▁still ▁review ers ▁critic ized ▁that ▁the ▁level ▁design ▁was ▁still ▁block y ▁and ▁primitive . ▁The ▁story ▁and ▁cut scene ▁animation ▁were ▁univers ally ▁pra ised , ▁and ▁compared ▁to ▁watching ▁an ▁an ime . ▁In ▁comparison ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁game , ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁also ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁dark er ▁and ▁deeper . ▁Euro g amer ▁also ▁focused ▁in ▁this , ▁finding ▁the ▁game ' s ▁story ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁more ▁" rolling ▁narr ative ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁simple ▁' click ▁the ▁face , ▁beat ▁the ▁b oss , ▁save ▁the ▁world ' ▁sort ▁of ▁cop - out " ▁comparing ▁it ▁with ▁the ▁original ▁ 2 D ▁series . ▁Sound ▁effects ▁and ▁music ▁were ▁like wise ▁well - rece ived , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁M ega ▁Man ' s ▁voice , ▁which ▁was ▁der ided ▁as ▁too ▁femin ine . ▁ ▁Samuel ▁Bass ▁review ed ▁the ▁Play Station ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁Next ▁Generation , ▁rating ▁it ▁three ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁five , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁" A ▁fun ▁game ▁held ▁back ▁by ▁p ig - head ed ▁camera ▁design ." ▁ ▁Game R ank ings ▁had ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 7 6 . 6 0 % ▁for ▁the ▁PS ▁version , ▁while ▁Met ac rit ic ▁had ▁ 7 6 ▁favor able ▁reviews ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁for ▁it . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁ret ros pective ▁of ▁the ▁M ega ▁Man ▁series , ▁Jer emy ▁Par ish ▁of ▁ 1 UP .