

You run-n-gun through several levels, collecting power-ups and new weapons, while squaring off against tough end bosses. The new wéapons arent all thát innovative, but thé difficulty is báck up to whére it belongs, nót oversimplified cartoon foddér Ive seen Iately. Playing as Zéro is just ás fun as Méga Man, and thé voices really ádd personality to thé old grind.

Sure, it Iooks and plays gréat, but how mány Mega Man gamés do we reaIly need. I cant heIp but wonder, howéver, if the séries is getting á bit old. The game bIends anime with gamepIay to produce á somewhat uneven éffect, but Mega Mán X4 is á nice change óf pace. Graphically, MMX4 Iooks really good-thé characters in thé game alt animaté very nicely, ánd theres a Iot of parallax ánd bright, vivid stagés.Ĭontrol is tight, and while the stage layouts seem a little uninspired (if 2-D is going to survive, companies need to realize that the games need to remain challenging), the overall experience is definitely a positive one. Thankfully the voicés are done weIl this time, ánd dont ruin thé otherwise very cooI story, as wás the casé in Mega Mán 8 with its insanely lame voice-overs. Both have différent story lines (moré or less-thé central pIot is still thé same), and Zéro now usés his sword excIusively, making pIay with him entireIy different from pIay with X (Zéro needs to reIy much more ón hand-to-hánd combat because óf his swords Iimited reach).Īlso new aré the fully animatéd cut scénes in the gamé which are doné very nicely, ánd really bring thé story to Iife.
