Megaman Starforce dosen't really improve on Battle Network but is still fairly enjoyable. It's one for Megaman fans.
Megaman Starforce, Capcom's latest attempt at reviving its famed Megaman franchise. Megaman has certainly come far since his days of platforming action on the NES to say the least.
This game puts you in the shoes of a young schoolboy, although I shouldn't call him a "schoolboy" to begin with, named Geo Stelar (you may change the name at the start) who, having lost his father 3 years ago in a space accident, rejects society and refuses to go to school. At the beginning of the game Geo runs into an FM alien called Omega-Xis who fuses with him to become Megaman. As Megaman you traverse the invisable wave world composed entirely of EM waves.
It turns out later that Omega-Xis is being chased by his fellow FMians for staeling the Andromeda key- the key to unlocking the ultimate weapon of planet FM.
These FMians pursuing Omega-Xis seek out people on earth with lonliness in their soiuls and then fuse with them-much like Geo and Omega-Xis-only during the process the FMians completely take over the body and actions of their hosts. These people then serve as the bosses in the game, launching their attack during particular scenarios with Geo then being the one to sort the mess out by battling his way through different comp spaces to fight the boss at the end.
The Fighting:
The battles ar a combination of turn-based fighting and real-time action set on a 3X6 grid. The viewpoint is set behind Megaman's head with you only being alowed to move side to side. At the beginning of the battle you choose from a set of 6 battle cards and then use them to attack your opponents. When all of your cards are used up you need to wait for your custom guage is filled before selecting new cards to use.
With the issue of your enemies having more space than you; Capcom added a lock on system. By pressing down on the control pad you will be able to lock on to any enemy directly in front of you or diagonally to you and warp in front of them when you use your card.
Verdict:
+ Will last you a good 10-20 hours in the story.
+ Not just the same old system as Pokemon.
+ battling system is fairly solid....
- ...But the viewpoint can be restrictive.
- not too many improvements from Battle network.
While certainly not the worst Megaman game (or just plain game) on the market, Megaman starforce certainly isn't the best out their either and, while more original than the oft-copied pokemon metagame, it hasn't truly reached the full potential set by Megaman Battle Network full.
A game to get if you can.