Over the last week, I've played through all of the X games and I'd like to have a thread about them. Here are my takeaways>X1 is literally flawless>X2 and X3 aren't as perfect but the X-Hunters and Nightmare Police showing up in stages is really awesome, I loved both>I did two runs of X4, it's a very solid game>X5 has some annoying shit, I'd have loved it if I'd played with the improvement patch but I was playing the Legacy Collection instead, but ultimately I still enjoyed it>I was dreading X6 because I remembered it being complete bullshit but I had a great time with it, got all 128 reploids and everything. Blaze Heatnix's stage is overhated, the checkpoint system is insanely generous>X7 sucks my fucking balls>X8 is hilariously uneven, the spike box room in Gravity Antonion's stage is the most preposterous thing in the entire series and far harder than the multiple rooms of almost nothing but spikes in the last levelThanks for reading my blog.
>>12579290>the spike box room in Gravity Antonion's stageIf you do things in the right order, you'll fight Vile there instead of having to deal with that spikeblock bullshit. I can't remember what that specific order is though, haven't played it in ages.
>>12579296You have to do that stage as your 3rd or 6th, but I fucked the order up and did it last. It was a complete pain in the ass and I say that having had to go through Heatnix's stage three or four times.
X7 is overhated and completely playable.
>>12579290After X4 it goes from peak pixel art and great gamepley to weird digitization, lazy music and frustrating stage design.X7 is only ok after applying some mods/patches that some autistic jap made to fix the game.
I have played about 50 different Mega Man games but I never played X5 to X8 because X5 disgusted me from the rest of the series. What a pile of trash.
>>12579290X5 was supposed to be the grand finale for X to move on to Zero series. With that mindset you may appreciate X5 moreHowever Capcom said: Absolutely fucking not> Blaze Heatnix's stage is overhatedI believe the hate stemmed from no upgrade only default weapon run. Yes I am referring to that one videoWith upgrades though I can imagine you will have better timeHigh Max being totally immune to the default buster can kiss my ass
>>12579290I've only played the 6 NES mega man's since i'm new to the series, are the X games worth playing next?
>>12579434I like X5 fine, in fact it's the only game from the series that I had growing up. After playing through 1-4 immediately before it, the flaws became more visible than ever.>heart tanks being character-specific sucks>so many of its weapons suck>having to replay Tidal Whale's stage 3 times sucks>the bosses suck>Falcon Armor is too good, Gaea Armor just sucksAnd yeah, in X6, I happened to get trapped into fighting High Max with no weapons. But really the only thing from the game that pissed me off was the Nightmare Dark effect. The red donuts get one-shot by a charged Metal Anchor and you get a checkpoint before and after each of them.>>12579495I played through all of the classic games right before this. I feel confident saying X1 is the best game in the entire Mega Man franchise.
>>12579495As OP said X1 is fucking phenomenal and one of the best games ever made. The rest is a mixed bag but X2 and X3 are at least pretty good. Your mileage may vary, OP enjoying most of them in spite of their flaws is valid.
>>X8 is hilariously unevenWhat does this mean?
>>12580138That there are really good parts and really bad parts.>the fundamental gameplay feels nice, all three of the characters are fun to use unlike X7>but then you have two ride chaser levels>a lot of the powerups you can find in the levels are really cool and the levels feel more involved than ever>but you have to grind metals to actually use any of the stuff you find>the bosses are all creative and fun>the stage design falls short, with lots of spikes in some of them>having three navigators and the option to not use any of them is a great idea>none of them are all that useful, Layer doesn't even hint at weaknesses for bosses and Pallette doesn't tell you about the hidden rare metals, you just have to guess where they are
>>12580151Counterpoint: Layer is hot as fuck
>>12579290The X series gets worse with each game.
>>12579357ThisX7 hate is laughable and directly propagated by eceleb obsession syndrome Completely fine game, not great or stellar like others in the series (or even other action platformers), but still competent and has some enjoyable moments You could do MUCH worse, and 7 is a fine recommendation to existing fans of the IP
>>12580263Little guy, x7 was hated before "ecelebs" even existed
>>12580263>Completely fine gameBullshit. It's bewildering that you can look at it and tell us it's a 'fine game'. It's slow as hell, it made the injured reploid system from X6 worse, the bosses have way too much health and their weaknesses actually make them harder in most cases, Zero feels like garbage and his only real use is spamming Tornado Tonion's move to kill the bosses who aren't Splash Warfly. Sigma as well is completely trivial and melts in seconds.
>>12580258Not quite.X > X4 > X2 > X3 > X8 > X5 > X6 > X7
X4 plebs are literally retarded and prefer cutscenes and funky 3d models to gameplay and sprites
>>12579434>With that mindset you may appreciate X5 moreIt makes me appreciate X5 less actually. The grand finale game and they spent 0 dollars in its production. Some fo those boss sprites have less frames than the SNES bosses.
For me?X1X2 = X4X3The rest are forgettable and add nothing to the franchise. They just detract and gives the series a bad name. Only play X5 and X6 if you want more jump shoot dash man action. Despite their flaws, they're still based off the X4 engine which is really good. X7 and X8 are completely skipable. Neither game carries forward the same tight controls, X7 for obvious reasons. X8 tries to recapture the feeling but it's off. It's like someone just eye balled the SNES and PS1 games and said good enough. Not that it matters since you'll spend more time doing gimmick stages or segments rather than actually jump shoot dash.>>12580497X4 had great sprites though. What the hell?
>>12580706>X4 had great sprites though. What the hell?X4 is literally all models. Everything. What you think are "sprites" are just 3d models with textures stretched over them. Even the characters.
>>12580724Yeah I know how the fucking PS1 rendering works. You clearly don't if you're referring to a plane as a model. You want me to start referring it to Dot Art? Quit being pendatic. Nothing about how the PS1 constructs the images invalidates what I said about the visuals. Unbelievable amount of faggotry from that post. Jesus
>>12580692Iirc X4 barely broke even. Mega Man is too niche for the amount of FMVs and full voice acting they were doing then. X5 actually sold better.
>>12580754They aren't sprites. That's why X4 feels like shit in comparison to X, X2 and X3. 3D movement will never feel as good as 2D.
>>12580483>>12580706OP here, and here's what I think.>X1: 10/10>X2, X3: 9/10>X4, X6: 8/10>X5, X8: 7/10>X7: 3/10
>>12580785Awfully generous ratings. X3 is 6/10, 7/10 at the absolute most and nothing between X5 and X7 gets a passing grade.
>>12580854Can you articulate why?
>>12580867>facts are gaslightingFuck off woman
>>12580950The jews murdered JFK, imbed the USS Liberty, and bombed the Twin Towers.
