Posted this in the News thread, but it's a big enough deal that it deserves it's own thread to get the attention of those who don't check that thread regularly.
Mighty No 9 Beta has arrived. Check your junk mail folder if you backed it at Beta Key level and don't see the E-mail with the Steam code for it. Just downloaded mine and messed with it a little so far, and what little I've played is awesome.
I've only played through most of the first level and I'm not sure just how much there is yet. I died and it's Mega Man style hard. It's going to make a lot of people cry manly tears of bitterness.
So far it's very much Mega Man but with a new mechanic that involves shooting robots until they become "unstable" and then dashing into them to absorb energy that provides small buffs. The dash also acts like a slide move to get through small gaps. Also, Bosses cannot be damaged normally, you've got to shoot them to make them unstable and then dash into them like the other robots to damage them, but they also recover health in the unstable state so you've got to be quick about dashing into them.
I'm impressed, it's got the spirit of the old Mega Man titles, but is just different enough to separate it from those titles as something new.
Mighty No 9 Beta has arrived. Check your junk mail folder if you backed it at Beta Key level and don't see the E-mail with the Steam code for it. Just downloaded mine and messed with it a little so far, and what little I've played is awesome.
I've only played through most of the first level and I'm not sure just how much there is yet. I died and it's Mega Man style hard. It's going to make a lot of people cry manly tears of bitterness.
So far it's very much Mega Man but with a new mechanic that involves shooting robots until they become "unstable" and then dashing into them to absorb energy that provides small buffs. The dash also acts like a slide move to get through small gaps. Also, Bosses cannot be damaged normally, you've got to shoot them to make them unstable and then dash into them like the other robots to damage them, but they also recover health in the unstable state so you've got to be quick about dashing into them.
I'm impressed, it's got the spirit of the old Mega Man titles, but is just different enough to separate it from those titles as something new.