What's everybody's take on MegaMan X8?

[Nidstang]

I like MMX8. It's better than X5, X6, and X7. The English voice actors actually sound good, which is extremely rare for Mega Man games. It's not quite X1-4, but it's super solid.

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well, no matter what mega man game it is, at least it isn't mighty number 9. i've heard that the wii u version can brick the console by just booting it up and playing it.

I beat the entire game on Wii U, and didn't have a problem. I'm sure it happened, but I think it was overreported. They also patched the game too, so maybe they fixed whatever was causing it.

 

[MasterEn]

I beat the entire game on Wii U, and didn't have a problem. I'm sure it happened, but I think it was overreported. They also patched the game too, so maybe they fixed whatever was causing it.

most likely. i've haven't read anything on that, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was patched, and nobody cared enough to check and document it. hopefully it's been either fixed, or it's some insanely rare bug.

 

[Nidstang]

most likely. i've haven't read anything on that, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was patched, and nobody cared enough to check and document it. hopefully it's been either fixed, or it's some insanely rare bug.

I just looked it up. Turns out it never actually bricked consoles, but it hardlocked them, and required you to unplug the consoles and plug them back in. Apparently it was triggered by quitting out of the game while firing an attack. It was patched out and fixed.

 

[Tonberry]

From memory, I think it’s alright. Got it as a birthday present for my 11th birthday and had a great time. I haven’t played in ages though, and iirc you can’t get to the real final boss if you played on Easy which im pretty sure I did back then.

 

[MasterEn]

I just looked it up. Turns out it never actually bricked consoles, but it hardlocked them, and required you to unplug the consoles and plug them back in. Apparently it was triggered by quitting out of the game while firing an attack. It was patched out and fixed.

that's good. i remembered reading about that the bricking thing. hardlocking sounds like it would be easy to mistake for bricking. good to hear that it was fixed.

 

[Toppis]

Mega Man X8 is the hardest Mega Man X game for me, but Mega Man X6 can also be very challenging

 

[Skeetos]

X8 is a thing? I thought they stopped at X7. I haven't played past X3 so Idk how it is but I'm sure it's rough. Never heard anything good past the first three. I need to get the X collections sometime.

 

[Tonberry]

X8 is a thing? I thought they stopped at X7. I haven't played past X3 so Idk how it is but I'm sure it's rough. Never heard anything good past the first three. I need to get the X collections sometime.

X4 is really good. I think it’s way better than X3. X5 is okay but it’s insanely easy.

 

[fake-kun]

X4 is really good. I think it’s way better than X3. X5 is okay but it’s insanely easy.

Actually, every MMX game after X2 is mid to trash.

*runs away*

 

[Tonberry]

Actually, every MMX game after X2 is mid to trash.

*runs away*

*dashes behind u and does epic zero special move in fluent japanese*

 

[fake-kun]

*dashes behind u and does epic zero special move in fluent japanese*

You fool! I have seventy robot fakes!

*runs away*

 

[Tonberry]

You fool! I have seventy robot fakes!

*runs away*

Folied again!!!

 

[MasterEn]

Folied again!!!

there's an easy way to deal with this. summon a mecha girl from disgaea. her full strike attack can target half of the universe in a single go. there's no way all of the fakes can avoid that.

 

[bubbyrude]

pleasantly surprised after x7, got everything you could in it. i find it unkind to revisits though, would rather just play any other game.

 

[ViperAcidZX]

that's good. i remembered reading about that the bricking thing. hardlocking sounds like it would be easy to mistake for bricking. good to hear that it was fixed.

As someone who first played Mighty No. 9 on Wii U and enjoy it unironically despite the issues it has in and out of the Kickstarter controversies that angry losers are obsessed with, my console is still working even after having dealt with two crashes out of the 60+ hours I put into it. Just goes to show that internet douchebags will try to fabricate problems with the game to make it worse than it actually is because "it's the cool thing to do"... [rolls eyes]

As for Mega Man X8, I think it's a decent game in my opinion, a vast improvement over X7 no doubt, but it's major issues are the lack of actual level design and over-reliance on gimmicks, grinding for metals to get some of the unlockables feels like a chore, and the music not being as memorable as the previous games in the X series. I tried the demake and, controversial opinion ahead, I didn't think it was the masterpiece that many are chalking it out to be. While I do like some of the new levels, I think it goes overboard on overcorrecting the original game's "issues" and having less features like no playable Zero or Axel from the get-go (I know there are mods but I don't think that should have been necessary in the first place), not to mention the demake only has one save slot when the original game gave you at least five. Some of the bosses can be a cheap pain in the ass to deal with and feel like they were designed for speedrunning.

 

[YoshifreakZX]

I sort of wish the levels were less gimmicky but it's still a good game. It's probably my 4th or 5th favorite in the X series.

 

[Gamma]

Never played them.
X6,X7 and X8 are the only ones from the X series that I didn't play.
The OP song for X8 is fire tho.

 

[Leon]

X4 is really good. I think it’s way better than X3. X5 is okay but it’s insanely easy.

Generally speaking people consider either x1 or x4 the best game in the series, i'm in the x4 camp on that,

Never played them.
X6,X7 and X8 are the only ones from the X series that I didn't play.
The OP song for X8 is fire tho.

X6 legitimately can be skipped, x7 is universally disliked, x8 is probably the closest to x1-4 of the games, if i was to place x8 i'd put it in the top 3.

 

[DietPepsi]

I know I'm super late to this, but oh my LORD do I love Megaman X8. It was my first Mega Man game and it has such an unbeatable atmosphere. At the very least you owe it to yourself to emulate it!