Mega Man Legends Was Creepy

[@diphMO2]

Megaman Legends is scary for a pretty big lore reason: Don't let the bright colors of the game confuse you- It's a post-apocalyptic hellscape. ALL humans are dead. What is left are all reploids in some form. Not a single "true" human remains.

[@javiervasquez625]

Supposedly, they were on the way to been revived through cloning had Legends 3 been released for the Nintendo DS as intended back in the early 2010s.

[@TaigaXsenpai]

In a way this game is NIER AUTOMATA, as androids became new rulers of earth as memento of humans, and tried to build similiar civilisation. Also here the system that was suppose to supervise the whole process went crazy after achieving "semi-sentience"

[@javiervasquez625]

@@TaigaXsenpai Sort of like Nier Automata, yet it's worth noting that both Legends games give hints at the humans using the "Carbons" for planetary management such as tending fields, keeping the planet clean of pollution and the such, all while humans indulged in a hedonistic lifestyle at Eden and Elysium until "something" went catastrophically wrong, leading to all pure blooded humans going extinct and leaving the Master as the last remaining human.

[@joshuadav10]

@@javiervasquez625 I had a stroke trying to read this comment

[@javiervasquez625]

@@joshuadav10 Which one? Either way Capcom kept the backstory of the Legends games very ambiguous with very little information to piece together what happened to the world.

[@couchpotato3197]

I was with you until you said you were afraid of Servbots and let out a giant guffaw and couldn't stop laughing at you. Sorry but the mental image of a kid being scared of Servbots is just too funny.

[@gnosis_gaming]

Haha 😂 I’m not sure they ‘scared’ me exactly, but I definitely found the servbots creepy as a kid. How did you feel about other parts of the game?

[@Vulpas]

Servbots are a little off, mostly the voice acting and audio quality in their case. They're pretty cute even in early 3D otherwise.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@Vulpas they are cute, tho apparently cute and creepy can overlap 🤣

[@Vulpas]

@@gnosis_gaming I can see it sometimes, like the ending clip of your video lol

[@couchpotato3197]

​@@gnosis_gamingok for real you are definitively right about something being unsettling under the surface of this game (literally and figuratively) because of the post apocalypse and Juno and what happened to all the humans. The creepiest part about it is people are all artificial or something its been awhile since I played. Maybe the servbots remind you of that the people were all fake and created. And they're on a giant weapon? And because of this video I realized Juno was only the beurocratic model so wtf is a combat model like?!

[@donoteatmikezila]

I love Legends 1 and 2. The eerie solitary feeling in the ruins are such a vibe. The contrast of the plucky, bouncy music of the surface and the tense dungeons was so good.

[@diogenes3300]

this game did have a weird feeling to it

[@asafoetidajones8181]

Agreed, it was vaguely surreal, very immersive, and quite atmospheric, despite being graphically crude by today's standards.

[@taylorbee4010]

Very woozy

[@ottmatl]

I loved it

[@HeyMomonia]

Legends 2 also had a creepy vibe I remember having a hard time playing the game as a kid What's sad is that i revisited it as a young adult and was able to advance pretty easily But the game crashed at a specific point and i couldn't get any further Even looking at it as an adult i can still see the creepy side The silence compared to the loud steps, explosions etc The feeling of loneliness in those landscapes or corridors

[@prodbyANT]

I loved this game growing up and never got weird or off-putting vibes from it. The little dancing monkey Data made sure of that. I loved him.

[@gnosis_gaming]

Despite the weird vibe I got, it's one of my favorites too. Did you play MML2?

[@jaylowry4082]

@@gnosis_gaming MML2 was a blast! I was so disappointed when MML3 was cancelled. It was the main reason why I purchased a 3DS.

[@prodbyANT]

@@gnosis_gaming I sadly did not

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@jaylowry4082 I’m planning on doing my first play through soon

[@batmabel]

@@gnosis_gaming MML2 is a very good game; it's better in many ways, mostly on a technical level, but it loses a bit of it's charm due to the different structure. It's still awesome and if you enjoy MML I'm positive you'll love MML2 too!

[@Mateoski97]

The entire Legends series needs the Halo Anniversary treatment. Needs a setting to switch between classic and remastered graphics and sounds at any moment.

[@gnosis_gaming]

I'd really be happy with a simple port, perfect pixel nearest neighbor resolution, and maybe widescreen?

[@JamesMusicCo]

Just a visual and controller update is needed. The audio/music is fantastic and ages very well.

[@darrellgardner4561]

The "entire" legends series? Like.. all 2 games? 3 if you really want to count the 1 spinoff..

[@cipherdourdan2328]

The world was scary...but the true terror was not knowing when you would get a call saying, "MEGAMAN! MEGAMAN!" 😂 The N64 version had a poor draw distance with fog so it felt like Silent Hill at times.

[@gnosis_gaming]

oh, I didn't know that!

[@Vulpas]

Good point, I forgot that.

[@yuukisama2001]

Especially with all the static.

[@weirdoregonian]

I did not know the Playstation version did not have the fog.

[@bagingospringo4396]

Yea the render fog is what creeped me out the most. Believe it or not jet force Gemini and mario 64 did that, oh and mystical ninja. Shits fuckin creepy

[@reenchanted]

I love seeing that MML is still getting love today, and you are 100% right. Especially with the Metroidesque sound design and the uncanny spaces, some likely intentional and some likely not, this game had some seriously creepy vibes, and now that you said it, I’m surprised that’s not a bigger part of the discourse around MML. Great video!

[@Ravum]

The music and sound design are key components of the creepy feeling the game has. Something about the mystery surrounding the reaverbots and their origin captivated me as a child. I hate that 2 ended the way it did and we never got a 3.

[@IanEllisLLC]

I ain’t saying he’s a gold digger

[@Soy_Bomb]

I remember playing MM Legends when it was still relatively new. I was young and I got stuck at some point. I remember being more frustrated than I'd ever been. This was pre-internet. I really need to go back and finish because it's an unresolved thing in the back of my mind.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@Soy_Bomb I did a recent play through for the retrospective vid I did and it holds up really well once you get used to the controls, cause it’s pre-analog stick

[@Soy_Bomb]

@@gnosis_gaming Yeah I had a ps1 before the dual shock so I had to get familiar with tank controls if I wanted to play all those good titles. Someone explained it to me really well and then it clicked. They said, "transfer your perspective from you the player, where up is always up, to the characters' perspective where up depends on the direction the character is facing" Something along those lines and then it made perfect sense.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@Soy_Bomb I do think tank controls add a sense of momentum and weight. And as you said, you have to connect to the character’s perspective of things

[@zinv08]

Man. I loved Megaman X4. But I loved Legends even more.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@zinv08 I wish more people could play this game. The controls are clunky at first but the world design has aged really well

[@ryno4ever433]

@gnosis_gaming how do you feel about mega man legends 2? It definitely has a different vibe.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@ryno4ever433 I haven’t played MML2, since I never got it as a kid, but I’m planning to do a playthrough so that I can make a video

[@travisbplank]

First Mario 64, now this. I feel like there's something about "liminal spaces" that creeps some people out, but they make me feel cozy.

[@kirinoa]

there's nothing creepy with M64

[@turnkey_hole]

What's funny is that the liminal thing is most a zoomer term. If you look at the games it comes from, it's all stuff that millennials were (as kids) floored by for their strong sense of place. By modern standards, they kinda feel like places constructed based on concepts instead of functionality. And no people. That's important. But this is all due to polycount. And for Legends in particular, the ruins *were* designed by humans and then abandoned.

[@viewerguy10]

The haunted piano? The giant eel?

[@viewerguy10]

The limitations of older games had a lot of unintended effects. But I appreciate them personally. I think there’s a unique appeal which is why indie games are trying to bring back the low poly aesthetic.

[@travisbplank]

@turnkey_hole I tend to think this way as well. I think Zoomers, having been raised in a constantly social and online world, feel something unnatural and spooky when no one is around. Similarly, having been mostly developed by the time I experienced the internet and fully grown by the time social media took over, I find the overcrowded worlds of MMORPG to be stressful and nauseating. I think this might be why Breath of the Wild is the only game of the last decade or so that's breached my top 10. Everything seems overpopulated and suffocating in the industry these days. Zoomer and Gen Alpha taste I think. At least the large majority of them purchasing games anyway.

[@jaylowry4082]

I love Mega Man games. When I first played Legends I remember the eerie feeling of isolation I got when going on a dig. It reminded me of Metroid in a sense and when Metroid Prime released I knew I would get that same feeling of isolation again. I love games like these that make you feel like you're all alone. It made me appreciate when I found a safe haven or town to recoup from the lonely dig I just went on and what new things I could make from what I found on that dig.

[@SLouiss]

I remember, grinding for months at that pop-the-balloons mini-game to level the Mega Buster all the way up

[@gnosis_gaming]

I love having the freedom to go at your own pace and get all the equipment

[@samaragarcia2767]

Lol I played this on the n 64 as a kid, it was my fav game I loved the atmosphere I didn't think it was scary though, I just loved the sound design. interesting take since I hated scary games but watching this made me realize that I can't believe I didn't get that feeling since your right looking back I can see how this would be creepy in some parts mostly the underground exploration.

[@gnosis_gaming]

Do you remember how old you were? I think I was 8 when I rented it and found it very difficult.

[@AnotherCraig]

Have you ever played Metroid 2? I realized watching this that the vibes in that game are pretty much exactly like the ruins in MM Legends.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@AnotherCraig I think metroid was an inspiration for the world design

[@weirdoregonian]

Going underground always made me nervous. The reaverbots were freaky and the fog was not helpful

[@forcelightningcable9639]

Oh the dungeons were absolutely creepy as a kid. Even now, the uncanny feeling you get ruin digging is a weird mix of disconcertment and relaxation. Also-and probably more consequentially-you are so right! The ruins are exactly like childhood anxiety dreams! You hit it right on the head, fam, job.

[@superveritech]

making me relive my first time in the water ruins and entering a lovely large and empty room only to hear *CLANG-CLANG-CLANG*

[@gnosis_gaming]

And it’s scarier because you can’t shoot while running away 😅

[@eph_kni]

i love the lore drop from Data at the end of ML1. love that lil monkey friend

[@Sabin184]

I remember renting this at blockbuster and feeling uncomfortable playing it.

[@gnosis_gaming]

i miss renting games

[@someguyonyt2831]

I really love this game when I was a kid. This game was one of the first PS1 games I've played. This game didn't scare me because I had a lot of fun exploring the town, busy trying to kick a soda can and the scariness went over my head, I guess. There were a few games that scared me when I was a kid. First was FF7's Emerald Weapon and Gi Ghost boss in Cosmo Canyon where he will make a scary face before the fight. For Emerald Weapon, how it roam around the deep sea and the emptiness, OOF. Second and third game were Clock Tower 1 and 2. And lastly, I don't remember the name but I can describe it, I really can't forget this game. It's a Japanese game where a boy and his grandfather crashed their plane in a mysterious island. You play as a boy and his weapon is a red toy hammer, I think. And one of the first bosses you'll have to fight is a giant red centipede. This game scared the sh* t out of me. If anybody know the name of this game, please do tell, I want to go back and play it.

[@gnosis_gaming]

FF7 could also be a little creepy

[@burge117]

That intro man, that was creepy and in a good way. 😊 Kind of want more horror themed stuff from your 😅

[@Luos_83]

This game + shadow of collosus-quality visuals, and that haunting feeling would be extremely on point. (IMHO)

[@gnosis_gaming]

Sounds like a very interesting combo.

[@bagingospringo4396]

Ok so i get the uncanny feeling with most n64 games as well. The render fog is weird as hell to me and made games feel....incomplete. but dreamlike is probably the best description

[@lumpcrittergravy]

I got this game around 1998 Halloween. Loved it. What creeped me out was the music of every ruin but the overworld ruins, and the Main Gate two songs. That Clozer Gate theme is the scarist for me. Juno saying to you "are you ready?" In his normally emotionless expressions, and his opposing figure many times bigger than Megaman, just disturbed me.

[@marionmorrison2854]

Dude, same. I thought it was just me. I wasn't afraid but the mood is ominous and creepy. Especially for a child.

[@DaniloGanzella]

its an AMAZING game. I was creeped out a bit too, but in a good, eerie, whimsical way

[@maskofacryingclown3]

I still own my Mega Man legends and the Miss Adventures of Tron Bonne including both of their strategy guides. Mega Man Legends didn't scare me, but the Mega Man Legends 2 demo that came with Miss Advantages of Tron Bonne scared me to the point of me not getting my mom to buy it. The snow reminded me of the thing. The quietness the alone feeling(where legends had towns and friendly music) was too much for me as a kid. But as a kid I would help my dad with re1 looking at the strategy guide to try and help him with no problems.

[@Djgotskillz3x3]

I played legends 2, and I used to be sooooo fucking scared going into the ruins. The snow board creeped me out, even the way the robots would explode weirded me out haha

[@gnosis_gaming]

I really want to play MML2

[@LightStreak567]

When you think about it, Mega Man Legends is set in the most peaceful era of the main Mega Man timeline. The Classic Series was a bit tame, the original Mega Man trying to stop a mad robotics scientist from dominating the world. The X series got more dark with Earth and humanity tormented by so many wars between Reploids, one side are basically Reploid supremacists, and the other Reploids like X and Zero trying to keep Earth and the human race in one piece, but nearly failed, especially after Mega Man X5. The Zero series got a LOT DARKER, taking place 100 years after the most apocalyptic war the world has ever witnessed that happened a couple decades after Mega Man X8. The ZX series got a bit less dark than than the Zero series, to show that the world is healing after Mega Man Zero 4. And Mega Man Legends 1 and 2, which are more than a thousand years after Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent, are set in the most peaceful era. No wars, no conflicts, the only on the surface threats being pirates like the Bonnes. But under the surface there are these mysterious ruins that give you a sense of dread, and there is a cruel and callous system run by ancient machines that regulates the population of the artificial humans as if they are animals to be "euthanized". If a certain location gets over-populated, they'll be wiped out.

[@Arkades9]

Honestly I think the dark, quiet and creepy music fits perfectly for exploring unknown ancient ruins. I'd love to see the series continued but I doubt it'd be half as good as the first was.

[@lucasconde]

Man, what a great video to watch. It really encapsulates the way I felt playing the game as a kid, but I was never quite aware of its deep creepy factor, because playing MML really felt like a big adventure to me... The most memorable scares were from those weird horse bots at the common dungeons, the water dungeon bots that chased you, the water dungeon boss, and that weird centipede boss at the end of the game. Also, MML2 was pretty much like the first game, but on steroids, everything was better, has some really memorable dreamlike sequences, and is even more moody and atmospheric than the first game. That giant boss from the third ruin (the fire one) was the most scary part of the legends series, and also pretty impressive how a huge 3d model like that can fit on a ps1 game, props to all developers who made that happen. Rented both games a lot back in the day, until got my own copy of them, definitely on the list of my favorite games ever.

[@gnosis_gaming]

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one to feel this way!

[@lylat97]

Dude, the clozer ruins specifically were straight up terrifying to me as a kid, as well as the general ruins network spanning the island. Very eerie, I think in part due to the soundtrack. Big props to the devs for that!

[@solblackguy]

The dungeons in Mega Man Legends creeped me out as a kid. Lots of reaverbot jump scares and the haunted dungeon atmosphere didn't help either. To this day I wonder if it was intended to contrast with the bright and colorful surface world.

[@gnosis_gaming]

The unsettling music makes me think it must have been intentional.

[@solblackguy]

@@gnosis_gaming I think someone from the Resident Evil team worked on the dungeon portion of the game.

[@Scootworth]

I remember being scared as a kid to just experience the first ruin. After that I slowly got less creeped out, but I do remember something creep about the underwater ruin in Legends 2 where it’s a dark abyss and sand on the floor

[@zerotalent6463]

Never got to complete the game. Kept running into a weird glitch that froze the game at a certain point. Weird thing is I tried on multiple different disks with the same result.

[@JVision1]

That sucks. I hope you get to finish it someday

[@AquaticIdealist]

The Clozer Woods were especially scary for me as a kid. That haunting music in the background really felt like you shouldn't be there and must leave immediately lol

[@Billyboy597]

I loved that game! The water level and abandoned city were really creepy. Spot on about the "dream logic" and how the city felt like a "safe zone" after exiting the underground ruins. Did you ever play Grandia on the PS1? Would love to hear your input on that game

[@gnosis_gaming]

I have Grandia on Switch but never had it on PS1. That game aged very well

[@loops2203]

This bouta be a banger

[@gnosis_gaming]

Have you ever played it? It holds up really well

[@loops2203]

@gnosis_gaming unfortunately never had the opportunity to play it myself, but I remember watching a cousin of mine play it for a bit! Ever since it's occupied a special lil place in my head ^^

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@loops2203this game can really stick with you 😅

[@BenOlsberg1995]

Any area of ruins I played through in this game, even in adulthood, gives me the distinct impression that Megaman decided to try its hand at survival horror for once. The music (or frequently lack thereof) while I was submerged in any of any of those mechanical subterranean hellscapes felt like tension had taken on a life of its own and decided provide me with some highly unwelcome company while I was playing. That coupled with the unsettling behavior and mannerisms of the Reaverbots was a fuckin recipe for putting anyone on edge.

[@Vanalfaust]

>kicking the vending machine YOU are the monster!

[@gnosis_gaming]

evil mega man route 🤣

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Damn! Mega Man got bowled over by a pack of overgrown schnauzers!

[@GutsOfRivia]

I get the same vibe with Xenogears it felt like playing some obscure anime OVA. And later Halo 1 and the interior areas of the halo ring.

[@AnotherCraig]

Man I loved MM Legends. It's funny. I don't really enjoy or play horror games, but I do love games that give you a sense of quiet isolation-- that feeling of being the only person around for miles.

[@crypticDJ]

That initial tutorial section was very creepy. Freaked me out as a kid. Esspecially the spider robot on the ceiling.

[@Stoat_Lord]

Never really thought about it this way, but looking back, megaman legends was very much a dungeon crawler.

[@batmabel]

Legends is one of my favorite games of all time ever since I played it as a kid back in the day. One of the main reasons for it was the unmatched _vibes_ of the dungeons, especially the subgates that eventually connect with each other. This game truly is something special - it's such a shame that it wasn't really given a fair shot at the time it came out. I'm not quite sure I'd like a remake or remaster of it though - I'm positive those _vibes_ would be really compromised if a new version of the game came out; modern devs of big budget studios simply don't seem to comprehend the power of aesthetics anymore, so everything gets a lot more "sanitized", if that makes sense. For me, DuckStation with the correct configuration is more than enough to enjoy this game in all its glory in modern hardware.

[@gnosis_gaming]

I'd hate to see a 'sanitized' version of MML. I don't particularly care for how Square Soft has manged remasters of Final Fantasy, but in general remasters of Resident Evil by Capcom have been pretty good.

[@GreelTheMindRaker]

This is one of those games I remember seeing at the rental store many times but never played, nor have I ever seen anyone talk about it or play it. What an interesting game. Thanks for the insight!

[@FuddyDuddington]

Good to know I'm not the only one who found the ruins to be thoroughly unsettling. They just felt so desolate and abandoned, despite the abundant presence of reaverbots. It brings to mind a Slayer lyric that has always stuck with me: "Terrified by the thought that you're all alone / Paralyzed by the fact that you're not alone"

[@IamAJoe]

Man the Sharukurusu Reaverbots aka the invisible ones scared me as a kid, even the non invisible ones scared me. The big Hanmuru Doll ones scared me too but those Sharukurusu ones were a nightmare. Just the sound of them walking in with nothing but the odd ambient noise you hear.

[@eliminator999]

I had the same feeling when I was 13 back then. In today's game, it's like going deep down underground in Minecraft.

[@joshcrates]

Still my favorite series to this day. I’ve played it at least once a year since those video game sleepovers in 1998.

[@zero00044]

Forget a remaster. The trilogy needs a full modern remake with a bigger world to explore in each game, more quests, items, weapons, an expanded story and current gen graphics, modern controls and quality of life features (like swapping special weapons instantly, instead of having to go back to roll every time just to swap, and saving the game anywhere) but keep the original voice actors from legends 1. Seriously, how can a character in a sequel, that canonically takes place a year or 2 after the first game, sound like he 5 years younger? Lol. Still some of my favorite games of all time. Along with Brave Fencer Musashi. Which needs the same kind of remake treatment.

[@jukappa]

I remember randomly renting this game from a local grocery store knowing nothing about it. I thought the creepy starting ruin was going to be the style of the whole game. Like a doom or Wolfenstein. I didn’t think it was going to be for me. But what a complete 180 the game made. To this day Megaman legends is my all time favorite game.

[@seraphsclaws2997]

This channel is so underrated. Absolutely loving the choice of video topics lately.

[@gnosis_gaming]

Thanks! I think mega man legends is a hard sell for the algorithm, but I wanted to talk about it anyway.

[@MalzraAirwynn]

Eexploring deep in the optional ruins was definitely tense at times. No dialog with Roll to break up the tension. No Data around for save points. I think one of the tenses parts for me were the three mini areas you had to go to, to get the keys to the main gate. The sleeper and dreamer or whatever keys. Something about that whole section was...not scary exactly, but mysterious and creepy to me as a kid. And the object descending for reinitalization, knowing it meant death for everyone up above but not knowing what exactly it would do. Also was happy to see Legend of Legaia in the ps1 games shown.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@MalzraAirwynn Great way to describe it. Legend of Legaia is one of my favorites! I have a video about it too

[@zeromaycryboi]

*'Miss Tron's Lego headed pirates.'* Bro deserves an oscar.

[@swiftseasIY]

Probably one of the reasons the already great characters felt so good to run into. Like, holy shit another person. Or when Roll dialed you up there was a bit of relief.

[@echtel1293]

Omg yes, as an avid lover of the Megaman franchise, I noticed back when I was playing it as a kid I never really progressed much because I was so afraid of going in the dark dungeons until I replayed it as adult and finally cleared it 😂

[@Mantosasto]

Yup, me too. I was a scared and fascinated kid when playing them. Legends 2 water ruins are forever etched into my mind... that one immense room with the pasive thing swimming... And the fire ruins with the giant robot... man I kinda want to play them again.

[@alephthetheropod6210]

I only played Legends 2 but it has the exact same feeling and it's why it became one of my top jrpgs ever. Especially the starting snowy area and mines have very intense bgms. All the ruins have the same sense of dread but the flooded ones with the reaverbot sharks swimming in the dark corners were the best. The story is quite somber too.

[@lucasLSD]

Great to see I wasn't alone, I think the lack of actual music in the dungeons is what helps the atmosphere to stay creepy, coupled with the PS1 pitiful draw distance.

[@NaturalSynthetic777]

That tutorial dungeon music got me and my brother Edit: u thought the serv bots were scary!?!?

[@Arton_White]

Man, that nightmare you described is freakin terrifying, like what the hell man. I was fine with megaman being unintentionally creepy, but your nightmare is legit gonna give 'me' nightmares.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@Arton_White 😂 there’s something about hearing someone describe their dreams that is really easy to empathize with

[@ExploDjinn]

There is something disconcerting about the lack of music, underground, but it didn't take me too long to start cracking jokes about Roll turning on the radio when I replayed the N64 version recently. The Servbots, though, are just straight up adorable.

[@thenonexistinghero]

I never thought it was unsettling. Did have a bit of a weird vibe, but I liked it. Kinda solitary, feels like exploring the ruins is dangerous. But I loved that kind of stuff.

[@simonpugh3731]

I am not sure why but i have never gotten this feeling through most of the game, I always felt that it was somewhat goofy with the bons always lightening things up and then you get to go through the dungeons where you get more loot. I think the only part of this game that truly ever scared me was when I was a kid and I was just going through the minor ruins when I went into that room with the hanmuru doll, it just jumpscared me which absolutely freaked little kid me out.

[@megamaverick41]

The ruin’s definitely gave me the spooks. Great video, gotta replay legend’s again now and see how it holds up.

[@gnosis_gaming]

I did a video earlier this year about the gameplay! It's still fantastic.

[@syntheticderangement]

I never imagined Mega Man Legends could be scary to someone. The music in the dungeons was a bit unsettling at times, but that's about it. 6:50 - I remember having fun kicking those dogs right here.

[@brainwheeze6328]

A lot of PS1 games certainly had a creepy vibe to them. One underrated aspect I think is the prevalence of reverb in the sound design of these games. It's something I really associate with that era of gaming.

[@EpicHeroSandwich]

Legends 2 is a formative memory of mine and fuel for plenty of early childhood nightmares.

[@user-od5rv6xk6t]

Wow! The nostalgia I remember playing this in the afternoon I was elementary at that time and the first boss map gave me a weird feeling and I love it lol.

[@Neovipa]

I was extremely afraid of the invisible reaverbots as a kid, to the point that I refused to go on the floor in that area. I'd use the jet skates and try my absolute best to stay on the platforms. I'm not sure I ever actually fought them in my first playthrough. The slow footsteps suddenly speeding up as they charge at you, I was terrified of them.

[@Chromwel-A]

It's scary since the beginning till the end for me. 01. World "full" of water 02. Small dark dungeons 03. Small communities everywhere 04. A lot of "ancient findings or archaeology", too mysterious for me 05. People have to rely on and find crystals as energy source 06. People merged with cheap lookng / unpolished machine 07. The land is beautiful, but feels empty 08. I hate reaverbots red eye

[@keenoyo]

Never placed the first one but Legends 2.. That actually scared me as a kid 😂. The dungeons and the snow level with the monster robots 😅. Definitely will try the first Legends and play the second again. Want to actually finish those.

[@gnosis_gaming]

I really want to play MML2.

[@thenonexistinghero]

The 2nd game has a naked girl. You should play it for glorious PS1 nudity.

[@glenngriffon8032]

MML does NOT need a remaster. The graphics and art style are sublime for emulating the artistic style of anime from the 80s and 90s and blending them together in a pixel style that works perfectly with the world. You start changing that visual identity, making things look higher res, less pixelated, cleaner, smoother, you may not realize it but you'll be wiping away a lot of the heart and soul of this game.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@glenngriffon8032 by ‘remaster’ I really mean a decent HD port. I hate what the FF8 remasters did to the backgrounds and character models.

[@glenngriffon8032]

@@gnosis_gaming. Agreed but I do genuinely think that MML's spirit lies partially and prominently in the pixely, anime style we see. I am not sure if even a remaster like the recent Tomb Raider games would be good. Where everything is kept as is and totally untouched with just the visuals being changed. The only way I could see it being improved is maybe if they leaned heavy on pixel art style. Blend together a cell shaded look with pixel art. High Definition pixel based textures in order to preserve the look of playing an anime from the 80s to 90s era. EDIT: And definitely avoid trying to remake areas to have state of the art lighting effects like the Spyro reignited trilogy

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@glenngriffon8032 I like the square pixels too. In my game that I recorded for the video I purposefully played without any smoothing mod, using the nearest neighbor pixel settings. I like those edges sharp as a knife.

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

I guess a few of the dungeon tracks are eerie, but honestly I’ve played through Legends so many times that I can’t imagine anything in it scaring me.

[@Ixapter]

I played the Mega Man 64 version myself. Exploring the ruins was fun and rather unsettling at the same time!

[@notsans9995]

Im glad im not only one who thinks this, running out in the more maze like ruins in MMl1 gave me the same vibes I had when exploring the RPD in resident evil 2

[@vitorpressendo]

I found this game with a bunch of others on top of a trash can in my neighborhood when I was a kid. That was completely different game from what I was used to for a megaman game lol

[@XerosXIII]

yes, got that same creepy feeling too! all games have upbeat and exciting music during the gameplay, only in legends it give the full ASMR experience of droning of ruins and undead machines

[@ShockToYoSystem]

My first megaman game ever, ahhh the good ole days playing the ps1, megaman legends is my megaman‼️, the caves always shook me because the robots literally hunt you down and can leave there environment and you hear every footstep and the way megaman use to stand⚡️

[@ShawnRaz87]

This game was the same situation as super mario bros 2 and starfox adventures. It was originally being developed as an original IP. And then for whatever reason things changes and they slaped in mega man instead of just abandoning the project

[@TheSenhorcaioo]

Funny, I never was scared of Megaman Legends, but I agree the water ruins and the oldtown did cause discomfort to me. When I was a kid, I had the same cherfull and adventures nature of Megaman so I liked to explore the forest and the other ruins

[@RicardoPower]

Megaman Juno , I liked how the idea that the mega men were tasked with “resetting” humanity.

[@cidlunius1076]

Maybe it's because I played RE1 and used to be scared of the Undertaker, but MML was never a really eerie game to me. It's only when you go down to the underground city that it gets a little creepy, but I was honestly just trying to grind money for the 999999Z upgrades... so it was more tedious than creepy. I remember getting caught unaware by enemies around corners being a thing. That's about it. 5:46 The real horror of Megaman Legends is realizing that you'll be playing with the drill arm for 80% of it.

[@taylorbee4010]

There’s stone corridors like this in Japan with strange writing on them. The writing is the basis for Pokémon’s unknown.

[@Goldenkitten1]

Oh for sure. The mentioned invisible reaverbots got me as a kid but the one that stuck with me was the three dog like bosses in the third sub-gate (forget their names but the one you have to use the Flutter to get to). They always reminded young me of what I'd seen of the xenomorphs from Alien/s. I literally refused to play the game for several days after they beat me once (or should I say chased me down as I screamed at the top of my lungs?) and I only revisit and beat them while my mom was in the room. Similarly but on a far less terrifying level were the Sub-City Gates, the mix of the starry night sky (but underground) mixed with this strange music always gave me ethereal, fantastical vibes I could never quite put my finger on but always felt otherworldly to me. Even the silent regular ruins tend to feel like they exist in a very different place and that you're truly alone down there in a separate world from the people above ground. Can't say the servbots ever got to me but early 3D gets to everyone differently. Still, overall I get it. Megaman Legends is like 20% harmless fun, 20% action, 20% fantastical and 40% creepy. If we ever get a remake or god willing see a third game I hope this aspect isn't glossed over as it's what made it stand out.

[@keyzack]

I forgot about this, but you were totally right....

[@gnosis_gaming]

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@xcali0]

This video gave me my trauma back, lol. I remember playing this game a while back, and I still remember those enemies that would straight up run after you, these tall enemies, hunting you down. And these dog like enemies too.

[@gnosis_gaming]

@@xcali0 haha, I’m glad that I wasn’t alone in feeling this way 😂

[@xcali0]

​@@gnosis_gaming They were always the enemies that I dreaded to fight back then, wasn't so bad after I got certain equipment but still, I will never forget my first time dealing with them, not to mention those tall ones that chase you, they can go invisible too!

[@SmileyTrilobite]

The new 3D format of Mario, Zelda, and Megaman was accompanied by stronger atmospheric touches (ambient birds, ambient tunnels). These are achievable in 2D (Super Metroid), but perhaps 3D’s promise of greater spatial presence of game environs inspired other creators, and we got stuff like Mario 64’s haunted house, Ocarina of Time’s ReDead hangouts, and the low-pitched groaning of MML’s subterranean spaces.

[@gnosis_gaming]

'groaning' emptiness is some excellent word choice

[@gnosis_gaming]

BTW, fantastic 3DS animation on your channel. Your last video was 8 years ago, but I hope you're still animating!

[@Frustratedartist2]

I remember getting scary vibes from Legends 2 as a kid as well

[@GreatGrandmasterWang]

The ruins always reminded of the otherworld in silent hill for some reason when I was a kid

[@andrewherbert4760]

Ay u r not alone this game gave me chills too. I couldn't stand those robots that appeared out of nowhere to attack. One I really couldn't stand was the random floor traps on megaman legends 2. I never walked in the middle of a doungon again.

[@rawbird5341]

Only the dungeons are creepy, as it should. The upper world is some of the most beautiful.

[@LumbyMcGumby]

I love this damn game. Got it for Xmas with paper Mario on the n64. The most freaky part was the invisible robots that you could hear running at you. I love the soundtrack though it's so good

[@clr977]

Probably my favorite games, 1 and 2, on the PS. It’s definitely eerie at times. Alone and clunky. But it’s my most nostalgic game for some reason.

[@berserkchip]

YES!!!! FINALLY!!! SOMEONE SAYS IT!!!! MML WAS A HORROR GAME!!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sprterrifichappyhour8324]

I only ever played the sequel. Same feeling but still a really good game.

[@Zeppenfeldgarden]

I would love a remaster of the legend games. Capcom needs to give Megaman more love soon. Glad I’m lot the only one who thought this game was creepy as a kid!