[Quote][b][URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware]Spyware Warning![/URL][/b]This game installs unwanted third party software from Russia without permission. It attempts to install the Engima DRM malware/rootkit into your PC, which cannot be removed cleanly afterwards. This was flagged by Crowdstrike and other antivirus vendors as malware due to this behavior, and you can read about it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/222480/discussions/0/4141689926403638284/
There's no way to opt out and you are forced to agree to a non-enforcable agreement which involves the developer selling your private data and profiling you. This is completely unethical and reprehensible. Gamers must be aware of the dangers of installing this harmful software and should avoid this completely.[/Quote]
This is a collection of 5 abandoned 8 and 16 bit console era Mega Man abandonware games with a ridiculous, greedy price tag, always on DRM (on single player console games!!!!) forcing you to be online so Capcom can presumably gather telemetry and personally identifying information about you and sell it.
The games themselves are very shoddy, low quality console emulated Mega Man games, totally obsolete by todays standards, only fit for Mega Man fanatics who probably already own the games and consoles they were on... so there's no need for this to be on PC. Except, of course, for Capcom's desire to gouge gamers for decades old abandonware, and of course, spy on you.
From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
Due to the age of this game, and the lack of modernisation, the graphics appear quite dated. This compares poorly to more contemporary games with professional standards. Given that gaming is primarily a visual medium, this is a bit of a problem, so should be taken into account when considering whether to get this game.
There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, left handed gamers or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts.
To make matters worse, there's no mouse input, despite this being sold on PC as if it were a PC game. This is unacceptable and somewhat insulting to PC gamers. It's a good demonstration of the poor attitude the developer has towards PC gamers, and this attitude has resulted in yet another defect in this game.
These flaws make this game fall far short of the professional standards we expect from a modern PC game.
You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality game this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me.
Let's talk about pricing and the actual value this has for gamers. Is this game one of the best of the 175,000+ games on Steam?
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 has the greedy, cash grab price of $15 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games.
For comparison, the $15 asking price for this game could get you games like "Valheim", "Dead Cells" or "Halo: The Master Chief Collection". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this.
The developer is also asking for an additional $24 for a standalone soundtrack DLC on top of the $15 USD purchase price. They want you to pay them money to listen to music that is already the music you listen to in the game.
There's enough defects and quality problems with this game that it's not worth recommending to gamers, but the unethical nature of the developer/their associates makes it completely impossible.
There's absolutely ZERO acceptable, ethical excuse for a single player game requiring you to be connected to the internet and supply personally identifying information to a developer.
