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Artist touch: I love the colours here. Cover art rating: 7/10 |
Month it won: 2007 |
Special note: . |
Introduction and Story: |
Capcom
originally got yet another Mega Man franchise started in 1993 back on
the Super Nintendo and it was yet another big money grab for
the company. The
new Mega Man X game was a amazing action/shoot em up that featured a
new more futurist story line and a slightly different graphical style.
Although
the Mega Man X series has been nearly beaten to death with a bunch of
lame sequels (ever play the crappy Mega Man X7 for the Playstation
2 before for example), Capcom is going back to what made the series
great by retelling the first ever Mega Man X game in Maverick Hunter
here for the PSP.
Capcom even upgraded this hit complete with 3D graphics, improved music
and added voice acting, and even the ability to play as another character
and try higher difficulties. Is it improved enough to warrant a buy
though? |
Controls and Game Play: |
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Like the
old Mega Man, X is always trying to do the right thing and save the world
but it won't be easy at first. Since he is just a low level B-Class Maverick
Hunter he isn't the most powerful robot out there but at least he has
the ability to upgrade equipment over the course of the game. OK,
if you are a fan of Mega Man games you know the deal, if you manage to
beat one of the eight selectable bosses you get to steal their weapon
and some of these guns may work better on different opponents. |
Graphics and Sounds: |
Although
the game play almost remains the same here, at least the graphics have
gotten a nice 3D face lift. The game is still played in the traditional
2D side scrolling view (don't worry this is not another 3D experiment
gone wrong like in Contra) but now all the foreground environments
move more realistically. Also the game has new anime cinemas plus improved
shading and lighting effects to bring this up to par with other PSP
titles. Sadly there is some slowdown here and there because of the advance
new look but overall the game looks great. |
The Bottomline: |
Although all the shooting action here is fairly intense, the game is still on the short side with only 13 levels and these stages are not even that different from the old 1993 original either so there is a lot of recycle content here. Still if you want to see what all the fuss is about or you loved the original and you can't find an old Super Nintendo (try the dump), you'll definitely want to pick this up. The game has a much needed boost in presentation and it also has a much needed save feature as well (because writing down passwords sucks). Mega Man X Maverick Hunter is still a great non linear action game that will definitely entertain action freaks. |
Conclusion: |
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MEGA MAN X -StarSoldier1 |
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