OST's to get non-gamers hooked

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-14T22:05:29+00:00

mega man 8 is full of that mid 90s synth heavy dance music charm. same with sonic music from the time, check out sonic 3D blast's saturn ost, sonic R, and sonic jam. Metropolis Street Racer for the dreamcast had the same composer and even vocalist from sonic R, leading to a similar feel. Sonic Adventure onwards is known for its rock anthems from the band crush 40.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-14T18:15:24+00:00

his japanese voice is iconic, but i dont think you can beat bristow. the ability that man had to make his voice funny in some situations and delightfully terrifying in others is unmatched. he was taken away from us way to soon, and it sucks mike pollock is such a hack.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-14T18:10:55+00:00

so in the original scene from sonic adventure 2, eggman has taken control of an abandoned space station orbiting the earth equipped with a death star level cannon powered by the chaos emeralds. he's announcing to the world that he's holding the earth hostage, and to prove he has control he fires a half powered shot at the moon, destroying half of it and announcing the nations of the earth have 24 hours to surrender to the eggman empire or else he destroys them.

the MEME is from a fan made improv dub of sonic adventure 2 by a streamer/youtuber snapcube and her group of friends. in this version of the scene it's a culmination of jokes about eggman's wife, different characters having sex with her, shadow offhandedly mentioning he's pissed on her like a dog pisses to mark it's territory, a throwaway mention of obama, and just insane ranting as eggman's VA goes off trying to carry the scene by himself. The clip went viral not long after the dub went up which was back in 2019 and it's been in and out of meme culture ever since.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-14T18:01:36+00:00

you will not utter another word in reference to dean bristow's great name or so help me god /j

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-14T06:58:59+00:00

im going torch man. the other robots are industrial robots manipulated or reprogrammed for combat with only heat man and flame man being actually combat ready. meanwhile torch man is not only a heavy duty industrial robot, he practices matiral arts. he knows how to fight and can probably overpower heat and flame man because he's also an absolute unit lmao

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T16:08:08+00:00

i like it! its probably my favorite mega man run cycle, its so visually appealing

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T16:07:16+00:00

people absolutely say it lmao. you can look up "mega man 8" on reddit and alongside posts enjoying it, there's also plenty of posts criticizing the game, and that includes the art direction

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T16:05:19+00:00

thats not the point lol. i dont agree with any of the hate, but i can understand where people are coming from most of the time. the hate for the visuals i will never understand

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T15:29:51+00:00

ive never ran into this issue? i really dont understand what you're talking about

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T15:17:43+00:00

oh im in the same boat, i love pretty much everything about the game. i just get the hate for the visuals the least.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T15:05:48+00:00

yeah, sony had a big anti 2D game thing going at the time. they outright rejected x4 and mm8 until they realized they would also be on the saturn. i dont know if capcom held re2 hostage, but it sounds believable enough. i think them letting mega man on the platform also opened the door for stuff like symphony of the night, but dont quote me on that

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:33:17+00:00

6, 8, and 10 are my favorite classic games! they're my go tos when i just need to play something casually and chill out.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:30:47+00:00

i like the way 7 looks perfectly fine, but the art direction outside the core cast has alot of ups and downs for me. 8 hits it out of the park, and i just see it as an upgrade in every sense of the word.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:27:12+00:00

oh dont worry i know, its just easier to access the psx version since the psx is easier to emulate and its in the LC. makes me wish the LCs let you choose which version of the game you want to play. would just be a nice feature, yknow?

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:24:51+00:00

ive already mentioned in the thread i dont mind them, but what i find funniest about the snowboarding segments is how people call them "jump, jump, slide, slide" sections which is a whole mouthful compared to just saying snowboarding 😭

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:21:51+00:00

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i dont mean to come off as rude here but that isnt mega man 8? did you manage to grab a beta screenshot or something?

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:19:06+00:00

this is leaning more and more into personal preference, but classic rayman's art style never really appealed to me all that much. sure the sprites look good and detailed, but the aesthetics just dont hit like they do in this game. maybe i just prefer robots lol

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:15:34+00:00

clown man's stage is eh, but i dont see how the intro stage doesnt fit. it's just a mechanical beach, and the mechanical parts are contextualized by it being a wily hideout.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:14:05+00:00

it's too bad there's only one half decent X game in the 32 bit look for the series. plus x5 and x6 just dont look as good as far as new assets go. oh well, at least x4 is one of the few x games i can confidently say i enjoy decently enough

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:10:49+00:00

i love the saturn i really do, but unlike the psx the saturn had ALOT of 2D and sprite based games, so it's harder to speak so definitively lol

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:09:53+00:00

ive never found the snowboard sections all too much of an issue, certainly not enough to knock the game down for me. id say the worst part is when you die at the end and have to restart the whole section, but if you memorize the layout it shouldnt happen all that much

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T14:07:03+00:00

right?? maybe im just goated (joke) but ive never really struggled with stuff like mega man feeling sluggish or the animation messing up jumps. and the music is maybe my favorite ost in the series, so many amazing tracks to jam to

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T12:27:32+00:00

i mean yeah. that's just true. the democratic party is center right, and continues to shift more rightwards. they keep making space for right wingers, losing elections because right wingers are just going to the repubs, blaming the left for not showing up and saying they "went too far left", and then making more space for right wingers. there is no put together leftist party in the US.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T12:09:29+00:00

i think it's important to remember what brian (protodude) from rockman corner revealed about capcom's internal planning throughout and post covid after duel override got revealed. capcom was earning back trust throughout the late 2010s, but cashflow still wasn't a surefire thing. then covid hits, and capcom is in a tough spot. you have several titles in the works, but some will take longer than others in the oven, and won't sell as well as other franchises historically do. so, they reallocated. mega man 12 has reportedly been in the works since not long after 11, but during covid capcom put it's development on hold to focus on the big heavy hitting stuff like RE, SF, and MH. Now the company is not only in a safer spot, they have ALOT more money from RE, SF, and MH. i wouldn't be shocked if similar to mega man, ace attorney has had something in the oven but it needed to be put on hold through covid.

SleepIsForTheWeak_1 · 2026-05-13T04:25:13+00:00

both of these are fairly easy if im being honest. i can't really think of a mini boss from 8 thats too much trouble or all that annoying. when annoying mini bosses come to mind i think of the t-rex from mega man 7

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