When you play as Zero, you can tell that they really wanted to encourage players to use him because of the game's difficulty. I really enjoyed the boss fights even if some did annoy me at times. It plays pretty much like the first two games, so it's still pretty solid. The story is also pretty basic as Sigma is once again the big bad guy behind the scenes and the gameplay is pretty challenging. There's something about it that just doesn't hit the mark for me. One thing that I didn't like was the music and it's odd considering how Megaman almost always delivers in the music department.
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It was the first in the series to let you play as Zero and I remember it being a pretty big deal. This game is fun but I always find it a bit forgettable at times. While, I don't have the same burning hatred for this like most fans, it's still a game filled with issues. Funny enough, I think it has one of the best soundtracks in the series. Like with X7, the main positive point for the game is the soundtrack. They didn't even take the time to add an English dub for the cutscenes and just stuck with the Japanese voice acting. The story had potential but just falls apart due to nonsensical scenes like Zero somehow repairing himself or having Sigma actually being the real main big bad guy after killing off Gate. It's choices like this where you're asking alot of the player to simply adapt to broken and unfair level design. There's even a level where you literally just fight the same mini boss multiple times. Certain levels raining down projectiles that can be incredibly difficult to avoid. Hell, some bosses like High Max can't even be touched if you don't have the right weakness. The level design and boss design is definitely bullshit and can be unfair at times especially for new players. There's the nightmare system that can turn reploids into mavericks and sometimes affect certain levels in the game. The gameplay is similar to X4 and X5, but with a twist. This game was released literally months after X5 in the west and an example of why you shouldn't be quick to release a rushed game. Is it the worst game of all times? Not at all, but it is a weak ass Megaman X game.Įven though, I personally find to be not as horrible as X7, it's also an entry that clearly doesn't quite hold up too well. There's not much redeeming qualities to this game for me and I ended being let down hard with this one. Granted, the game does have good points like the music and the ability to bring two characters into missions, but that's really about it.
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It was absolutely unnecessary to unlock a main character that should've been playable from the start. If that wasn't bad enough, you don't even get to play as X until the later half of the game. The characters had some terrible acting and they just felt bland.
The story seemed interesting at first, but took a nosedive as it progressed further. They also introduced Axl and while it was neat to have a third playable character, he was still pretty lame and gimmicky. The gameplay just felt painfully sluggish and the characters weren't as fun to play like in the previous games. When I got my hands on it, I was in for a pretty shitty ride. This was my first experience with a bad X game and I remember being extremely hyped for it because of it's 3D environments.
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While some would place a certain game on this spot, I still find X7 to be much worse. This game is easily the lowest point of the series.