Mega Man Legends

The Good
In short, had a blast playing this. Playtime was around 9h when I finished and I didn't explore most of the side quests in this.

The presentation of the game is excellent. The visual style and character designs and portrayals are what makes this game. Its honestly funny and cute like a goof saturday morning cartoon.

Also the music and sound design is to be praised. Some of the dungeons got this really insidious theme that contrasts the warm happy music from the overworld. I played the japanese version of this game and i liked the voice acting better than the english version. Though the english voice acting isn't bad either. Felt like the japanese VA got the characters down better.

Gameplay wise, the pacing is well in balance with dungeon crawling, boss battles and town related sidequests and upgrading your gear.

The story is decent, nothing mind blowing or too big. The villains are funny and humane, the protagonists are well.. what you'd expect them to be. Story ramps up at the end and sets a bigger mystery for the sequel. In short, I liked it.

The Bad
As megaman is transitionin to 3d, they really didn't get the camera working wit the movement of the character with this one. I mean its not terrible, you are sure to have a good time with this game no doubt. However the camera is very clunky and in big battles it acts against you as it may throw around. Also shooting while moving is a bit rough but works. The game has a lock-on mechanic that is ok, but wont help you if you're moving around.

Honestly thats the bad of this cake. Movement and camera do not coordinate and are very rough. I guess you could give some minus points for that awful PAL and US game cover though.

The Bottom Line
If you're in for a visually striking game with funny characters and some addicting gameplay loops. Look no further. The game has its problems that are common to early 3d adventure games, but despite them you're most likely going to have a good time.