Let's Play Make a Good Mega Man Level Contest - #07: Tier 5 Levels (1/2)
2In this part, I complete the first two stages of Tier 5. Here, we finally get into the genuinely good levels. Although, I would swap the order of some of them.
First up is Entity1037's "Citadel Basement", a stage centering on creative usage of guts platforms and precarious platforming over bottomless pits and death spikes. Really, more than two-thirds of this stage involve you riding on the platforms, taking out enemies, and avoiding falling of these platforms.The other third involve carefully descending down vertical segments with lots of spikes, or following a platform. This I find to be easily one of the most difficult and frustrating stages of this fangame. I died around 20 times before completing this level.
Max out your lives before attempting this stage. Although I like how creatively these platforms were employed, I did not like the first platforming segment. The rest were fine.
Second is Friendly Dictator's "NEON GRAVITY", a stage focusing on a unique gravity gimmick I haven't seen in any Mega Man game or fangame. In this stage, there are indestructible gravity wells which will either eat your shots, or influence them to travel in different directions. This also holds true for enemy projectiles. In addition, the Ring Ring enemies (aka the Saturn Tellies) also have a weaker form of this gravitational influence. The player will need to learn how to direct their shots in order to destroy the foes and hit the blocks necessary for proceeding.
What makes this stage so unique is this gimmick and how much of it is explored upon in this stage. These gravity wells were placed in a variety of scenarios of increasing difficulty, and no screen overstayed its welcome. Plus, the background was cohesive and pretty to look at. My only real complaint is that some of the enemy placements force you to take some damage unless you rush through.
Other than those minor quibbles, I would say this is my second favorite contest stage in the entire game.
Timestamps:
00:59 - (4th Place) - "Citadel Basement" by Entity1037 (75/100)
11:54 - (3rd Place) - "NEON GRAVITY" by Friendly Dictator (75.6/100)
Make a Good Mega Man Level Contest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2fCsHy3Q-g4Zr5G0SPyFOhcEsTWbuxu-
Link to the release thread: http://sprites-inc.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=1484
Link to the thread with the judges' full comments: http://sprites-inc.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=1369
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