Cheap Mega Man knock off

[The Dogfather]

A.R.E.S is nothing more than a cheap Mega Man imitation that lasts all of 3 hrs and involves no tactical thought to dealing with bosses at all. Simply stand in one corner and blast away. I was kind of hoping this would be the spiritual successor to the blue bomber on PC but I left feeling utterly disappointed at all the missed oppertunities and the lazy game design. Even if a second installment rears its head, I think I am gonna pass on this one. Yeah I know its Indie, but that doesn't mean its a good Indie.

[Edrin Faber]

To be honest, I welcome this game as another try for someone to create a good megaman-like sidescroller, capcom have been doing NOTHING with the whole megaman franchise so this is at least a signal that the genre isn't dead... I'm just happy to see another sidescroller of this type.

[The Dogfather]

I definitely agree with you on the Mega Man bit...once upon a time he held a high place at Capcom headquarters but he seems to be out on his backside at the moment. Perhaps he is no longer cool enough for the kids today. I would love to see the Mega Man franchise return to its roots, like the good old 8/16 bit days, those games were such classics. However, I don't necessarily think we should settle for any old side scroller even if it fills a gap left by the Blue Bomber. If anything A.R.E.S just makes you realise how much better those older Mega Man episodes where.

[*P0P$*FR3$H3NM3Y3R*]

Yeah the game is somewhat generic and lacks flair.. i solved it and never had any idea what the diferent suits were meant for. I was hoping for a metroid style game with exploration and stuff wich it didnt really deliver:/