I was playing some Mega Man inspired indie games so I decided to check out an actual Mega Man game, a friend recommended X4 so I picked up the collection and obviously disregarded my friend's advice and started with Mega Man X.

The game did feel a bit old for me, I think I would have enjoyed the help of a save state system, I reached Sigma but couldn't beat it, so I decided to actually try X4 and I realized why my friend recommended that.

I really enjoyed playing through X4, some more modern design choices, the air dash and other touches were definitely something I appreciated. After that I returned to X and somehow beat Sigma. Started X2 but it did feel a bit frustrating so I'm leaving X2 and X3 to maybe play in the future.

As for the Collection features I think the filters are not particularly good, and I really wish they had save states (or that Rookie Hunter didn't lock you out of certain achievements). The collection of artwork is extensive, and there are some curious photos of merchandise too which are cool. The emulation is accurate so you'll get slowdowns when those happened on original hardware, I'm not sure if they could have changed that, but it is there.

Overall I'm not super impressed with the added features of the collection and as someone without prior experience with the games, the lack of nostalgia certainly paints it in a different light. I enjoyed X4, but in the end I didn't get out of this loving the franchise.

Reviewed on Apr 10, 2023


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