Playing as the blue bomber or as Zero is a thumb-busting good time, and the hidden areas and collectable items will keep you playing for hours. The fourth Mega Man X entry takes the series to the bit arena for more blue-bomber blasting action. Taking a decidedly more serious tone than Mega Man 8 by nixing all the cutesy characters, X4 allows you to play as either the buster-blasting Mega Man X or the lightsword-toting Zero.
X4 has excellent controls, which you'll truly appreciate when you start accumulating special weapons and advanced skills. The game looks awesome with tons of detail, screen-filling explosions, and colorful 2D sprite graphics. Originally slated for release only on the Saturn, X4 is also now coming to the PlayStation. Mega Man is back and he has brought Zero with him. That's right.
You're not just restricted to playing as Mega Man, you can now play as his side-kick too. New armies, new battles, new enemies, and most importantly, new bosses highlight Mega Man's latest and greatest adventure. Mega Man is one of the longer running series on any gaming system.
He has not only battled his way through tons of enemies, but also through three generations of home gaming systems. I have not played many of the other Mega Man games in the past, so I was really excited to pop in Mega Man X4 to see what all the rumbling is about. All I can say is Mega Man X4 is challenging gameplay, period.
If you are not familiar with the story of Mega Man , you're not alone. While I haven't spent much time playing any of these games, there's good reason for this: a lot of the titles never even made it to the U. It really does not affect the gameplay, but you will get the feeling that you are running into characters that may have been in previous games.
The most common asked question I get about Mega Man is "What is it? The best way to describe this game is "old school. Mega Man X4 is a side scroller in which you jump and shoot at anything that gets in your way.
Then, you will meet up with the ugly boss at the end of the level. If you destroy him, you move to the next level that follows the same formula. I will say that Capcom did throw in a curve ball by giving you the freedom to choose your levels, instead of following a pre-selected path. One of the new features of this game is the ability to play as either Mega Man or his side-kick Zero. Each of the two characters play differently. Mega Man has a blaster that helps him mow down the enemies, while Zero is armed with a sword-type weapon.
My first thought was to play with the character that has the gun. After a while, I found that Zero and his sword were quite effective too. Since you can play as both characters, they must have added a two-player cooperative mode, right?
This would have been cool to have the two different characters fighting together. Since each of the characters has their strong points, it would have done wonders to team up against the bad guys. It was a little disappointing that it was only a one-player game. The biggest thing this game has going for it, aside from the addicting gameplay, is the levels.
There are tons of levels and they are NOT easy. The levels ranged from fighting your way through the jungle, on snow, on a moving train, and much more. Even though this works as typical side scrolling game, that is not an entirely accurate description. On some levels, you must work your way up a spiraling staircase. Other levels have you constantly moving on a motorbike. All in all, there was a great variety of levels and a good diversity to keep you interested.
I do have one warning for you. This is not a kiddy game. Not because of violence or profanity, but because of difficulty. Actually, this is one of the harder games like this that I have played. Working your way through the levels is usually not to difficult. The game get really difficult once you face off against the level boss.
I would finally figure out a pattern to beat the damn thing, only to have him change up his attack half way through.
This sucked because I was usually hanging on by the skin of my teeth and when the boss would change up his attack, I didn't stand a chance.
It was quite frustrating, but in the end rewarding when you did manage to drop the beast. Did I mention the sub-bosses? There are many signs of a good game but one tell-tale indicator is if you get "trigger thumb. I think the first time I suffered from this was playing Asteroids on my old Atari system. It is when you press the trigger button so many times and so fast that your thumb gets sore.
I started to develop this after playing Mega Man X4 for awhile. That tells me the action is intense and the game held my attention enough to make my thumb sore. Another cool thing you'll encounter during the game is called Robot Ride Armor. This was armor that was located at random locations throughout the levels. The armor would protect your character from being hit by enemies.
But the coolest part was that the armor actually looked like a robot and you had to jump into the armor to activate it. Once activated, you appear to have transformed into a robot. This help break up the game a bit and give you an added challenge to master. Capcom must have a thing for backgrounds because in just about every game they make, the backgrounds are awesome.
This game is no exception. Everything is incredibly detailed and bursting with color, right down to the rainbows. The enemies were also well-done and looked good. The gameplay may remind you of a bit classic but the graphics will slap you back into your bit world. Mega Man X4 is a good game. I think the levels were well done and this game brings back memories of yesteryear even though I have never really played any of the other Mega Man games.
It just has that familiar feel to it. I think the difficulty may turn some people off, though. It is tough to work your way through the levels only to be continually defeated by the boss at the end of each level.
Browse games Game Portals. Mega Man X4. The heroic robot grows stronger as he takes down Mavericks and steals their weapons, and also has the ability to dash and wall jump for thrilling, fast-paced combat. Like most of the other games in the X series, there is a great deal of talking in this game.
The story is interesting enough and it features Reploids becoming Mavericks and two badass Maverick hunters in the form of X and Zero trying to stop them before things get too dangerous. There are a few twists and turns and in all, I like the story that Mega Man X4 is telling. It is not as convoluted as some of the later Mega Man games would become which I like.
If you look at this game and then one of the Super Nintendo X games, you will notice a massive difference. I even think that this game looks better than the other Mega Man games that had appeared during the bit era before this.
Some fantastic quality cut scenes feature amazing animation. Now, these have aged and can be a tad washed out due to not being in HD, however, you cannot deny the artwork! The game sprites in Mega Man X4 are exactly what you would expect.
Capcom is the master of this kind of art style and this game is no different. The backgrounds have a ton of polish to them with many things going on. They have a kind of realistic vibe to them which does make the characters stand out, but not in a bad way or anything like that.
Have you ever played a Mega Man game before? Well, you will know what to expect here. You can play as X and you pick your stage and once again blast your way through.
It is the classic Mega Man formula and it is fantastic stuff.
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