I started playing Mega Man 5 today, and cleared a couple of areas.

I decided to go through Star Man's stage first, based on his portrait not seeming very threatening. The stage was a little tricky, but I liked the low gravity and spike traps. A bit tricky, but didn't reach the point of seeming unfairly difficult. Star Man himself was extremely simple. I just had to jump over the star circle thing he shoots at you (easy with the low gravity) and fire charged shots at him.

The next stage, I believe was Stone Man's. I think that was his name. His stage was very easy to get through, almost no trouble at all. I wonder if I just picked two of the easiest stages randomly or if they reduced the difficulty of the game compared to previous installments. The boss was easy as well. Star Man's powers didn't work, so I just slid under the boss to avoid him and hit him with charged shots when he was vulnerable. He did more damage than Star Man, but not much.





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