Mega Man 11

Honestly, it's ok. They really go hard on the gimmick of the "gears". Everyone says gear every other sentence, the Wily Stages are mostly gears. All of the robot masters utilize one of the Speed or Power Gear powers. Also, for some reason they call Mega Man "Mega" in this game. Before you say it, I know he's called Rock Man and his "civilian" name is Rock. I'd argue just calling him Rock in America as well. That's just my opinion. Still, it was kind of jarring.

One last complaint that is less of a nitpick, the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong, the compositions themselves are decent however the INSTRUMENTS used are lousy. It feels so lifeless for such a vibrant game. That's why the fan remixes sound so awesome, they don't really remix it, they just use the 16-bit X style instruments or the 8-bit instruments or even the Mega Man 7 instruments. Speaking of 8-bit, why is there no 8-bit option for the soundtrack? They put in an option for this slow-paced Jazzy rendition of the soundtrack as free DLC, but not an 8-bit version? Huge missed opportunity.

Everything else is solid. The controls are tight. The upgrades you can purchase in Auto's shop are extremely useful and you can turn them on or off at your discretion. Yes, that means you can have all the upgrades on at once if you want to. Or you can try to beat it without any upgrades, which is an achievement. The double gear system is fun and there's a risk reward to it with the full power DOUBLE since you need to be at low health to use it. The level design is classic, well thought out, and fair for the most part. You don't NEED the DG system to beat the game, and I think there's an achievement for that too. However, there are some sections that are a bit too tight in terms of timing if you decide not to use the Speed or Power gear.

Like I said, it's ok. I lean positive on this one. However, it's already been a number of years and nothing else from the Mega Man front that isn't some weird mobile game. I'm saddened by that. I recommend grabbing this one on sale.

I have never been great at Mega Man games but the option to play the game on an easier mode really helps. Most things feel like reasonable challenges. If you know what you're doing this game is rather short, but the weapons and mix-and-match powerups from the shop do provide the game some replayability, especially if you want to try out the harder difficulty modes. I'm under no illusion that I'll ever be able to get all the achievements for this game, but I've had fun going after them and have managed to get the majority despite being bad, which tells me that most of the achievements were designed with the capabilities of an average player in mind.

One complaint is that if you've never played a Mega Man classic game before, I can see the moveset being unintuitive. Especially if you're coming here from the X series. They explain the new stuff (the gears) but not the old stuff (Rush coil and slide) which felt like an oversight given the rest of the game's presentation. When you get a boss weapon, you have a whole little (optional) tutorial letting you play around with it to learn it, and there's also one for the Rush jet you unlock partway through the game, so why they didn't so much as mention your initial movement options is beyond me. While you don't really need Rush coil, I can see new players getting frustrated or bricked in several places because they don't realize that the slide is a button COMBO and not a dedicated button like literally everything else. Pre-existing Mega Man fans will know this, but new players may be confused as to why a slide option exists in the button binding menu but isn't seemingly bound to anything.

That being said, this is also definitely the game with the most newbie-friendly features built in. Most of the Legacy collections have optional newbie modes, but the options available here feel more sophisticated and nuanced for various levels of play, versus the Legacy Collection's "either the game holds your hand or it won't" methodology.

Overall I had fun and will probably play through this one again every once in a while, just because it's very easy to pick up and play a stage or two. If you ever wanted to try a classic-style Mega Man game, this is probably the best place to start.

a very good game. the gear system is fun to use, the weapon roster is fantastic, the stage design is pretty good overall, a really fun time. strongly recommend it. easily in my top 3 favorite classic megaman game

(un?)fortunately the easiest castle in the series which i dont mind this game is still excellent

game's hard as shit, but the weapons are reaaaal nifty
At it's core it's not really different than any other Megaman game, but it's got a lot of nice bells and whistles that makes it frankly just more enjoyable to play than previous entries.

Best mega man game ever. newcomer mode is fun and gives you more checkpoints. still challenging too

Great re-make to Mega Man. It has a MegaMan 2 feel with completely enhanced 3D graphics and great audio while keeping the 2D side-scrolling perspective. If you loved MegaMan 2 I think you will love this!

An excellent entry into the Mega Man series with levels that feel well thought out and ensuring that the power ups you get from bosses feel useful and flexible outside of boss weaknesses.
Get this game if you are new to the series or a long time fan.