Ahead in Time / Ahead of Time - Mega Man Legends Review and Breakdown
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2022
- A PS1 classic far ahead of it's time, yet also a victim to it. Let's take a look at the wacky digging and shooting adventures of Mega Man Legends!
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I don't own Mega Man or any related properties nor do I claim to. I don't even know why RUclipsrs put these things here anymore! 
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Raise your hand if you immediately knew this video was gonna be two parts because the video is under an hour long...
(raises hand slowly)
Well... At least part 1 was only around 35 minutes long? That's a good sign at least
Gives me more than one video to slap the like button on.
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I had a feeling
25:40
So, the "protects head" thingie about the helmet, if you get hit by something that flings MegaMan into the air, and it takes a moment for MegaMan to hit the ground, he'll land head first taking additional damage, it doesn't happen very often, but it can cause a Game Over if unlucky enough
"Mega Man getting CTE by getting yeeted from a cliff" is such a baller move by the devs.
I can confirm this as someone who has played the game a lot, as much as I love his anime hair I always kept the helmet on to avoid additional damage haha
When I was doing an armorless hard mode run in MML2 this mechanic caused me a death to the boss at the end of the saul kada sub ruins
I noticed my health go red during the knockback and I was thinking "hmm I should heal" and before I could react volnutt bonked his head and died of a seizure, making me have to redo the whole dungeon. SWELL TIMES.
doesn't it also prevent his "shield" from permanently breaking as often as well?
Legends dev: "What's that? People are getting kinda tired of the end-of-game boss rush? Let's just put them all at the beginning!"
one of my favorite things in this game is how they draw different mouths for certain camera angles. ive never seen any other game do something like that and I think it looks fantastic
I think Teisel is probably the best example cause of how emotive he is. Even when he’s facing to the side, his mouth has transparency. None of the other characters do.
@@BarryChoppa I think MegaMan has the transparency during one part on the ship but they definitely used it really well on teisei
100 times yes! The cutscene direction is way ahead of it's time.
@@epicjakman I think they textured tart of his mouth to be the same color as the back wall, but it's hard to tell.
Imagine someone comes into your town and saves you from bloodthirsty pirates only for him to just start destroying your vending machines and punting the local wildlife.
I remember you from mangs channel
@@edgelord8337 What's an airport, Again?
H i l a r i o u s
As someone who’s played the mis-adventures of Tron Bonne I take offence at the implementation of being bloodthirsty pirates. Thirsty and pirates yes.
A tip for everyone struggling with the controls: you can do a roll sideways by pressing a direction and X, to get some immunity and escape attacks.
You can also quickturn by pressing any direction and circle.
You are welcome.
THERES BEEN A DODGE ROLL THIS WHOLE TIME!?
@@marsil602the2nd yep. Both games have it. It's perfect for avoiding Shurukurusu, those green and red enemies that rush to you.
I might be wrong, but I couldn't beat the final boss without it due to this one attack that seems undodgeable any other way.
@@TheMikirog which form? The first or the second?
@@TheMikirog I've beaten him without taking a hit before. Every attack can be dodged! Some just have tighter timing than others, especially on hard mode.
I feel bad for Thomas light. He just wanted a world where robots and humans lived in peace just for the world to be flooded
Well at least he got his wish as humans and robots are now almost one in the same
@@thevenomspino Carbons are the product or eventual product of a fusion of human parts (Humanoids in ZX machine bodies require extensive surgery to grant such a body yet it's also standard) and original reploid data after all so they are exactly one in the same at least as a species though ZX maybe more what was intended
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer yes exactly and Light want humans and robots to be one that is why he invented X
It's his fault, though.
@@Carsonj13 how? it's so far from his time it is not even feasible he had any tie to the event Especially since we don't know the circumstances behind it
I did used to think that Tron was an adult woman, but after learning that she has a crush on MegaMan, I immediately assumed that I was wrong and she was younger than that. Glad to know the assumption wasn't mistaken, lol.
"The Megaman community must have a healthy and normal relationship with her" ...excuse you? We can't even have a normal and healthy relationship with a toaster.
I can confirm that shoving grannies down the stairs is an awful idea
They suddenly don blue armor and start blasting you til you spill gems and zenny all over the floor
I know I hate it when that happens.
9:33 - Ah, circlestrafing. The original shooter tactic. Remember, kids, if it worked in DOOM, it'll work in anything.
Oh look, It's Tron Bonne, that Iconic character from one of the best Mega Man game ever made....
Marvel Vs Capcom 2.
Hey John, I subbed because of your Battle Network series, but Legends is the quirky, side Mega-man series nearest to my heart. It's great to see you cover this old game, and I highly recommend the second game, it's much more refined as far as 3D controls.
Keep the content coming, my guy! I appreciate your work!
While collecting the refractors that enemies drop by hand can be a real pain due to the controls, you can create a Vacuum Arm to alleviate this problem. When fully upgraded, the Vacuum Arm can suck up all of the refractors and health pick ups that enemies drop in a room without you having to move. It's also quite cheap to fully upgrade, to boot.
Also, nice review, my man.
Also when fully upgraded its instant, and has infinite range. It makes getting zenny and health super easy
This was honestly one of the best voice acted games of the time. Honestly, this is still a great dub for a game like this. It really fits it's anime art style.
yeah it is and it's also unfortunately the reason we'll never get a re-release since capcom doesnt own the license to the english audio anymore and sony has a clause in all ps1 re-releases that makes it so they have to have 1:1 parity with the original. that being the case capcom cant ever release it again anywhere but japan.
@@Shizn0id there WAS an n64 release…
It also has aged quite well. I think a lot of it uses colored models with heavy shadowing rather than textures. Crash Bandicoot did this too.
The way the models and textures are constructed though makes me think the game was intended for N64. The colored models and high polygon count as well the very large texture size fits the N64 better. The N64 had texture mid-mapping and Z-buffer which combats texture warping. In a lot of the game you can see texture warping. Most PS1 games used small textures to combat this. The areas are also very large for PS1 standards as the PS1 didn't have as much RAM or polygon crunching power as the N64 so usually had smaller areas.
This series needs a remake, even if we never get a third final part. Both games are pure gems.
And turn the story mode into a different story like Resident Evil 4 Remake? Fuck that.
How would he know he’s never played them?
@@johnsantos507at least it'd be new content...
@@jasonrobinson401 Nah. The original game of Mega Man Legends looks better.
I laughed too hard on John saying he knows where the money is at
Not enough quality BN content on RUclips
Way too much everything else
And yet, he didnt stream Legends. I guess he doesnt want his Twitch chanel to grow too fast
I was in awe that it was 35 minutes long til I read the comments. Glad to see you finally reviewing the Best Series.
But he hasn’t done Star Force
@@BezzyBee03 Eventually
Huh? He hasn't covered all of classic
how is it the best series when it only has 1 good game
@@557deadpool 4,7,9,10,11 and maybe 6 are at the bare minimum good games. Same for V and IV for the gameboy
And why is formulaic bad, exactly? You know what to expect. Even then, 7 and 11 definitely have their own things going for them
Fun Fact about Decoys/Carbons their body parts are easily replaceable and removable no surgery need the lower half of Rockman, Teisel, Glyde, and Barrett isn't armor it is their bodies and the suit Bon Bon where's is his brain in a robotic shell.
while yes mechanical parts can be integrated as easily as putting on clothing (or was it basic surgery I forget) I don't believe those characters have it to the point you're saying as they are depicted now
Wrong. Bon Bon is an actual baby living in the head.
@@dansmith1661 no
m.ruclips.net/video/oX72OExCZU0/видео.html
@@dudenamedzelda3179 Still wrong.
@@dansmith1661 How? Twitch literally has notes from the devs and hideki ishikawa the guy who created the concept of the Decoys.
THAT LEGENDS 3 COMMENT DURING THE INTRO WAS UNCALLED FOR 🤣🤣🤣
27:20 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats explain why in Megaman X Dive there was Dark Volnet Megaman holding the cash bag!
it was refer to this
Just a few minutes in and I can already notice some tidbits. The buster hitsound and generic explosion sound (or maybe edits of them) are reused in Battle Network and Star Force respectively.
I also find it kinda neat how both 3d-based Mega Man protags have their hair as a major focal point; Volnutt with his sick anime bangs, Geo with his comet tail cowlick.
One of the first things I noticed all those years ago when I first played BN! 😃
Am I the only one who can't get over Tron's weird metal crotch plate?
Yeah tron bonne is 14.
That won't stop most people from doing what they do best.
Lewding the hell out of fictional characters.
never forget 34's reach is infinite
7:20 these are high quality turning animations. I should know, they move just like Zacian and Zamazenta in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
It's amazing to see just how much Legends and Battle Network share. IIRC, Yai and Glyde were based on their counterparts in this series.
The dab, the moon bit, and the poor Legends 3 jab. Had me laughing.
When you get to Mighty No. 9 levels of Beckers (70,000), will we see 4 hours of credits for each video?
It's an insult to compare the movement in this game to Pokemon Sword and Shield. Megaman turned and moved at the same time. In Pokemon Sword & Shit, NPCs only turn OR move. Never both at the same time. In other words, Megaman Legends is an actual 3D game, while Pokemon Sword & Shit is a 2D game ported hastily to 3D to screw you out of your hard earned dollars.
Oh god in went to look at the time stamp immediately got dizzy
@@ShadowSaberBaroxio calm down buddy.
Also were comparing a four legged model to a two legged one i dont think thats a proper comparison.
@@DJPrimeAmvs The 2 legged human NPC models aren't much better. Even they will do a 4-axis D-Pad turn before walking or running in one direction. It's just much quicker than Zacian and Zamazenta's lazy "walk in place" turn animation.
All of the Serverbots in Megaman Legends can at least turn while running. That's miles better than anything in Pokemon Sword & Shit.
when you said no not yet as megaman headed towards the moon that hurt me I could feel the pain in my soul.
11:38 -- Adopted sister. A little later she does say OUR grandfather and in Legends 2 Barrell says he "took him in and raised him alongside Roll". Plus Roll is MegaMan's "sister" in the Original Series so it all fits together.
Except this Roll being his sister kind of goes into Alabama territory as the games go on
Oh man, back in the day this game was *BREATHTAKING*. As a kiddo, I loved "talking" to the NPCs 😅
Very few games of the time had such populated city full of minigames!
I loved getting the vacuum weapon just so I didn't have to worry about grabbing all the loot, but I'm also someone who loves maxing out all of the weapons.
*Active Buster intensifies*
This is actually a really good review with decent humor thrown in. It's a crime that you have so few views in general.
The side note regarding Teisel's VA was a bit weird and out of nowhere as someone who doesn't know or recognise any of the voices in the game.
He’s also dead
its to prempt the dicwads that will bash the game for a crime on VA did near the time of his death 15 years later.
@@snintendog ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh see I was wondering what that on screen message was about
That is kind of the nature of knowing things. You didn't know or recognize any of the voices in the game... So it only really makes sense that it would seem "a bit weird and out of nowhere." I'm just a little confused lol.
"I don't know the context of this part of your video, so why is it in there?"
@@HyperDefective basically the va did a horrible crime before his death so kni didn't want to sidetrack the video because of it
I might have to watch this again. It took me 35 minutes to get over the trauma that is this game's camera system.
To this day, the Legends series is still one of my top franchises. It's amazing you took your time to do a video like this for MML, you go above and beyond for all of your vids!
7:20 IIRC you can quick-turn by holding left, right, or down on the D-pad and pressing Circle. It'll snap-turn you 90 or 180 degrees from your current position.
9:20 There are certain enemies that can be knocked down with a kick. Like those crab reaverbots, a well timed kick will instantly flip them and make them vulnerable.
19:40 Take out the three fliers first so the ground pounders stop respawning, then clean up what's left on the ground. They will do a lot less damage overall by taking out their ability to respawn ASAP, vs. trying to keep them away from buildings while the fliers are still active.
25:39 The helmet makes you harder to knock down when hit multiple times in rapid succession. This gives you a window to do a dodge-roll and get out of the way of whatever is hitting you.
This game series always had potential but always seems to fall short. Still tho I really loved the hell out playing this when it was out and the sequel holds a special place in my gamer heart.
I played the N64 version of this game so damn much. I loved it then and I love it now. I’m happy you’re reviewing these games
I think it's because of this chase mission that Evil Volnutt is often depicted with a trunk.
I've subscribed recently because I really enjoyed your MMBN videos. Can't tell you how surprised and excited I was to see your newest video cover my favorite Megaman series!
30:50
As a long time fan of the Mega Man Legends games, that moon joke has caused me physical pain.
I had no clue what legends was about until now, I'm genuinely surprised that we got good cutscenes and voice acting in a MEGA MAN Game,
As always Amazing review, your editing is getting really good, an we're all super proud of your work,
Thanks John!
This just my weeb side surfacing, but the japanese versions ALWAYS took the voice direction far more seriously than the english ones during the early voiced Megaman games.
And it really bothers me that they always just laugh at the same stuff from the dubs, without taking into account the geniune talent on the japanese side. Such ss Ryotaro Okiayu as Zero.
Little secret when you’re in the shopping center. If you kick the can into the bakery lady’s food stall you will be rewarded 10k zenny. Or maybe it’s 1k. It’s been so long since I’ve played it. But it is repeatable simply by leaving the mall and coming back the can will reappear and the reward is the same
The helmet actually protects you from fall damage. If you ever get knocked off from a ledge which is usually a half unit of health.
The helmet also prevents your armor from being broken in Hard mode after one hit. Hard mode is hard.
On an emulator you can map the shoulder buttons to left/right on a controllers right stick. It really helped me when I played it.
Don't know if someone already commented it, but in the second game you can buy a part only as Dark MegaMan- so at least in that game, it does have a purpose.
Glad to see you reviewing Legends. Legends and Battle Network are my top two favorite series in the Megaman franchise. I feel like they don't get enough love.
Cut Barrell a break, he's older and doesn't have as much rendering distance as Megaman.
Quick notes: Mega Man Legends takes place in 80XX, as confirmed by the timeline set in the Mega Man 11 Prima guide.
The Karma/Ethics system matters more in the sequel, but I will say that in this game, it does affect one particular sidequest.
So glad you're doing this. One of my favorite games, as much as I love battle network this is dearer to me. I just adore the atmosphere it managed to create even with how primitive it is. I have to say, I'm really surprised that you changed the controls. In my experience once you get used to it turning with the shoulder buttons is much more controllable, even if it's a little counter intuitive by modern standards.
16:08 volnutt has become a jojo villian
I REJECT MY HUMANITY! JOJO!!
VolVol's bizarre adventure.
No matter where I go,
I can't escape the Jojo references.
Props - a few too many people never seem to actually find the control options in the menu.
The controls are still easily the worst part of MML, but the lock-on does enough to mitigate them that I still find/found it well worth playing for the charming supporting cast and fairly interesting (if a bit unfocused) story. The second-biggest problem, though, is the complete lack of subtitles...especially in MML2 where I can barely hear anyone over the BGM. Makes it hard to enjoy the story and characters when I _can't hear them._
Protecting City Hall isn't SO bad. Once you realize the Mine Thrower is trash. And that you have very little better to spend your money on than health upgrades. It is one of the rougher parts overall, but it's really more than anything a check for whether you're sufficiently used to the control scheme. If you think that's hard, just wait 'til you have three dogs jumping down your throat at the same time.
And oh boy, boat town next. MML is a weird beast in that there's definitely some ups and downs, but the whole game is so short and the core exploration and upgrading stuff is engaging enough (for people who like it) that the bad parts feel like just little speedbumps. I spent a lot of time just fooling around drilling through walls and my play time was still short of 10 hours, and this wasme just fumbling around not really knowing what to do. Admittedly I had trouble holding onto this game as a child so this was a more recent runthrough, but still. MML2 on the other hand...I've still barely played, although I do at least have the digital version
Your reviews are always a delight.
19:30 Oh my god they're attacking the benches. Truly a formidable foe.
As far as combat strats goes, tapping forward while firing resets the firing animation to it's first frame, allowing you to instantly fire another shot. This means that by doing this in quick succession, you can fire almost as fast as max rapid stat. Gearing towards Power stat and doing this will let you steamroll through most of the game
Awesome intro my man! I've probably seen every review of this game on RUclips and I'm happy aomone made another!
Boy, he is gonna love the vacuum arm for zenny.
My patience was rewarded. Shared this with my brother who had grown up with the N64 port of the game. I wonder if you'll talk about the music for the next part as I imagine it covers a decent portion of the sidequests.
An absolute legend. This was actually my first Mega-man experience, I got it as a gift. I was weirded out at first because I expected a Mega Man game to be a simple platformer but I quickly fell in love with it. Still sad that the project died.
One of my favorite games from back in the day. A bit funny as well to see a review of this when I replayed it just a few months ago.
18:51.
In Yoko's case, wasn't it a whole plot point where humanity has been reduced to scattered isolated tribes who have been living underground for many generations, so there's no guarantee that their years are the same length as our years, or even one another's years?
My god that opening song rocks
Yoooo I was waiting so much for this! I love this game, maybe even more than Battle Network. Both Legends are awesome, but I believe I prefer Legends 1 nowdays, it has a lot more charm.
My fever dream as a teenager was a MegaMan Legends game that controlled like zone of the enders.
I really liked the video, made me wanna replay the legends series again
one of my favorites, keep it up!
Another reason why Barrel may have forgotten all about Kattelox...
half his fucking head is like Cyborg from Teen Titans, except I think with only Above Average intellect, and half as much common sense.
Love the Legends games, they have so much charm.
Data looking kinda suspect though
Other Adjectives bit shouldn't had made me chuckle as much as it did
man, this was my first playstation game and I still remembered it fondly and do fan art for its anniversary every year
For the first of its kind this is really interesting. You can tell there were a lot of cool ideas floating around that weren't fully realized yet.
I have a friend who loves the series a lot and after playing it a bit through certain means, I definitely agree that this series needs a rerelease like a collection, especially since Capcom just removed all of the games from the PSN store. I had a feeling you would have misgivings about Tron immediately falling for Volnutt but hey tsundere got to love a hero, bonus points if the tsundere is a pirate lol. But in all honesty, the controls are very iffy and I would have love to play with the analog sticks but I did have a lot of fun with the game and at least you get stuff from exploring. Pretty good review John and can't wait to see more and your thoughts on the rest of the series.
7 seconds in and boy howdy do I love your appropriate game review video intros
I've always liked the idea that the ancients are the Reploids from the Megaman ZX era and that it would have been Albert's plan that flooded the planet setting the stage for the Legends series.
That would also make sense as to why, over the course of the next howevermany thousand years, the humans left on earth and Reploids eventually merged into a singular biomechanical species.
Finally watching this piece!
Expecting lots of camera-related ranting, weird commentary on Volnutt and Tron's dynamic(?) and a fun time in general
30:50 You sly dog lmao
My parents actually purchased this for me at my request as a bday gift when it originally released, I was like 12 I think.
The first time I played it, I fell in love with it. I had no issues with the controls and got them down as soon as possible (maybe because there wasn't many other comparisons for me like there is now if you play it for the first time today). However, I did had difficulty with the open world style of play because I was just not used to that at the time and ended up getting lost at times. I eventually completed it, and it became an instant all time favorite game which I still think of today every now and then.
All the side quests were great too. From re-building the destroyed town, to finding all the artifacts to be displayed in the museum. Just a great game.
I honestly can’t think of a single other game from the late 90s that had voice acting this decent, can anyone think of other games?
I love this game so much. I replayed last year for the first time in over a decade and could not believe how well it held up compared to the average PSX game. The animations are so good.
Still love this game to this day, was a fun romp going back through it last year along with Legends 2. Even though i've played them both multiple times I still keep wanting for more with these games.
Same, could you imagine a Mega Man Legends game done on current gen platforms. It would be an instant buy for me
Where were your mega man videos when I need them, they're so good
Seeing this on my feed just made my night. *Saves it to go take a shower and get some tea*
Was waiting for this one, can't wait for part 2
HOLY SHIT ANOTHER MEGAMAN REVIEW FROM ANOTHER SUBSERIES??? HELL YEAH I LOVE YOU DUDE
I really wantto havr a conversation with the incredible mind behind the decision to put Bonne in a leotard. Truly ahead of their time.
this made me wanna replay megaman legends
I tried playing this game a couple years ago, and I just could not get past the bad controls. I mainly grew up as a Nintendo kid, but every time I try playing a PS1 game, the controls alway seem so weird and fucked up. Is that just norm for the system?
nahhh just the early days with the basic ps1 controller i never played ape escape till 2 cuz i never had a dualshock during those days
Some fun Legends fan content to watch is the Tauvertex Abridged Series. I
go back to it a few times because its pretty good it too bad they fell
off the face of the earth before finishing legends 2 abridged.
It's sad they didn't continue, but it couldn't be helped.
I looked into it, and if you steal the money then a burger shop doesn't open in town. I doubt that has any gameplay relevance, but hey, burgers!
Also, the money collection issues are why the vacuum arm you get from side quests was my go-to. The buster is plenty formidable after you upgrade it.
Ngl this was actually pretty funny and well made video this actually got recommended to me threw google go figure but nonetheless I actually enjoyed the video I might subscribe to stick around to see what new contact you may put out next
Really good video!!
I played legends 2 when I was a kid and now that I compare with the first one I think that this was like a prototype/demo for legends 2 which improves some gameplay details (like lock on). It was better than X7 at least
I got this game as I price when I did good on my test, it was back in 2001, this game truly means something different to me.
I believe I remembered using the "Target" button to force the camera to where MegaMan was facing similar to Loz but it's been ages since I've played it haha.
I only remember using the camera turn when using hoover boots or boss fights to rotate around them
I remember the aiming not being so rough for me...couldn't you lock on while jumping so you could run and jump for a moving lock on?
Just letting you know that if you give back the money to police, a new restaurant building is built in the Downtown area.
More John is always appreciated!
The zenny all over the place is why I always liked the vacuum arm weapon.
Wasp reaverbots + Vacuum Arm = best zenny farm in the game
Legends was made to fulfill a quota at the time, at least, according to the episode of G4 Icons revolving around the Blue Bomber, that Sony demanded at least one 3D game to be on the books so Mega Man 8 and X4 (and so on) would be allowed on the system. However, I generally think it's not that accurate as Mega Man 8 was allowed after learning Sega accepted the game with no trouble resulting in Sony changing it's mind due to wanting that sweet cash too. And around that same time, you had Tomba! and Castlevania :SOTN so I honestly think it's a load.
I think the reason to setting it so far into the future is mostly just so they didn't have to tie themselves to the timeline and allow them to do what they wanted with no restrictions of that current storyline and if the game failed, well, they can just move back to the 2D and that would be that. But thankfully it didn't but this also results in Legends being the Turn A Gundam of the whole franchise in a rather interesting way considering ZX Series was hinting at it but ended in a what if? as ZX3 was cancelled.
I never realized just how fitting the Turn A Gundam comparison is. Although, even taking into account the cliffhanger ending of ZX Advent. I dont think an actual ZX3 was ever in development.
Closest thing to it was an elaborate April Fools joke about a "ZX AF" that I think was made by a site or something called "Rockman Memories" That I dont think had anything to do with Capcom.
@@rock117rx2 Actually, there is an article that came out last year that Inticreates was working on ZX3 under the name ZXC, however, the staff got redirected to Mega Man 9 so the project was cancelled before anyone knew anything on the game.
@@ashencreusetx1055 ...ZX3 died for a fucking 8-bit Nostalgia cashgrab...
*SPIT* Pieces of trash.
I can only hope Megaman's debut in Super Robot Wars isn't stuck forever in a garbage mobile game that has already shut down.
This game was soo good for mid 1990s one of my favorite games it's a shame the series ended the way it did
You're criminally undersubbed. I can't believe someone is making multi hour videos like this that are so easy to watch, it's really impressive. Really enjoy what you've got up so far, and am looking forward to more!
Not sure if someone else brought it up, but the karma system has one practical change, the shop prices are adjusted if you've been good or bad, lowering or increasing bu 20% respectively.
But I'm not sure if this is solely for MML2 or if MML1 did as well. For MML2 if you want a specific item you NEED to go negative karma to make the NPC appear.
Sadly this appears to all the karma system is good for outside of people treating you better or worse depending on your karma.
Honestly legends and legends 2 were my favorite games ever growing up so thank you so much for this!
about the helmet, whenever u're hit in the air and fall on your head u'd receive damage without it, but with it equipped u take no damage from the fall, that's what it does.