Mega Man Zero 2

any game with insta death spikes immediately gets docked SO many points in my view

The first is at least memorable in its bullshit difficulty, but this one is just unremarkable from every angle imaginable and thus weaker than Zero 1.

There are some areas and one level that can EAT A DICK, but otherwise, the game feels more legitimately difficult than 1 which largely crumbles once you know what to do and you grind. That said, this game is very liberal with one-ups, which helps with some of the harsher levels and BS segments. Step up from Zero 1, but def not where Zero 3 and 4 are.

This is way better than the first one like what? Actual fleshed out and varied levels with some ultra creative stage gimmicks (like exploding Tellies used to blow walls) and actual reasonable elf prices. It does have some mild bullshit moments though.

Anyway... REMAKE THESE THINGS WITH BIGGER SCREEN DAMMIT!

I actually can't believe this is the one Zero game I managed to do a no game over run of