Mega Man X4 Review - Quickies Don't Cut It
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Yes, I know you can use the slasher thing against Web Spider and stun him that way. Now hopefully I stop seeing that pop up in my comments every day.
This review is great, but I bet somewhere deep in the comment section, someone is gonna mention the Ultimate Armor.
FUN FACT: The Japanese version had voice lines that were cut in the US. If you simply look it up, all the Mavericks had voice lines.
The voice acting actually made this better! SO MEMORABLE despite it being bad, its so bad, its good imo. I always am laughing while playing so it is very entertaining for me at least!
@@brendangoodell6233
No, it made it worse. It would be better if it was re-dubbed and if the Mavericks had more voice lines like the JP version.
That part about additional voice lines? Here's what I mean.
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5:01 - 5:05 -
X: "Wait, Zero, I-I'm serious!!",
Zero's facial expression says it like " Seriously bro, with a voice like that, how can you expect anyone to take you seriously."
I might be weird but i find his voice cute...
That face Zero had after X speaks....Man, I laugh uncontrollably i don't know why.
"Cyber-cock's explosive chase missiles"
Lol XD
LOL 😂
Oh, they’re explosive al right, I’m not talking from personal experience or anything.
@@ryuujikohsinskishinigami4384
I never knew that X had two upgrades. I played Black Zero/Zero most of the time, when I played X4.
I only play X when I moved on to X5 and foward.
These upgrades are cool as freak, I admit it. This is shocking to me
The general's voice dub was CLASSIC "i have.. no choice"
Cyberspace is the best stage ever
Nnnnochoice
Yeah, this is my favorite Mega Man game. Admittedly, a big part of that is just playing as Zero, who is even more fun to play as than X imo.
If you are really good at X4, playing as Zero so much fun because of Zero's storyline, and the powerful Z Saber makes game progress more smoother
mostly because inafune only cared about zero
The Megaman X looks like to have two main characters....
+Matthew Zakrzewski Zero rocks!
WaddleDee105 Mine is X1
I am pretty sure I heard the term "Spark Mandrill Syndrome" looong before the Completionist review.
projared
I guess he first heard it from him
"six out of the eight bosses suffer from spark mandrill syndrome"
Seven, actually. If you aim for Web Spider's web string he falls to the floor and climbs back up without summoning any lightning traps.
Really now? Haha. Welp, that's seven out of eight, then. At least you kind of have to figure it out, so I'll give Web Spider that. The other six just break with no effort.
*You can freeze fires?*
> realization that I played this game for 10 years without knowing this
So I saw the comments before watching this and I had zero idea what you meant. Then I reached 21:25 and shouted YOU CAN DO THAT??
Me too, wtf
@@Manas-co8wl took me 4 years to go back and see my comment was apparently autocorrected to nonsense
Reviewers: (Intelligent and in-depth explanation of the game and it's execution)
Me: This game was pretty fun.
Hahaha, nothing wrong with that, dude! :D
Thats pretty much the reviewer's approach although they're trying to tell others of their experience so they have to qualify what exactly they enjoyed in it, why they enjoyed it, how others might enjpy it, and distinguish between the craftsmanship of the game and personal taste.
Twin Slasher actually does Web Spider's AI though. You just have to use it correctly, and it's not obvious what it is unless you find out by accident. If you hit his lightning string he hangs from with both slasher beams at the same time, he falls to the ground and takes massive damage. The balancing side to this is that you position yourself in ways that may make it hard to dodge his webs, and his desperation mode where he fills the screen with a web makes him immune to the same strategy of cutting his web from earlier in the fight.
Was about to mention this when I saw your post.
I can't believe the video left out the part about cutting Web Spider's support web.
Mega Bondagemon Well, it's not exactly an obvious thing to do. Normally you just bully the boss with their weakness and they spaz out as result. Web spider doesn't do that, so it's a bit ambiguous on how twin slasher works on him. I actually discovered the whole web slicing thing on accident and that's why I know about it.
I wish there was more of that in this series.
Mega Man 8 actually required you to use the boss weaknesses specifically for certain special effects.
Yeah, I wish other bosses have this kind of clever trick to trigger weakness weapon rather than just firing at them for all weapons.
That's a cool way to implement the boss weaknesses and it's a shame they didn't do more of it. I'd assume that Capcom didn't have enough time to do that with the other mavericks.
I finally finished X4 last week. If I get any free time I'll tackle X5 as well. Probably my 11th time re-watching this video because it has so much gosh darn information. Keep it up!
cjszero01 Cj, what are u doing here?
Did you ever play X5
@@SantaFeSuperChief1 Yes I have. I have also been able to play the others thanks to the Megaman X Legacy Collection.
X4 was my first Mega Man X game and it remains my favourite. The stages and bosses are memorable, the 2D art is impressive compared to previous instalments. But probably my favourite part is having the ability to play through the game with both characters, each with their own story. Who would've thought Double looked that awesome? The Sigma boss fight is also the most bad ass one out of all the games.
ashfury same
Not my first, but its still my favorite
I remember being a 7 year old kid, I was aware of Megaman but just as this cutesy silly old game, but then I saw X4 on my cousin's (japanese version, thank god) with it's violent anime cut scenes. F*cking blew my mind, still a big fan to this day
Ah, it's always a joy to listen to someone's reaction to Megaman X4's and Megaman 8's voice acting for the first time.
If you think Jet Stingray's ride chaser level is bad, wait until you play X7 and X8.
You mean X5 and X7? X8's wasn't nearly as bad.
***** No, I mean X7 and X8. Kraken's stage is pretty easy. But Boarski's and Man-O-War's stages are complete hell.
Silver da Hedgehog 2006 Oh, I thought you meant Avalanche Yeti, the actual ride chaser stage in X8. Yeah, Man-o-War does suck... but not as much as picking up those tiny little pellets in Squid Adler's stage.
X5 and X8.
X7 was piss easy when you slow down.
X5 is beginners trap, and still a pain even after you played it 10 times over.
X8, Well, let's just say I'm glad Man-o-War is killable with default weapons.
KaZ Neosis X7's being easy didn't make it any good. If anything, it was probably the worst one, lol. It controlled like shit, it was either stupidly slow or so fast that you'd miss every objective... it was just a huge fucking mess like the rest of that game.
I honestly I like Destroying the Mavericks with their weaknesses its the funniest part to me personally. However I do understand way too many Mavericks get Stunned and Stuck into a Repeating Death Cycle for themselves when using their Weakness
There's a certain type of guilty pleasure to it, but good game design it ain't, haha. Especially when it's so many of them it's disappointing and it really wears in the boss rush section.
I think makes the Boss Rushes Faster and that why Capcom has it that way because after going through All the stages you Really what to fight them without their Weakness? At least that's my Thought Processes when it comes to the boss rush you want to get through it as fast as you can so you can get to sigma. You Could think of them being Easier to kill as a reward for experimenting with the Weapons. But honestly for Any Mega Man game its kinda like that it just worse in this one because it Stuns A lot of the bosses and sets them into a Pattern Reset which makes the fights Faster but boring.
You hit the nail on the head with the last sentence. The bosses shouldn't completely break as much as they do when the weaknesses are used. It kills all the challenge rather than reducing it by giving you a bit of an advantage, and this shows at its worst with the boss rush since all the bosses are fought back to back. :)
Pretty Much I've been looking at and playing Megaman Since I was 10 and I will tell you X1-6 for me is fun a few them have problems and in your reviews you point them out. I honestly can't wait to hear what you have to say about the rest of the series. I do have a question About the Classic series think you'll ever do those?
I dont know HOW I found you but I'm so glad I did
Definitely agree on most points of your video but the music just wraps this game up so well... I can't hate it just like I love X6 haha
Welcome aboard, man!
4:52 Don't forget the "I SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE TO FILL YOUR DARK SOUL WITH LIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!" scene, which is from another Capcom game. Also, loving the editing and the review. :)
You can swap audio for both scenes and it works pretty well, too! Hahaha.
Thanks for the comment!
+Retropolis Zone No problem man. I know this is kind of offtopic, but there's an indie platforming game in the works called "Spark The Electric Jester". It's like a mix of Sonic (mostly) Kirby and Megaman X and it's pretty awesome.
The game is made by LakeFeperd aka the guy who made Sonic fan games like Sonic Before the Sequel and After the Sequel. There is a demo available for the game on his TH-cam channel and even have some footage of the game on my (worthless) channel. Shameless advertising, I know...
I just adore that game and can't wait for the full release. Might as well spread the word somehow and hope you'll like it too. :)
I've heard of Spark the Electric Jester and seen a trailer for it. Looks pretty cool. Thanks for mentioning it again. :)
You deserve a LOT more subscribers and views. There's a lot of polish in these videos. Keep up the great work, man!
Thank you so much! Let's hope that becomes a reality at some point. :)
Really enjoy your videos. 40 minutes of pure goodness.
That's great, man. Thanks! :D
The Legend of Spyro games are not in the cards for a long time, I'm afraid. Sorry.
Thanks for subscribing, though. :)
Personal thoughts, I didn't think they were that bad (with exception of the third one which I found to be a clunky mess). The first two kept some semblance of the classic template still there despite some drastic directional changes in gameplay, and they feel pretty competently designed and fun, despite some linear level designs. I'll still play the classics before them, but they're worth at least trying out (again, except the third one.)
Retropolis Zone i did it to even the bell 🔔 and i liked the video 👍
If there is ever any game I can say that I have mastered it would have to be Megaman X4. I became so good in this game that I could do speed runs as both X and Zero without loosing a single health point through out the entire game. X5 and X6 were definitely much harder games, Megaman X4 just has such a great pace, it felt so fast and smooth
"Raiwuenjiin"... "Rakkuhuuhaa"... god, I love it when people who don't know how try to pronounce Japanese. Not even meant in an offensive way, I legitimately love it. It's just too funny! xD
Mannn you're videos are super detailed and really well paced for being long. Fantastic work!! +sub
Thanks man :D
Great review. This is my personal favourite of the X series. It felt like it took a lot of thematic cues from the first X game, but was able to do so much more with the advanced hardware.
Also for the record I LOVE the music to Cyber Peacock's stage, it's my personal favourite Maverick theme.
X4 is the best soft reboot the series could've possibly have
X4s voice acting it's so bad it's good
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOR???
HU HA HOO !!
Wait... Why am I in that block of ice at 8:54 ?
Chill Penguin someone probably rebuilt you and when you tried to find a new home, well.... let's just say it ended badly for you
At least there's Blizzard Buffalo making you company. :P
Tsuchiryu Bilzzard ;)
"Chill" out Chill penguin
😱
25:27
Actually, On the first phase of the boss fight, If you use the slasher against the spider by aiming at the web it's hanging on it will make the spider fall causing massive damage.
Personally I prefer Naoto Tanaka's compositions for X5 but Toshihiko still did an awesome job on the bgms of X4
Iris does get some back story in Mega Man Xtreme 2 on the Game Boy Color. In Xtreme 2, the story takes place between the events of X3 and X4 and it's here we Iris once worked for the Maverick Hunters as a navigator and developed a relation with Zero. After Xtreme 2, Iris leaves Maverick Hunter HQ to join Repliforce presumably with her older brother and thus kick starts the events of Mega Man X4.
I specifically brought up Xtreme 2 so that people won't have to point it out to me in the comments. You had one job, mate. :')
Jk, I don't mind. I think it's funny, is all. Haha.
Another great, in-depth review! Good job, RZ. I liked the spoiler warning in the beginning too.
Your comment is very much appreciated, man!
A tip for future playthroughs, you can dash in mid air on jet sting rays stage. That'll probably make it easier to get the heart container.
Great review dood. There's a lot of good stuff here. I wanted to bring up something that I thought you would like as well.
Sparkmandrill Syndrome bosses.
I wholesomely agree that bosses are trivialized when they are hit with their weakness weapons (as X, and sometimes Zero). But did you notice something special in the boss fight with Double? I dunno if many people realize this but when he's hit with his weakness weapon, not only does he not suffer from the syndrome, but he summons familiars from himself to make the fight harder.
I love this idea a heck of a lot. When bosses are hit with their weakness weapons, they should get desperate and be like "Oh shit, that really hurt! I'll have to make sure THAT move doesn't hit me ever again! O_O" Double does this with 2 weapons he summons when hit with his weakness. I think it would be great if bosses either changed their patterns, or added some form of resistance to help make sure they don't get hit with that again, or at least as easily. I can't recall any other bosses in the entire franchise that does this right now but for now I'm gonna call this the
Double Vaccine.
Well again, great videos dood. made me a subscriber today for these Quickies Don't Cut It series so far haha.
08:57 Chill Penguin FROZEN in the back is the coolest easter egg. Get it? COOLEST
*BA, DUM, TSSHH*
Penguins also lay eggs.
Tiago Passarela uuuuuuugh!
Tiago Passarela wait, HOW AND WHY IS HE THERE???
I guess it is to show that the Ice boss from that stage is far superior than him.
Did you that as Zero, if you hit the General with your Basic combo once, you will deal 50% of his Health in one combo? instead of using your A+Up attack.
Wow! I'm a huge fan, man. This is just a terrific review, through and through. Every second of this is well-done worth the watch. I've got to thank you for spending my time so wisely lol
Easily the best written and done review this game ever received. Keep up the good work and keep them coming :)
Thank you, that's really nice to read!
Lure sigma's scythe throw when he goes to throw it for the second time with a jump so that it hits the wall instead. It makes dealing with him so much easier. At that point simply jump over his head and there's space behind to attack him.
X3 was actually done by a B team at capcom. The gameboy team for the megaman series developed it, which is why the level design has the issues it does, and why so many features don't mesh with the core gameplay as well as x1 and x2. The bosses from X3 also suffer. X4 is more of a follow up to X2, evolving concepts from THAT game. Had X3 been called something else, and X4 been called X3, it would have felt like a natural followup to everyone. Sigma returning and having another cameo makes sense (jedi, wolverine, grim reaper) and X's power suits in X4 kind of build off of the ideas from X2 more than they build off of anything from X3. I kind of feel like the X series, like the Zero series, is truly a 4 part series, with the somewhat good but flawed X5 (alia being the big thing) making up the finale (Similarly to how Z4 ended the Zero series) Although I do still like X8, and consider it a bonus game, opting to skip X3, X6, and X7 when I replay the series.
JackelZXA
The Ride Armor Mechanic was not fully realized.The only boss I find difficult is V Catfish .
By the way X3 surpasses X1 in these regards.
Best Visuals
More Side Bosses (The alternative boss at 1st Doppler stage included)
Best Armors .
Why Zero wasn't fully playable : It would totally wreck the game.And there would be a challenge which Paramounts to a simple smartphone game.
Besides that empty sections,lack of giga attack and patience are the only flaws to bother me.
These issues held it back
X5 is my favorite Mega Man game, X3 is my seccond favorite and X4 is my third favorite, but I think objectively X4 is the best. (Love the ducking and the part system once I figured out how it worked.)
i don't skip any even 7 or 6 all part of my heart
I'm planning on playing the entire x series for the first time once the x legacy collection comes out in a little while
Do you think I should play x1, x2, x4, and x5 and then play the other games for a first time playthrough or should I just play them in release order?
Wow. It's like I wrote all this
I went through all Megaman X games when I was at university, and I'm planning to do another run to show my missus how awesome (for the most part) the series was. X4 was probably my favourite!
I actually kind of like the General's voice. I find myself saying "My fate is sealed, I have no choice." to myself when playing games.
When the colonel was talking I thought he was speaking japanese with how fast and disarrayed his words were.
Whoa!! :O Just learned something new! I've been a fan and re-player of X4 since 1997, and I never knew that Zero's downward thrust attack could freeze the fire arcs in Dragoon's stage!
And X's Frost tower can do that too?! :O
24:34 this is the main reason why I started going on buster only runs, and it started with this game in particular.
I love fighting these Mavericks without their weakness, because their attack patterns are fun to watch. Highlights include split mushroom, magma dragoon, Frost walrus, and cyber peacock
This game was the most fun mega man game to play, going through it as zero was a top tier experience.
Great retro review!
Not mentioned in your video, I loved was how the game allowed you to customize your controls while keeping your x buster and special on two different buttons.
While it is a very small detail in the game's mechanics, I felt that it made my experience a lot more enjoyable without pausing or even shouldering my specials when I needed my X buster for that moment in the level without ruining the game's momentum.
this is one of my fav games from my childhood, awesome video, i love the insane amount of stuff put in here, keep up the great work!!!! PS man isnt the soundtrack to this game just fucking epic?
Looking back at this video I think that the charged up versions of the weaknesses would flinch the bosses as it would reward the player for getting the arm upgrade and gives a player a choice of whether they should charge up their attacks to hit the bosses for a great deal of damage and flinch them but takes a lot of ammo or use the weakness with less ammo reduction but less damage and you don’t make the boss flinch
28:42 if you time your shots correctly, you can still kick his ass even while he's still wearing his armor. It took me years to learn that until I went for a buster-only run, but it is indeed possible
I honestly believe that Armored Armadillo is not as bad as people make him out to be. Sure, he CAN be intimidating to fight buster only at first, but it's not like he is essentially immune to damage while he has his armor still. Another thing that I think makes fighting him easier is not charging your buster: not only does it not hurt him anymore than an uncharged shot would, but it also makes him unable to perform his most dangerous attack as well
You deserve way more subscribers bro
Just found your channel and I can't wait to marathon all of your videos
Thanks man! I hope you enjoy all of them, even though I cringe at my earlier videos. X]
Great review, also thanks for showing footage from the superior Saturn version.
Also it's worth mentioning that the X collection's version of X4 has some weird glitches that makes the bosses easier. (Slash Beast will roar up to 4 or 5 times in a row before attacking on occasion, allowing X to blast him or Zero to literally kill him in one combo)
Great review by the way. Definitely subscribing, and will be checking the backlog.
Sorry, I forgot to reply to your comment. I was unaware of the small glitches, so thanks for letting me know.
Also, I appreciate you subscribing. :)
This game is my favorite out of the second trilogy in ps era. It was a classic like mmx 1, x5 and 6 introduced that virus shit, the timing of every stage, saving people & having like 4 different armors.
Just found this channel and I really like your content, Personally I enjoy the little snippets of the game soundtrack that you include. Very nice.
Welcome aboard and hopefully you'll enjoy your stay. :D
Actually, Retro, *_Zero absolutely CAN cheese some bosses by resetting them!_*
*Jet Stingray:* Turtle up in a top corner of the stage; Jet Stingray _won't_ hit you when he comes in from above the screen. The moment he is below you, do the Hyouretsuzan to hit and freeze him, and then, _before_ you fall through him, cancel out of it and jump right back up into your corner. Jet Stingray will defrost, swoosh out of the screen, and then descend back in right in the same spot, *_so you just repeat this endlessly._*
(You can also do it by standing below him and, as he glides back down in, do the Hyouretsuzan at the top height of your jump - the hitbox of the attack is pretty large, so it will hit him slightly _above_ you. This means you can also cheese him during the boss rush, where the lack of a ceiling makes the first described cheese tactic invalid.)
*Split Mushroom:* When he spawns the clones and you destroy them with the Raijingeki, time the last (third) Raijingeki so that Split Mushroom falls right into it when he drops down. He will then jump to the opposite wall to spawn clones again, *_meaning this too can be repeated endlessly._*
That's just two examples. :D
Update: It also works on Storm Owl with the Rakuhouha...
... *_and also on Slash Beast, but here it's much cooler!_* It's positioning-based! He does his jump into the stomp, you dash under him _right next to where he lands,_ slash him, and if you stand at the right short distance, he will do the jump into the stomp again, meaning as long as you get your positioning right, you can repeat this endlessly. :D
I think what’s needed is a MEGA MAN / ZERO game where it’s 2 player co-op like Contra
Superb vid, and I hate to pick favorites but I've got to say I've really missed your 2D reviews in particular. I by no means mean to suggest restricting your range of content, but the way your method of review fully fleshes out the good and bad components of older games despite their dated appearance works so well to perfectly puts into words, and images, where the foundation of these games was, i.e. gameplay and level design and so, and why there is and always will be so much to be learned from them.
In an era of questionable quality development and reviewing you're doing prophet's work by saying what needs to be said not just what people want to hear, keep it up.
Very nice comment to read. I am glad all the hard work and countless upon countless of hours producing these reviews is achieving at least something. :D
Voice acting in Mega Man x4
*Claps in the background*
8 oscar nominations
X4 is by far my favorite Mega Man game of all time. It is when they literally perfected the series in my eyes. It's a freaking BLAST to play as Zero in this one!
God, I love X4 so much. My favorite Megaman game, period.
The Visual Cue for the Slasher in the Dragoon stage is the on the military train stage. and seeing Slash Beast destroy a box. Its not significant, but its a simple nod if you pay attention.
I have to wonder what you're going to think when it comes to X5 time... I actually really like that game and it's attention to detail that very much supercedes the quality of the level design. some of the complexity you're begging for comes back in X5, but it does certainly suffer in ways that turned folks off just a bit.
You make awesome videos and spend so much time on them that your now one of my favorite content creators
I am honored by your comment. :)
14:30 Its not that complicated. You don't need to boost-jump, just boost in the air and the bike will dash forward destroying the boxes and getting the item. Its fairly easy, you just didn't realized the correct way to execute that jump.
Great job reviewing one of my favorite X games. You did not talk about the cheat codes, although this is my first time watching your content and I dont really know if you focus on that or not. Anyways, fantastic job, subscribed.
Well I am glad you enjoyed the video. :D
I was aware of the cheat codes, but yeah it's not something I focus on in these videos. I focus more on the design; cheat codes just seems irrelevant to me in that case.
25:20 The twin slasher actually used to cut Web Spider's string in the 1st phase (before he go into the center of the room), you need to go fairly high up and make sure that both shots hit the string, it totally wrecks his AI and do a copious amount of damage
In a way, you can actually easily beat Magma Dragoon first, since he is one of three bosses in the series you can face with a ride armor if you keep it alive all the way through. Although I can still say he is a challenge if you count the ride armor as a powerup and thus exclude him.
It's funny 'cause I found out about this Ride Armor trick in Magma Dragoon's fight after this video. I love these types of little details in the level design that you can totally overlook, but put a smile on your face once you find them. :)
Watching the multiple scenes of you unexpectedly falling into pits due to the failings of the camera just got progressively funnier and funnier each time. It started to feel like a blooper reel.
Great video, bud! Love the Johnny reference! Love the moment when you said "Mayhap", too. :3
Thanks for your continuous support, mate. When did I reference Johnny, though? Lol, I don't remember this.
The slight echo when you said "Screw Attack".
Ah yeah, you're right. Heck, how did I forget about that? :')
No big deal, it was really subtle. :3
-if you hit web spider's web when he comes down it will break off and make him fall to do more damage
-never knew you could freeze the flames on magma dragoon's level, or that storm owl was his weakness
-quickly tapping dash and attack creates a quick succession of slashes that damage enemies without the invincible flashing period. this is how I originally beat the game
Nice job with these videos. You definitely need more attention, just because of the quality.
Also, can you do Devil May Cry 4 if you haven't already?
Thanks! I have never played a Devil May Cry, actually. I'd have to really familiarise myself with the series first before I ever attempt to review them. lol
Lost my shit at the "Screw Attack!" holy shit
WTF I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD FREEZE FIRE
I unironically LOVE the voice acting for X4 and Megaman 8 which was also a PS1 game with voice acting nearly identical to this one.
It's a really nice review overall, plenty of points were analyzed.. Some things I just wanna point out: During the first half of the Web Spider battle, you can hit his web with Twin Slasher, causing him to fall and take a lot of damage. Also, you can entirely cheese out 3 bosses with Zero. You mentioned Cyber "Cock" :v, Split Mushroom can be hit with Raijingeki after he summons the illusion clones, and against Jet Stingray you can jump under him and hit him with the ice sword (forgot the name), since it has a hitbox above Zero for some reason.
Thank you! Yes, I have been told about Web Spider's cheese, I totally overlooked that one, lol. I did know about the Raijingeki against Split Mushroom, but you do kind of have to time and aim your attacks well so I feel like it wasn't completely broken.
31:21 If dodging the blue rings by jump/double jump is too hard to do, you can try using rakuhouha (peacock skill) when the rings fly near you. The skill is a whole i-frame so zero is invincible when casting it.
"Get ready!" -Zero 1997, X4.
22:01 *_THIS._* Not exaggerating when I say that the way the weapons system is handled is one of the most major things that makes me love 30XX so much more than MMX. Other things about this aspect too, but in context with MMX, specifically a) how you can button-bind it all, and b) how it's about useful shot trajectories and not boss weaknesses (which also means no boss is a bad first boss). Wish MMX was like that, it would improve the games _a lot._
... it also proves that your statement "and it's no fault of the developers" just isn't true. x)
I see you agree with my sentiment on Mega Man X OSTs. It frustrated me the further I got into the series how all subsequent soundtracks pale in comparison to X1. 7 games and none of the soundtracks were comperable. I was quite disappointed...
Wow, I never noticed until now that Storm Eagle in X1 is completely unbeatable without the dash - all those years of "Chill Penguin first" made me miss out on that!
Well he is beatable without the dash. it is just harder because you have to be very close to him when ever he lands in order to not get blown of the stage ... for some reson since the SNES era i alway defeat Strom eagle first. th-cam.com/video/pLvtH46l6iU/w-d-xo.html i do it in a similar way.
It's not. You can just jump over the wind. He was my first win.
You don't need that...REALLY specific way to hit the Jet Stingray sub tank, you can simply Air Dash after the second platform, wrecking the crates anyway.
Problem being it's a little finicky when you might undershoot it or overshoot it and simply fall to the bottom of the screen without enough room to hop the last barrier before you get killed.
I found that getting the tank on Stringray is easier if you jump and dash. You'll remain horizontal during the dash and it'll take care of the boxes in front of you. Plus, the hit detection on the tank is pretty large, so assuming you don't overshoot the boxes, you'll grab it for sure. Just be prepared to jump again because the end is right there.
I prefer the Japanese voice cast for this and SoTN and Ryōtarō Ōkiayu was in both....
I probably would too if I could understand them. lol
+Retropolis Zone
I watched a subtitled version of Iris's death...and i saved a copy when youtube removed it
Not to mention, in the Japanese version, the Mavericks have pre-fight voice lines before their health fills up. For some reason, the American version doesn't have that. Only Colonel and the Final Weapon bosses have pre-fight voice lines for some reason
I'm not sure if anyone has said this yet, but Spider is really weak to twin slasher. The trick is that you need to aim the two slashers at the string of web he descends on. Hitting that will knock Spider down onto the ground, taking a huge chunk of damage.
The original japanese dub of X4 is absolutely fantastic; Ryotaro Okiayu has been voicing Zero since that game, and still voices Zero is his most recent appearances, including Marvel VS Capcom Infinite. I recommend watching the X4 cutscenes in japanese even if you don't understand the language. Every line has so much feeling into it. The japanese version of X4 has a fantastic opening song (Makenai ai ga Kitto Aru).
Not to mention, the 8 Maverick bosses have pre-fight voice lines in the Japanese version, which surprises me that they didn't add this in the American version
You can also achieve the ultimate armour in Mega Man X4. To do so, you have to hold Down + Enter when selecting Mega Man's campaign and Up + Enter when selectong zero campaign to get black zero
35:40 If the soundtrack is redbook (regular CD audio), the reason there isn't seemless looping is because the laser needs to move. This is the case for all games that use redbook CD audio. Games that use system audio for music don't have this issue.
I agree that not having any sort of extra variables that changes how you progress through the game like the X-hunters in X2 or the Nightmare Police in X3 is X4's biggest flaw.
It's why I find myself replaying X5 and even X6 more frequently than X4 even though this installment is far more polished than either of its PS1 follow-ups. There's just more stuff that can change on repeat playthroughs in those titles.
About Twin Slasher, it does trigger a stun animation on Web Spider, but only if one of the slashes hits the electric string he's hanged on, which will cut the string and make him fall down on his back. It's just not that easy to trigger, because it depends on positioning
I little late, but you can jump and do an Air Dash with the ride chase. It makes grabing the Energy Tank WAY easier.
Also, the dash will "one shot" the Stingray during the stage and he'll flee instantly
Best 32 bit Mega Man by a long shot. It's a shame they didn't put the same level of care into the sequels.
My favorite hilarious voice clips from Mega Man X4 include but are not limited to:
“It was our destiny to fight.”
“My fate is sealed. I have no choice.”
“I’m gonna recycle you!”
Great video as always man! Not even requesting this necessarily, just curious - do you intend to look at any of the GBA Zero games at some point after the X series?
Thanks, mate! I mean, I'll probably do them in the future, yes. God knows how far away from now that will be, though. lol
Cool! Well, I'm sure I'll enjoy all the content on the way there regardless. Keep it up! :)
25:15 Web spider suffers from spark Mandrill syndrome, too! for the first half of the fight, if you cut the web he's hanging from, he'll fall down and bust his ass
sigma has the legendary plot armor
tha k you for covering most of the soundtrack all of the reviews I watch barely dive into it. great video. consider me subbed.
I think Mega Man X special weapons should _not_ be this elemental-weakness-style thing. That's an inherent flaw in the Mega Man formula, it's not good. *Rather, I think they should be useful, and good against specific bosses, **_purely because of how the shots behave and what areas they cover._*
A storm shot that is as wide as X and spans the screen vertically while ignoring walls, ceilings and floors, maybe to beat a boss that often jumps above a ceiling and attacks from there, meaning you don't have to wait until he comes down, but instead use that storm shot... a spread shot to hit a boss that flies in the sky in an arena without walls (thus no walljumping/-sliding), instead of waiting for the phases where he lands... a shot that travels along floors and walls starting from X, maybe for a boss that regularly puts up a shield that can be circumvented by that floor-traveling shot instead of waiting for the shield to go down... and so on.
This would make all special weapons inherently useful in stages _and_ on bosses, _without_ rendering bosses utterly wrecked. They wouldn't even have to do more damage than the X-Buster, it'd just be about the sheer utility of the various types of shots these weapons could perform. It would also actually reward observation on boss encounters, because you could figure out _just by being observant_ which special weapon will work on any given boss... instead of weakness order guesswork.
And the final stages could then challenge your knowledge on how to use _all_ these special weapons by going through various bosses with various phases that all respectively allow for great and tricky use of one or two specific special weapons of the bunch.
*_THAT_** is what I'd really like to see.*
I still play this game .. Can't never be tired to play ..
There is actually a patern with Zero against Repliforce General that does work without getting hit for the most of the time. You have to dodge on the ground 2 energy shots just by running around and then as soon as he fired the 3 shot dodge it by wall jumping on generals hands and then when you are at the top hand jump and then air dash and use crew attack and try to land back on his hand and get the heck out. Rince and repeat.
Love your reviews, been watching for a while and would really enjoy if you reviewed X5.
It is the next review. ;)
Great review, and thank you for ranting about the final stages in this game. I always had a soft spot for X4 (it's no surprise that a certain boss from that game managed to sneak into my profile picture), but the last stretches of the game felt mediocre ever since I first played, haha. I'm surprised not so many people have mentioned that at this point.
First of all: thank you! And yeah, I don't know, man. Can't exactly put my finger on it, but the last stretches felt easy, short and just underwhelming for some reason. Especially with some of the poor design that's going on, I felt like speaking out about that.
Retropolis Zone Yeah, I wish the developers could've put some more work into them. Maybe that was due to time constraints or something, I'm not sure. At least the rest of the game was a joy to play through.
And thanks for replying by the way. I really appreciate when content creators take their time to respond to people's comments. :)
No problem. If people take the time to leave comments on my videos, I will make the effort to come back to them. :)
+Lite 64 (joão carlos)
X2 had less than a year of developement and 7 only had 3 months (less than X6 time developement).
Such a great vid series. Very nostalgic for this one in particular