Rockman 6: Unique Harassment is the kind of hack that simply put isn’t for everyone. It’s a total revision of the classic game, with quite a but of charm to it. However that charm comes with a major cavoite, and that is a pretty steep difficulty curve.

To start with the positives, I really enjoyed the set of robot masters here. It was a nice variety that complimented the game. I also liked that they all had new and unique attack abilities and patterns. It really freshened things up. I also liked the homages to Dragon Quest, as you play you’ll notice them. I also liked that Doc Robot was brought back as a mini boss for the stages, as it added to the overall experience. Lastly the overall presentation was indeed unique, thought out and brought together well.

Now for the negatives, the first is the powerups. They’re all completely different from what you would expect, but I honestly found more use from the Power Adaptor than anything else (except for the boss fights). The second is the big elephant in the room with this, and that is the difficulty. This isn’t an easily accessible hack, and may turn away your more casual players. In particular the boss fights can get particularly aggravating as they all have two life bars and really relentless attack patterns.

So do I recommend this hack? I do, but with just barely. There is a lot of good to be had, and it is well put together, but that difficulty is only for the most hardcore of fans. If you’re patient with it, you may find some enjoyment from it.