Mighty Gunvolt Burst

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

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  1. TheGamesShed
    Jun 19, 2017
    7
    Mighty Gunvolt Burst is actually a merger of Azure Striker Gunvolt and Mighty No. 9 from development team Inti Creates, a company formed in 1996 entirely of ex-Capcom employees.

    You may not be fully aware of Inti Creates but you will have certainly played one of their games. From the Mega Man Zero series, and Mighty No. 9 to having a hand in Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, Inti Creates    Mighty Gunvolt Burst is actually a merger of Azure Striker Gunvolt and Mighty No. 9 from development team Inti Creates, a company formed in 1996 entirely of ex-Capcom employees.

    You may not be fully aware of Inti Creates but you will have certainly played one of their games. From the Mega Man Zero series, and Mighty No. 9 to having a hand in Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, Inti Creates are a very well established group.

    We are all aware of what Mighty No. 9 is and what a disaster the entire project was (so we will gently side-step this delicate subject), but you might not be as up to speed on the less well known Azure Striker Gunvolt.
    This 2014 title was released on Nintendo 3DS and Windows, with a forthcoming release on Nintendo Switch this coming August. A sequel ‘Azure Striker Gunvolt 2‘ spawned late 2016 for 3DS, and has also been announced for Nintendo Switch. Similar in style to Mega Man, Azure Striker Gunvolt brings most of what’s good about our little blue friend and adds the ability to tag multiple enemies, speedruns etc.

    Mighty Gunvolt Burst follows the conventional Mega Man route of ultra hard stages, each with their own unique feel and flavour, concluded with the obligatory boss battle. There’s ice and water, fire and industrial, windy sections and invisible platforms, spikes and drops, moving platforms and hidden rooms. Each level feels miles away from the last you just clawed your way through, chucking coin after coin into the swear jar as you did so. The HUD pokes at you by displaying how many attempts you’ve been through. I found myself rarely glancing at this as it serves more like that guy in the cinema who keeps playing on his phone.. you just try to pretend it’s not there. It can be turned off, but that’s like patching over a war wound, right?!

    You’ll be able to pick either Beck (Mighty No. 9) or Gunvolt, each play slightly different from one-another, so it’s worth having two game-saves on the go simultaneously.

    Weapon customisations in the game are plentiful and can change the outcome of a boss battle you’ve had particular difficulty with, so experiment with shot-type, pattern, angle, reflection etc.

    There’s nothing overly unique about the package as a whole, but it all sits together to make a very well-rounded game of infuriating difficulty, albeit incredibly satisfying. It’s got ultra-tight controls and enough customisation to ensure you get the most from your money.

    Coming in at an absolute bargain bin low of £8.99 and taking mere seconds to download and install, if you’re looking for that retro-styled Mega Man-y flavour on your Nintendo Switch, you should absolutely grab this. If you are a die hard Mega Man fan who is looking for a Mega Man game, then this may just anger you a little… or not.. in either case, the Nintendo Switch was screaming for a game like this.

    As with all Mega Man type games, the reward from the genre comes from practice… plenty of practice. Lot’s of muscle memory is key here. I’ve rage quit Mighty Gunvolt Burst many, many times now with what I’d call ‘cheap kills’, although in the back of my mind I know I am just not good enough yet. I happily slapped down my £9 on this as I know I will return to the game time and time again. It has that retro feel about it I just cannot help but admire.    … Expand
  2. TheGeekLantern
    Jun 27, 2017
    7
    Un juego muy entretenido y divertido. Sin embargo, debes tener dos cosas en cuenta a la hora de tomar la decisión de comprarlo:

    1- Si estás buscando un verdadero sucesor de Megaman, este juego no lo es pese a tener mecánicas de juego parecidas. 2- Si hay otro juego al que le tengas más ganas, te recomiendo que te esperes para comprar este. Pese a esto, y si te sobran $10, te    Un juego muy entretenido y divertido. Sin embargo, debes tener dos cosas en cuenta a la hora de tomar la decisión de comprarlo:

    1- Si estás buscando un verdadero sucesor de Megaman, este juego no lo es pese a tener mecánicas de juego parecidas.

    2- Si hay otro juego al que le tengas más ganas, te recomiendo que te esperes para comprar este.

    Pese a esto, y si te sobran $10, te recomiendo darle la oportunidad.    … Expand
  3. umegames
    Jul 27, 2017
    6
    The game overall is fun, but it;s not very good. I love the music, the style and all the custom parts you can equip to change up the gameplay, but it quickly breaks the game from a difficulty stand point. It's obvious this game is in the spirit of megaman, but it doesn't really hit home with challenging platforming or bosses, even the final boss is ridiculously easy if you enhance youThe game overall is fun, but it;s not very good. I love the music, the style and all the custom parts you can equip to change up the gameplay, but it quickly breaks the game from a difficulty stand point. It's obvious this game is in the spirit of megaman, but it doesn't really hit home with challenging platforming or bosses, even the final boss is ridiculously easy if you enhance you defense, collect food and use the weakness. Like i said, fun, but don't expect a "megaman" like challenge.… Expand
  4. Keenanu
    Aug 5, 2017
    7
    This is a fairly solid NES Mega Man throwback and I'd say that it's worth it for the low price if it looks like something you'd be into. there's I think 13 levels, each with a fun boss fight, which can be made much easier by customising your weapon with an element that they're weak to. You can customise your weapon and character quite a bit in this game, with the options for size of theThis is a fairly solid NES Mega Man throwback and I'd say that it's worth it for the low price if it looks like something you'd be into. there's I think 13 levels, each with a fun boss fight, which can be made much easier by customising your weapon with an element that they're weak to. You can customise your weapon and character quite a bit in this game, with the options for size of the bullet, bullet sprite, damage multiplier, firing rate etc..

    You can also upgrade your character to take less damage, perform a double jump and more. there's even an option where falling down a pitfall won't lead to insta-death but will just take health. With these upgrade options the game can be made extremely easy to the point that you feel like you're cheating. With my fully upgraded OP Gunvolt, the boss rush level and final boss at the end were a breeze compared to the beginning of the game when I just had my peashooter and was dying multiple times on each level. Strangely, a lot of these upgrades are found by simply replaying each level. meaning that to be most efficient, you'll want to play each stage two times in a row so that you can get the element to use against the next boss.

    Ultimately I had fun, but I do think that you're given too much freedom in terms of customisation. If you want a challenge, there are in game achievements for sticking with the peashooter and no upgrades and finishing the game in under an hour, which will presumably give you a more authentic Mega man experience.

    There's now a third character that you can play as via DLC; Ekoro from Gal Gun! The three characters means that there's replay value here, but I don't think that there's enough reason to make me want to replay each level so many times over. The gameplay is fairly simplistic most of the time.

    So yeah, I'd recommend it for the price. I haven't played Mighty Number 9, but from what I've heard, Mighty Gunvolt Burst is the true Mega Man successor. And I'll be picking up the Azure Striker Gunvolt pack when it comes out on Switch for the Mega Man X style of gameplay.    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. ZTGD
    Aug 16, 2017
    80
    Mighty Gunvolt Burst is exactly what I wanted it to be. A proper clone of a genre I still love to this day, with enough new to make it feel modern. The platforming is tight, the challenge is solid, and everything just feels good. I grew up loving these games, and while I am not quite as skilled as I used to be, I still enjoy the challenge they deliver.
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  2. Vgames
    Aug 2, 2017
    80
    This game actually upsets me in some level, because it's everything we wanted Mighty No. 9 to be, but we didn't get. However, I believe it was worth the wait, as this game is the Megaman game we wanted so bad, with retro visuals, slick 60 FPS performance, and fun gameplay and level design. The game does have a slow start, and some levels do feel tedious at times, but the overall experience is great.
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  3. Switch Player
    Jul 26, 2017
    72
    Mighty Gunvolt Burst isn’t a fantastic action-platformer, but it is a relatively enjoyable one and miles better than Mighty No. 9-Stages-of-Hell. With a cheap enough price tag and a decent amount of replayability, there are worse options you could choose on Nintendo Switch than this.
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