THE PROTOMEN TEASE INDICATING THEY HAVE FINISHED MAKING ACT IIIhttps://x.com/Protomen/status/1973844173959938288I MAY BE ABLE TO DIE HAPPY SOON
>>722277742nothing ever happens :(
>>722277742No way!HUGEThough I hope it doesn't jump off the deep end with political nonsense and gurl pwr with roll
>>722277742Yeah right, why the fuck did a megaman album take so long anyway?
I'll listen to it, but they're basically completely different people now with how much time has passed. It may be good, but it won't be the same.
I saw them live fucking ages ago, and it was right after one of the two women in the band had left, so whenever they played a song that required both women vocalists to harmonize together, they just looped/reverbed her voice with a synth and pitch-shifted it, and it sounded like shit.
>>722277742we've been here before
>>722277742>new entry in a series by new developerslol
>>722278672Hey, look at it this way. There's no possible way they can make the worst follow-up to a story-driven concept album after a decade and some change. Because Queensryche already did that.
>>722278318They kept making other stuff
>>722277742How many songs did Gambler ruin
>>722277742YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER ALBUMYOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE
The Megas > Protomen
>>722279352It's hard for me to separate Protoman from this songhttps://youtu.be/V3OiuIDwXtg?list=RDV3OiuIDwXtg
>>722278672I mean, Act 1 was radically different from Act 2.
>>722277742>fuck their female fans>kick one of their own from the band for fucking their female fanslol
>>722279352>MEGA MAN 2 WAS A GAME ON THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
I kinda prefer The Megas, actuallyGamma Unchained lives rent free in my head forever
>>722279352Hyadain > The Megas > The Protomen
>>722279974Now this is an opinion I can get behind.
>>722279974The FF4 whole-plot reference arc in FF14 sucked, but the fact they got hyadain in to do a new take on the four fiends battle theme was an "I kneel" moment. I went into this with friends on voice and me and the other one guy who knew the old memes said "wait those violins... that's gotta be on purpose" and then the lyrics came in.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIQeJJrjllk
>>722280803I don't even play FF14 but I randomly came across a video of this track and I couldn't help but crack a smile. If Capcom remakes Mega Man 2, I'd pay top dollar for Hyadain getting involved.
>>722277742the only track ive ever listened to from them was their cover of Mr Roboto and it fucking BANGS
>>722281009IMO their entire The Cover-Up album is their highlight, much as I love Act 2The combo of their production and proven 80s hits is too powerful
>>722279974My name is Metal ManYeah, my heart is made of Metalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd8geiiNKOo
The funniest possible outcome would be Act III being the soundtrack to Pragmata. /v/ would be in shambles. The "it's a megaman game" rumors proven true, Jannies wouldn't know whether to leave threads up out of respect for our history with the music or delete it because pragmata threads summon pedos like lemonade stands summon ducks.
>>722277742Sell me on this, all I know is that it's megaman but it's dark and edgy
>>722281891Just a band rearranging mega man (and other) music, it doesn't really get much more complicated than that
>>722281891It's more hard rock opera than anything edgy, though the first album is a bit more rough in that regard
>>722281891How underage are you?
>>722278931They made a sequel to Operation Mindcrime?
>>722279526My dream was always for The Megas and The Protomen to collab and cover each other's songs. Imagine hearing The Quick and the Blue or I'm Not the Breakman with Panther's delivery.>MY HEART IS GONE, THERE'S ONLY FIRE>I'VE MET MY MAKER AND THE MAN'S>A LIIIIIAAAAAAAAARRRRR
>>722281891Act 1 is Megaman but dark and edgy neat rock operaAct 2 onwards is taken better if you just forget the Megaman side entirely- it's a Streets of Fire-style rock opera about a futuristic city sliding into authoritarianism
>>722278931If these people, tell this story, to their children...
>>722281891They're just cool rock operas. It'd take you like 90 minutes to listen through Act 1 and 2.Act 1 is more punk and has a unique raw energy, even if the music itself is amateurish. It's more tonally consistent than Act 2.Act 2 is a prequel to Act 1, focused on Dr. Light rather than Megaman himself. It's a more polished but more Western / 80's styled album, which tells a more elaborate story than the previous album. For story reasons the style changes halfway through the album and I think that's pretty cool.Also the official lyrics have plenty of extra story meant to be read during the instrumental sections, if you want the full experience / context.Some examples:Act 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIbY2wwBKO4Act 2 1st cour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWdXIEcFNwAct 2 2nd cour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvnzAlh9PmA
>>722277742These are BRIGHT times
>>722283270I GAVE YOU HAIR (ROBOTIC HAIR)
>>722282875Ah, you cheeky fucker...
>GIVE US THE DOCTOR>GIVE US THE ROPE
>>722284497i don't get it
ANOTHER TWEET HAS HIT THE TIMELINEhttps://x.com/Protomen/status/1973881833407586734
>Make songs about megaman>Its pure fanfic shit and has very little, to nothing to do with megaman
I still think Capcom have missed out on a really effective way to make Mega Man relevant again by going the Metal Gear Rising route and making a tight 3D action game that doesn't overstay its welcome, doesn't take itself too seriously, and has a fucking incredible soundtrack that does most of the heavy lifting for the story.
>>722286068oh shit it's really happening isn't it
Please please please
the 5 tracks they have released so far are Ok, as long as they are of a similar quality ill be happy
>>722277742>Protomenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msxsu448JmE
its been twenty years...
They have a video about lining up and taking their covid vax like good cattle. I don't care about some half aborted third act about a "dystopia" from mark of the beast drones
>>722285572Is the joke not that Mindcrime II is so bad, we're pretending it doesn't exist...
TELL ME, NOW
now we just need another Ariga manga and early 2010s megaman kino is back on the menu
>>722278318>>722278672The Guy who played Wiley in part 2 got ousted from the band because of that lady they brought in.Its been fucking over for a while now.
>>722287730Wily guy retired because he didn't want to go on all those tours.
>>722287790I've seen band tour vlogs and I can't really blame him desu. it's probably fun for a while, but after doing it for like 10-15 year or whatever, I can understand wanting something a bit more stable lmao
>>722287963He pretty much became a family man after he quit so good on him.
This is how it has to be
>>722286664i'm not oldYOU'RE OLD
>>722288131>the capcom cover band guy Went Home and Be a Family Manheh
>>722286990I actually didn't know there was a sequel because I'm not really much of a Queensryche fan in general and pretty much only like OM because of the rock opera style, all their other music sounds just like it but without the cool GET THE PRIEST AS WELL shit
>>722279974duane and brand0>>722283270quick and the blue (forma de acoustic) with panther vocals would probably make me erect
>>722287304I really wish Ariga would get to do more, but the Stardroids arc is a good capstone to his works.
>lost half my old shit in a hard drive failure>no idea where the other old shit is among 7 different external drives>only have a few scraps in various incorrect placesRemember all that old fanart people would make of edgy grimderp Robot Masters to match Streets of Fire Megaman and Protoman? I remember thinking that shit was the coolest thing in the world enough years ago that I don't want to count. And you know what, it's still fucking cool. Fuck the police.>captcha: WHRRKWHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>>722288931I read that WHIRRR as the sound of a megaman buster charing and I am glad I did.
Are they still doing the 4am thing?
>>722288931My man. You ever watch Rock Man NEO on Newgrounds back in the day? I miss unironic edge.
>>722289003I wonder if there's a specific dividing line that changes whether someone's brain auto-completes WHIRRRR with "I WILL NOT FIGHT YOU" or "NO NO NO I NEED MY NINTENDO SWITCH."
>>722289048I still listen to the track every once in a whilehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1asK7ElEE
>>722289125All I know is that mega man is in my blood enough that when I was playing Zexion recently (it's a single-dev metroid tribute that looks NES era), I was unconsciously doing the jump-into-boss-doors thing before I realised it... turns out the dev put in the mega man boss door scroll on purpose.
>>722279646What do you think of their Castlevania tracks ? Apparently the Megas want to do a full Castlevania album.
>>722289450It's funny when Mega Man fan games like Gravity Circuit do it, and yet Mega Man 11 didn't.
>>722289151
>>722289547Gravity Circuit is amazing and I wish more people knew about it. It's like the MMX9 we never got.
>>722277742WE HAVE TO BE PROTOMEN
>>722289658I saw it's going to be free on EGS next week, so that might get more eyes on it.
>>722277742They have been teasing this for ten fucking years. The Megas managed to get a sequel album out withing five years even if it was ten years too late.Hope rides alone
>>722277742>mfw at least 5 new songs about AAAYYYYAAA THIS CITYYYY
>see this thread>suddenly remember Mega Ran>look him up>he's still active releasing albums, doing songs for Capcom soundtracks and ??WWE??
>>722289547gravity circuit is excellent, but hard. MM11 is not great, disappointed me a bit.All I need, all I REALLY fucking need, is a good new mega man battle network game, or something that is a good tribute to them.If there is one, let me know. I've played One Step from Eden and it's good but it's just a battle system, not an RPG. The difference between assembling "a build" in a 2-hour run of a roguelite deckbuilder and assembling builds plural from the hand selected chips you get access to over the course of a 20 hour plus RPG are different. Not to mention I want a bit more plot.20XX and 30XX are fun, and taking the MMX formula in a semi-randomised direction is not a bad idea given those are already fairly short "speed runnable" games, and the boss order thing doesn't add replay value today so randomisation is decent.But I need a fucking MMBN-alike. Give me one of those and protomen act III and the child I was, reading bob and george in the late mega man renaissance era, can finally die happy and leave me a withered adult who got what he wanted.
>>722289932Unfortunately the closest to BN is still Shanghai.exe, because Chrono X (that BN fan game) has been running in circles with its development nearly as long as MMX Corrupted has. I like BN, but I can't fault for indie developers taking more notes from the platformer side of the fanchise, or trying to simplify the BN to something more manageable in terms of scope (One Step from Eden), because a JRPG style game is couple steps above most hobbyists' capabilities.
>>722289930I don't care for Mega Ran or his music, but if he's still able to truck along, good for him.
>>722290201How's the story in Shanghai.exe? Genuinely never heard of this until now, which is fucking weird because I've been following certain MM fangames for years
People who say Megas are better have to be joking.
>>722289932like that another anon said, shanghai.exe is the way to go. I didn't grow up with the bn games but I've played through them a couple times over the past few years with a friend who was super in to them. we also played shanghai despite him not knowing anything about touhou or even being much of an anime guy and he fell in love with it. like "this is my favorite battle network game and I'm constantly thinking that we should replay it" levels. the main story is totally complete, but the ppostgame didn't get finished before capcom c&d'd it, but even with what we've got it's still really good. here's the folder with the game and the google doc with info since if you get stuck/want to know chip codes/whatever, it can be hard to find info in englishhttps://mega.nz/folder/AzogiDrJ#UjH8cmUI2-DyL1jQOXYFGQhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vecpjlMnu202iWxbELK54L-RqLWR2DkyrdvF30kC4Js/edit?gid=935005764#gid=935005764
>>722287158IS THERE A MAN AMONG YOU HEREIS THERE NO ONE WHO VALUES COURAGEOVER LIFE?
>>722290604I appreciate them a little more because they don't totally divert from the source material and use the og motifs and whatnot
>>722290575I don't particularly care for touhou so Shanghai.exe is one of those fan games I've been putting off from playing for ages. From what I've heard it's good on the gameplay front, but can't say anything about its story.Do mind that it's quasi-unfinished, because the developer near 1.0 release started asking for money, and Capcom took an issue with this and C&D'd the game. So Shanghai.exe is like "mostly complete", but fans are toiling away at putting in the missing stuff even today.
>>722290756>spoilerit can't be this fucking hard to finish a fangame man
>>722290838Shanghai.exe is just a special case where it probably would've gone without a hitch, if the developer just didn't start asking for money out of the blue. That seems to be the one thing that Capcom gets pissy about with fan games.
>>722277742>>722278672Oh it DEFINITELY won't be the same, but it won't be good neither.
>>722290756Well that sucks.Does it at least have like, an ending?
>>722291058Genuinely miss those threads
>>722291036Yeah, like how >>722290659 put it, it's mostly the post-game stuff that's missing or unfinished. So if you just want to see the story to its conclusion, you should be fine.
>>722290756>that spoilerAIIIEEEEElet it be a lesson, if you're making a fangame don't let anyone know WHO you are or WHERE you are until you're done. Ever. At all.They WILL C&D your ass.AM2R > M2SR, any day, btw.
Will this upload?
>>722291127Same, I don't stay up that late anymore.
>>722291223HOLY SHIT IT DIDThis image was my introduction to Protomen, back during the Katawa Shoujo Act I days when there were 5 different CYOAs running on /a/ at any hour.
>>722291339But does it work in winamp still if you download it now?
>>722291427probably not, 4chan reencodes pretty much everything since people started embedding no-no material again
>>722291468Yeah, I figured about as much.
>>722291427Good question.If not, here's one that works.https://files.catbox.moe/iwa8cu.png
Even now there is hope for men
>>722290575I really liked the story and the characters. shanghai is kinda rude and violent, so it makes her an enjoyable counterpart to megaman's usual "LAN DID YOU REMEMBER TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK LAN" goodie two-shoes routine
>>722277742IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!
I remember buying a fucking zippo with this logo and an image on it. I don't smoke. The zippo has never once been used. But for some reason, back in like 2011 or 2013 or something, /v/ found a site where you could order custom-printed zippos and I got caught up in the meme. I still have it around here somewhere.
>>722292420Zippos are cool, just kind of fun to randomly flick open, watch that flame burn and close. I don't smoke either, but it's in that similar ballpark as finding a pen that has a very satisfying click to it.
>>722292420>>722292652plus back then it was actually reasonable to carry a lighter just in case someone else needed one.>one time I was walking to the shops just after coof lockdowns lifted, I had a lightbulb in my back pocket because we needed a new bulb and I wanted to be sure I got the right one, a guy at a bus stop said "mate do you have a light?" and I got to pull a shit eating grin, pull out a bulb, and say "yeah". He told me "well played"
>>722289034It's 4am somewhere, anon.
>>722292652>>722293014I just found it and believe me, it is NOT a cool lighter lol. Image printed on it is blurry as fuck and weirdly discoloured, though that could be from sitting in a little tin for 15 years. I took a few photos of it but it's so intensely glossy and the background of the image is black, so my gormless face is in it every time kek
>>722277742the hell have they been doing these past two decades
>>722292652for me, it's crack lighters
>>722293291Yeah, those random sweatshop printer products rarely come out as cool as you'd hope.
it's the end of an era
>>722277742APOLOGIZE
>>722293393Yeah they were always gonna be dogshit chinese shit, but it was a fun few nights on /v/ when people were posting their designs. I miss those days.
>>722288687Well, at least now you know it's not worth seeking out. Plenty of other rock operas to listen to.
>>722279621>MEGA MAN 2 WAS THE ONLY GOOD GAME ON THE NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMftfy plus Ducktales and Dragon Warrior 3
>>722277742
>>722291058These threads were my alarm to go to sleep
>>722293656Well it's 2025There are NEETs on 4/v/ RIGHT NOW how produce knockoff merch that is higher quality than anything the chinks sell. T-Shirts, Figs, POGs there is a guy living on bumfuck Oregon RIGHT NOW who steals designs off the internet and makes way higher quality merch than the gooks sell and her somehow sells it for a cheaper price but he is too stubborn to buy and ad on 4chan because fuck hebrewjewki but if you went to ebay you could find his store RIGHT NOW.HE doesn't do Sonic merch any more because he got tired of sonic spergs requesting he spend a billion hours in blender making incredibly obscene H figures and then printing them out, painting them, and selling them to welfare autists for $5Fuck sonicfags.
>>722277742IS THERE HOPE!?
take me back bros
>>722291339i miss bromont....
>>722288748>duane and brandoShame what happened to them.
>>722294646MACHINES CAN KEEP YOU BREATHING BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A NEW WAR'S BEGUNFLIP A SWITCH AND TURN IT OFFYOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BREATHESO EITHER WAY YOU'RE A CASUALTY
>>722286206They are pretty "W" as you kids say
>>722291580holy shit it does work. I'm very confused about what I'm hearing, though.
>>722295025I'VE GOT THIS BURNING LIKE MY VEINS ARE FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT GASOLINEAND WITH A SPARK ITS GONNA BE THE BIGGEST FIRE THEY'VE EVER SEENCUT ME DOWN OR LET ME RUNEITHER WAY ITS ALL GONNA BURN
>>722294453Hope rides alone
Go to bed grandpa
>>722289658Plays more like Zero desu
jfc I just tried to think about the last time The Protomen were popular on 4chan and I remember it was the same time Coheed and Cambria were.2012 was 50 years ago
>>722277742no one under the age of 40 cares
>>722294646>You can't pull all nighters anymore because you're a grown man with responsibilities and shit, but also because if you're up even past midnight you're completely nonfunctional the next day and will probably have a killer headache.Growing up sucks.
Post yfw this popped up on your feed today. Personally I did a double take then I had to double check who posted it because it surprised me that much.
>>722280803Oh fuck, this is great. Never played FF14 but I did enjoy FF4 a lot. And Hyadain's early works + his Nichijou songs are amazing.
>>722295407Joke's on you, I have insomnia and haven't slept more than 4 hours a night for over a decade.
>>722295319>I remember it was the same time Coheed and Cambria wereI met claudio sanchez back in 05he's a real one
>>722295562I actually got into Nichijou through Hyadain. I had been listening to Kakaka-kataka Omoi for a couple months not knowing it was an anime OP.
I still search for the anti-bully comic someone made back in the day
well, thank you fucksit's been a while since i heard the two acts back to back
>>722293453to... Iizuka? What for?
>>722289889>>722277742THIS CITY'S HEART IS STILL BEATINGTHE SUN WILL RISE I SWEAR ITI KNOW THE WEIGHT YOU'RE FEELINGYOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR IT
>>722295319>>722295602Isn't Coheed and Cambria peak mental illness now?
>>722277742YES
>>722288931The robot master designs from the hope rides alone video are cool as fuck, specially cowboy terminator elecman
>>722291580I don't think this is about Megaman
>>722298169I could never get too into Coheed and Cambria.I feel like if you need comic books and novellas to properly explain the story in your music, maybe you just aren't that good at storytelling.Also being a Prog band, calling a song 2113 and pretending like you don't know who is Rush is some actual faggot shit.
AND AS THE SMOKE CLEARS
>>722281210Yeah, that album is nuts. Multiple covers on there are actually better than the original.>Because the Night>Mr. Roboto>No Easy Way Out>I Drove All Night>Total Eclipse of the Heart>The Trooper>I Still BelieveAlso the best cover of a Queen song that I've ever heard.
>>722277742I don't believe it
YOU'LL DO NO BETTERTHAN THE FOOOOLSOF THIS BUUUUURNIIIING CIIIIITYYYYYYY
THEY LOOKED TO ME ONCENOW THEY TURN TO YOU
>>722291776HIS ONLY WEAKNESS
>>722300504I'd add Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) to that list.
>>722300495Based
Since Mega Man is pretty much dead, at this point I wouldn't mind if Capcom rebooted the series and embraced the edginess that everyone thinks it is in their heads.
>>722301260>I wouldn't mind if Capcom rebooted the series and embraced the edginess that everyone thinks it is in their heads.They did that. Twice, actually (X, and Zero) Both of those series are edgy as fuck.Also, do you really want Capcom pretending they can write? Again?
>>722300504HEEEEERE WE AREBORN TO BE KINGSWE'RE THE PRINCES OF THE UUUNIVEEERSE
>>722277742>>722291058holy shit is it 2011 again?
>>722302172Saw your post exactly as I hit that in the playlist after I put it on after the other post reminded me of how good the album is
>>722302330Yeah. Gal-o sengen.
>>722291264>>722291127>>722294231They ban the threads nowadays anyways.
THERE'S NO EASY WAY OUTTHERE'S NO SHORTCUT HOME
>>722295128>>722299951I could have sworn on a bible that it played Light Up The Night.
>>722301069agreed>>722300504>Also the best cover of a Queen song that I've ever heard.you know they have a whole ass queen cover album
>>722277742I used to love playing Mega Man 2 and 3I just wanted to light up the night...
>>722300504I just don't understand how, with an entire album of covers of songs that influenced them, and a Queen cover album besides, they still haven't done Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young.
>>722300345The story doesn't make much sense even with the comics
>>722301337>Both of those series are edgy as fuckWe need even MORE edgyness>takes place during X era>combines third person shooter/action gameplay with XCOM-like base and mission management at Maverick Hunters HQ>Sigma released the giganigga virus causing constant maverick outbreaks throughout the globe committing terrorist acts>like they've gone full jihad in big numbers>Hunters HQ can't predict them, you can only respond once they've already started fucking shit up and killing people>you have to triage between simultaneous outbreaks, can't save everyone>you deploy to each mission with a squad of other hunters with their own backstories but they can die permanently>when on-site you have to kill mavericks and robots and minimize asset damages and deaths>cutscenes don't shy away from all the carnage>clear racism towards reploids on the rise>"war is hell">"what are we fighting for">you got Human Morale and Reploid Morale scores>the lower Human Morale, the higher chance that humans retaliate with protests and counter-insurgencies>aka now you have to deal with human terrorist attacks on reploids too>surely you'll let them innocent reploids die to save humies, right? or will you go full United Nations' Blue Helmets and suppress them humies?>the lower Reploid Morale, the more difficult and/or frequent maverick attacks become>if either Morale drops to zero, HQ gets nuked by humans in a robo-holocaust or HQ goes "fuck humans" and mutiny happens (Game Over)>throughout the game you develop a cure and search for the source of the virus>you make the cure, and discover the source is hidden in a reploid haven>your final choice is releasing the cure to save reploids, which takes time and more humans will die until it has fully spread >or destroy the haven and kill countless reploids but the virus goes away instantly (somehow)I tried to make it cliche and edgier as a joke but I think I'm cooking something here
https://youtu.be/5UkbPLnt-JY?si=ZaDVDPPUnXEALVEF
>>722304061I wanna hear them cover nowhere fast
I feel bad for those who didn't live to see this day. I made a bunch of fond memories listening to the protomen while sharing the camaraderie here on /v/ for all sorts of occasions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VDuLiqCmDE
>>722304552That would probably cause some sort of meta-physical incident. Like telefragging yourself in an old shooter. But applied to reality as we understand it.But it would be awesome.
Bullshit
I'll believe it when it releases Cover album was great, most of them I like more than the originals I grew up with
>>722305482It's bullshit, but I believe it.
>>722300504>>I Still BelieveI listened to this on repeat for like two weeks when I first heard it. Holy FUCK it's so good.
>>722288748>duane and brand0Absolutely based, I still listen to them. Really wish they didn't break up and that Brando didn't troon out.
>>722295157
>>722307785I still think their Final Fantasy song is a masterpiece.>Good knight turned bad knight? Well, good night for you!
>>722279974Good and objective ordering.
so itll release in 2030?
>>722282151The Protomen's stuff isn't a rearrangement of Mega Man songs, you're probably thinking of The Megas. The Protomen are more of a rock opera sort of based on Mega Man but also a bit on the darker side.
>>722288748>>722307785LOOK UP IN THE SKY IT'S A BIRD IT'S A PLANEIT'S AIR MAN BITCH AND I'M BRINGING THE PAINI GOT A FAN INSTALLED IN MY GRILL, NO LIEI'M GONNA BLOW YOUR ASS STRAIGHT OFF THE MAPGOODBYE
>>722281891I haven't heard Act 1 bht Act do is what if we copied Jim Steinman but made it about megaman
>>722294646I had fun singing in the /v/ cover with you guys. 4am threads carried me through college back in the day.
>>722307785>brandO trooned outplease don't be real, please don-fuck, it's real.
>>722304362https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C8QmvcK0RAThis is one of my favorite versions of Breaking Out.
>>722281891>rock operatic fanficDo you need more?
>>722277742I'll believe it when I see it.
>>722312126habeeb it
WE ARE THE DEAD
>>722277742uou cant hurt me like this
https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us
IT'S REAL!https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us
>>722314295>>722314357EVEN NOW THERE IS HOPE FOR MAN
>>722314295>>722314357>Now, here’s where it gets really fun. We didn’t want to go the traditional pre-order route. Instead of making you wait (even longer) until the official release date, we’re going to unleash this story on the world episodically with a track (or 2) each week. It’s sort of like that Alien show you’ve been watching… but with sound only. And less aliens, but maybe more robots. But how do you get the new songs every week, you’re wondering? Just refresh the Bandcamp app once a week and they’ll appear. That’s all. Don’t worry, we’ll send an email (and post on the socials) to remind you when there are new songs (usually on Monday/Tuesday). You know, in case you’re so busy waiting on the second season of that Alien show that you forget about us!tl;dr It's an episodic album release
>>722300504IIRC the Styx, original band that did Mr. Roboto, came out and declared that the Protomen cover was better then the OG song and might as well be the official version. They liked it that much.
>>722314498Im NOT Doing this Deltarune and Half Life has RUINED My respect for Episodic releases.
Just come down! If we walk down!Maybe we'll get out of thisALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
>>722312126HABEEB IT BRO!https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us
>>722314498Well there's 13 tracks still left to release so and the CD's are supposed to be shipped come early January. So I'm guessing they plan to finish releasing it all by new years or christmas?
MAYBE A HERO WILL COME
Protomen is reddit as fuck.
>>722315214YOUR REDDIT AS FUCK, NIGGER
It's strange. I've been waiting for it for so long and now that it's coming, I feel nothing.
>>722315149BUT ALL OF YOUR HEROES ARE GONE
>>722315309Well it's not like they've released the full thing yet. There's still 13 tracks releasing week by week
Fuck man, Breaking Out, Keep Quiet, and Light Up the Night got me through some rough patches in my life.I'm happy that it's finally happening.
>>722315468>i was twelve listening to the OG album on casset>im twenty five nowwhere does the time go
>>722278742I saw them semi-recently on their European tour and had a blast. Still have the shirt.
SO DEATH ISNOT SOMETHING THAT SSSCCCAAARRREEESSSS MMMMMEEEEEESO COME ON!!STEP OUT INTO THE LLIIIGGHHT!!!!
WHAT WAS HER NAME?Doesn't matter.
>>722290659>but the ppostgame didn't get finishedActually makes it feel more official this way lol>before capcom c&d'd iIs that what happened? Could they even do that or just blowing air? It's not using actual megaman characters, I don't know it if capcom has a patent specifically on bn type of games.
>>722287730They're different guys? I thought it was all one guy doing different voices, they all sound basically the same
>>722314295>>722314357THERE ARE HEROES LEFT IN MAN
>getting kirby air riders and act iii in the same yearsomeone out there really doesn't want me to kms
>>722316037it had some megaman stuff in the background of some chips, which was enough for them to throw their weight around
>>722316037>I don't know it if capcom has a patent specifically on bn type of games.Capcom did have patents for navicust and the battle field setup, but I think the other has expired and the other wasn't fully filed.
>>722277742sick hope it's decent
>>722315309Might just be a slow burn. Sometimes with stuff like this it's how it hits me, at first it's just "heh, neat" and then as the days pass and it keeps occurring to me "man, thing actually exists now" I get more and more hyped
>>722301069That Silent Running Breaking Out mix is fucking 10/10.
>>722277742>had a remote interview at 4am yesterday (timezones are a bitch)>Protomen act 3 gets announced What are the fucking chances?
well all i need know is half life 3 announced this year and i'll have confirmation god listens
>protoMen>my furfag ass read it as protogenkms
>>722315112this song has been out for like 8 years
>>722319530They're slow-dripping the album over the next 3 or so months, so naturally we're gonna hear the songs they've already uploaded.
>>722292420I remember that and I remember the mousepads.
>Objective: Stay alive through 3 months 6 days
>>722300504>their cover of In The Air Tonight was so good that it got used for a david beckham cologne advert over the original versionI don't even need act 3. I need more covers.
>>722320440Bat out of Hell when?
>>722297981NOW OUR TIME HAS COMEIF WE EVER HAD A CHANCEWE WILL STAND AGAINST THE FIREFOR AS LONG AS WE CAN STANDIF WE MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHTIF WE LIVE TO SEE THE DAWNTHEN WE'LL SEARCH BENEATH THE ASHESFOR THE WILL TO CARRY OOOOOON
I WILL NOT BE TOLD WHERE TO STANDI WILL NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO SAYNOT BY MAN OR MACHINENOT BY YOUNOT BY ANYONE TONIGHT
MY FATHER TOLD ME ONCE WHEN I WAS YOUNGA MAN CANNOT UNDO THE THINGS HE'S DONE
Roll butt
>>722315309I thought I was fine with never getting Act 3 because we got Act 2 and that was good enough, but then I actually listened to the new recording of Hold Back The Night just now and the last minute had me feeling tingles so I know I was lying to myself.
Outside of The Fight I never bothered to listen to any of the miscellaneous Act 3 songs that were floating about so this should be good
15 track list and we know the following;>The Calm>Hold Back the Night>The Fight>This City Made UsSo far I really enjoyed the re-record of Hold Back the Night and The Calm is a great entrypoint.I haven't been this hyped in years and came back to /v/ immediately when I saw it elsewhere.
https://youtu.be/UkXwW5H28m0?t=76oh yeah this happened
>>722277742the protowhos?
IM LEAVING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER EMILYTHERES NOTHING LEFT HERE FOR ME NOW
OH, GOD . . . HERE COMES ACT III.
>>722314295>>722314357>>722314498Mods should sticky this shit if they want to not be fagsniggers it's fucking HAPPENING
>>722322615There should be a line where Mega Man or whoever the protagonist is says "there's so much steam and steel ahead of me, it won't slow me down at all". Would be a pretty badass callback.
>>722321912there's also No way back and Calling Out, but they still didn't release a studio version of them so you can only listen to some live recording Calling Out is amazing imho
>the protowhos?
>>722322712Act II is older than 90% of the mods
>>722321912>Hold Back The Night was track 2 all alongI thought it was going to be a 2nd-half starter kind of track, like Act 2's Breaking Out.Looks like Roll is going to have a bigger role this act.
>>722322768Absolute symphony.
>>722314730KEEEEP QUIIIIEEEEEEEET
>>722314295>>722314357>>722277742THERE ARE THE EMBERS OF A FIRE THATS GONE OUTBUT I CAN STILL FEEL THE HEAT ON MY SKIN
I am just happy that in recent years we have been getting closure to stuff we enjoyed.TF2 got the final comicwe got psychonauts too a few years backsilksong finally releasednew sonic racing game that plays like all starsand new new protomen
I prefer the superior trilogy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG_GnjntufYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdr_gc_Z3SUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4D25DTON-Y
>>722324062>got that final tf2 comic>got silksong>getting protomen act 3>rumors of hl3 coming soonwhat the fuck happened
>>722324445no idea but i am all in for it.
>>722314295>>722314357holy shit
I watched them live at a bar once, it was pretty disappointing. The post-production in their albums pulls a lot of weight.
>>722277742That's cool and all but don't let that distract you from the fact that Crapcom still refuses to make a new Mega Man game.
>>722314295>>722314357No fucking way. Say a prayer for all the anons still sleeping
HOPERIDESALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEfuck spamfilter
>>722325329>Star Force collection>Archie reprints and a new X-centric comic>Sonikart dlc >and now Act IIIat this point I think it is the will of the universe that MM does not get a new game
>>722325074You could tell this with the initial Act 3 singles that were basically live quality. The Gambler in particular can't sing outside a ballad range and I wonder how they'll deal with that.
>>722326056Why are mankind such pussies?
>>722326415Listening to Hold Back the Night, the answer is "they'll do nothing". Welp.
where's the fucking sticky you faggot ass mods
/mu//mu//mu//mu/FUCK OFF AND STAY THERE
>>722327396Thanks for the bump, anon
>>722320781>>722314295I KNOW!I KNOW!I KNOW THAT'S HOW THE FIGHT ENDS!
>>722314357>>722314295OH SHIT
>>722314295>>722314357>January 12, 2026Might be hard to keep the thread alove until then. But I'll give it a shitty listen. I used to listen to act I and II while playing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
>>722328217All we need is a thread a week.
>>722324062A lot of things wrapped up this year.On /tg/ All Guardsmen Party finally ended.It's truly the end of an era.
not listening until its fully out
>>722329361No way. I stopped following /tg/ since all the stuff I end up caring for stop updating and die.
>>722322830I'm so fucking horned up for the studio version (and full lyrics) of No Way Back>mfw maybe we'll get out of this>ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
>>722329578Way dude. It happened back in March.https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/95298701https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/95314548/
>>722283716>boomer 'music'bruh
bump!
I've seen this cityA thousand timesI can't believe it's actually happening
I COME FOR VENGEANCEFOR THE FIRST SIGNS OF LIGHTAND I'M READY AND I'M WILLING AND I'M PREPARED TOOSENDMETHE BEST YOU'VE GOTSENDMEYOUR STRONGEST MACHINEI'LLFIGHTMY BROTHER FOUGHTYOU'LLSEEwhat vengeance means.
