Metareview - Mega Man X Collection (PS2, GC)

I always loved the SNES Mega Man X games, but I didn't realize how lame they got in the latter part of the series with all the armor, shadow images and light shows. It's like they dumped any hope for good control so they could have eighty light particles orbiting him, shoes the size of his body, light sabers, and a side kick with hair band hair. That's not the Blue Bomber I know.

Oh well, at least I've got the first three, which are some kick-ass platform titles.

And whoever wrote that IGN review is retarded. I know what he meant to say, but "significantly enhanced slowdown" is not a good thing. And I don't think these games are emulated since there are some tiny differences.

As is evident from my handle, I am a huge Megaman X fan, but this collection most definetly sucks. Why? It's just the collection of games, 1-6 + Battle and Chase (Which never came to the US), with -a few- extras such as artwork.



We were promised voice actors for X4 and X6, remixed soundtracks for 1 and 2, we were promised alot for this collection but after delays, the finished product was only half of what we wanted. The reason? They scrapped it all thanks to Keiji Inafune (Father of Megaman), who felt the extras (Such as redubs, remixed sountracks) would boycott the PSP X Remakes, titled Maverick Hunter X.



Anyway, having played through the collection, it's eh. The games, which I've played to death through emulation are done well, there's alot of errors in the game (Crappy Translations, odd sound effects, mistakes etc), but overall, it's alright. Nothing spectactular, and this is coming from a huge fan. 6.7/10

Hard to take you Joystiq guys seriously when you can't even post the correct boxart.

Isn't MegaMan X the game where Mega Man can do a hadoken? That's pretty good.

"Isn't MegaMan X the game where Mega Man can do a hadoken? That's pretty good."



Yup, and it's a pain to get, as well >.

"...if you're looking for a retro game fix."



Who on earth looks for a "retro game fix"? Grow up man, its 2006.

These are great games, but I dont think the collection was put together that well. The interface (as was the Anniversary Collection) is pretty rough.



The thing I've found to be my biggest problem so far is that the controller (GC or PS2) isn't made for these kind of games like the SNES was. My hands start hurting after playing for 20 or so minutes, where as when I play the SNES versions, I could play for hours without my hand cramping whatsoever.



I also dislike how X3 is the Japenese playstation version, and not the US SNES version of the game.