Johnny vs. Mega Man X

Yes, I think it's finally time to return to the Mega Man series. Megaman 11 is coming out in a couple of months, but a lot of people are also excited about the upcoming Mega Man X Legacy Collection. The eight games will be divided into two. packs, but that's a complaint for another time, so I thought okay last time I was here, I took a look at the classic series, so it's time for the next chapter of the Mega Man games and those with the which I'm a little more familiar with, in fact, The X Series is where I was first exposed to the legacy of the Blue Bombers.

Mega Man 6 was my first classic Mega Man game, but Mega Man I love this game, it's one of my all-time favorites. I can come back to this any day, any time, I never get tired. I wanted to make that clear before I started this video, before I inevitably started doing gushin, but you know. What is Mega Man was in the tenth entry of the series before the tenth entry, the series existed 17 years later, as before, we have several games to cover for this marathon, but Mega Man X has its own video because I have the most memories. of this game specifically and started the entire X line, so I think it deserves special attention.

Mega Man X was Capcom's way of bringing the Blue Bomber to the next generation of consoles. The original series was going strong, in fact, Mega Man 6 still was. released for the NES just two months after the release of Mega Man 16-bit and a lot of the previous Mega Man development team returned to start this new series, including Keiji Inafune of course, and produced Otoko ro Fujiwara, who has been involved since the first Megaman title back in 1993, Super Nintendo had already been an established thing for about two years at this point. and since we're in the 1990s, we're talking about this is the era when a lot of things were getting their darkest and edgiest makeover, comics, movies and music, I'm not sure if it was just Capcom trying to follow the trends, but the idea was to create a harder Mega Man, something less Astro Boy and more like The Terminator, okay, slight exaggeration, but the game setup doesn't lie, this was a darker Megaman title and it hits you so As soon as you start the game, we get this boot.

A screen appears of someone logging into the computer, then it's revealed to be the doctor, but holy shit, over 32,000 terabytes of memory, this has all the porn, they're damn, but no, then we get a cool sequence of the new schemes from Megaman, it's a lot of techno. jargon microfusion fuel tank lightweight titanium alloy foreskin such a jarring contrast Isn't that how I can imagine those who grew up with classic Mega Man used to the bright and colorful atmosphere that runs in the sunlight mission accomplished and then they play Mega Man X and it's like a football Cali Oh Mega Man Thomas Light, his goal was to create a robot that had complete free will, the ability to think, feel and make his own decisions, which is funny because as the years went by, the classic Mega Man already had those characteristics, but whatever. whatever, Dr.

Light was getting big this time and basically wanted to create new life, but he feared the world wasn't ready for dream technology, but we're perfectly fine with clown man dr. The lights sealed X inside a capsule for 30 years to test his internal systems and make sure he was the reliable robot he had longed for. Light died later during this period and he had no one to carry out his work because I guess everyone else died. This is the biggest mystery of the X series and to this day it has not been directly answered what happened to the classic Mega Man or Proto Man.

What about Roll Rush Auto? For God's sake, there is literally no one alive from the previous era. Yes, they are all gone. After all, it's a new generation of Megaman, but it's been 21 years now, blah blah blah, and X is finally discovered by a Doctor Kane who was so impressed by X's eternal machinations that it inspires him to design robots like him called representative Lloyd's, short for replicant Android, once saw Blade Runner anyway in the next year as humans and reptiles coexisted, but as time went by crimes were committed. by Representative Lloyd's slowly began to grow in response, a special force of robots was created to deal with rebel Reptoids, later identified as Mavericks, led by their commander Sigma, who may or may not be a real mavericks and joined his friend zero. who actually was Keiji Inafune, his original design for Megaman of X in favor of The design of X is somewhat more familiar.

I love the look of It kind of continues the trend of Rockman covers, it's just a bunch of heroes and bad guys, my favorite is Sigma, he's like everyone else, yeah I'm sick anyway, the Mavericks hunters were created to deal with the bad robots, but one day, out of nowhere, Commander Sigma himself became a maverick and longs to wipe out humanity. in order to create a future only for the Reptoids, as he believes that Lloyd's representatives are the next step in evolution, like Magneto and his Brotherhood of Reptoids, so, together with his companion 0x, he takes his arm and Canada is tasked with stopping the forces of Cygnus and eventually Sigma himself and it has to be said that most of this comes from the game manual and the PSP remake of Megaman itself, as soon as you press the home button, they just launch you.

In the game there is a bit of dialogue here and there with X unsure of himself as a capable fighter, but all of Megaman X is dealing with the consequences of Sigma's betrayal. The X series as a whole is more involved with this plot in the classic. The series also sees the further we get in these games, but still shares many tropes from the previous generation. Mavericks, for example, is the Robot Masters series and Sigma is this Dr. Cunning series, but there we go, we have our setup and it's certainly a darker version of Mega Man so far, but for me this also extends beyond the plot.

The aesthetic of this game also uses a darker tone. The initial stage is a decimated road. The first boss is vile. ends up mopping the floor with you and you almost die as a result, but you say at the last second for zero, but it makes you feel a little desperate, most of the stages involve X-rated weapons and military bases as cold and sterile as how very robust you occupies them and the visuals are one thing, but even the sound design is based on the tonal shift. One of my favorite tracks in this game is, believe it or not, the theme that plays before you meet an important boss, it is very disturbing because this is no longer the classic Megaman, you are in a time very far from him and, as someone who has finally played all those damn classic games, I can easily see it now, of course, Megaman X is a shady HR Giger, isn't it?

Clayton from The Classic Series, at the end of the day, is a faster-paced Megaman and I certainly didn't think anything of that when I first played this all those years ago. I was more like, oh man, this game looks so cool, look at the size of my holy charger, that's amazing, I'm climbing walls, I'm shooting a penguin in the face and damn, this soundtrack is fantastic, still It is today, My Favorite Mega Man sounds like the entire franchise's compositions wonderfully use the SNES soundtrack to its fullest. potential to deliver a varied and dirty score because this was the energetic atmosphere of the 90s, damn it's so airy my favorites are co-host boomer, storm eagle, chameleon, armored armadillo, all Sigma settings, the boss's music, both variations.

I even loved the password theme. password issue we're talking about a screen in a game that you'll probably skip and have a 400 second the sound design I should mention is also something I love wholeheartedly it's very minor don't get me wrong but I love the sound of my charged shot the impact of hitting a boss riding a giant robot the sound of the shutter door closing behind me I don't know why, but I love that sound Mega Man When it comes to gameplay Just like before, you can run, jump, and fire power pellets from your trusty arm cannon.

There are a total of 8 mavs running to defeat. You absorb their special abilities when you defeat them, giving you more weapons to add to your arsenal that you can experiment with while also giving you the potential advantage against the next boss, as some are working on specific weapons when all eight Mavericks are defeated. , you find your way to Sigma's fortress for a total of four stages ending with a climatic battle against Darth. The themes of mr.clean's stages are generally tied to Maverick's charging flame mammoth, for example he hides inside a pile of burning scrap metal, while a cold penguin stays in an arctic region, it's essential, but One detail I love is that certain stages actually change depending on which Maverick you've already taken out in spark chucks. level, there are electrical currents all over the floor and it makes your mini boss a pain in the ass with its constant lightning bolts, but if you cleared the echo storm beforehand, you caused his ship to crash into the spark manuals base, causing a power outage, electrical currents.

Gone are the many bosses, it's now a total joke, and although you have to deal with a couple of blackouts, it's not as annoying as before. I want to get rid of the lava and flames off stage, take the cold penguin out to watch the shattered weather. freezes everything by opening new paths that may or may not contain things like heart containers, permanent upgrades to access health, yeah this is a little strange now that I look back, Ax doesn't have much health when he starts compared to Megaman original that had the max from the beginning in every game you have to find hard containers if you want more health nan I go on and on about this honestly on one hand I love the feeling of discovering them on the other hand it's a gameplay element which exists by taking something set in this case a full health bar and cutting it into pieces and it's like that for every game so X I mean are you doing man your help?

This is the weakest thing, ma'am. power armor, but I love this type of design, you can tackle any stage in any order if you want or you can make things easier on yourself by doing things a certain way, it's good for first time players and then if you're new. Feeling confident that you can try loading the maw in this or that order. I've done it many times in this game. It also helps that Megaman X isn't as difficult as previous entries in the series and a big part of that. feel why an X is very potential instead of energy tanks inside the subtank to give you some breathing room and while that's true, you have to fill the tank yourself to get the most out of it instead of one and fully restore the energy tanks.

I really like how the subtanks are permanent, there are a total of four. in the game and if you know the right places film the tanks, don't take time, although the bat population is seriously an immediate difference between X and the classic Mega Man is X's wall sticker, you can hug any wall you Don't be dangerous and jump. out of the weather along with some of the more vertical level designs we've seen at the moment, it's a lifesaver in situations that would have meant death in classic games because, for example, if you get thrown into a pit, just because, backtracking en Something about this game is that you can potentially hug the wall and kick yourself up, that's awesome, but it doesn't stop there because there are also permanent armor upgrades, you can find certain stages that slow down dr.

You have light left so thatfind it, I don't know why these weren't just incorporated into their core design, but I won't speak ill of the dead, you still can't upgrade your armor to take more hits, you can upgrade your loadout. being more powerful that also allows you to charge your special weapons which create very different effects being able to charge special weapons is great. I love charging up the storm tornado and launching a funnel of death and nukes that take out these sea dragons, but the leg upgrade is easily the most important and the one you'll probably encounter first because they don't even try to hide it from you.

It's very simple, it only allows you to do longer dunks, but this, along with the wall sticker, transforms Megaman this type of speed and, combined with the wall sticker, it responds fluidly and is not punishing at all. Yes, I would still recommend being careful. Take it. For my part, I get lost in the moment in this game because I find it very exciting, but you know I get hit a lot for it, but with this type of mobility it's easier to avoid oncoming projectiles and all that, although this game has an annoying effect. A holdover from NES games where enemies that die respawn immediately the moment you leave the screen a bit, it can get a little chaotic at points and looks really bad, but it helps that X is quite capable of defending himself even better when you start feeding these bosses so they can use their weapons, god I love it. weapons in this game a flamethrower, a tornado, ah I see a shotgun that you can ride like a surfboard, two types of shield, guided torpedoes, boomerangs that can pick up objects and you can switch between weapons on the fly, but just by pressing the side buttons without breaking the Later you can even get the Hadouken from Street Fighter and Phil, you need full health to use it, it can shoot anything, it's a bit more how you get it, although you do this jump from this platform, collect this capsule of energy and then jump off the cliff and die and do it about four more times, doctor, what's wrong with you?

That's a good question, so you have all your weapons, you have all your upgrades, it's time to go to Sigma, it's another one. What I really like is that unlike Wiley's castle, it's not a gauntlet, which means that every time you finish the stage you can go out to fill your subtanks and return inside completely refreshed, you face vile again, only this time you are much stronger. your friend's arrow ends up sacrificing itself to give you the advantage, until the next game, buddy, and finally it's just you, Sigma, and a possible lawsuit from George Lucas. No, seriously, Capcom was pushing this.

I mean, vile is one simple color change away from being Boba Fett. I guess they really enjoyed Star Wars, whoever X defeats Sigma, saves the day and watches Castlevania crumble on the horizon. X then begins to reflect on his purpose in life and how long he must continue fighting to ensure peace and a spoiler warning that he is not aging. Any time and that's Megaman X. I mean, I've said it before. I'll say it again. I love this game. I love the changes it brought to the formula. I love fast paced gameplay. I love the upgrades and weapons. the stage is the boss fight to show off the sound I don't think there is a perfect video game, but Megaman accomplished. coming close to reaching this genre specifically goes without saying, but I'm saying it anyway, play this please, it's available on many platforms, SNES, the Virtual Console X collection, the upcoming Legacy Collection.

I would even recommend Maverick Hunter X, yes, very similar to Megaman. The power-up maverick hunter x was Capcom's attempt to reboot the additional content in the form of playable content. file that has its own campaign along with its own personal arsenal of weapons to cause a wide variety of pain, it was a veiled attempt of course because it was on the PSP, don't get me wrong, I love that damn thing, but I don't know that people didn't do it. I don't understand why Capcom thought that was the best option to choose for their Megaman reboots. They should have waited a couple of years for 3D.

It's a shame too because this isn't a bad remake at all. I still prefer the SNES original, but the game looks and sounds great, the remixed soundtrack was a treat to the ears, and I appreciate the added story elements to make the world of X more interesting. You learn a little more about the Mavericks. When you beat the game, you unlock Day of Sigma, a nearly 25-minute long animated short that addresses Sigma's motives, returning to the dark side, which picks up on his origin story and explores But We'll Get There in Time and the performance of voice isn't that bad, I'm sure he's pulling this off.

Like I love Lucas Giberson is zero but I swear every time he escalates the drama he sounds like he's about to burst out laughing change the world he sounds like a maverick talk to me the perpetrator was so skilled not many replay points have such high specs but the most important thing is that the gameplay was practically intact. If you played the SNES game, you can play it without a problem. I think it's a little easier to boot as I find it easier to read enemy attacks due to the 3D animations being easier to distinguish, so if I thought the SNES game was too much and give the remake a try PSP.

The miles campaign is a nice bonus that gives you the option to play the game. He's this greasy jerk, but I don't find him as funny as the acts he can't. It was very hard to break that habit to begin with and it has miserable defense, making the intro stage one of the hardest in the game, believe it or not, and while it has a great selection of arm cannons, cannons shoulder and foot pumps. They're not as visually exciting, but they're satisfying for exes using special weapons. Now I love how their ammo regenerates quickly but enemies can still drop weapon ammo like if you're playing as Weapons keep falling and I'm getting nowhere.

Every now and then you can find a special vile armor that you might think is something you could call a point given how big it is. Deal, it was in the original game and is good for taking down enemies, but it has a pathetically short time limit that decreases faster each time you get hit. I don't understand that it is also necessary for certain upgrades, the subtank and the storm eagles. stay almost impossible to get because you have to make sure your armor explodes in front of these containers that are preceded by a bunch of floating platforms with enemies on them to run out your timer, it's a game of chance, it makes me think that the vials campaign He was kind. of botched work in the product.

I also don't like how every stage plays the same song, it's a cool track, but why make it the only song you hear on Sigma stages? It's a very strange decision, but on the plus side you stay afloat. in the air by pressing the stroller cannon button, which might be unintentional, but I can fly over a good portion of an octopus on the stage, that's nothing you can do about it. I was able to beat this mode, but it wasn't that good. For now, I'll take X any day Maverick Hunter X is a good buy if you have a PSP.

I don't think it would hurt us to look for a physical copy, but if you also have a PS Vita, it's on the PlayStation Network. In my opinion, for only ten dollars, it's a very good deal, no matter what version you get on Super Nintendo on PSP, the game delivers and then some, one of my all time favorites. I implore you to give it a chance. I'm releasing this video in too many games. I know there are bound to be one or two vendors that have a million copies of this, so PLEASE play it, try it, see if you like it, you have nothing to lose, it's only about like an hour and a half long, so yeah, but well, I mean we're just starting this marathon, we're already at a very high point, so I mean, how will the other games do?

We'll find out next time with a double review. of Mega Man x2 and

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man x3 on Super Nintendo with all that said, thank you all for watching Heavyer Souls, they are fantastic, didn't I forget about the iPhone version? Oh, we have to try it and see how it holds up.