If you've ever played a Battle Network game before, this one feels like coming home—except now your home has a few new secret passages. You start off in the usual cyberworld, but the ShadowRock patch throws in some nasty surprises—like enemies that actually make you think before spamming your strongest chips.

The first thing I noticed? The sprite work got a subtle upgrade—nothing crazy, but Megaman’s animations feel a little smoother, and some of the battle backgrounds actually made me pause mid-fight just to look at them. The new Beast Out mechanic is where things get wild, though. Messing around with different forms early on is half the fun, even if I totally botched my first few attempts at timing it right.

And yeah, the story’s still cheesy in that classic Megaman way, but there’s something weirdly satisfying about stomping through viruses with a busted custom folder you cobbled together at 2 AM. If you’re into the series, this one’s worth the time.