Mega Man Legends In 2024 Is A Masterpiece (Review/Retrospective)

[@Feral_gatr]

This game's graphics and style were SO ahead of its time

[@RicardoP.Junior]

I love this game and I will defend it until the end of time.

[@thephotochad]

I absolutely loved this game as a kid. Could never beat it, but man I played the shit out of it. What a throw back!

[@chapterblaq]

i rented this from my towns local game shop when i was a 6th grader and it blew my mind. digging around in the trash and finding stuff to upgrade weapons was absolutely sick. low key it was my introduction to Mega Man and ill always be nostalgic towards it 🥰

[@symphinx]

Gonna be honest, chief, I had never even heard of this game before. So you’re telling me this incredible looking game came out in 1997?! Really goes to show how graphics come and go, but art style is forever. Even if it is somewhat clunky to play by modern standards (which let’s be honest, every 3D game from that time period is).

[@kinnetikira]

The art style from this one is timeless

[@reverend481]

crazy to think it was only 1 year from mario n64!

[@Vulpas]

I can't believe you never heard of Mega Man Legends. But yeah, it looks surprisingly good, especially on CRT. I don't think all early 3D games are clunky, a good example of a well controlling game is Ape Escape.

[@nickelakon5369]

The n64 version actually looks slightly better. Its a bit more colorful.

[@Vales55]

@@nickelakon5369Yeah but jt lacked the voice acting and had a few issues that the PS one didn’t. But versions were great for the time.

[@StarRightStarTight]

Man this game was such a treasure. I wish it would get released in steam so I could play it easily today.

[@ajch22]

I just love how Megaman Legends is having a sort of renaissance and is finally being getting the praised it deserves. It is obviously not gonna take over the gaming industry, but lately I've noticed a considerable amount of indie games that have drawn inspiration heavily from this game, both on the art department and gameplay, the two most notable for both being Abyss x Zero and Delta-Gal.

[@battokizu]

Maybe the praise can get us the mml3 demo for the 3ds that capcom will forever keep to their grave. If the love and adoration of many fans couldn't get anyone to listen, then I don't know what will.

[@yohhh6715]

Don't forget Protodroid DeLTA (funny how there is 2 robot girl games with delta in their name)

[@Quixotic-IX]

In 2024? It always has been a masterpiece

[@DrDirtyLeggz]

I'm going to show my age but Legends was the first PS1 I ever played and it just blew me away. It's a shame it's not more readily available on current hardware (legally, of course)

[@fennecwolfox]

Damn right it's a masterpiece! Apple Market theme is stuck in my head for ETERNITY.

[@dayvonlouis5187]

That and the Main gate and Sub gate theme it’s criminal that this game hasn’t been remastered

[@aetherkid]

The Sulphur Bottom theme is in my head still after 20 years haha

[@MightyRyan1337]

Might be hard to tell from my pfp but this is one of my favorite games of all time! Legends never die

[@maxcezare]

Sadly, this series was demolished by content creators back in the day when the hating on everything was the norm, and indeed the controls feel dated, but that is the only negative point of the entire thing.

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

It is one of those things that's really hard to say but if you were there you definitely saw it. Brought up seeing it get bashed only to play the game myself way later on is a huge reason I wanted to make this video.

[@DOSStorm]

One of the issues was "content creators" back then were reviewers like IGN, Gamespot or TV media outlets where one bad take could ruin a game's chances for success. Couple that with the fact it turned off many Mega Man fans who were expecting something completely different and didn't give it a proper chance. This game got trashed and then Ocarina of Time did a similar thing just a year later and was hailed as one of the greatest games of all time. I can't help but think if the game didn't use the Mega Man name it might have been marketed and received better.

[@Gamer_Man_Bathwater]

Megaman Legends has always been a misunderstood masterpiece. A lot of people couldn't get past the fact that it wasn't a regular Megaman game. It was always supposed to be an adventure/rpg like the Megaman equivalent of a Zelda game. I'm still not sure why people wanted it to be a regular Megaman game when there's already like 20 other regular Megaman games. A Zelda-like Megaman game was always way more interesting to me than yet another standard MM game. MM Legends even did some things better than Ocarina of Time which came out a year after MM Legends. It was ahead of its time in a lot of ways. Its only flaw is the controls, but that's not really the fault of the designers , every ps1 game had tank controls, since they all had to be able to work on a non dual stick controller, which was the only controller available on the ps1 for its first few years.

[@ZeroFinalStrike]

Legends 1 more so than 2 was and still is one of my favorite games of all time, looking back on it from when I was a kid and realizing that the design for Katalox island was done in such a way that it was built like a Metroid game, as you progress more and more of the island opens up to you not only from the surface but also the ruins throughout the island, things like the drill arm opening up new paths for the player to explore and find, having to make your weapons made exploration feel like it was necessary, the 2nd Legends game while still great felt like a Zelda game in nature, each ruin you had to go through had an item of sorts you go in there for, search the whole dungeon find the boss key fight boss get thing move onto the next.

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

Instant like and sub just for the title, so many languages yet you speak only in truths God bless ya and Jesus loves ya :)

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

What the hell I saved this video to watch later and you hearted it exactly as I started watching LMAO

[@immutablecantrip]

I rented this game from blockbuster as a kid and really liked it but only had it for a few days with not enough time to beat it.

[@PS1Fan1991]

Mega Man: Battle & Chase was the first 3D Mega Man game. Just like with Legends, it had very colourful visuals and the music in both games is fantastic.

[@dentedcavedood6858]

This is one of my favorite games

[@TJFreeq]

I loved this game as a kid.

[@L0nelyWarri0r]

In my childhood I suffered from prolonged depression, there were problems with parents, studies, friends, it seemed that the whole world is against you alone, and I remember how I bought a disk with this game, and just plunged headlong into its magnificent world, forgetting about my problems, with warmth I remember the adventures experienced, as if I was there myself. Since then it is my favorite game.

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

@@L0nelyWarri0r That's really is what a good game can do. Can get us through the worst of times. Thanks for commenting.

[@Ccsontos]

One of my favs of all time, love this game

[@DrawMation-YT]

Never knew that this is the game where the cute monkeys came from 5:21😭 Great video! Definitely a good video to watch while eating 😎

[@RedMageGaming]

Every so often I pull out my copies of Legends to give them a playthrough. Their short enough a couple of weekend binges is enough to beat, and I get a lot of enjoyment out of it overall. I lucked out and managed to swing near mint black label copies at a good price. No where near the hyper inflated ebay prices they've had going on for the last 10 or so years. Absolute Gem's of my game collection they are.

[@Swindle1984]

This was one of my favorite games a teen/tween, and it remains so to this day. Even with the quality of life improvements, I prefer it over the sequel. I never could find a copy of Misadventures. And I am STILL pissed at how we were done dirty over Mega Man Legends 3.

[@chewbacachunks8644]

I love this game. I grew up with both Legends one and two. The personality of these games is awesome and the graphics have aged incredibly well. The atmosphere and music of the dungeons are some of the highlights of the game. As a little kid I remember being kinda scared of going into the dungeons. MegaMan was one of my favorite franchises as a kid and these games were a big reason why. I even had MegaMan X and Zero action figures. I remember seeing them in a toy store as a kid and I HAD to have them.

[@kion_dgl]

One of us, one of us!!!

[@Gary_P2]

I had a crush on Tron Bonne as a kid. Also it wasn’t until 2024 I realized her name is a pun on trombone.

[@marcusbullock630]

she gave you a tromboner lol

[@Vulpas]

​@@marcusbullock630I'd trombone 'er 😏

[@InsidiousOne]

Her solo game is also awesome

[@Vulpas]

@@Gary_P2 I'd tromboner 😏

[@Gary_P2]

@@InsidiousOne It is, I had to play it on an emulator though. A physical copy is going for around $2000 on eBay.

[@joshuafitzpatrick7714]

One of my favorite games of all time. Also love Mega Man Legends 2.

[@pierrelewis6819]

To be honest, when I came to the mega Man franchise as a whole, I didn't play much mega men games, especially when it comes to mega Man legends, I've never played it. I played some of the side-scrolling mega Man games, but as for mega Man legends, I've never played that game before, nor even the newer mega Man games. The most recent mega Man game that I played and have, the very newest mega Man game.

[@helian9779]

Elliot during the video: "Some aspects are hit and miss but really the entire game is a treasure considering this was the wild west of 3D gaming. This game is fun and I love fun." Elliot's closing words: "I hope you didn't find this video too negative." Oh mate you need to let your guard down like you did with embracing this game!

[@pierrelewis6819]

I will love to see a brand new mega Man Legends collection, if not that, a reboot, if not that, something that's remastered, if not that, finally getting a third game, along with the reasons for not having america, getting a mega Man Legends three. If and or when there's a new mega Man legends, whatever it is, I will like for the serve bots to be a toy for Lego, and or, to have them as model kits. I'm just saying, there's a lot of merchandise ideas, for the mega Man franchise.

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

@@pierrelewis6819 Agreed. Been looking online and there is a huge lack of Megaman Legends Merch in general. Especially with those servebots. 👀.

[@ULTRADJ4EVER]

I love this series and will never give up on Megaman Legends 3!

[@eliteshinobi]

Absolutely love this game🥰 Still have my physical copy from when it first came out 😁

[@cactur8490]

I always wonder where those little Lego dudes came from (yes also tron bon was first time I ever seen her too MVC3 😀) p.s awesome review might just have play my self.

[@pierrelewis6819]

As for this video, I like that this third dimensional mega Man game, it didn't stray away too far, far from the original mega Man itself.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

This game still looks great in 2024, no, the whole series with the low poly PS1 aesthetic! If Capcom ever brings back Legends 3, I say they should keep that low poly aesthetic to help it stand out from most modern realistic slop we see today, it doesn’t necessarily need to be on the RE Engine, it just needs that charming anime aesthetic it’s had since Day 1.

[@orangeslash1667]

I recommend Abyss X Zero, as a successor to legends.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

@@orangeslash1667 thanks for the recommendation

[@MaraudingManiac]

I seriously miss MML. The setting is one of the coolest and most beautiful I've ever seen in a video game. A post-apocalyptic water world, built on sprawling technological landscapes of a long dead civilization.

[@prestonking7440]

Played it on the N64 as a kid. Playing through the PlayStation edition now on an emulator. Absolutely loved this game and can’t wait to finally play Legends 2 next 👍

[@endless172]

Great review! Love this game. Man I played this game until my PlayStation burnt out lol. This game was ahead of its time for sure! I may have misheard so correct me if I did, but the city attack and the following quest is actually dynamic. The damage isn't scripted so you can prevent a lot of damage to the town if you're good enough which will unlock sidequest associated with those building a lot sooner and save you a ton of Zenny! There's even a different "mission complete" voice track if you let the town get completely wrecked in the attack instead.

[@hergggoor]

*Astronaut* : "Has always been."

[@Crocogator]

"We have to protect city hall" Dark armor megaman shooting the news reporter airship out of the sky.

[@Ray-zb7vp]

2:10 I remember hearing a lot of bad things about sonic unleashed/ adventure 1+2 and Pokémon black/white. I really enjoyed sonic adventure and gen 5 Pokémon. It's weird seeing cult classics like majora's mask and mario sunshine as unpopular back in the day. Ps - Rex harem is canon LOL.

[@AsheramK]

I'll never forgive Capcom for cancelling the third.

[@orangeslash1667]

I recommend Abyss X Zero, as a successor to legends.

[@AsheramK]

@@orangeslash1667 Thank you kindly. Will keep an eye on it.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@AsheramK The reason why Legends 3 was canceled is because Keiji Inafune left Capcom. Why did he left, because he wasn't given a higher position of power. Without Inafune, Capcom needed more time to find a successor. The two people are Koji Oda and Kazuhiro Tsuchiya. Koji Oda directed the Strider reboot, and Kazuhiro Tsuchiya was the programmer of MM 7.

[@battokizu]

​@@orangeslash1667 they decided tho to say the fans didn't want it hard enough and just quit. "The game was to be directed by Masakazu Eguchi, with Tatsuya Kitabayashi acting as producer.[1][2][3][4] Reo Uratani composed the game's music.[5]" " In replies to fans two days later, Capcom's UK Twitter account appeared to blame lack of fan involvement for the game's cancellation.[21][22] Capcom UK later apologized for the original wording and clarified that the tweets referred to the lack of interaction in the Development Rooms that Capcom created to help the game's development, not to the fans "who have been nothing but supportive"" No, they just scrapped it because keiji was gone and had nothing but shame having megaman exist in the company. It's why capcom celebrated the blue bomber for 20 years and then dropped him because capcom had zero testicular fortitude.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@battokizu I recommend the KZbin video (Mega Man Legends 3 - What Happened?) It's surprisingly very complicated.

[@tommie4140]

Great video. Had never heard of this game before and the voice acting being a bit weird sometimes would unintentionally just make me laugh if I’d play it. NOICE

[@SergioSergio12345]

4:25 That scene isn't scripted, while it is very difficult to not have the other buildings be destroyed it is entirely possible to protect the city hall before the mission ends.

[@endless172]

I just said the same thing. Wished I had seen your comment first lol. Funny thing is when I first played, I thought it was scripted too. Blew me away the first time I saved the town and opened up all those sidequest early. Tons of zenny saved too!

[@aetherkid]

I will always love Megaman Legends.

[@cyshadowx]

I was about 19 when it first came out I was used to ps1 tank controls but man it's still my favorite megaman game I can vibe with this and legends 2 tron bonne improved a lot .

[@chapterblaq]

I'm the type person who likes 3ds games for the stereoscopic 3D but Kid Icarus Uprising is a game they should remake... everytime i ever tried to sit down and play it the controls were so hard for me. (i literally bought the new xl just for the stick/laptop nub to play it and it was still hard) i own it but have still barely played it to this day 😞

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

Yeah it was a shame with the extra circle pad or nub c-stick it didn't get updated to use it for just aiming (only left handed option). Here's hoping we get a remake/remaster. Would also be nice since the online is down now and for more people to play it.

[@peaachybee]

5:09 friend ❤

[@nickelakon5369]

8:39 Metal gear solid is not the first game with good voice acting Blood omen 1 came out before it and has excellent voice acting.

[@oatniq]

my favorite games as a child. i copped at costco. costco actually is where i got battle network games too.

[@Fake_STI]

I had this game as a young kid on the ps1. I played the tutorial about 50 times and kicked the can.never got further than that 😂

[@chrismckenna6183]

i have been playing ML2 over the past week and it breaks my heart how capcom is just letting this amazing franchise just sit there and doing nothing with it...…..come on capcom give us ML3!

[@LeoSol-u2u]

Good game love megaman legend 😊

[@LOLedWh0r3]

BTW if you press the analog button on a dual shock controller you can use the joy sticks. I have beaten this wonderful game on hard. And have beaten all of the games in this franchise MML2 and misadventures of Tron Bonne.

[@ds7202]

I don't remember what the reward was, but if you kick the can enough times you get some reward.

[@Dungeon00X]

Bro, you are getting a like just for shitting on Egoraptor.

[@th3400ded]

This game was MY legend of Zelda. Played it after ps2 came out. So so so good. But shoulder button turning sucks.

[@th3400ded]

Plus those jet skates were awesome to use

[@Reoko77]

You gotta do legends 2 now. If you do, ill sub. If you dont, ill still sub but out of spite.

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

I'm a real digga, that's for shore... 💯

[@Bigoukun]

Funny to a Frenchy like me that you mention Metal Gear Solid, with the French dub being particularly cheap and crapy. Also, wasn’t MegaMan Legend ported to N64 as MegaMan 64?

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

That's interesting never knew that about the French version. Also yeah Mega Man 64 was the N64 port. Looking online found that they was teasing it as a new Mega Man game until fans realized it was a port of Legends. The textures are smoother but the audio especially the voice audio is more compressed to fit on the cartridge. It also has a PSP port but that was Japan only.

[@Vulpas]

​@@elliotCloud-f6dI never knew of the PSP port, that's cool.

[@ReavoEnd]

Great review! You did an excellent job of covering some of the smaller moments and charming sidequests that other reviews leave out. Love the attention to detail. I'd be interested to hear your take on Legends 2, sometime. I've met a few content creators/streamers now who refuse to play this just because of the "walking in on Roll in the bathroom" scenario and "underaged romance/sexualization" of Tron. But like, really?? There's a whole game here full of fun and charm, and those two tiny moments are all you people can focus on? Not to mention this was made to cater to a younger audience. Next you're gonna tell me that some pop culture success story like Twilight should be shunned because of romantic themes around high schoolers, also "underaged." Heh...

[@sojiro856]

I disagree, MML had some pretty good voice acting. Especially when you compare to MM8 and MMX4. I thought the VA for Tiesel Bonne fit him perfectly. What is even more interesting is that they kept Bon Bonne's Japanese VA Ikue Otani in MML1 and 2. Ms Otani is the VA for Pikachu and One Piece's Tony Tony Chopper.

[@elliotCloud-f6d]

I get you. Funnily enough I was playing X4 as I saw this message and get that. I agree it is really good for when it came out, was more referring to the hate it gets. Thanks for your comment.

[@Ketchup_And_Rice]

Ahh the root cause of my hatred of CAPCOM for leaving DASH on the moon

[@printisdead1983]

Why didnt they call it meganan feet I mean thats whats at my legends

[@Gojiro7]

Megaman Legends is my favorite game of all time.......I still think calling this a masterpiece is a bridge too far because this game is VERY flawed in many ways and those flaws didn't get the chance they deserved to get ironed out over time and refined into something Capcom could still do good things with if they wanted to take a crack at metroidvania style games

[@Ah2o5b]

Victim to the ps1 controller not to mention the horrible n64 alien shaped controller.

[@Vulpas]

PS1 controller isn't much different than PS5, only problem is I think this released before the revision that added sticks. Games that released after control fine. And N64 controls well too honestly, it might look weird but the only major thing missing is a 2nd stick.

[@Ah2o5b]

@@Vulpas n64 controller is good for a game with limited input for example golden eye but for a game like MML you would need 3 hands to play it right.

[@Vulpas]

@@Ah2o5b It's been a while since I played the N64 version so I'll take your word for it, but the only issue I remember in that one is it had way worse field of vision. Games built around the controller were fine though, like Zelda.

[@Ah2o5b]

@@Vulpas even though OOT had the same engine as mario 64 meaning everything was already tweaked yet was released one year after MML. MML was released for the ps1 the n64 version is a port and while the n64 version can draw more polygons it has a limitation with memory and MML uses detailed textures thats and flat shading(shadows are drawn within the texture) thats why its graphics are one of the very few games that holdes up today. While I like OOT there is a long list of negative things that ruin the experiense try waiting 3 minutes just to open a pause menu in order to select an item to use and the bad frame rate.OOT you still can't jump the comand is automatic. MML was one of the most influential games ever made. Auto targeting(aim assist) invincibilty frame dodge roll which is a default move in almost every action game(dark souls,dead cell,god of war devil may cry). It even influenced the ODM gear in Attack on titan. It was the first open world 3D game before legend of zelda, shenmue or GTA. If people don't blame both sony and nintendo twin stick controllers was a thing in the arcade scince 1975 (twin stick shooter). You need two joysticks for a third person controller that is just a fact of life just like D-pad is a must have in every 2D game 3D games need two joysticks. The issue stayed all the way untile nintendo switch. Nintendo did make the same mistake with 3Ds and sony with the psp. I honstly don't get why but this was there fault why most games from that era doesn't hold up.