poodaddy
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The recent discussion about Megaman X on here has got me replaying the series again for the.....well, some imperceptible number-th time and I've been thinking about Command Mission and X8 a lot.
Command Mission in particular is actually a very well made RPG, and although the story is kind of meh as far as the fact that it throws the lore of the series off a bit, it still manages to be a pretty decent self contained story in and of itself. Also, it was designed by the Breath of Fire 4 team so you know it can't really be bad, per say, even if it didn't really feel like a Megaman X game at the end of the day.
X8 is a different case; I really feel like this game got kind of a lukewarm reception that wasn't deserved. It's certainly not the best X game by a large stretch of the imagination, in fact it is definitely one of the worst, but that's the thing; the only truly bad MMX game is MMX 7 and although 8 may not be as good as the rest it was still a good game in its own right. The stages were well designed, the art was fine, it was pretty awesome to switch characters in the middle of levels, and the gameplay was pretty satisfying over all. I think that the game would of been more fairly reviewed and warmly received if it didn't follow the foil wrapped turd that is Megaman X7. That game is responsible for pretty much killing the franchise in my opinion. The story for 8 wasn't great and it's true that the series kind of lost its soul after 5 when Inafune wasn't on the team anymore, but X6 and X8 are still good games.
My point here is that it's kind of a shame that newer gamers and older gamers who've gone all digital can't, (legally), play these games as they're actually pretty legit; so I was wondering what the chances are that we'll see them announced for the PS2 classics on PS4. Do you think it'll happen or should we just start writing the obituary for these titles?
Command Mission in particular is actually a very well made RPG, and although the story is kind of meh as far as the fact that it throws the lore of the series off a bit, it still manages to be a pretty decent self contained story in and of itself. Also, it was designed by the Breath of Fire 4 team so you know it can't really be bad, per say, even if it didn't really feel like a Megaman X game at the end of the day.
X8 is a different case; I really feel like this game got kind of a lukewarm reception that wasn't deserved. It's certainly not the best X game by a large stretch of the imagination, in fact it is definitely one of the worst, but that's the thing; the only truly bad MMX game is MMX 7 and although 8 may not be as good as the rest it was still a good game in its own right. The stages were well designed, the art was fine, it was pretty awesome to switch characters in the middle of levels, and the gameplay was pretty satisfying over all. I think that the game would of been more fairly reviewed and warmly received if it didn't follow the foil wrapped turd that is Megaman X7. That game is responsible for pretty much killing the franchise in my opinion. The story for 8 wasn't great and it's true that the series kind of lost its soul after 5 when Inafune wasn't on the team anymore, but X6 and X8 are still good games.
My point here is that it's kind of a shame that newer gamers and older gamers who've gone all digital can't, (legally), play these games as they're actually pretty legit; so I was wondering what the chances are that we'll see them announced for the PS2 classics on PS4. Do you think it'll happen or should we just start writing the obituary for these titles?
