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While not the strongest games in the Megaman franchise there are still enough fun bosses and levels to make the time spent exploring it well worth it.

I give this game a rank B- (70-75%)
Nice game - try if you are interested
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If you are reading this but did not buy or try the Collection 1, stop here and go read my review of that one first. I am finally done with this next set of legacy collection, and although I had fun with it, I can definitely put it a tad lower (around 75%) than the original collection (from 1 to 6), for many reasons. Good reasons, but also bad reasons, so on average, it is just a bit less good. Why?

Good reasons, Mega Man 1 to 6 came out much before, and were consistent. Mega Man 7 to 10 are just so chaotic in their release span, their design, their concept, their qualities. Also, this set feels less well done than the first one, although they added some accomplishments/achievements kind of thing. Bad resolutions, clunky menu system, so many awkward port decisions... And finally, there is less game in here! (only 4 vs 6 in the first pack!).

Now, there are also "bad" reasons: a game like Mega Man 7, which I really think is between mediocre and bad in design drops the quality average by far, when games like Mega Man 8 or 10 are actually very good! It is hard to judge this when, in the first pack, all of the 6 were at least decent.
This collection had the sad fate of having to put together so different games, games that are so controversially unique compared to each other that it was doomed from the beginning.

However, I still give this collection a B-, not a D! If you think you are interested in Mega Man, you would HAVE to play this, and just because in it you will find one of the coolest and grooviest (may I say "SEGA-est?") Mega Man NOT from the X series, that is Mega Man 8! Search in the community hub around here if, like me, you hate the english dub and want the original, typically japanese 90s feel of the game with voices. The music in Mega Man 8 is just insanely good, Sonic CD level. They tried making an actual story, with lore, and super tacky but adorable anime cutscenes.
Also, Mega Man 10 is worth a try: it is the hardest Mega Man I had to play to this day (I even abused the save system...) and one of the best tributes to the original series. Mega Man 9 is not bad at all, difficulty is up there, and overall a decent retake on the retro style... and finally we have Mega Man 7... a weird abomination where there is about 20% of very good ideas... and the rest is just between meh and really bad. But when you know they took only 3 months to develop the game, you know what to expect.

All in all, if like me you are interested by the whole franchise, you should definitely try this pack, it is still worth it. It has good or great games like MM8, 9 or 10, and the difficulty is HUGE compared to previous ones (it took me 10 more hours with 2 less games!!..).

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