MEGA MAN X for Android

I had such high hopes for this game but seriously don’t waste your money. I’m not gonna go into further description you can wait another review for that. I’m giving you the bones don’t waste your money.

This is a game I have loved since I was a kid but this port not supporting controller makes me not enjoy it

Positives: This is a mostly faithful port of one of the greatest games of all time. It’s great to get back into the shiny blue boots of X again and battle iconic bosses in well designed levels, slowly becoming more and more of an unstoppable war machine while the soundtrack of my childhood blasts in the background. Also, I like some of the new features, like survival and time attack; nice touches! Negatives: As close of a port as it is, it pains me that some of the polished details of the original were omitted. The drop ship on the Highway stage, for example… the graphic was totally omitted, so you have cars and mechs falling from and jumping into the sky, and it means nothing when you board the ship in Storm Eagle’s stage. Then, the cloud graphical movement in the background was omitted, which, in the original, showed you gaining altitude as you fought Storm Eagle, and then falling rapidly before you beam out. This hinted at the final destination of the ship, where it crashed into the power plant (more on this in a minute). In the original, this ship was its own character, with multiple appearances and becomes another thing that X defeats on his hero’s journey. In this version, it’s a place where he fights Storm Eagle, and this is only because of a lack of attention to detail. Also, I was very sad to see the stages don’t change anymore. One of the most unique things about X at the time was your actions on one maps effected others. The aforementioned crash of Storm Eagle’s ship onto Spark Mandrill’s stage, the freezing of the lava in Flame Mammoth’s to make a heart tank accessible, the flooding of Sting Chameleon’s stage, also for a heart tank… every time a level changed, it added a new element, and made it more interesting (and often necessary) to return. This added an element of strategy to your order of map selection; did you want to try to take on Launch Octopus without that all important body armor, or play Sting Chameleon’s stage twice? Plus, it helped the player see just how much they’ve improved and how much stronger X had become. Lastly, there are a couple of features that effect the gameplay in slightly negative ways. The screen changes, for example, often get in the way of smoothly battling through the level, and will turn off your charged rolling shield, for example. The original had two fire buttons; one that was for the special weapon you were using, and one which always fired the X Buster. This gave you offensive capabilities, say, while behind the charged rolling shield, and allowed for challenges like trying to keep a single shield up for an entire level. I get the control limitations of a phone vs. a controller, but I think this button could have been implemented. Overall: this is a solid and enjoyable port of a fantastic game, with a couple fun new modes, but it falls a little short on the polish that the original masterpiece had.

Please take this game to the next level and add controller support.

This was a nostalgia purchase for me. The touch screen controls are lacking though. I deleted the app because I was losing due to simple commands not registering on the controls.