which is the best mega man game out of this volume

[starwarsash11]

i like mega man battle net work 1 and 2 but mega man battle network 3 blue is probley my favorite so much more to do and you get bassGS and get to use a death lazer LOL

[mimizukari]

3>2>1

[koinzell]

i liked 2 better, there's some kind of charm to it in term of story, enemy bosses, stage designs etc.

3 is being over-rated in the BN fandom,
i only liked the arena plot & nothing else stood out to me,
i didn't like bass story reveal, would've like it better if they kept it a mystery.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Out of this volume? 2 has FreezeMan's scenario so it's not nearly as good as people remember. That leaves 3.

[mldb88]

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

Out of this volume? 2 has FreezeMan's scenario so it's not nearly as good as people remember. That leaves 3.

True but I'd honestly take that over the slow grindy mess of farming elemental chips and reorganizing my tetris blocks every five seconds to deal with fire/roots/insert obligatory elemental barricade. Legit had to spend time farming in the hospital section in 3 just to get the necessary elemental chips to progress the level on my first playthrough. I'd take one lackluster scenario (and honestly I don't even remember it being all THAT bad) over a clunky mechanic that just leads to grinding and padding that doesn't even really do anything meaningful in terms of gameplay. Thats not to say 3 is bad, it definitely improved on a lot of things from 2, I just feel like 2 was a much smoother experience overall with the exception of one or two scenarios.

[CrowRising]

I'm nearing the end of 3, and while this is probably going to be considered a hot take I've considered all the games to be pretty even so far. For every step forward that gets taken in 2 and 3, they also take really annoying steps back that even it back out.

2 reduces the annoying encounter rate, but everything between taking the plane to Netopia and defeating Freezeman was an incredibly annoying chore. 3 introduces the Navi Customization system which is cool on its own, but then forces you to remove pieces from it that you want so you can fit story important pieces, and then goes so far as to remove chips from your folder every time you need to use one in particular. I thought I got softlocked at the hospital because I didn't know to grind for fire chips and couldn't leave to go somewhere I knew they spawned at, only to realize that some of the enemies and obstacles can give you the chips you need, which turned it into a bit of an annoying grind and save/reset fest.

Overall, each game has implemented improvements over the previous so far, but trips on itself every time with the execution. It's during post game content that I'd probably agree with the order of 3>2>1, though I haven't reached that point yet in 3.

[JJ, Professional Fool]

Honestly loved 1. It was like playing a rough draft idea that worked. Was rather simple in structure and map size (prior to internet 8 onward).

It is a digestible entertaining game without the added mechanics like pet systems and fusions. Just Megaman and his chips.

[>=SF=< Quantom X]

BN3 I believe is generally considered to be the best one. However BN2 is my favorite game of all time.

[ShadowEXE]

3 has everything plus more, modcode for NC which allows extra features, different styles that weren't in 1 or 2 (style grind mechanics, less grindy) the end gam3 content was more filling, and Pokémon simulator with virus catch'em megaman. Also extra boss fights that require 2 play throughs to enjoy.