Mega Man ZX

This game is AWESOME. Great story, Great Visuals, Very Good playability, Awesome music, the ability to play as the Guardians from Mega Man Zero... Man, I feel this game has everything! But... there is one bad thing to notice: It's too easy to get lost, and the map doesn't help at all... Leaving that aside, this game is a MUST PLAY! Its difficulty is pretty decent, not too easy and not too hard, so it should accesible for anyone :)

I should open this review by saying I grew up with a PC, not a console, so my first experience with Megaman games was the official Windows port of the first Megaman X. All my favorite platformers have been on PC, everything from Abuse to the Shantae series to Rogue Stormers. For me, a controller just doesn't do the job well enough, and my performance suffers for it. I'm just not very good at Megaman games- but a keyboard lets me pretend that I am. In the case of ZX, it was a borrow from a friend, so I played it on my 3DS XL. There's a lot I like about the game: The similarity of movement and combat to the early X games, the nods to the Zero series, the Metroid-esque, open-ended map and mission structure, the bright and vibrant colors, and of course, the ability to play as Zero- if only by proxy. But there's a lot I didn't like, and mostly that's problems with my hands and with the weight and awkwardness of the console, leading to issues like my thumb slipping off the control nub. As a result, I had to play the game on easy to get anywhere in a timely fashion, a fact I'd apologize for but at this point, I simply don't have the time to waste dying to the same bosses repeatedly. But where the actual game is concerned, I didn't much like how flagrantly animesque the character designs and plot have become, nor did I at all like how absolutely useless the map system was. Also, a "return to HQ" ability would have been real nice. ZX is by no means a bad game, but It wasn't totally enjoyable for me to play. That should not at all dissuade anyone reading this from looking into it, especially if you've enjoyed the other core Megaman games.

Megaman ZX can be a bit frustrating with its map system, and it can be very easy to feel lost. However, the game is very fun to play with the many abilities players can unlock after defeating each boss. Megaman fans will have a blast.

Very solid entry in the series. It has the good ol' Mega Man jump n' shoot feel to it. Cool and entertaining story that doesn't spoil the action. One complaint is the annoyance brought from the map system which is close to non-existent. A lot of times you end up running around exploring to figure what you are even looking for. A solid platformer worth playing though. 7 out of 10.

One of my favorite games ever. Only bad thing about it is world map which can be confusing during first gameplay but as more as I play it it's becoming easier to navigate