Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection is easily the best Legacy Collection to date while including the entire Zero and ZX series. While the Zero games may be a bit unfair due to the zoomed-in GBA view and unforgiving lives system, the new save-assist feature gives players the ability to play through these games at their own pace without feeling like they’re given too much power. Z-Chaser is lastly a good bonus game, even if it is lacking in the level department.

The Zero-games tell a great story in a few of the hardest and best action games of its time. The ZX games had their own issues, but their still worth your while.

Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection offers six quite challenging games with several options ranging from visual style and region, through new difficulty options, as well as a new game mode. Without a doubt, a great collection that any Mega Man fan should try.

So long as you can deal with some antiquated visuals and a bit of exploration-based frustration with the ZX games in particular, you'll have plenty of rainy days squared away.

Not only is the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection a great bundle for fans of the series, but it also makes some important small tweaks to help broaden these games' appeal. The new checkpoint system helps address the overbearing difficulty of the original releases, a very welcome change that will undoubtedly alleviate many headaches. The core gameplay remains as strong as ever, defined by responsive movement and white-knuckled boss encounters. While each entry's unique systems may not always succeed, the underlying gameplay is so strong that even the weakest outings are engaging challenges. And when everything works in concert, like in Mega Man Zero 3 and 4, the combination of slick movement, great boss fights, and rewarding unlock systems make for some of the most compelling 2D platformers in recent memory.

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection is a must have if you either love Mega Man or never played some of the best games in the franchise.

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy collection reminds us that the series did not shine at its brightest trying to move from action to story-based fiction. The six different games are still okay, but their original mechanics could have been tweaked a little to match the new video game standards.

Excellent collection of games for an amazing price point. The combat and overall gameplay are very satisfying. The earlier Zero games are a bit brutal, but there are some quality of life additions in this collection that make these games more accessible. Overall, I can't recommend this enough.

So I have real fond memories growing up playing Mega Man games, especially Mega Man 2 and Mega Man X. So, in this game I’ve only played a bit of Zero 2 so far, but I came away unimpressed. Your character, and the enemies, are disproportionately big for the screen, which gives little time to react, especially since there is no wide screen. The graphics look bad. Like, the NES games look better. The dialogue is boring and tedious. And I have to hold down the R button and tap another button at the same time to use my secondary skill. Being that the sword is so much more powerful than shooting, I usually put that as my primary skill, and I’m left with A MEGA MAN GAME THAT I HAVE TO HOLD DOWN 2 DIFFERENT BUTTONS JUST TO SHOOT!!! The simplistic gameplay of earlier mega mans was much more accessible and enjoyable. I would only recommend this game to people who’ve previously played and enjoyed this game.

I'm really disappointed to be writing this review right now and I can't believe how much I disliked these games :( I've loved the Mega Man and Mega Man X games, always have, so when I saw this collection, I thought "Wow, how come I never heard of these games before!?" So I didn't hesitate to pick up this collection for only $30 and try it out. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before I ended up with a serious case of buyer's remorse. I'll talk about the Zero games first - Mega Man Zero 1 - 4. Right of the bat, I totally hate the ELF system, the grading system, and the grinding involved. Remember in the Megaman X games when you explore the levels carefully, find the upgrades, then get to equip and use them automatically? Well guess what, that doesn't happen in these games. Instead, you find the cyber spirits called ELFs. The ELFs do various things such as replenish your health or increase your maximum life bar, However, you cannot just use them after finding them, you have to grind crystals from enemies until you have enough to "Feed" them. It gets very annoying, especially in the first game because you only get about 100 crystals per mission and most ELFs take at least 1000 crystals to feed before you can use them. Totally lame! On top of that, these are the kind of Capcom games, like the DMC games, where you are graded after every single mission based on your time, enemies killed, damage taken, lives used, etc... On top of that, using the ELFs affects your ranking and ruins your score, so if you want to get all S rankings on every mission, you can't use any ELFs and you have to play each mission perfectly without dying or taking any damage at all from the bosses. You cannot replay the missions for better ranks. You are only graded the first time you play them, then the only reason to replay is to grind for crystals to feed your ELFs, which further reduce your mission rankings when you use them. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING!??? I absolutely hate everything about this gameplay. I hate the grading system so much. You might be tempted to ask - Why not just ignore the grading system and enjoy the game? Well here's the thing - there are some super secret costumes/ ELFs that you can only obtain by getting S or A ranks on the missions. That's why it pisses me off because I have no desire to replay these games until I am good enough to do that. Capcom should've let the player replay missions to improve their grades but they don't, so they can f*** right off with this bulls***. Finally, we have 2 Metroidvania type Mega Man games also included in this collection. They are both OK. Not great, kind of average Metroidvanias to be honest. That is the only reason I give this collection a 2/10 instead of a 0/10. Unfortunately by the time I finished Mega Man Zero 1 - 4, I was just kind of burned out and didn't feel like finishing the Metroidvania ones. Overall, I'm very disappointed and wish I had just replayed the X collections instead.

this game is boring, very repetitive and like the others megaman games, nothing good to do

this game is not good. i really wish it was more longer and has more options. dislike it