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Overrated game and megaman at his worst

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

why is this game so expensive???!!! It was by far the worst megaman game ( along with x5 and x6). And i beat them all might i add. But x3 had nothing new. The only two things new is u can play as zero. BUT if u die with him, he is gone for the rest of the game. And there are 8 capsules. But 4 are the normal armor and the other 4 are extras. But u can only get one extra. Megaman x1 is alot better and so is x4. Get those two and u are set.

C Team

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The levels are vastly empty. It makes you wonder why they added so much space in each level - It is just boring and makes you feel like the developers didn't care. I laughed at the empty rooms, poor programing, monotonous music , boses which can be tricked into infinite loops and crapalicous sound effects (why not reuse the originals?)

X was an enjoyable game, I often go back to it. X2 felt like a B Team game but I still loved it because it still felt polished. With X3 it feels like Capcom didn't care; it feels like they put the C Team on this project.

To sum up the complaints:
-Big empty levels (not interesting or fun.)
-They didn't test the boses enough (cheap infinite loops.)
-Some graphics they borrowed from the last games didn't mesh with the new stuff they put in.
-Poor enemy design. Why would Sigma design such cumbersome and stupid looking robots?
-Many upgrades are very easy to find.
-The sound effects sound like hilariously bad spoofs. They should have reused the original effects for the death sound and the "charged up" sound, especially.

To state the bonuses:
-I always wanted to be Zero.

Good game, but not worth the price of admission

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First off, I would like to say that finding a new, factory sealed Mega man X3 costs over $200 (even a used copy costs just under 130 bucks), so unless you have a lot of money to burn, or absolutely need this game, avoid it.
As far the as the game itself goes, it's not too bad. It marks the very first time you get to play as Zero, and it has more capsules to discover. With all standard Megaman fare in the game, it makes it a solid side scroller. But it also brings us back to reason why this game should be avoided: THE HUGE PRICE TAG! Being standard megaman fare, it just isn't worth the money to shoot bad guys and beat a boss. After all, it is still just a standard side scroller.
All in all, the game is good, but I just feel there should be a better reason for a game to be so expensive.

Its.......ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Mega man X3 is an, how can i say it? an ok game. It's fun but the part with the chip that you can only put in one of mega man's armor parts is really annoying? Why can't you upgrade all of mega man's stuff. Kind of boring but its mega man so its not all that bad.

The last of the SNES Megaman X games

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have mixed feelings about this installment because it had so much potential. Unfortunately, it felt like capcom was starting to move towards a younger audience with this one.

The premise:

Paradise Doppler Town (where reploids and humans live together in peace and harmony) has a sigma virus outbreak and the reploids go maverick. X and Zero are dispatched to defeat 8 mavericks.

Pluses:

-Large levels.
-Many weapons.
-There are different enemies to fight in the Doppler stage and the maverick stages, depending on several factors, ewhich increase replay value.

Negatives:

-Aside from Dr Dopplers level, the music in this game is just hideous. It literally hurt my ears.
-When Zero dies, he's out of commision for the rest of the game.
-Zero is large and unwieldy in this one. He mostly uses the z-buster, which is fairly weak.
-The mavericks in this one are kind of dumb. (Toxic Seahorse!? Huh?!)
-The weapons you get are just downright LAME. Most are useless or hard to operate... which is frustrating since megaman is all about defeating enemies and taking their weapons.

Conclusion:

Here's where it started to go bad (again). Quite a dramatic turn for the worst when compared to Megaman X and X2. Avoid buying this one.

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If you like Mega Man, that's good enough reason to get this

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have played 10 Mega Man games total, and this one is arguably the best one played. The urgrades, armors, the bosses, basically everything is tight! You can play as Zero, but I gave this game only 4 stars because he can't finish an entire stage (with the exception of the 2nd Doppler stage). My favorite upgrade is the X-Buster, where I can cross-charge both shots, which is good. Anyways, if you want it, try and get it. I warn you though, this game is rare, so do your best to get it.

Gamer since 1988

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great in story and that fact that this is the only Mega Man X game where Capcom has decided to added extra capsules that are chips that will enhance your armor. It's cool that Zero is a playable character but he becomes pointless to play as because Mega Man X becomes so much stronger than zero when he gets his armor, plus Zero can't fight bosses. I say get this game because you get a new villian called Dr. Doppler....

WAIT A WHILE!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT BUY THIS FROM THOSE SELLERS WHO ARE TRYING TO CHARGE YOU LIKE 100.00 DOLLARS. If you wait until November, Capcom has a Mega Man X Collection coming out for a price of only 30 dollars and you get SIX GAMES!

Mega Man X3 was perhaps the best of the Super Nintendo Mega Man X games (X4 being the overall best), but don't fork over eighty dollars! Capcom is coming with a Mega Man X Collection and Mega Man X through X6. SIX GAMES FOR THIRTY BUCKS!

Mega Man X3 is amazing. The first time we get to play as Zero. There is no Mega Man game full of more secrets than this one. Every level holds something, and if you think that's neat, this really was the first Mega Man X game where you could use the Z-Saber and play as Zero for the first time. It was everything you'd want. It was challenge, and it had the essential action qualities. It was fun, and the music was incredible.

Yes, Mega Man X3 IS a really good game... but wait for the collection to come out! It'll save you a LOT of money in the long run!

Excellent game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is an incredible addition to the X games. BUT...it's hard, I mean it. No matter which Marverick you choose to tackle first, you'll have to struggle to defeat him (although after the first one it won't be so hard since you'll have the weakness of another Marverick). But probably the hardest boss in the game is the 2nd form of Sigma (also his final), I mean this guy is HARD! VERY HARD!, it is almost imossible to HIT the guy, but once you memorize his pattern, know exsacly where to shoot (which has to be with a medium-charged or charged shot), have a little luck and get your self in the ''zone'' you'll beat him (not to mention that you'll have to have lightning quick reflexes and all 4 Sub-Tanks full!!!). So all in all, X3 is an Awsome game but I would not recommend this game as your first MegaMan X game because of it's high difficulty unmached by the other X games (Heck! this was the last X game I played and I still had to struggle in the final boss! And I have the complete series!!!!) But if you love X games and wan't a good challeng the pick this game up, NOW!!!

P.S.

This game is EXTREMLY hard to find, so good luck...

An absolute masterpiece: zenith of the X series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mega Man X3(1995). Part three of seven.

Reintroducing the MM franchise on the SNES turned out to be a great success for both Capcom and the fans. X1 brought forth a new twist to MM gaming, and X2 continued to push its greatness even further. By then, the X series was well received and fans were satisfied for the time. Then, enter X3. Surprisingly, this new game got very little to no attention by fans, and was more often then not dismissed as just another MM game. Part of the blame for this came from Capcom, for not releasing very many copies. So gamers settled for only the first two X games and ignored the third one. After finally playing it for myself I must say, PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING HERE! This game is the defining entry of the series, and yet IT'S EXTREMELY UNDERRATED! WHY? Let's take a closer look at X3:

PROS:
-GREAT STORYLINE. A reploid scientist named Dr. Doppler builds a neuro-computer that manages to suppress any Maverick-like tendencies a reploid would develop. This worked so well that the reploids decided to build the perfect utopian reploid city called "Dopplertown". However, Doppler only wanted to do this in order to build an army of reploids who would change to mavericks at his command. Throughout the game and up to the end, there are some very good story elements introduced.
-The ability to play as Zero. Okay, so you can't control him everywhere like you can in the next few sequels, but it still helps. Anywhere in a level up until a boss, you can call Zero to replace X. He's not much different from controlling X, but his bigger size and Z-Saber charge attacks give him some distinction.
-LOADS OF SECRETS TO FIND. That's right. There are many more secrets to find in X3 than in X2, AND THEY'RE ALL HIDDEN VERY WELL. In addition to the standard armors, subtanks, and heart tanks, there are also armor ride chips, super armor parts, and Zero's saber to collect.
-A PERFECT ASSORTMENT OF ROBOT-RIDE-ARMOR-VEHICLES. Once you find the standard RRAV, you can call on different RRAVs when you locate the three other chips. They come in handy in a variety of situations. For instance: if X needs to bash through ice, the K-RRAV can crunch through with its spinning spike claws.
-ALTERRING THE LATER BOSSES OF THE GAME BY DEFEATING EARLIER ONES WITH CERTAIN WEAPONS. There are only a couple of places where you can do this, but it can affect key areas. For instance, if you defeat Bit and Byte with the proper weapons (I'm not gonna say what they are, find them yourself!), you get to face a different boss during one of the Doppler stages.
-THE STAGES HERE ARE THE MOST WELL DESIGNED OF ALL THE X GAMES. They are all lengthy and challenging, yet complex enough to give the player secrets to find. Sadly, after X3 Capcom downgraded themselves to making the stages merely easy, linear warm-up exercises for X gamers (however, Capcom did bring back the complex stages in X6)
-Contrary to popular belief, MOST OF THE MUSIC HERE IS AWESOME AND FITS THE X SERIES VERY WELL, unlike much of X5 and X6's music. Well, not every tune is good, but EVERY BIT OF IT STILL ROCKS! The music may not have the catchiness of other X game tunes, but many of them (Zero intro stage, Crush Crawfish, Volt Catfish, and Vile's level) are very good and memorable.
-One last pro, THE BOSSES HERE ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO BEAT. This is a very good thing, and something that its sequels are seriously lacking in. One thing I will point out is that many of the bosses MUST be beaten with another weapon, which forces you to figure out where to start. I won't say where.

CONS:
-ZERO ONLY GETS ONE LIFE! Why?? If you die just once with Zero, you can NEVER play as him again, unless you start a new game. This means you can't make any stupid mistakes such as slipping onto a patch of spikes, if you wish to keep him the whole game. Also, YOU CAN'T USE HIM TO FIGHT BOSSES. It's a bit disappointing, but I'm not complaining.
-While most of the game's music is very good, a couple of tunes such as X's intro theme and Blizzard Buffalo's theme come off as droning and annoying. Still, this is better than the bad music of later sequels.
-Most people won't be instantly attached to X3 as much as its prequels. Just give this game time to grow on you, and many fans will find this to be one of the best (if not the best) X game.

Despite the fact that this game lurks in the towering shadows of its prequels, X3 is the defining episode and a very strong MM and SNES game in which Capcom mastered the X series in the gameplay and story department. I give X3 five stars for being overall the best game in the X series. From here, things would change a bit. X4 saw the series upgraded in terms of graphics, and it stayed true with the action, but the lack of a proper challenge factor hurt the series, and it continued to be a greater problem in X5 and X6. Despite this, by all means, play every X game. Beginners, start with X1, X2, or X4. Then move onto the others. If you are a true fan of MM games (like me), get equipped with elec beam, do yourself justice, and hunt down this game. But don't just go by what I've said. Only when you have played X3 for yourself will you truly understand why it's one of the greatest MM games of all time...

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