Oh, that's only the beginning... X5 is one of those games that you really, really need to not look at too closely. Because the more you learn about how it works, the more you realize how ass-backwards it is. The illogical nature of how enemy kills affect ranks, the ranking system's tie-in to the parts, the parts being tied to life/weapon ups, the virtual inaccessibility of numerous Heart Tanks as Zero, the benefits of early repeated suicide, the obvious predetermined stage order, and the inability to get an early Gaea Armor. All of this and more torments those who pay a little too much attention to X5.
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