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ok......but too easy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i thought this game was far too easy for me. I think capcom should have made the game much more harder. I am a megaman fan and the old nintendo megaman games are harder then this. The graphics and sound were good but the storyline was ....Hope x6 is better then this.

A good addition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been a huge fan of MegaMan since Megaman 2 was released on the NES system. I had played every game on NES, SNES, and Megaman X4 and then stopped. I couldn't afford a Playstation...so I kind of just let the rest of the series go.

Fast-forward a couple years later and I picked up PS2 and the Megaman X Collection. First game I played was X5 and fell in love with it.

I love the fast-paced action going on...the whole time limit is pretty cool I think. I thought the whole game in general was a pretty good idea.

Yes I know some of the Mavericks are named after members of Guns 'N' Roses, for what reason I have no idea. They are named differently in the instruction book! Duff McWhalen is Tidal Makooen, Mattrex is Burn Dinorex. I have no clue why they didn't use these names.

But overall, I think it's fun. It may be a little easy, but the main goal I try to go for is to not let Zero go Maverick.

DO NOT BUY THIS TERRIBLE GAME

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The first thing that comes to mind when a reviewer claims a game is terrible is probably "oh yeah mister smarty pants, you better be able to back up why you think Mega Man X5 is such a bad game". I will try my best. :)

First of all, the gameplay. Being a Mega Man fan since 1993, I grew up with the original Dr. Wily *and* the X series. I love both. People constantly pick which one they think is better, but in the end, I always found shooting robots incredibly fun and I still find it rewarding and addicting to play through a Mega Man game over and over searching for the very best way to blast through a stage and eliminate the enemies, along with finding the best way to defeat the boss at the end of the stage. Mega Man is mainly supposed to be a side-scroller shooter. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING (sorry, big words make it easier to get my point across).

What does Mega Man X5 do? It mostly abandons the need to really use your X-blaster for anything important, except for the stage bosses. It makes me absolutely SICK TO MY STOMACH (sorry, the big words need to return) that Capcom chose to make at least half of the stages almost completely empty. I don't know the name of the stage, but the forest level has almost NOTHING TO SHOOT. You basically spend the entire time in this level just dash-jumping your way through, until you arrive to the end boss. Oh okay, there are a couple things to shoot. Lazily-designed and completely unmemorable bad guys are featured inside this forest stage (did I mention the backgrounds are bland-looking?) When you arrive to these enemies (I think one of them is some kind of robotic plant, but I may be wrong) you actually have to wait a few seconds for them to shoot something uncreative and boring at you (which incidentally does very little damage). Why am I WAITING for a slow-poke enemy to shoot something at me? And in a MEGA MAN game, where speed and avoiding attacks is supposed to be the key to completing the game? BORING! Anyone who tries defending the stage enemies in this game is going to have an extremely tough time.

I wish that forest stage was the only problem with Mega Man X5, but sadly it's just the beginning. I can't stand this game. I can't stand the fact that Capcom removed *every single thing* I love about the Mega Man series. It's like the company has something personal against me.

What to talk about next... okay, everybody hates the fact that the stage bosses are named after Guns 'N Roses band members. This doesn't really bother me (even though I passionately hate Guns 'N Roses and think they are nothing but a sorry Aerosmith imitator rock band with a whiny, overrated lead singer). I hate the fact that every stage boss can be defeated with *just* your X-buster. Remember how important it was in past games to find the right weapon to successfully destroy the end boss? Not now. Each stage boss has ugly and lazy animations, and they move across the screen so slowly that it's very easy to just continue shooting at them with the X-buster while avoiding their lazy, slow attacks. Believe it or not, all eight stage bosses can be defeated this way. So much for strategy. What a worthless game.

Whenever Capcom tries to make a Mega Man game tell a good story, the gameplay suffers as a result. This game is the biggest offender. The worst part is that they removed the cutscenes you were introduced to in Mega Man X4. Now you have to scroll through boring text as the characters have their boring conversations, building no suspense whatsoever during critical moments. Lengthy and frequent text-scrolling is what X5 is all about.

Oh, and let's not forget that Capcom just threw in a bunch of new friends to help guide Mega Man through the game. I highly doubt anyone cares about these characters because Capcom just PUT them in the game and expected us to care about them without any kind of interesting history or connections to other Mega Man games. Doesn't work that way. Even if they were returning characters from the Wily series it wouldn't have bothered me. The fact is, these new characters are a bunch of nobodys and even when you beat the game, they will remain nobodys.

Speaking of characters guiding you through the game, your female friend Alia INSULTS YOUR INTELLIGENCE numerous times throughout the game. While you dash and shoot your way through each of the eight unmemorable stages (that is, when you actually arrive to something worth shooting) she will CONSTANTLY appear on screen to bug you and tell you *exactly* what it is you have to do. This means more inconvenient text-scrolling. Sometimes she interferes with your progress so often that you just wish there was a way to shoot and kill her. It's incredibly annoying. After finding out how disappointing X5 turned out to be, the LAST thing you want to do is put up with someone like Alia basically calling you a moron.

Alia insults your intelligence by telling you to do VERY simple things that anyone with ANY past experience with a Mega Man game would be able to understand without needing any pointless instructions. She actually has the nerve to say things like "jump over that wall". I THINK we already knew that. Why? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO DO THE SAME THING *MANY TIMES* IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR X GAMES AND *MANY TIMES* IN THE WILY GAMES. WE'RE NOT DUMB!!!

The challenge in each stage ranges from very easy to incredibly difficult, which is quite surprising to me because the challenge in past X games was a lot more consistent. The already mentioned forest stage is worthlessly boring, but more specifically, a cakewalk. However, the flipside to that are really frustrating stages that require excellent, fast-moving timing in order to complete. So throughout the game you will go from incredibly simple stages where you don't even have to shoot at anything, to incredibly difficult stages where you are sure to die many times until you get it perfectly right. I LIKE FUN MEGA MAN GAMES. Not this inconsistent mess.

The game becomes almost excruciatingly difficult when you arrive to the very first stage in Sigma's castle. The stage is ripped off completely from the Flash Man stage in Mega Man 2. Remember jumping down and avoiding those laser beams? Same thing. In this game, trying to complete this task is MUCH harder.

At least three stage themes are pretty good. That's it. That's the only thing Mega Man X5 has going for it. Oh, and speaking of music, the theme in one stage is just an updated version of the water stage theme from Mega Man X2. I especially hate this stage because it's one of those stages where the screen pushes you to the right, and you have no control over it. You are forced to go with the flow while avoiding shots from a giant underwater robot. So much for fast-pace shooting/dashing action. I hate this underwater stage more than the previously mentioned forest stage. At least with the forest stage I can go "duh" and daydream my way through the empty thing. Stare at the ceiling while you play through the forest stage. I bet you can make it to the end boss!

Look, I love Capcom and think they're a wonderful company that does a fantastic job with action games, but they really screwed up with Mega Man X5. Please avoid. I can't be angry at a company that gave us so many good games, but when a game is rushed to the market and I believe no creativity or effort whatsoever was involved during the process of creating the game, it HAS to be mentioned. That's what I did just now. Told you why Mega Man X5 is so freakin' awful. A lazy and unremarkable experience. The game has no life.

Every company has their bad games, and this is clearly "the bad game" from Capcom. Just pick up Mega Man X4 to find out what a really good action game should be like. I can only imagine what X6 must be like.

Totally Sweet -This game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've always loved MegaMan, especially the recent X series they've begun since a few years ago. It's graphics are better than expected, and everything flows along smoothly. I haven't noticed any waiting screens or loading periods, the disc runs fast.The gameplay is excellent, it's adjustable in speed so you don't have to be a pro to enjoy the game. Plus after you play awhile on their Slow Motion Mode, which is new to any MegaMan game thusfar, you can amp it back up to regular to play. It rocks to play as Zero or MegaMan X, but the best thing is the option of choosing before each stage, instead of choosing only one and having to beat the game before playing the other. As X, you can acquire MORE thatn just one suit of Armor, you can choose from four. And you can choose not to as well! Your not stuck in the armor after you get it. To add to this, while playing you acquire powerups and your base will turn them into various upgrades,after which you can mix and match whatever you want. The bosses gain strengthe the longer they stay around so seasoned button-mashers can deliberately wait to get a better challenge. This game has a storyline that you can effect in many ways, and so far I've counted three different endings!
This game is one of my all time favorite games and I think you'd enjoy it.

X5: a good game, but why so heavily criticized?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Megaman X5 is a great game. I don't know why everyone criticizes it so much. It has the same great megaman gameplay, the same great graphics the series is known for, the same amount of action, and a very high level of challenge. I've heard a lot of complaints about the game's difficulty, and yes, although it IS insanely difficult, how can you call yourself a megaman gamer if that isn't what you're looking for in a MMX game? I've also heard some criticism on the music. Sure, it's not fitting for megaman, but it's good enough on it's own, nothing worth complaining about like everyone does. And sure, the Guns 'N' Roses theme is tacky, but does that really change how the game plays?! Guns 'N' Roses theme or not, the bosses in this game are cool! I don't know why everyone hates this game. Could it be because they tried something new and made it so that you could only use armor after collecting all the pieces? Is it the absence of anime cutscenes(which, although disappointing, does NOT change the gameplay AT ALL)? Is it cuz the game is timed and has several branching plot points that make the game more immersive into the plot than the others? What is it?! I want some answers, people, cuz this is a good game! For those of you who have taken someone else's opinion as your own, at least TRY the game so you can see for yourself that it's a great game featuring the same great MMX gameplay we've all come to know and love and the interesting plot we've come to expect from megaman x!

megaman classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Mega Man's exploits have been taking place on a variety of different platforms for more than a decade, but recent attempts to bring old Mega Man into 3-D have largely been missteps. That's why we were chomping at the bit to play Mega Man X5, because it marks a long-overdue return to MM's 2-D roots.
Unfortunately, the game plays more like a rushed overcorrection than a nostalgic, side-scrolling romp. For example, you can now choose between three playable characters: Zero, X, and Fourth. It's a good idea, but the problem is that the characters are so different that this option actually destroys the fluidity of the gaming experience. In the original Mega Man X titles, you couldn't progress until you found a weapon that could be used to destroy a particular boss. In X5, bosses can be put out of their misery with the Z-Saber and the X-Buster.

But the game's biggest problem is its difficulty. The first law of game design is that a game should provide gradual, continual challenge. X5 just keeps getting easier and easier due to the endless number of checkpoints and unlimited continues. The result is Mega Man with training wheels.

By Mega Man standards, this game is truly a disappointment. On the bright side, if you are new to the gaming scene and are looking for a simple game that will help you improve your skills, this game might be your cup of tea. For most gamers, though, X5 is way too easy!

Be warned...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nothing could have prepared me or any other true Mega Man X fan for how much they messed this game up. Apparently there was a staff shake-up before it came out, something that would not surprise me one bit. It seems that these new people wrote up a list entitled "Ways to make the players hate us." Here's why.

1) Why did they mess up the armor system? I was surprised and disillusioned to see you start off with the X4 armor. Wasn't a lot of the fun in the first 4 games starting off with nothing and finding stuff as you went along? It also does not help that they RUINED the plasma gun from X4 and no longer let you shoot through walls. Sure there are capsules in X5, but now it's eight instead of four for two sets of armor. That may sound cool, but acquiring them is more annoying than fun. You can't even use an upgrade when you get the capsule. You have to wait until you get all four pieces to the SAME armor before you can use ANY part you get. Of course it doesn't help either that both the armors suck. Neither of them looks appropriate for a general armor that would come to mind if you think "Mega Man X5." When you think about the first game, you can think of the completed armor he had in it. In X5, both the armors look too specialized, and that's exactly what they are. The Gaea Armor has kind of a cool gun that of course breaks certain blocks, but it is no fun to use because you can only move very slowly in it, and you can't even mid-air dash or use weapons in it. The Falcon Armor lets you fly for a period of roughly five to ten seconds, but when I first saw the powered-up gun for the Falcon Armor, I wasn't sure if I was kidding myself or not by what I saw. It is the worst gun X has ever had. Mega Man's Mega Buster from Mega Man 4 back on NES would blow it off the face of the planet, even the universe. How they could make a gun this pathetic is beyond me. Simply put, one armor's all gun and no movement, and the other's all movement and no gun. Where's the balance here? A good armor would have at least SOME balance.

2) For those who haven't played X5, you will be stopped frozen at least five times a stage forced to read annoying text messages transmitted to you from some stupid new ally named Alia who you'll just want to kill more than anything else. Think of Navi or the owl from Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time except 100 times worse. No, there's no way to skip or shut off Alia unless you're revisiting the stage and already listened to it (with the same character). If the text messages were interesting and useful, it may have been pardonable, but no. Instead we're babysat with lectures like "Don't jump on the spikes. You'll die!" "Get off the train! It's exploding!" I don't ever recall playing a Mega Man or X game to be babysat. The new staff must have thought that all of us Mega Man veterans out there never progressed beyond 5 years of age. They obviously never did, so it's quite possible. Alia is shown with her with her mouth wide open wearing some sort of earphone device in the mission report screen in between stages (a part that has the some of the worst Mega Man or Mega Man X music ever created). I'd love so much to stick a piece of dynamite in her wide open mouth and never have to listen to her again. I'd love to do even worse to the morons who made this game. Where did Alia, Signas, Douglas, and all these other dorks come from anyway? Even at X8 it's a mystery.

3) There is absolutely NO creativity or set of new ideas in this game. This is quite obvious considering that they brought back the Rock Monster for the boss of the first Sigma stage, the eye boss from the first game for the second Sigma stage, a time stopper weapon, the Quick Man laser beams, the Mega Man X capsule music for capsules, Bubble Crab's music for Duff McWhalen's stage, and much more. Yes, you read correctly. There is a boss called Duff McWhalen. This brings the review to the bosses. It's hard to contemplate how much they must have thought about different ways to make the bosses suck. Just look at their names. Izzy Glow? The above mentioned Duff McWhalen? Dark Dizzy? The Skiver? Axle the Red? Are these supposed to be cool boss names? The bosses in battle are not exactly inspiring either. Most of them are just so ridiculously slow. How long does the fat bear boss float through the air with his arms shaped as if he wanted to give you a hug? I've lost count... How long does the bat boss just slowly fly around the room and shoot NOTHING at you? It can vary, but either way it's awfully long. And did they even know that the firefly boss IZZY GLOW looks like he's defecating when he does his laser attacks? Did they know that the fight with the horse boss of the sky stage is on an airplane much like Storm Eagle's from X1? Did they know this boss even does some of the EXACT SAME attacks as Storm Eagle? If I wanted to, I could find something bad to say about EVERY stage, boss, and weapon (of which X's none are cool or original) in the game, but I'll let players deduce that for themselves. The only good thing I can say about the bosses is that I wish the squid boss were in another game because he's the only one close to cool (but not the weapon he gives X).
I have never heard worse boss music before X5. You can disagree with me if you want, but I really thought the boss music in X4 was exceptional, at least for Mega Man X boss music. It was energetic and put you in a fighting mode. X5's goes to sounding like some AWFUL messed up version of some dumb pop song. I really wonder if they tested this game at all. They obviously didn't test their own intelligence or capability.

4) X5 is simply almost no fun to play. X is just horrible. His attacks and weapons suck, and he does practically NO DAMAGE to bosses, even with the right weapon. You'll be fighting bosses for ten minutes in the later stages with X unless you use the restrictive Gaea Armor or pick up the Ultimate Armor. Having X and Zero available the whole game instead of choosing to play the whole game as one or the other may seem like a good idea at first, but it ended up being more frustrating than beneficial. You have to figure out how to divide up the heart tanks, and Zero can't even get some of them. You also have to revisit nearly every stage if you want to get everything, taking away from the players any motivation to form their own strategy, order, or way of playing in general. There were absolutely NO new ideas or stage creativity or at ANY point in the game. Some of the stages could just be cruised through with the Falcon Armor in under a minute. Stage brevity has always, in my view, been a problem of these games, but X5 is the only instance in which I would not complain. Wonder why...
The whole time limit thing was also retarded. All it did was prompt more annoying speech from Alia such as "You don't need to be here" if you picked a stage that didn't have a part for whatever you needed at the time.

There are not a whole lot of good things about this game at all. Zero's crescent saber from the bear boss is cool, but that's about it. This game is a miserable excuse for an addition to the Mega Man X series. I wish I could have flown over to Japan and fired every single Capcom staff member who had anything to do with this game. X5 is not a good game on any terms. People who write reviews saying it's good or "Just another Mega Man game," do NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. My guess is that the makers probably thought about "innovation," a word I have grown to hate. "Innovation" in the modern sense of the word, does not have a place in the formula with the Mega Man X games. The "innovation" in these games should come in the stage design and background, boss ideas, and weapon ideas. It should NOT include messing up a whole foundation. They put all this garbage in X5 and expect players to be happy because of a new ability to duck?? Sorry, I'll take no ducking any day. As the result of this failed attempt at "innovation," X5 was the beginning of a period of disappointment that would last for the next few games. I'll admit that I own the game being a fan (though by now possibly a former fan...), but even now I still want some form of brutal vengeance against Capcom for this bitter disappointment.

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