Oh? I wonder why, since I didn't like the demake either.
It’s pretty complicated cuz my issues with an X game can be pretty deep seated and range from “I don’t like this conceptually at all” to “this is just boring”.
And also just general issues with fan remakes or really any kind of remake but basically…
X8 is a game I probably would dislike any version of period. It’s a game that shouldn’t have existed. All of its ideas were completely terrible and it doesn’t matter that you can circumvent some issues like the grind cuz they shouldn’t have been there to begin with.
X8 is interesting in its flaws, it’s interesting that Capcom was so utterly confident in shipping a game with almost zero level design. There’s like only total 3 or 4 stages that aren’t just you going through a glorified obstacle. HOW do you fix that?? You don’t. You just turn it into a generic 2d action game. The bosses in x8 are just nothing special. I’m in favor of remaking bad games but X8 should’ve left as is. The best version of X8 is already the ps2 version because any further changes too would make to X8 just be “adding water to mud”, as we say here.
Also, the SNES X games have had historically terrible fan games across the board. It does not blend itself all that well into fan creations. I loved X2 but i just generally dislike the X games almost entirely. Too much dumb edgelords bring edgy. Even though you could argue it’s non canon, “I fixed myself while I repaired myself” permanently ruined how I view the characters.
Now this is devolving into a tangent but To be completely honest, battlenetwork is superior to X in every way aesthetically speaking. BN is beautiful but X has all these silly renders I wanna punch. I’d punch X7’s Axl if I see him in the street. What a loser.
Ah yeah and I like legends too.