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Putting it simply, you know what you’re getting withMega Man Legacy Collection 2. Essentially sharing the same package as its predecessor,Collection 2gathersMega Man 7through10in one place. Nevertheless, curiosity persisted and I had to see whether or not it would be a fun time later down the line.
It pretty much is, but there’s a little bit less excitement this time around.
If you’ve played the first collection,Collection 2should feel strikingly similar to you. It includes the aforementioned titles, an art gallery, a music player, and several remix stage challenges.Mega Man 9and10also include all of their post-release DLC for a more comprehensive package. Everything is unlocked from the jump, however, so only pure mega love ofMega Manwill drive you toward completing each game. For the sake of this preview, I played throughMega Man 8and9to see how the differing art styles were translated.
Mega Man 8comes with the hilarious animated cutscenes, and it was quite a jolt of nostalgia when I laid eyes on it. The game itself is as solid as ever and hasn’t lost anything in translation. Since I’ve playedMega Man 9fairly recently, I tested out some of the visual gimmicks included inCollection 2to see how they’d affect gameplay. Choosing to go widescreen and stretching my poor little pixelated bomber resulted in a quick death.
Regardless of how still-solid theMega Mangames are, only a few people are going to be drawn to this package. Since this kind of collection has been done in exactly the same way once before, the little additions definitely have less fanfare to them. And regardless of the DLC content included in the last two titles, there’s just something extra missing from this.
