Mega Man X

Mega Man has been a popular game franchise for a long time, and while you don't see Mega Man as much as you would back then, he's still popular in the gaming community.  The best example of his popularity, Mega Man X.  In many ways, the best Mega Man game, but that's up to opinion.  I'm not the first to praise this game, but who cares it's my blog so let's jump in.

The story is darker than classic Mega Man games.  In the classic series, Mega Man had to stop Dr. Wiley and his robot masters, X changed it up.  In the future, mankind has made reploids, robots that have free will comparable to a human(clearly no one has seen Terminator in the future).   The problem with reploids is that they would rebel against their creators and be labeled mavericks, so the government sends out a group of reploids call Maverick Hunters to stop the mavericks.  However, the leader named Sigma gets infected and gets his lieutenants to join him in his war against mankind.  So it's up to two maverick hunters named X, who's also the last creation of Dr. Light the creator of Mega Man, and Zero to Stop Sigma and his Lieutenants from destroying mankind.

Let's look at the positives:  The game play is similar to the classic Mega Man series, but added some features to make the game more fast paced and thrilling.  First off, X can dash and wall jump, making new scenarios for you to encounter on your journey.  Also, unlike the Classic series where you have to go through one screen and then wait for the screen to catch up, Mega Man X made the game play faster and lets X flow into the next area without waiting for the screen to catch up, they only time you wait for the screen to catch up is when you reach a boss, but it works and it's a nice nod to the Classic series.  The music is awesome, the Mega Man franchise is known for having awesome soundtracks, and this game is a prime example of it.  You will be rocking out to the music while you destroy mavericks and stop Sigma.  The game also has ideas borrowed from the Classic series.  For example, you have a select screen that allows you to choose which boss you want to fight first, and like the Classic series, there's eight bosses and then the final level with Sigma.  Everything in this game is fast paced and thrilling.  You move quicker with the dash mechanic, everything flows naturally, all of it just works in this game.

There's only one minor problem with this game, some bosses are really easy to kill.  When you have the right weapon, it's really easy to defeat a boss, especially Spark Mandrill when you have the right weapon.  This is just a minor problem though, it doesn't kill the game.

Overall, Mega Man X is a prime example of a great Mega Man game; I recommend the snes version for those wanting to buy the game.  While we don't see Mega Man in the spotlight as much as we did back then, he left a trail of great games for us to enjoy.  Thanks for reading, and remember to keep ranting n' raving.