Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel

"A good game; It could be tweaked some more though..."

Introduction - Rating: 6/10

Alright, this game is about a 12-year-old kid named Lan and his trusty Net Navigator, Megaman.EXE (or Rockman.EXE to the complainers ^_^) and there adventures of the Cyberworld or normally called "the Net" to many. Also, they must save the Net from evil and darkness, which will await in this game!

Gameplay - Rating: 8/10

Alright, this is a Real-Time RPG Adventure, so to the beginners, you travel the real world with Lan, and the Cyberworld with Megaman. EXE. In the Cyberworld, you must travel, and defeat the monsters called "Viruses" along your walk in the Net. I will get to more of this later on ^_^! Now, in the real world, you must travel with Lan, and solve solutions (you don't battle in the real world, if the beginners are wondering), talk to people and friends for information and occasionally, a person may show up to either give you a prize called a "battlechip", trade for a battlechip, or something else special. Now let's go back to the Cyberworld, shall we? Alright, when you battle viruses, it is a real-time battle, and you suppose to use battlechips to kill the viruses, or the Megabuster (mainly, you save the Megabuster for back-up), and when you kill all the virus enemies, you may either when a battlechip, or Zenny (money in the game) depending an a grading system called "the Busting rank" and it ranges from 1-S. Now that the basics are done, I shall move onto the advance parts. There are special Strategy- based parts of this game called "Liberation Missions". You must liberate dark and swampy-like panels so you could make your way to the boss of the mission. Therefore, there are many battles that await.

Story- Rating: 7/10

Alright, now for the story! Lan and Megaman.EXE must save the Net from darkness, which was caused by an evil scientist named Dr. Regal. Dr. Regal send out dark Net Navis called "Darkloids" to complete a "part" of his plan; to taint most areas of the Net with darkness and evil. You must defeat most of the Darkloids through the Liberation Missions I mentioned to save the Net. But, Megaman can't accomplish this objective alone, as there is a team needed... Rating: 7/10

Graphics/Sound- Rating: 9/10

One of the best parts of the game! The sounds and music of this game is quite great and lets you get into the game! Now, the graphics are quite okay compared to the previous (except for 4) games of the series. It's not that bad, but you may miss the previous game sprites a little...

Replayability/Game Time- Rating: 9/10

This game will take you a VERY long time to completely finish, and the replayability is required to successfully beat the game, as you must get ALMOST everything. And you wonder what to do after that? You shall make some good folders, if you want, out of good battlechips!

Recommendations

To all the great people who like RPGs and Action-Adventure games or fans of Megaman, this game is recommended to buy.
If you are not, then I recommend at least renting to determine your thoughts of the game.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 07/12/05