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Warped Mega Man Storygame??.?

9 years ago

The very idea of a MegaMan-related storygame has been cramped in my brain for what seems like centuries, and I would like to know 3 things from you, the readers, before I really get into it.

1. Would you still play the game even if you had never played MegaMan or it's related titles?

2. Would you prefer existing Robot Masters to be bosses, or originally-made ones? 

3. Would you care if I remain canon to the MegaMan timeline?

Warped Mega Man Storygame??.?

9 years ago

1. If it's written well, people will come, Baldr. They'll click that link for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll come to your profile page without knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at its page, as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course we won't mind if you look around, it's only 5-6/8 in length. And they'll spend their time there, without a second thought, because it's free time they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the epilogue, and they'll sit in front of their screens on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved bandwidth somewhere along the internets, where as children they cheered on their little blue guy and swore at the bosses. And they'll read the story and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to wipe them from their faces. People will come, Baldr!

The one constant through all these years, Baldr, has been fucking Megaman. The gaming industry has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Megaman has been erased like a blackboard, shittily rebooted, and then erased again. But Megaman has marked the time. This character, this game, BaldrIntox, it's a part of our past. It reminds us of all the cool shit that happened way back when, and proved that you don't have to be an annoying 90's kid on facebook to appreciate the video games of old. People will come, Baldr, people will most definitely come.

2. I don't really care, as long as it's awesome. Heck, I don't even know the names of any of them, so it'd be hypocritical to criticize you for it.

3. I've only ever played the really early ones, way back when the plot was either so understated, so melodramatic, or so convoluted by shitty translation that the plot didn't even matter. You could tell me that Megaman is an allegory for the second coming of Christ and I'd still read it if it was interesting and written well.

GO FOR IT!

Warped Mega Man Storygame??.?

9 years ago

Thanks Sentinel! You have me convinced, expect good things from this game, very good things indeed!