The story mainly focuses on explorers who call themselves "diggers," they search ruins around the world for "refractor crystals" to power various pieces of machinery including vehicles and ships. As the game begins, Mega Man is beginning a dig and is guided through a simple ruin with the aid of his best friend, Roll. After recovering the refractor, Mega Man barely escapes the ruin with the aid of their airship, the Flutter. Shortly after the narrow escape, the Flutter begins to experience engine problems and is eventually forced to crash-land on Kattelox Island, from there, the game officially begins. On Kattelox Island, you can look forward to exploring countless ruins, fighting off air pirates and uncovering the secret that the vast network of ruins hold.

        The graphics consist of fairly crude 3D environments and rather un-detailed characters. The graphical problems can mainly be attributed to a lack of FSAA (Full Scene Anti-Aliasing) which smoothes the jagged edges in 3D environments. Considering the limitations of the Playstation platform, Mega Man Legends' graphics are understandable. In the end, Mega Man Legends is by no means a graphical masterpiece, but the limited graphics do suffice.

        Unfortunately, Mega Man Legends' gameplay isn't exactly up to par either. Many gamers may find the somewhat choppy game engine, auto-targeting system and lack of automatic camera control to be frustrating. Another major downfall to the gameplay is the simplicity of the boss enemies, many of them can simply be beaten by running around them in a circle with auto-targeting on while firing the Mega Buster. One bright side to the gameplay is the extensive armor and weapons system, throughout the game virtually all upgrades can be purchased or made from specific parts when brought to Roll. Though the gameplay may not be the best, it's certainly not the worst I've seen.

        One area that Mega Man Legends does excel in is music and sound, and in this case, vocals as well. All of the music sounds crystal clear, well composed and usually blends in with the overall environment well without being too distracting. Unlike in most games, the audio seems to add more depth to the environment, such as in several of the ruins where music is kept to a very bare minimum and the only real sound that can be heard are the reaverbots' targeting sensors locking onto you and their fire. The vocals are also done well and the voices seem to fit the characters perfectly.

        Considering all that can be done in Mega Man Legends, this title defiantly has a good replay value. With all of the upgrades, hidden areas, side quests, mini-games and various other odds and ends, this game almost has to be played through more than once to truly be completed. Another nice thing is that Mega Man Legends is light on the tutorials so there is a low frustration factor when starting a new game for the second time.

        In the end, Mega Man Legends is certainly different from any other Mega Man game ever created and may not appeal to long-time Mega Man fans, but history aside, this is certainly a great game that despite a minor tarnishes is worth checking out to any action or RPG fan.