My name is Craig Tucker. Last week was my birthday, my grandma gave me a cheque for 100 dollars. I was so happy. But then, 4 kids from my school came to my house, and said I should use my 100 dollars to invest in becoming a Peruvian flute band. they promised I would double my money in one afternoon. But the government arrested us, along with all the other Peruvian flute bands, and took us to an internment camp in Miami. We begged to go home, but instead the government told us they were sending us to Peru. And so that is why I'm now in Peru. if I die let it be known it is because 4 guys I don't even like from my school lied to me and took my birthday money.

I think my problem with Mega Man games is their identity isn't super distinguishable between titles, so at some point everything kind of blends together and I start having trouble telling games apart. I'd chalk this up to a case of my old man brains degenerating as I enter senility, but me and the other guys at the home frequently try to remember which robot masters showed up in which game, so I don't think it's just me. Was Junk Man in 3? No... no I think it was four. That's the one with Centaur Man, right?

Anyway, the Mega Man X series is similar to me in this regard, although it at least has a more clear delineation between each console generation the series persisted through. I can easily tell X3 apart from X4, for example, but the first three games on the SNES get a little fuzzy for me. This is all one long preamble to me saying I remember liking X2 a lot more than X1 but damned if I can articulate why, at least on a level-to-level basis.

What I do remember quite clearly about X2 is that it's a more dynamic game. I think X1 was a bit slow, faster than anything in the core Mega Man series but bogged down a bit by its design ethos and style. X2 is able to push further into its own direction, helping to establish the *X series as being the more "radical" and "x-treme" younger brother. As such, I just find it a lot more engaging and fun to play.

It also has Overdrive Ostrich. Right...? Or was he in X3? I think Chill Penguin was in X2 and I'm pretty sure Bubble Crab was in X1*. Oh god, I think I forgot to take my pills again...