couldn't avoid something without knowing about it before hand.

I don't recall that being the case at all. I grew up with the game so it's possible I know the levels like the back of my hand, but I don't remember this occurring. Also, you have a plethora of useful weapons such as Toad Man's, Bright Man's, Dive Man's, Skull Man's, Pharoah Man's, and even Ring Man's which goes through walls which can get you out of pretty much any situation.

But yes 4 is more difficult than the majority of the other games even with the Mega Buster. The only NES one I think is harder is 3 because of the bullshit remixed Robot Masters.

Well surely I'm not the only one that never uses the RM weapons except during boss fights. However, Se7en and I plan on analyzing Mega Man 4 vs Mega Man 5 later, so I'll definitely be including what I mean about cheap hits/deaths in that. Like you, I've played Mega Man 4 a lot but going back to it after a long time and me forgetting some of the stuff caused a lot of said cheap hits/deaths because I didn't remember what was coming. I don't have that problem that often in most other Mega Man games.
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