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Battle Network 7

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: August 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a longtime fan of the Battle Network series and owner of all six previous games (which I played the heck out of) I feel fairly qualified in commenting on the latest evolution in the series. The name has changed and all the characters have been replaced but it's clearly Battle Network and it would be absurd not to compare it to the previous iterations. Let me start by saying that my initial reaction was concern. I hate the name Starforce, the font on the cover art looks cheap and dated and I quickly found a couple syntactical errors in the story text. However, once I got into it I was increasingly impressed by the quality of the production. First I'll address the nuts and bolts.

There are cosmetic changes and gameplay changes but perhaps the biggest alteration is in the battlefield. The three quarters top down view has been replaced by a 3D straight on shot with a three by five grid reducing the real estate by one row from previous games. Megaman sits in the near row while enemies have four to move around in. Is this an improvement? Maybe not. It creates a claustrophobic feel in battles although some weapons like swords have become significantly easier to use thanks to the new lock-on feature. After awhile the updated battle arena began to grow on me.

There are no longer different letter versions of battle chips which simplifies the game, it just doesn't improve it. Program Customizers have been replaced with Brotherbands that offer Megaman new abilities but without the customizations of the Battle Network series. The biggest killer is the removal of Program Advancements which were, in my opinion, the best part of the Battle Network game. There is a new feature called battle combos that I suppose replaces the PA's but the feature seems rather awkwardly designed.

Starforce has a lot of short sidequests although the rewards tend to be likewise small. The core game has a slight graphical upgrade and a decent if rather unfocussed story (what Battle Network game doesn't). Although the backgrounds are all redone the environment is pretty much the same as Battle Network with a small neighborhood, a school and a bus to other cities. It all boils down to collecting chips/creating folders and battling Navi's. I love it but I can't fault other who find it tiresome after 6 previous games.

My biggest issue with the Battle Network/Starforce series is the lack of continuity and what I mean by that is the ability to trade between iterations. It's disappointing to spend so much time collecting battle chips only to get the next in the series and have to collect the same ones all over again. This is probably the main reason that a site like [...] gave Starforce a dismal 5.2 rating. The worst thing is that the series actually did this at one point. You could trade `retro chips' between Battle Network 1 and 2. If you pop a previous version of Battle Network into the DS and perform some tasks in Starforce you can get a special weapon but the weapon is rather mediocre and the player will likely only use it for a short time before something better comes along. Pretty weak. I will continue to harp on this issue until it's corrected. It is the one glaring weakness of the series.

Reviews can (and have) slammed the series but there must be something in it to have such a loyal and active fan base. As of this writing Megaman has 3 of the top 7 DS FAQ's on [...] and 3 of the top 5 DS message boards which are exceedingly active. Despite my complaints I thoroughly enjoyed the game. My problem isn't that the series didn't change enough. My beef is that they changed some of the strongest elements. If Capcom ever does retro chips again I'll give the game 5 stars until the 4 is the best I can do.

REBIRTH OF A LEGEND

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

MEGAMAN STAR FORCE IS A AWESOME REBIRTH OF THE HOT BEST SELLING MEGAMAN BATTLE NET WORK GAMES. THE MAIN CHARECTER OF THE GAME IS GEO STELLAR WHOSE FATHER DESAPEARED IN SPACE YEARS BEFORE BECAUSE OF HIS FATHERS DISSAPERENCE GEO NEVER MAKES FRIENDS UNTIL ONE DAY HE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE SPACE WAVE STATION AND RECIEVES A OF VISULIZER FROM HIS FATHERS FORMER CO-WORKER. VISULIZERS ALLOW YOU TO SEE THE WAVE ROADS AND SUDENLY GEO IS STRUCK BUY A STRANGE CREATURE THAT APPEARES OUT OF THE WAVE ROAD KNOWN AS OMEGA-XIS A FUGITIVE ALIEN THAT MAY FUSE WITH A HUMAN WILLINGLY WITH OMEGA NOW ACOMPIENING GEO. THE ADVENTURE BEGINS.

Hmm?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: August 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I played all the battle network games and loved them except for four.. So now that the battle network series we get this megaman star force. Where's lan or his son patch hmm..? So the game introduces us to abum named geo who dosen't go to school because his father died. Oh how sad! So he just keeps staying home and his mom dosn't care well she does a little I wish I had a mom like that!

So anyway this is like the battle network series but except going to the net you go on wave roads. And instead of two versions theres three! *cough* Well instead of megaman exe you get.. a talking lion head thing called mega.. well he's called a em-ian and there fighting against the fm-ians! Whoo fun.. so if you played the battle network games you'll already know what to do. But it's in 3d! And you dont have six squares but three to walk around just enough so you dont get hurt. Oh and you could use a shield, and theres wifi so you could play with friends on the net. YAY!

Oh and instead of battle chips you get B. cards same thing! Well theres the thing called the brother system where you get the person's favorite b.cards well it randomly selects for you. I thought this was good but network fans will find this is the same but with diffirent characters and a kinda confusing story line. Oh and you dont jack in computers but wave holes you press r though. So that pretty much sums it up.

megaman starforce

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has an amazing story line and is a great game.The first time I started playing this game I COULD NOT stop!It was so fun!It is worth the money to buy this game.The Battle Network series featured a 2-D battle field while the Starforce series features a 3-D battle field.This is an awesome game.Whether you're 7 or 40 years old you will have a BLAST with this game.

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