Mega Man X is joined in this adventure by two close associates, Zero and Axle, and each character has different strengths and abilities. Only do it if you can spend the time to do it right - most games that try it, don't come close to doing it right.Like its immediate predecessor, Megaman X8 presents its 2D-style platform-shooter action in a 3D game world. Side gripe: I really dislike action games that shoe-horn in an ill-fitting "alternate gameplay" stage or something for "added design value". But in the newjack MMX series, and even with X8 being a lot better than X7, it just feels like the quality of Megaman level design has sank to the floor, relative to the "original trilogy", as I think of the SNES titles. I'm all for variety and one of my top 10 best action / shooting / platform games of all time is Gunstar Heroes, which virtually has a unique concept for every stage. Look at X7 and X8, both with a low-quality (compared to say, vehicle stuff in the Jak series) driving stage. Look how often the cheesy "rotating staircase" level was reused on PSOne.
MEGAMAN X8 CHARACTERS PS2
One of the main problems I have with post-SNES Megaman X games, which EVERY SINGLE PSOne and PS2 X game has suffered from, is a dependence on "gimmick" levels instead of longer, detailed platforming and trap levels. It is not going to change lives, but it is a pleasurable outing for megaman x, and reminds me why I used to like this series. So if you have ever liked an X game, give this a rent at least. It is definately not a game where you will finish every stage on the first try. The game is no cakewalk, but seems about average for Megaman X cheapness levels. They are cheap, so when you do a stage and die, you will have earned more than enough to refill them. On the normal difficulty, you get 2 chips and can buy 3 more for a total of 5.
You have to buy continue chips, which serve as lives. You get "money" in levels which can be spent in the shop. Burn Rooster makes the floor move up in down in segments after the fight has been underway for awhile. Optic Sunflower kept changing the layout of his room, and you had to use the blocks to avoid lazers by standing underneath or over them. For instance, against Avalanche Yeti, when he was near death I had to contend with 2 giant snowflakes bouncing around while he jumped around the screen trying to freeze me (at which point you have to call your other character to break him out) and burrowing into the snow to pop out and do a ryu uppercut, yeti-style. The bosses also do different things based on how low their life is. They have relatively long life bars, but it doesn't feel like you have to sit there and whittle them down forever. The bosses so far have been very well done. These are mini levels of sorts which take you back into the stage with a modified objective. There are also intermission stages which pop up after you clear a stage. It gets tricky because of spikes and boxes which try to crush you when they are flipped. Gravity Antonion's stage involves pressing buttons on the floors and walls to flip the stage 90 degrees. Then there's a platforming part with spiky walls, and another, harder auto scroll. If you get crushed at the top, you lose energy, but fall off the bottom and die. :lol The stage is auto scrolling and involves shooting, going over ramps to jump crevASSes, and fighting two minibosses.īurn Rooster's stage starts as an auto scrolling segment where you have to jump downward from platform to platform. At the beginning, the helper character tells you to watch out for "CrevASSes". It is supposedly the worst stage in the game, but I had fun. Based on your performance, you will move up or down a difficulty level for the next mini challenge.Īvalanche Yeti's stage is a 3d bike stage that looks like it's a mid level PS1 title. You'll go into a room and have to fight a flying robot while jumping on moving platforms, or some such thing.
MEGAMAN X8 CHARACTERS SERIES
Optic Sunflower's stage is a series of minichallenges. I have beaten Optic Sunflower and Avalanche Yeti so far, and have gotten to Burn Rooster and halfway through Gravity Antonion's stage (gotta love the ridiculous names). The intro stage forces you to use certain characters either alone or in combination, after which you can select 2 of them to take into a stage.
So looking at the decent reviews, I took the plunge.Īnd I like it! It is actually pretty cool. Except Gamespot, but they have zero credibility with me after their "POP Warrior Within is best on Gamecube" crap. Then some reviews came in which said it wasn't half bad. OK, even though I thought the last 2 X games were pretty terrible (I played them anyway, but thankfully as rentals), I had a good feeling about X8.
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