@@gnosis_gaming for me it doesn't matter, I just like chill stuff I can nerd out with. But for your channel's growth maybe for fun try branching out into other obscure games and see what people are into, or whatever you're into, I dunno. Either way, good luck!
Great video! I think this is a huge help for people. A lot of people take Mega Man 1 far too fast, so they think the game is actually difficult. In reality, a lot of it is very simple commands that can be learned with practice and understanding of Mega's controls and limits! As a veteran Mega Man fan, 1 continues to be a fantastic little time full of interesting and unique game design. Thanks for shedding some analytical looks at this amazing game!
For sure! A lot of the challenge of these old NES games is fighting against your instincts to go all out. It really helps to hold back sometimes and wait for an opening.
I beat this game for the first time 34 years ago, and Cut Man was the first robot master I was able to defeat. It's wonderful seeing someone else, 34 years later, go through the same motions, learning to adapt, learning from defeats, and figuring out a way to win. Well done!
I am a casual player, but i really like Cut Man as a first boss, it implements most of his mechanics in a very simple way and it works well with a perspective such as the first MegaMan, where bosses can be either a complete pain or if you look at how they work, a pushover, Cut Man's AI works in a simple way, he runs towards you, when close enough he jumps, with a random interval he throws his rolling cutter (it being random i am not sure of) and upon getting hit he gets knocked back unlike most other robot masters, if Cut Man is damaged while his rolling cutter is on his head, he will immediately throw it as well, a strategy i often see against him is just cornering Cut Man with well timed shots, same strategy can be used with Elec Man due to his long attack windup at the begining of the fight
@@gnosis_gaming Elec Man is kind of a dirty fighter to be honest, his fight is most likely not happening buster only if you mess up the timing, he has three pivot points in where he shoots, upon you firing a shot he jumps as he pleases and if you fire twice he shoots back at you, while Elec Man is weak to rolling cutter, destroying him in just three hits, he can also destroy you in three hits, that combined with his fast movement and big blast radius and Elec Man is just a really tedious bossfight to do for a begginer at buster only
Thanks! Great video! Mega Man 1 is the first game I really felt that I wanted so bad. It displayed on a Shopping Center when I was a child. Remember that I saw Guts Man stage the first. While MM2 improved alot of things this will always be my first love :)
@@gnosis_gaming I make games since 2020, mostly small ones, but the next game I'm working on is a platformer inspired by Mega Man called "Macis", with shooting elements too!
Nice video. Imo more megaman can be cool, like "how metal man broke megaman2". Castlevania 1/3 it's also a great candidate for boss analysis. Keep up the good work!
This was the first MM1 boss I defeated as a kid. I remember being super confused that I could beat all of the robot masters in MM2, but had so much trouble with one XD In a 7 year old's mind, 2 should be harder since it came out after and I remember several times being completely wrecked (especially where you'll glitch through the foot holders in Iceman's stage and the beginning of Gutsman stage with the dropping platforms). The trick I used was getting Cutman on the ground to the left of Mega Man, then jumping as the cut blade hits the wall behind so your jump clears the forward and backward movement. Keeping him on the lower level instead of the blocks and dealing with his jump just when switching sides. I think the next I ended up beating was Fireman, then Gutsman, but I can't remember for sure (might be the other way around?). I was completely stopped by the second set of disappearing blocks on Elecman (always ended up on the left side instead of the right), the disappearing blocks on Iceman, then the foot holders, and the spike pit on Bombman where the flying shells come across (I'd always mistime the jump and end up hitting the spikes since invincibility didn't apply to spikes until MM2). Eventually I got through all of that just to be stuck in the room a bit before the Yellow Devil (Rock Monster in the Nintendo Power days) where you had to use the magnet beam to make steps to get over the column and to the ladder. I don't think I even saw Wily stage 2 until after I'd completed MM2 and MM5 (maybe 3rd or 4th grade-ish? so definitely a few years of trying and failing at MM1). It's for sure a toughie, but it looks like you're on to a great start! Now with the cut blades you're ready to lay the smack down on Elecman! There's also an easy way to beat Elecman with just the buster, but I didn't know about that until Legacy Collection came out thanks to whichever youtuber posted it. Good luck on the rest of the game, you've got this!
I also had trouble on those disappearing blocks! Do you like Mega Man 2 more? From what I've seen, a lot of people seem to think 2 is one of the best in the series.
@@gnosis_gaming MM2 is probably my second favorite in the series mainly due to nostalgia as it was the first Mega Man game I played, and the soundtrack is amazing. It is a bit easier to get into for beginners too since they added 'normal mode' where your damage is doubled and the 'difficult mode' setting is the original japanese difficulty. My favorite overall is 7. I had a really hard time finding a copy as our walmart and target only had Mega Man X3, and I checked week after week with no luck. My dad was the hero in that story since he contacted our rental store's supplier and they put him in contact with another place that had a copy in stock. It ended up being the latin american version (still fully english and identical dialog just with a different serial number on the box and cart), which I was a bit bummed about at first since it didn't have the preview for series 2 of the toys on the back cover like the north american version did. I still have it to this day and after the massive effort dad put in toward getting it, I think it will always be my top Mega Man game, or possibly Mega Man Legends (there's another story behind getting that one, ha ha). Gameplay-wise, 9 is very good albeit a bit challenging compared to the others. Lots of clever uses of the weapons and interesting level design with an oldschool feel. Have you played or planning on trying the X series as well? I prefer the classic series, but X is definitely the fan favorite!
@@gnosis_gaming I don't think it will. The double gear system is a nice addition, but it seems like the game was designed around it rather than it being a crutch, so you won't miss it too much going back. Relying on anything too much will make you notice its absence I guess though. Taking away the charge shot and slide in 9 and 10 was a bit weird at first, but I just imagined I was playing 1 or 2 again and it was fine :) Who's your favorite robot master in 11? I was a fan of Fuse Man's design myself.
Awesome video! Mega Man is my favorite series of all time. Beat every classic game dozens of times. I'd love to see your videos on the other Robot Masters from MM1. Good luck with Elec Man - he's a bastard, Buster only 😅
@@gnosis_gaming Legends is one of my favorite games of all time. Both of them. I was heartbroken when they cancelled 3. Hope you enjoy the classic series! They're all great. Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@gnosis_gaming I'd say it ain't a bad game! Although if you want a better experience overall you should definitely play later games on the NES (2 still my fav tho)
Mega Man was built before Cut Man. That's why Mega Man's serial number is DLN-001, and Cut Man's is DLN-003. They're all based off of Proto Man, DLN-000.
My main strategy was to run under him when he jumped, then nail him with a buster shot as he was landing. Then fire a second buster that hit him as soon as he stopped moving backwards from the first hit. Shooting at him again would usually cause him to jump, in which case I'd run under him again, rinse and repeat.
i would like to hear your thoughts about any of the bosses from the Megaman Zero series! They are a lot more complex, but deeper insight would be interesting!
By complete coincidence I beat X4 using minimal upgrades and special moves last night, I had to study the bosses in a similar way to beat them saber only and I'd love to see a video series that goes through all the MM bosses in order, detailing trivia, an overview of their AI patterns, and strategies to beat them buster only.
@@gnosis_gaming Off the top of my head, I'd say X2 is a particularly noteworthy game for how complex its bosses are. But if you're serious about doing more Mega Man boss analysis, it would be weird to do just Cutman in the first game and then jump to a whole new game. I beat it like 3 times and I'd be excited for the chance of learning something I didn't know about the game through videos like this.
I was browsing the comments but it seems that all the strategies for cutman is to pre-emptively attack him. You already have the idea in keeping cutman on the blocks, but i suggest to do the opposite. For an easy, no-fuss strategy for cutman, when you start the fight, just stay still. As the battle starts, he will move towards you. Now when he is near the blocks, he will jump towards you. At this point, jump and time your shot so that it will hit cutman and he will fall back on the floor. He will fall back on the floor and do that cutman animation thingy (also funny because it looks like he's angry). Repeat the process until he's defeated. No running. No dodging. Just jump and shoot.
@@123funnyman To be specific, he just walks until he hits a wall and then turns around if you don't do anything, but if you shoot he jumps and shoots a bomb at you. That's literally all he does.
In-depth analysis of a single boss from an ancient video game is the best kind of content on the internet. Keep it up!
Thanks! I'm feeling motivated to make another one. Any suggestions, or should I go for Mega Man again?
@@gnosis_gaming for me it doesn't matter, I just like chill stuff I can nerd out with. But for your channel's growth maybe for fun try branching out into other obscure games and see what people are into, or whatever you're into, I dunno. Either way, good luck!
Thanks!@@while_coyote
Great video! I think this is a huge help for people. A lot of people take Mega Man 1 far too fast, so they think the game is actually difficult. In reality, a lot of it is very simple commands that can be learned with practice and understanding of Mega's controls and limits!
As a veteran Mega Man fan, 1 continues to be a fantastic little time full of interesting and unique game design.
Thanks for shedding some analytical looks at this amazing game!
For sure! A lot of the challenge of these old NES games is fighting against your instincts to go all out. It really helps to hold back sometimes and wait for an opening.
Cut man in real life is a trip to great clips
🤣 he's still working on his beauty license
Air Man would be a neat video. Or maybe a sequel to this video that covers how Cut Man has changed over the series?
I beat this game for the first time 34 years ago, and Cut Man was the first robot master I was able to defeat. It's wonderful seeing someone else, 34 years later, go through the same motions, learning to adapt, learning from defeats, and figuring out a way to win. Well done!
Thanks! I'm glad you had fun watching the video. I feel like some NES games have aged really well.
@@gnosis_gaming Yes. I've played a lot of games on many consoles since the 80s, and the NES is still my favorite to this day.
A wise person once said:
"Let's see how you do against Kung Fu Cutman! Hyaaah!"
I am a casual player, but i really like Cut Man as a first boss, it implements most of his mechanics in a very simple way and it works well with a perspective such as the first MegaMan, where bosses can be either a complete pain or if you look at how they work, a pushover, Cut Man's AI works in a simple way, he runs towards you, when close enough he jumps, with a random interval he throws his rolling cutter (it being random i am not sure of) and upon getting hit he gets knocked back unlike most other robot masters, if Cut Man is damaged while his rolling cutter is on his head, he will immediately throw it as well, a strategy i often see against him is just cornering Cut Man with well timed shots, same strategy can be used with Elec Man due to his long attack windup at the begining of the fight
Is Elec Man a good boss to tackle second?
@@gnosis_gaming Elec Man is kind of a dirty fighter to be honest, his fight is most likely not happening buster only if you mess up the timing, he has three pivot points in where he shoots, upon you firing a shot he jumps as he pleases and if you fire twice he shoots back at you, while Elec Man is weak to rolling cutter, destroying him in just three hits, he can also destroy you in three hits, that combined with his fast movement and big blast radius and Elec Man is just a really tedious bossfight to do for a begginer at buster only
I'll have to have a try on him after some more practice@@leyulis8882
This vid ruled, love your style!
Thanks for clicking! Did you ever play through Mega Man 1?
I beat MM3 as a kid in the 90s but otherwise suck as these games. Nice work! It’s cool to see how you broke down his pattern.
Same. I thought it was so cool to see that boss selection menu change its look. lol
Haha I could of suck at them too 🤣 I've got Mega Man 11 right now and it took me way too long to complete a single stage.
There's a lot of nice attention to detail in this game.@@orangejjay
Thanks! Great video! Mega Man 1 is the first game I really felt that I wanted so bad. It displayed on a Shopping Center when I was a child. Remember that I saw Guts Man stage the first. While MM2 improved alot of things this will always be my first love :)
please do more of these videos!!! these analysis are very helpful, I'm a game developer and this helps very much at understanding boss behaviours
That's awesome! What kind of games do you work on?
@@gnosis_gaming I make games since 2020, mostly small ones, but the next game I'm working on is a platformer inspired by Mega Man called "Macis", with shooting elements too!
Nice! Please leave us a link if there's anywhere to see your work.@@duhhhmick9532
I love your videos. Please keep making them.
Nice video. Imo more megaman can be cool, like "how metal man broke megaman2". Castlevania 1/3 it's also a great candidate for boss analysis.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
there are some very cool no more heroes bosses that could use this treatment, like shinobu in the original
This is my first time hearing of this game! Kind of looks Yakuza in a way
@@gnosis_gaming It's totally wild. Way crazier than Yakuza. Just be aware it is also more violent
This was the first MM1 boss I defeated as a kid. I remember being super confused that I could beat all of the robot masters in MM2, but had so much trouble with one XD In a 7 year old's mind, 2 should be harder since it came out after and I remember several times being completely wrecked (especially where you'll glitch through the foot holders in Iceman's stage and the beginning of Gutsman stage with the dropping platforms).
The trick I used was getting Cutman on the ground to the left of Mega Man, then jumping as the cut blade hits the wall behind so your jump clears the forward and backward movement. Keeping him on the lower level instead of the blocks and dealing with his jump just when switching sides.
I think the next I ended up beating was Fireman, then Gutsman, but I can't remember for sure (might be the other way around?). I was completely stopped by the second set of disappearing blocks on Elecman (always ended up on the left side instead of the right), the disappearing blocks on Iceman, then the foot holders, and the spike pit on Bombman where the flying shells come across (I'd always mistime the jump and end up hitting the spikes since invincibility didn't apply to spikes until MM2). Eventually I got through all of that just to be stuck in the room a bit before the Yellow Devil (Rock Monster in the Nintendo Power days) where you had to use the magnet beam to make steps to get over the column and to the ladder. I don't think I even saw Wily stage 2 until after I'd completed MM2 and MM5 (maybe 3rd or 4th grade-ish? so definitely a few years of trying and failing at MM1).
It's for sure a toughie, but it looks like you're on to a great start! Now with the cut blades you're ready to lay the smack down on Elecman! There's also an easy way to beat Elecman with just the buster, but I didn't know about that until Legacy Collection came out thanks to whichever youtuber posted it. Good luck on the rest of the game, you've got this!
I also had trouble on those disappearing blocks!
Do you like Mega Man 2 more? From what I've seen, a lot of people seem to think 2 is one of the best in the series.
@@gnosis_gaming MM2 is probably my second favorite in the series mainly due to nostalgia as it was the first Mega Man game I played, and the soundtrack is amazing. It is a bit easier to get into for beginners too since they added 'normal mode' where your damage is doubled and the 'difficult mode' setting is the original japanese difficulty.
My favorite overall is 7. I had a really hard time finding a copy as our walmart and target only had Mega Man X3, and I checked week after week with no luck. My dad was the hero in that story since he contacted our rental store's supplier and they put him in contact with another place that had a copy in stock. It ended up being the latin american version (still fully english and identical dialog just with a different serial number on the box and cart), which I was a bit bummed about at first since it didn't have the preview for series 2 of the toys on the back cover like the north american version did. I still have it to this day and after the massive effort dad put in toward getting it, I think it will always be my top Mega Man game, or possibly Mega Man Legends (there's another story behind getting that one, ha ha).
Gameplay-wise, 9 is very good albeit a bit challenging compared to the others. Lots of clever uses of the weapons and interesting level design with an oldschool feel.
Have you played or planning on trying the X series as well? I prefer the classic series, but X is definitely the fan favorite!
Right now I'm chipping away at 11 bit by bit, though I'm not sure if playing the most recent one is going to ruin the old ones for me.@@xeroxero9541
@@gnosis_gaming I don't think it will. The double gear system is a nice addition, but it seems like the game was designed around it rather than it being a crutch, so you won't miss it too much going back. Relying on anything too much will make you notice its absence I guess though. Taking away the charge shot and slide in 9 and 10 was a bit weird at first, but I just imagined I was playing 1 or 2 again and it was fine :)
Who's your favorite robot master in 11? I was a fan of Fuse Man's design myself.
This was good, keep it up!
Thank you! Have you played a lot of the classic Mega Man games?
@@gnosis_gaming I played like 80% of megaman 1, but I never got around to finishing it
Good Breakdown.
Thanks.
Keep It Up.
Thanks!
Awesome video! Mega Man is my favorite series of all time. Beat every classic game dozens of times.
I'd love to see your videos on the other Robot Masters from MM1. Good luck with Elec Man - he's a bastard, Buster only 😅
Thanks for watching! Maybe I'll take on Elec man next.
@@gnosis_gaming haha I would NOT! If you're new to MM, do either Bomb Man or Guts Man next. They're easier.
Haha much appreciated! 🤣 I've always been a fan of Legends but I'm sort of new to the mainline classics.@@dantonarlotto
@@gnosis_gaming Legends is one of my favorite games of all time. Both of them. I was heartbroken when they cancelled 3.
Hope you enjoy the classic series! They're all great.
Looking forward to more of your videos.
Loved your vid!
Thanks! I'm curious, how does Mega Man 1 rank for you in the series?
@@gnosis_gaming I'd say it ain't a bad game! Although if you want a better experience overall you should definitely play later games on the NES (2 still my fav tho)
Actually I've heard a lot of people seeing 2 is a great sequel.@@marmadon6341
Mega Man was built before Cut Man. That's why Mega Man's serial number is DLN-001, and Cut Man's is DLN-003. They're all based off of Proto Man, DLN-000.
My main strategy was to run under him when he jumped, then nail him with a buster shot as he was landing. Then fire a second buster that hit him as soon as he stopped moving backwards from the first hit. Shooting at him again would usually cause him to jump, in which case I'd run under him again, rinse and repeat.
I'll have a try!
i would like to hear your thoughts about any of the bosses from the Megaman Zero series! They are a lot more complex, but deeper insight would be interesting!
This was awesome
Thanks!
By complete coincidence I beat X4 using minimal upgrades and special moves last night, I had to study the bosses in a similar way to beat them saber only and I'd love to see a video series that goes through all the MM bosses in order, detailing trivia, an overview of their AI patterns, and strategies to beat them buster only.
That would be a cool series. I definitely plan to look at a few more bosses. Do you have any favorites?
@@gnosis_gaming Off the top of my head, I'd say X2 is a particularly noteworthy game for how complex its bosses are. But if you're serious about doing more Mega Man boss analysis, it would be weird to do just Cutman in the first game and then jump to a whole new game. I beat it like 3 times and I'd be excited for the chance of learning something I didn't know about the game through videos like this.
Cut Man's move set:
1. Jump
2. Throw scissors
Great video!
What’s the deal with all the Mega Man videos recently on RUclips?
🤣 Maybe the RUclips algorithm thinks you like Mega Man
Maybe people have finally realized Rockman being cool
I've always been a big fan of the Legends series, but recently I'm getting into classic Mega Man@@leyulis8882
I never do some tactical approach on these bosses at the time Inplay this games, simply in and shoot away.
I should try your way next time :)
You should follow up with Yellow Devil from Mega Man 1 😁
No one has ever defeated CutMan
🤣he just keeps on comin back
I was browsing the comments but it seems that all the strategies for cutman is to pre-emptively attack him. You already have the idea in keeping cutman on the blocks, but i suggest to do the opposite. For an easy, no-fuss strategy for cutman, when you start the fight, just stay still. As the battle starts, he will move towards you. Now when he is near the blocks, he will jump towards you. At this point, jump and time your shot so that it will hit cutman and he will fall back on the floor. He will fall back on the floor and do that cutman animation thingy (also funny because it looks like he's angry). Repeat the process until he's defeated. No running. No dodging. Just jump and shoot.
I'll have to try out some of your suggestions! Do you have a favorite boss in this game?
Id totally qatch one of these for every mega man boss
Cool! Maybe I can make a series out of it.
You should do flashman from MM2 next also nice video
I'd rather see Crashman myself, it's very hard to intuit that his AI reacts to you when you shoot at first.
@@MAYOFORCE interesting did not know that when you shoot crash man he shoots
@@123funnyman To be specific, he just walks until he hits a wall and then turns around if you don't do anything, but if you shoot he jumps and shoots a bomb at you. That's literally all he does.
I guess the algorithm has chosen you.
I've been sweet-talking it 😂
My first mega man game ❤
My first was Legends haha
A gen z gamer.
Playing on a baby boomer console.
Uploading on a millennial platform.
You make me feel old 😅 I'm only 39.
Haha, I'm gen Y tho. My first console was the NES but I never had Mega Man 1 unfortunately.
I am shocked at the gameplay footage.
I always found him to be one of the easiest bosses in the game.
Garfield likes lasagna
Garfield and I have that in common.
Aunt man
Cut content.
Thanks for watching! Have you played Mega Man 1 before?
@@gnosis_gaming Yes, and Cut Man is usually where I start.
Nice. I think the NES is an often under-appreciated console.@@kyleward3914
Now do the other ones.
@@KoalaMarch77 I’m glad you enjoyed the video!