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.
@javiervasquez625Ай бұрын
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.
@TaigaXsenpaiАй бұрын
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"
@javiervasquez625Ай бұрын
@@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.
@joshuadav10Ай бұрын
@@javiervasquez625 I had a stroke trying to read this comment
@javiervasquez625Ай бұрын
@@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.
@couchpotato3197Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
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?
@VulpasАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
@@Vulpas they are cute, tho apparently cute and creepy can overlap 🤣
@VulpasАй бұрын
@@gnosis_gaming I can see it sometimes, like the ending clip of your video lol
@couchpotato3197Ай бұрын
@@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?!
@donoteatmikezilaАй бұрын
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.
@diogenes3300Ай бұрын
this game did have a weird feeling to it
@asafoetidajones8181Ай бұрын
Agreed, it was vaguely surreal, very immersive, and quite atmospheric, despite being graphically crude by today's standards.
@taylorbee401028 күн бұрын
Very woozy
@ottmatl28 күн бұрын
I loved it
@HeyMomonia22 күн бұрын
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
@prodbyANTАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
Despite the weird vibe I got, it's one of my favorites too. Did you play MML2?
@jaylowry4082Ай бұрын
@@gnosis_gaming MML2 was a blast! I was so disappointed when MML3 was cancelled. It was the main reason why I purchased a 3DS.
@prodbyANTАй бұрын
@@gnosis_gaming I sadly did not
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
@@jaylowry4082 I’m planning on doing my first play through soon
@batmabelАй бұрын
@@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!
@Mateoski97Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
I'd really be happy with a simple port, perfect pixel nearest neighbor resolution, and maybe widescreen?
@JamesMusicCo27 күн бұрын
Just a visual and controller update is needed. The audio/music is fantastic and ages very well.
@darrellgardner456126 күн бұрын
The "entire" legends series? Like.. all 2 games? 3 if you really want to count the 1 spinoff..
@cipherdourdan2328Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
oh, I didn't know that!
@VulpasАй бұрын
Good point, I forgot that.
@yuukisama2001Ай бұрын
Especially with all the static.
@weirdoregonianАй бұрын
I did not know the Playstation version did not have the fog.
@bagingospringo4396Ай бұрын
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
@reenchantedАй бұрын
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!
@RavumАй бұрын
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.
@IanEllisLLCАй бұрын
I ain’t saying he’s a gold digger
@Soy_BombАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
@@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_BombАй бұрын
@@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_gamingАй бұрын
@@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
@zinv08Ай бұрын
Man. I loved Megaman X4. But I loved Legends even more.
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
@@zinv08 I wish more people could play this game. The controls are clunky at first but the world design has aged really well
@ryno4ever433Ай бұрын
@gnosis_gaming how do you feel about mega man legends 2? It definitely has a different vibe.
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
@@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
@travisbplankАй бұрын
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.
@kirinoa27 күн бұрын
there's nothing creepy with M64
@turnkey_hole26 күн бұрын
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.
@viewerguy1026 күн бұрын
The haunted piano? The giant eel?
@viewerguy1026 күн бұрын
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.
@travisbplank26 күн бұрын
@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.
@jaylowry4082Ай бұрын
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.
@SLouissАй бұрын
I remember, grinding for months at that pop-the-balloons mini-game to level the Mega Buster all the way up
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
I love having the freedom to go at your own pace and get all the equipment
@samaragarcia2767Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
Do you remember how old you were? I think I was 8 when I rented it and found it very difficult.
@AnotherCraigАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
@@AnotherCraig I think metroid was an inspiration for the world design
@weirdoregonianАй бұрын
Going underground always made me nervous. The reaverbots were freaky and the fog was not helpful
@forcelightningcable9639Ай бұрын
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.
@superveritechАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
And it’s scarier because you can’t shoot while running away 😅
@eph_kni27 күн бұрын
i love the lore drop from Data at the end of ML1. love that lil monkey friend
@Sabin184Ай бұрын
I remember renting this at blockbuster and feeling uncomfortable playing it.
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
i miss renting games
@someguyonyt2831Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
FF7 could also be a little creepy
@burge117Ай бұрын
That intro man, that was creepy and in a good way. 😊 Kind of want more horror themed stuff from your 😅
@Luos_83Ай бұрын
This game + shadow of collosus-quality visuals, and that haunting feeling would be extremely on point. (IMHO)
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
Sounds like a very interesting combo.
@bagingospringo4396Ай бұрын
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
@lumpcrittergravyАй бұрын
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.
@marionmorrison285425 күн бұрын
Dude, same. I thought it was just me. I wasn't afraid but the mood is ominous and creepy. Especially for a child.
@DaniloGanzella27 күн бұрын
its an AMAZING game. I was creeped out a bit too, but in a good, eerie, whimsical way
@maskofacryingclown3Ай бұрын
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.
@Djgotskillz3x3Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
I really want to play MML2
@LightStreak56729 күн бұрын
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.
@Arkades95 күн бұрын
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.
@lucasconde25 күн бұрын
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_gaming25 күн бұрын
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one to feel this way!
@lylat9711 күн бұрын
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!
@solblackguyАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
The unsettling music makes me think it must have been intentional.
@solblackguyАй бұрын
@@gnosis_gaming I think someone from the Resident Evil team worked on the dungeon portion of the game.
@ScootworthАй бұрын
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
@zerotalent6463Ай бұрын
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.
@JVision118 күн бұрын
That sucks. I hope you get to finish it someday
@AquaticIdealist11 күн бұрын
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
@Billyboy597Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
I have Grandia on Switch but never had it on PS1. That game aged very well
@loops2203Ай бұрын
This bouta be a banger
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
Have you ever played it? It holds up really well
@loops2203Ай бұрын
@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_gamingАй бұрын
@@loops2203this game can really stick with you 😅
@BenOlsberg199525 күн бұрын
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.
@Vanalfaust18 күн бұрын
>kicking the vending machine YOU are the monster!
@gnosis_gaming18 күн бұрын
evil mega man route 🤣
@bezoticallyyours8321 күн бұрын
Damn! Mega Man got bowled over by a pack of overgrown schnauzers!
@GutsOfRiviaАй бұрын
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.
@AnotherCraigАй бұрын
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.
@crypticDJ24 күн бұрын
That initial tutorial section was very creepy. Freaked me out as a kid. Esspecially the spider robot on the ceiling.
@Stoat_Lord22 күн бұрын
Never really thought about it this way, but looking back, megaman legends was very much a dungeon crawler.
@batmabelАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
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.
@GreelTheMindRaker18 күн бұрын
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!
@FuddyDuddingtonАй бұрын
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"
@IamAJoe26 күн бұрын
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.
@eliminator99920 күн бұрын
I had the same feeling when I was 13 back then. In today's game, it's like going deep down underground in Minecraft.
@joshcratesАй бұрын
Still my favorite series to this day. I’ve played it at least once a year since those video game sleepovers in 1998.
@zero000449 күн бұрын
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.
@jukappa25 күн бұрын
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.
@seraphsclaws2997Ай бұрын
This channel is so underrated. Absolutely loving the choice of video topics lately.
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
Thanks! I think mega man legends is a hard sell for the algorithm, but I wanted to talk about it anyway.
@MalzraAirwynnАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
@@MalzraAirwynn Great way to describe it. Legend of Legaia is one of my favorites! I have a video about it too
@zeromaycryboi4 күн бұрын
*'Miss Tron's Lego headed pirates.'* Bro deserves an oscar.
@swiftseasIY29 күн бұрын
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.
@echtel129329 күн бұрын
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 😂
@Mantosasto19 күн бұрын
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.
@alephthetheropod621018 күн бұрын
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.
@lucasLSD16 күн бұрын
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.
@NaturalSynthetic777Ай бұрын
That tutorial dungeon music got me and my brother Edit: u thought the serv bots were scary!?!?
@Arton_White23 күн бұрын
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_gaming23 күн бұрын
@@Arton_White 😂 there’s something about hearing someone describe their dreams that is really easy to empathize with
@ExploDjinn11 күн бұрын
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.
@thenonexistinghero29 күн бұрын
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.
@simonpugh373123 күн бұрын
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.
@megamaverick41Ай бұрын
The ruin’s definitely gave me the spooks. Great video, gotta replay legend’s again now and see how it holds up.
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
I did a video earlier this year about the gameplay! It's still fantastic.
@syntheticderangementАй бұрын
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.
@brainwheeze632829 күн бұрын
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.
@EpicHeroSandwich21 күн бұрын
Legends 2 is a formative memory of mine and fuel for plenty of early childhood nightmares.
@user-od5rv6xk6t27 күн бұрын
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.
@Neovipa24 күн бұрын
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-AАй бұрын
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
@keenoyoАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
I really want to play MML2.
@thenonexistinghero29 күн бұрын
The 2nd game has a naked girl. You should play it for glorious PS1 nudity.
@glenngriffon803223 күн бұрын
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_gaming23 күн бұрын
@@glenngriffon8032 by ‘remaster’ I really mean a decent HD port. I hate what the FF8 remasters did to the backgrounds and character models.
@glenngriffon803223 күн бұрын
@@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_gaming23 күн бұрын
@@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.
@MaskedHeroLucky28 күн бұрын
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.
@IxapterАй бұрын
I played the Mega Man 64 version myself. Exploring the ruins was fun and rather unsettling at the same time!
@notsans999529 күн бұрын
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
@vitorpressendo26 күн бұрын
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
@XerosXIII25 күн бұрын
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
@ShockToYoSystem27 күн бұрын
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⚡️
@ShawnRaz8729 күн бұрын
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
@TheSenhorcaioo26 күн бұрын
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
@RicardoPower14 күн бұрын
Megaman Juno , I liked how the idea that the mega men were tasked with “resetting” humanity.
@cidlunius107627 күн бұрын
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.
@taylorbee401028 күн бұрын
There’s stone corridors like this in Japan with strange writing on them. The writing is the basis for Pokémon’s unknown.
@Goldenkitten18 күн бұрын
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.
@keyzackАй бұрын
I forgot about this, but you were totally right....
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one!
@xcali0Ай бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
@@xcali0 haha, I’m glad that I wasn’t alone in feeling this way 😂
@xcali0Ай бұрын
@@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!
@SmileyTrilobiteАй бұрын
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_gamingАй бұрын
'groaning' emptiness is some excellent word choice
@gnosis_gamingАй бұрын
BTW, fantastic 3DS animation on your channel. Your last video was 8 years ago, but I hope you're still animating!
@Frustratedartist2Ай бұрын
I remember getting scary vibes from Legends 2 as a kid as well
@GreatGrandmasterWang21 күн бұрын
The ruins always reminded of the otherworld in silent hill for some reason when I was a kid
@andrewherbert476026 күн бұрын
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.
@rawbird534129 күн бұрын
Only the dungeons are creepy, as it should. The upper world is some of the most beautiful.
@LumbyMcGumbyАй бұрын
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
@clr97724 күн бұрын
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.
@berserkchipАй бұрын
YES!!!! FINALLY!!! SOMEONE SAYS IT!!!! MML WAS A HORROR GAME!!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sprterrifichappyhour8324Ай бұрын
I only ever played the sequel. Same feeling but still a really good game.
@Zeppenfeldgarden18 күн бұрын
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!