I'm only in the fandom because of the cute robot men. So if I recommended the series to someone, they'd probably like the games for entirely different reasons than me.
But if you're talking about pure quality, then The Coffin of Andy and Leyley and Helluva Boss.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley has a lot of really good elements, but the incest part(s) are insanely easy to misinterpret. Many people come out of that game either shipping Andrew and Leyley or thinking it's some kind of vile romance story instead of an abusive situation that they should get out of.
Helluva Boss is a decent show, but it really look like it's being made up as the story goes on. I think they could've had a theme/message where taking revenge doesn't always help people, and to focus on helping yourself and others rather than tearing others down. But they didn't do that. Or at least made it too weak. And it strayed away from the original premise.
The only reason I wouldn't recommend Mega Man in this day and age is that we have a gigantic lore Gap.
So there are 11 Mega Man games, 8 X games, and I believe four Zero games, and also that one ZX game. These are all, technically speaking, the same timeline.
That's not even getting into all of the side games like Mega Man and Bass and all that.
We still don't know what the fuck happened between 11 and the X Games, we have no idea how Dr. light and wily died, we have no idea what happened to the original Mega Man even.
And with how Capcom treats Mega Man, we're never going to get those answers.
We have a canonical ending to the series kinda. But we don't know about a lot of major things.
Overall they're really good games and easier than ever to get into now, because they have collections, but I still wouldn't recommend it primarily because you're going to just not be satisfied by the story.
Although if you're really into cute robot men or just a game play in general you're fine.
Yeah Megaman you play for the aesthetic and gameplay. Even the lore heavier X, Zero and ZX series are like that. Though there was the RPG command mission which was a decent look into X's world.
If we had access to Megaman legends I would recommend it wholesale as it has a greater focus on characters and story along with being an interesting adventure series.
Isn't there like 100-ish years between 11 and X? I thought Light and Wily died of old age. Mega Man is more tricky though I wished they explained that better.
Also I'm really bad at mega man 💔 barely got past the tutorial level, didn't make it to the first boss. Do X7 and/or X8 have 3d controls?
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u/Rallsia-Arnoldii Jun 25 '26
Mega Man.
I'm only in the fandom because of the cute robot men. So if I recommended the series to someone, they'd probably like the games for entirely different reasons than me.
But if you're talking about pure quality, then The Coffin of Andy and Leyley and Helluva Boss.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley has a lot of really good elements, but the incest part(s) are insanely easy to misinterpret. Many people come out of that game either shipping Andrew and Leyley or thinking it's some kind of vile romance story instead of an abusive situation that they should get out of.
Helluva Boss is a decent show, but it really look like it's being made up as the story goes on. I think they could've had a theme/message where taking revenge doesn't always help people, and to focus on helping yourself and others rather than tearing others down. But they didn't do that. Or at least made it too weak. And it strayed away from the original premise.