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Point taken, I guess, but surely they could've altered his back story to be less MML-like?They could also have re-skinned him to a BBA design that was less MM1/Universe esque, considering that there's multiple versions of MM2 as well as 9 and 10 to choose from. The fact that they left in a direct reference to both cancelled games from 2011 is something I can't really call anything but bad taste; they could have easily tweaked him without having to throw out all the groundwork.
Eh, I dunno, it still seems like you'd be better off playing as X in that case. Aile only has access to the X2 double shot, while X himself has a backlog of weapons and armor. The only way I could see Aile working is if you made her a stance-switching character who can switch models at will. Even then, that's a LOT of switching to do (6 models not counting Ox). I just find the characters that the models are based off of to be better picks as there's more move variety and the characters themselves are a lot more interesting IMO. I enjoyed Zx as a series, but I didn't feel that the protagonists brought anything, ability-wise at least, that we hadn't seen before. The psuedoroids were more original, but most of them were a pain to play as.Not that I don't see your point, but there are ways of getting creative with it. Also, in the case of the Big Four, the Zero series is concluded, and ZX series is still open-ended, so referencing them as Biometals would make more sense. Model-switching doesn't have to be treated as a full character/moveset change, either, the Models could simply correspond to certain special attacks similar to Trigger's gear in TvC. It's not as if their visuals would be THAT much extra work; the Double Rock Ons are palette-swaps from the neck down with only a few model-specific attachments.
Well, I can understand it when I'm playing with Humans, since that's part of the challenge.The thing with the CPU is that while you are sometimes subject to lousy timing/luck, you will nowhere NEARLY be as frequently gang-banged.
When its the CPU it just feels like the game is being an [dark hold].
So you agree that the abilities of both characters are somewhat misplaced? Or that I'm not alone in thinking that?The latter. I, personally, don't find it all that odd that a limited set of either upgrades or situations on one character could be "stronger" than the character who has the better overall performance with the weapon.
That being said, charging sabers seems more befitting of X than it does of Zero, assuming you'd allow X to have a saber in the first place.
Considering we've been trained to expect to find the right weakness in a set of boss weapons, the last thing any Mega Man gamer would expect to be strong against an enemy is a mobility move. It's outlandish, far-fetched, and just stupid....
He's so powerful, he can be taken down in a matter of seconds by dashing at or in front of him. Truly he's a force to be reckoned with.
That's exactly it. Manipulating your air time by pressing start and using weapons that cancel your momentum. I hope you didn't forget that one part in the Gate Stages where there was a huge pit meant only to be crossed by Zero, the Blade Armor, or the Falcon Armor. Neither unarmored X nor Shadow Armor can air-dash, and you can't just make a dash jump off the side of the platform because there's another upside-down platform in your way. So as either of them--even with Speedster and Jumper parts--you have to cheat.What I find most hilarious about this entire thread is that Zero isn't even capable of reaching that pit.
it's the melee expert with a stronger ranged attack than the ranged expert.You know, most Zero fans argue the inverse when they get one look at Shadow Armor's charged saber. With good reason, too.
How the hell is anyone supposed to figure out the Mach Dash was even capable of harming High Max after being stunned, much less being that powerful? Aside from the two obvious weapons and a Giga Attack you have already? I'm not impressed by the astounding lack of sense the game design has....do I REALLY need to explain why expecting Mega Man series weaknesses to make sense leads to disappointment?
*stuff*I'm not sure what you define as "cheating" to get around as unarmored X, but the only time I had to do ANYTHING that I consider a physics exploit (which was cancelling air momentum to reset your jumping arc) is the pit in Yammark's alternate route, and there's actually nothing there except the Dynamo boss room. No reploids or items of any sort, and no other obstacle in the game requires that. Certainly not Shadow Armor's helmet.
Aw come on, don't tell me you didn't like the Missile Base themes. Especially when you board the Ride Armor. That was awesome!Can't argue with that.
The ground crystal move for X is necessary to find some of Zero's weapons and other knick-knacks throughout the stages. The others are barely memorable, and you're better off just sticking with X's charged shots to clear the screen. I'm glad they buffed his charge shot this time around. Much more effective than in the PSX games.Charged Crystal Wall is essentially Rush Search X, which I feel is one of the worst ideas to hit Mega Man. It's somewhat less insulting in X8 because you're not relegating a whole character to such a useless and unwieldy function, but it's still moronic. Hiding crap in invisible spots in the ground only works when your method of uncovering them is fast and is not limited by ammunition.
I wouldn't call grinding for Nightmare Souls and forcing you to reload saved games to save a corrupted Reploid here and there "perfected", but it's a little better than how X5 handled it. And as rewarding as that secret info cutscene was, inadvertently collecting 3000 souls to get it--and then removing High Max from the secret areas--wasn't the best way to do it.No gaming perfectionist expects to not grind or hit the reset button occasionally. As far as killed Reploids go, most of them don't hold anything. For practical purposes the only things at risk are Speedster, D. Converter, one Life Up (out of 16), and one Energy Up (out of 8 ). None of that is vital, nor does it come CLOSE to the amount of crap that is absolutely impossible to obtain in X5. As for rank, PA rank is perfectly reasonable to clear the game with and I hit it today by my fifth investigator (it helps to know Dynamo's weakness, but I hadn't deliberately camped him).
Isn't defense merely a factor who rescues more Reploids and collect life-ups with?Nope. Any of X's armors reduce his damage by half (besides Shadow they also reduce his weapon energy consumption by 1/4). Zero (red) takes the same damage as unarmored X. If you want to counter that, you have to blow a slot on the Shock Buffer part.
Also, Zero's Z-buster is stronger than X's standard buster while X's saber is much weaker than Zero's. Sure, you can only fire the Z-buster when you're standing, but you can still take out a wider range of enemies in midair in a single swipe of the Z-saber than X can, making short work of mid-bosses and the like, so it hardly matters.The Z-Buster is awesome, but it is also situational. It specializes either against bosses (kinda like the Gaea buster) or at point-blank range (where it would otherwise have been redundant with the saber). For distance attacks against standard enemies, it's actually rather weak.
The saber does like 5-10 hits of chip damage whereas X does 1-2.So Zero's better with the saber than X, shocker.
Oh, and get this: the Z-buster is devastating against High Max, whereas the X-buster only manages to stun him. Evidently just hitting him with Zero's saber is enough to do damage to him, whereas X's doesn't even do damage. Same deal with the Blade Armor. How [tornado fang]ing retarded is that? So you can't even blame me for fighting High-Max with regular X (and even if you did, I'd point you to the name of the game).You need to actually test this stuff before you go spouting it off. As either character, High Max must be stunned first, then damaged (unless in the secret-routes battle he is low on health and uses his spread-shot, then you can skip stunning him). As X, you stun with the charged buster, then damage with a special weapon. As Zero, you stun with a special weapon, then damage with a normal attack (although the Ensuizan can count as both, it still has to hit twice).
I'd much rather just use vanilla X with some parts equipped, but clearly the game doesn't want me to do that, because certain stages require greater mobility than he's capable of in order for me to progress and not die. Central Museum is one example. The least they could've done is just given the air dash to regular X and scrapped the Falcon Armor altogether, but they decided to wait until X8 to do that.Falcon X is still X. You're supposed to be familiar with what you're up against before you forsake what was given to you at the title screen. If you're not, and it bites you in the ass, you have nobody to blame but yourself.
I mean, besides the game being called Mega Man X. That reasoning is just a step away from being the optional unlockable. >.>
And the general game design. They do literally throw [parasitic bomb] at you that you couldn't have possibly seen coming.The Nightmare System is annoying as hell, but it's also predictable and easily manipulated.
If it's not unfair, it's probably just put there to have no effect but annoy and frustrate you, despite your best efforts. Those [tornado fang]ing mosquitos, man. During Blaze Heatnix's stage, no less. And how about that stupid blackout rave party effect? [tornado fang] the Nightmare System.
You can't even beat the game with just X because of how the Gate stages are designed
Make that thread. Right now. I want to read it.An 8-boss teleporter room with absolutely no health restores. X6 was never that crazy.
