Mighty No. 9’s subreddit is currently brimming with negativity toward the game and its all-star creator, Keiji Inafune.
After years of delays and underwhelming trailers, Comcept’s maiden project finally released on Monday to a tepid critical response. Currently sitting between a 56 review score and 2.6 user score on Metacritic, Mighty No. 9 has quickly found itself subject to harsh criticism from legions of disappointed Kickstarter backers. The game has only been out for a matter of days, but that hasn’t stopped Reddit users from uniting in contempt for Inafune.
As the internet is wont to do, users have channeled their mighty rage into a series of memes and posts calling out the man himself. Some are fairly creative…
While others are somewhat more damning…
Inafune caused yet another stir this morning when he stated that Mighty No. 9’s tepid critical response was “better than nothing.” Some redditors took to this choice phrasing with gusto…
The sub has even become a forum for rounding up some of the most stinging digs at Mighty No. 9 from across the internet…
Despite once being a platform for sharing excitement pertaining to Mighty No. 9’s launch, the sub has now been overridden with hatred toward Inafune. No matter what really went wrong during the game’s development cycle, it seems that the legendary Mega Man developer has been dubbed this week’s villain of the internet.
While we didn’t share quite the antipathy for Mighty No. 9 on display here, we felt that the game’s solid mechanics were skewed by a handful of abominable design flaws. You check out our full review of Mighty No. 9. right here.