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System:
SNES
Genre:
Action Platformer
Publisher:
Capcom
Developer:
Capcom
Players:
1
Release date/year:
1995
Other systems:
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- MegaMan X3
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1995 Capcom - Capcom - SNES
Storyline
The way I see it some evil army is trying to take over the world. In the beginning of the game one of MegaMan's old "friends" tells MegaMan that he's joined some army and then kidnaps MegaMan, so obviously that's the case. Then as in all MegaMan games you have to wipe out a few bosses for some reason, and all of them have their own stage. And once again, just as in all MegaMan games there are eight of them. They are bigger in the X-series than they were in the first games for NES though. And that has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline.
- Gameplay
The controls are as in most MegaMan games very good. MegaMan can shoot, charge his weapon, climb, dash, and jump-dash up walls. Sometimes when you're jump-dashing (jumping up a wall and then dashing through the air to reach another wall) you could use an extra thumb though. It's extremely tricky in the beginning, but there are so many places that you have to do this at so you'll learn after a while. Except for the first times you jump-dash and the slippery floors of the Ice-stage the controls are great. The controls can all by themselves make you hooked to this game, even if it might take a while for you to get used to them.
Now on to the stages. All of the stages are very different from eachother and they hardly
ever look the same all the way through. The environments changes a lot and you can get special Ride Armours with special skills to use in different kinds of surroundings. And of course you'll get new weapons after defeating bosses and such (I've started to say " . . . and such" a bit tooooo often). While talking about bosses, they are a bit too big for my liking. They are extremely hard to avoid and you have to use the jump-dash technique too much. They should be about MegaMan's size like in the old MegaMan games for the NES, or you should have more space to move around in. Ah well . . . It doesn't ruin the game, and it makes it more of a challenge.
- Graphics
The graphics in this game are awesome! Great 2D animations and everything's got a manga-touch to it . . . sort of. Very colourful surroundings that contributes to the beautifulness. The characters are smooth and well drawn and some of the enemies really gets stuck in your memory. And I just love the backgrounds in this game. They're awesome. One thing that should be a bit better are the menus though.
- Sound
The sound effects are good and fits the actions. The music is also good, but not as good
as in the older MegaMan games. These aren't quite as catchy . . . or something. They fit the surroundings, but they're still not great and doesn't bring that much feeling to the game as they could've done if they were of the same quality as the music for the first MegaMan games. Some of them are really good though, just to point that out.
- Replayability
I haven't gotten the chance to play this game that much, so I'm not really sure. But from what I've played I can imagine that the replayability is pretty good. The only thing that's blocking the replayability is the first stage. It's sort of like an intro stage that you HAVE to start with. Ok, it's fun to play and you get to control Zero, but they taaalk too much in it and that gets frustrating if you play it too many times. But you can always type in the password for when you've just completed the intro stage though. Yay! And then you'll be able to choose from all the eight other stages.
- Originality
Haha. Not very good. It's like all the other MegaMan games but with a few unique things. So there is some originality, but not a lot of it.
- Overall
A good action platformer with great controls and great graphics that will get you hooked at least for a short while. The sound effects and music are ok and the replayability good. And Capcom has at least tried to make this a bit more original than a few other games in the MegaMan series, and in a few places they have succeeded.
A good game that is worth buying if you're either a MegaMan fan or doesn't own that many other MegaMan games.
- Rates
Storyline: 5/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 6/10
Replayability: 7/10
Originality: 6/10
Overall: 7/10
//Benny
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