MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST

I have a 1440p monitor and a 2160p television. On both of them, the game launches in forced full screen. It gives me a 4:3 viewing window even though the on screen menus are 16:9, meaning that the left and right sides of the image are cut off. Going into the options menu to try and take it out of full screen, or pressing F11 on the keyboard, both cause the game to crash. Relaunch the game, it's in full screen again. I found posts in the game's forum going back to 2019 of people complaining about this issue. There's suggestions to try Lossless Scaling or Borderless Gaming to fix it, but I'm currently on Linux (Bazzite) and these applications aren't working there. I doubt they could help me anyway because the game crashes when trying to put it into windowed mode, which I would need to do before these applications can do anything for me. Developer should fix the game anyway instead of expecting users to find workaround applications. I will be refunding this since it's literally unplayable.

The game desperately needs to be optimized for PC play. LUCKILY it runs perfectly on both my Linux Desktop, and Steam Deck. Windows shidds the bed with the aspect ratio, and controller detection input codebase Use magpie from Github, or grab Lossless Scaling from Steam if you wanna really optimize the graphical fidelity for full screen mode/add in a windows borderless render that functions properly STILL, the game itself is peak. The only issue is the port configuration variance/faults

pretty good, its very similar to Megaman but you can customize your special weapons

So this game kind of rocks, huh? Lets get to the main mechanic right away: in Mighty Gunvolt Burst you can customize how your character shoots, sort of like a "Make-Your-Own-Mega-Man-Weapon" kind of deal. This can range from making your shots bigger, move in a wave pattern, bounce around, home in on enemies, explode, or a heck of a lot more. You can spend a LOT of time in the weapon editor if that's your thing. I will say this can make the game very easy if you really load up on power-ups, but the game has an unlockable hard mode and some other challenges if you're looking for a bit more bite. The level design is quite good and fun for the most part, and the bosses likewise. Even in cases where you do end up dying, checkpoints are VERY frequent, so you're not losing too much progress. This can make levels a lot easier than most actual Mega Man games, but this game's scoring system sort of makes up for it. At the end of every stage you get a grade based on how you did. Dying, healing, and other missteps lower your grade, so if you're gunning for an S Rank on every level you need to, you know, actually try and be good at the game. Speaking of score, the game has a mechanic w…

A nice step up from the first game in most regards. Level and enemy design are greatly diversified and bosses aren't massive pains in the rear to deal with, though some stages can be annoying with one-hit kills and enemies/hazards knocking you into death pits. The shot creation and combination mechanic is fun to mess around with and gives a good sense of progression through the game as long as you put in the effort to comb levels for secrets to unlock them. The characters each have their own upgrades that you can get through the game instead of having their full kits available from the start like the first, but they're all different from each other so multiple playthroughs are encouraged.

This game is a classic Mega Man like with a 8-bit inspired graphics and soundtrack. It takes the concepts of the failure Mighty No. 9 was and tries to fix it with Gunvolt. My biggest issue with the game and the reason I can't recommend is the lack of an auto-fire option or charged shot. Having to mash the attack button is so boring and physically tiring for me.