"No footage available, because of skilled gameplayage" might be the best thing you've ever written on a purely humorous level. Excellent video, lmao. Glad you revisited this series.
I personally really like this game. The backtracking is way too much, yes, and the levels are not all equal in terms of quality, but... Especially when you're in new game plus, it's really fun. The moves are satisfying, the style is appealing, the controls are buttery smooth, the shop is a really nice addition and the story is nice imo. Definetly the highlight of the legacy collection 2, it's always a pleasure to revisit
@@ZeroX7649 yeah, when you consider this was the last X game and not another blunder like a few of the games that come before it, it's really sad. They had something great on their hands
@@playbossthebest936 I don't know, while the game is less flawed on the surface, I think my overall experience replaying X6 is better. The levels really drag down the whole experience, and you can"t exactly skip or cheese any to speed things up
Zeros line in the ending of X8 always gives me chills considering what happens to him in Megaman Zero. I love X8 and i really hope we get X9 someday and that it continues from where X8 left off.
I know people are gonna disagree with me but I honestly hate the zero storyline. the characters themselves are fine but I always hated the premise that X just ups and dies and its just zero with no memories for dramatic effect. And then at the end zero dies anyways. The entire series felt like a completely unsatisfying ending for X and Zero. Part of me hopes they'll non canon the zero series and just continue the X series because of how badly they fucked up the story after megaman X5 but at this point even finishing the X series is a pipe dream.
@@nickp8041Why would it suck? Mega Man 11 showed Capcom can still create good Mega Man games. Heck they could even outsource it to Inti Creates. I think they would jump at the chance to work on an X game.
Hey J. Just wanted to let you know that the rare metal in Bamboo Pandamonium's stage, the one at 13:41, can be reached in an easier way. Before the conveyor belt, you can ditch the ride armor on a solid platform, run ahead to lower the platform after the belt, then go back for the armor. The ride armor stays where you left it if you offscreen it. Hope that helps!
I think this may have been one of the more complex ways he mentioned. But honestly, I think having a one-use item on you to damage boost is more convoluted
One more way easier, u can break these hard container not only by the Ride armor but also by Zero's gloves (if u already unlock it) with Man-o-war's ability. Just use Zero, jump on that position, put ur gloves on and perform Electric's ability. I just found it few days ago on MMX legacy collection, it's might be a new feature or just somethings i didn't know before, i have no idea, they've changed some things in the game (Zero's fly glitch is an example, they've patched it :'(((( ) so im not sure about that. I first time played X8 since 2014 and i've replayed it so many time...but still haven't discovered all the things in this game yet lmao xD
@@btoann That's not the one we're talking about. It's the one you need to hit an elevator switch to lower it and then to raise it with the Ride Armor on
@@blackpants7385!? So which one did u think i was talking about? I mentioned about the one at 13:41, my guide is how u can destroy those containers without Ride armor just by using Zero's gloves with Man-o-war's ability. If u're having trouble driving that Armor up there just to destroy those containers, then why not use this trick, just need to jump up there by urself and perform ur skill, no need any Ride armor, it's way easier...
I often find that X8 flies under the radar for a lot of people. The main reason being that X7 changed the formula so much that anyone who played that game probably didn't even bother with X8 at the time. Looking back on it, X8 definitely has a bunch of interesting qualities about it, from the return to classic gameplay but with the character system from X7, to the, (most sensible in the series) item shop. A part of me wonders that if we ever get X9, will the gameplay build on it's predecessor?
Who knows honestly if a sequel will ever come out? With Inafune no longer with them, Capcom may honestly think of Megaman in general as a dead franchise unless they actually make something new to prove my thoughts wrong.
@@BlueEyes274 with the success of the recent collections and MM11 I doubt Capcom sees the Mega Man franchise as a "dead franchise". They're just milking the X series for gacha rn.
Mega Man 11 shows they have some good 2D level designers still working for them, so maybe an X9 could have potential if they kept it 2.5D like X8. One thing to consider is that like MM11 an X9 would have to go to extra lengths story-wise to catch people up who haven't played the previous games since it's been so long since the last one came out. In fact you could work that into the story, saying there's been several years of Maverick activity being at an all-time low luring the Hunters into lowering their guard.
I’ll be honest, X8 is my absolute favorite of the series. With three characters that each play uniquely, I did not mind backtracking at all. And yes, I loved that each of the characters had their own love interest too. Also (SPOILER ), I like how it ended with the main bad guy not being Sigma. He was a good villain, but just like Wiley, he was done to death. The series looked like it was going to be headed in amazing new directions. Then it ended. Well, at least it ended on a high note. Now I play Mega Man X Dive to fill the void. It’s just not the same, though.
@@JobyPlays yeah, X8 isnt a bad game of the series, i felt its been underrated. Maybe its just boring at some case, but its really enjoyable for me, i like how hard to cross the stage and collect things on the game same at X6 (i know that MMX isnt an item collection game, and that shouldnt be what it should be)
Since you did multiple runs for this video I'm surprised you never mentioned the unlockables that require you to beat the game, or how the logo, title screen and even ending cutscene change depending on who you beat the game with. That's an interesting amount of care put into a game that largely gets the fundamentals right but is very hit and miss on the more specific details.
My favorite X game. The music is GOD tier. Vile's theme is just pure adrenalin rush. My only complaint is the spikes. Then again, it isn't THAT much obsessed with spikes like X6.
I think X8's music suffers from X3 (or MM11's) problem where the instrumentation kind of blends together, and the music ends up sounding forgettable. Which is a shame, because it has some awesome tracks. I'm personally sad there aren't more covers of True Sigma's music.
@@Juuhazan_ it makes the tracks that don't use the same style, like Primrose and Sigma's Palace, stand out even more (in a good way). Funnily enough, Primrose used to be played with guitars, but they decided to change the instruments since it didn't sound as good, and the rest is history.
I still like X8. Definitely a fun time, with a relatively good story (for Mega Man X standards, at least), good music, really addictive gameplay (even more so than other enteries in the series) and stupid meme maverick names.
X8 gave us the best Voice cast for the characters X and Zero especially. Axl is really good too, but we only got to hear Axl again in Command Mission, X and Zero came back to dub the OVA's in Maverick Hunter X so I have more fondness for the X and Zero Voices. I keep hoping that this is the year we hear about a MMX9 and get to hear Lucas Gilbertson as Zero again. MegaMan 11 was amazing and if an X9 came out with that much love put into it that would be amazing. X does have an anniversary coming up next year so I'm always hopeful
Too bad Mark Gatha as X (who also voiced Domon Kasshu in G Gundam) won't return as he became a dentist in the mid 2000s. It's a bit saddening as his rival from G GUndam, Master Asia, also voices a character in MMX8... Sigma out of all characters so its extra funny to see them reappear! What makes it double funny is that in X8 Palette is voiced by someone who also happens to have voiced a character in G Gundam called "Marie Louise".
I never had a problem with X8's backtracking. My kid self back in 2011 thought something like ''If this is the last Megaman X game, it's better if it feels longer'', and I still think that way.
I recently saw a negative review of gungrave 2. One of the criticisms was that the first game was short and that was a positive. Because the stuff in 2 seems like padding, and annoying. Recently this past year I started replaying some games on the collection. I couldn't help myself and beat 4. Like 2-3 times.
I think one of X8's underappreciated subtleties is that the lock on from X7 still exists in X8, but it's been made almost totally invisible and in some cases new features were added to it. In certain scenarios, such as the combat room with respawning enemies, if you stand and rapid fire with Axl you'll notice that sometimes Axl's shots don't all fire in a straight line, one might angle up or down slightly to meet a target. The combat room in Noah's Park, when you use Zero, will sometimes have Zero turn slightly to face the incoming enemies directly while slashing, if your positioning is right.
@@anasazmi8554 Not entirely, I've seen the orange shots do it, too. Coincidentally, though, the blue shots are the ones that trigger guard breaks on certain enemies.
honestly i think x9 could totally build upon x8s foundation, just make the level designs universally good and make the sub weapons useful. also nix the rare metal system, or design it in a way to minimize backtracking.
@@harshal1153 it also came out before X8, you can actually trigger cutman to always spawn in optic sunflower's stage if you have a command mission save file.
When mentioning how haphazardly the copyshot is implemented, I can't help thinking the franchise was finally overstaying it's welcome. I feel like the whole X, Zero, and Sigma dynamic wasn't just getting stale, it was outright stagnant. This is clearly why Axl was added to the roster, but it's hard for him to shine with two established characters overshadowing him. Instead of an X7 and X8, things might have been better with an entirely fresh sub-franchise, _Megaman Axl._ Not only would this avoid the continuity snarls of continuing to use Zero across two separate spin-offs, but the Copyshot could have been a much more interesting twist on the classic boss weapon upgrades, if instead of a gimmick on an optional character, it had been a central mechanic the entire game was built around.
Actually, that really should become a thing. The Zero-series began before Axl was thought of, so we have that weird off-screen timeframe where he just suddenly drops off the map because he's not present in the backstory. To have a subseries to elaborate on his fate could be really interessting.
Pretty sure we can see some semblance of it in Command Mission, since Axl can change into most of the bosses in that game (though only to use their respective ultimate attacks), and, in its story, he's actually forced to change into one of them to trigger a voice command. As for A Trans being a gimmick, they're gonna have to find a balance, since taking it too far would result in ZX Advent, where you can change into bosses, but they're not as flexible and feels clunky compared to, say, Megamerging in ZX.
@@anasazmi8554: I mean, sure enough there might be overlap issues if they tried making an entirely Axl focused game now. I more so meant to say that it's what they should have done in the first place, before ZX ever existed. I don't even think they could make a game entirely about Axl now. He's got too much reputation as an unwanted scrappy third wheel. If they tried to make a game about him, too many people would get upset if X and Zero weren't also still in the game, and that just puts us back at the start of this mess.
I also actually really liked x8, it made me want to play the Zero series. I'm surprised how much I played it as a kid, not a ton, but I actually beat it almost 100%
This is my personal favorite Megaman game, I don't think it's the best one by far but it's definitely my favorite. Probably partially because X7 and X8 were some of my first ps2 games and even as a MM obsessed kid X7 just made me sad 😔 X8 was a good return to formula and I'm still waiting on X9... Capcom please 😫
I know it's off topic, but looking at people saying they played X7 as a kid makes me realize how lucky I was, I had the Collection released in the PS2 (X1-X6) and also X8, but I didn't had X7 What are the odds? lol
X8 is the only MegaMan with X & Zero kill sigma together! And yes, the wait for X9 has been almost 18 years since X8, much longer than MM8 to 9 and MM10 to 11
X8 was the best in terms of platforming system; and the combat was fantastic, it just didn't have the best designed stages. But New Game+ thankfully gets rid of problems and makes replay value really high. Black Armor Zero with the Sigma Blade is probably the most fun for platforming and taking out swarms of enemies with his flipping technique. Ultimate Armor Zero being a real boss killer is also fun; all those memories of dropping the final boss down to 1 HP and finishing them with Axl's rapid fire bullets to unlock the White Armor is also fun.
I really like Megaman X8. I love the visual style since I’m nostalgic for that early PS2 art, The new designs are all great, the character’s VAs are actually really well done for the first time EVER, and I just really like the feel and look of most levels. I never mind backtracking in Megaman games, so I honestly don’t even consider that a factor.
X8 (and Command Mission to a lesser extent) deserve credit just for salvaging Axl. And the VAs for X8 will always be the iconic voices for the main three as far as I'm concerned (RIP Mark Gatha's voice acting career, I hope he's enjoying himself as a orthopedic surgeon.)
The modeling or art or whatever you would call it looks gorgeous in this game. Other than some of X's designs the game looks to me almost like playing with action figures. And it's does that without sacrificing fluidity in movement which some 2.5 Platformers have been guilty of.
@@SuperLlama42 It's a good thing he choose to be an anonymous orthopedic surgeon and I wish him nothing short of the greatest luck and most successes in that career, but his career as a voice actor was lack luster to say the least.
@@-PV- Lack luster? I dunno. For his time, I believe he did an excellent job especially as Domon Kasshu & X in this game. He captured the hot blooded essence of one character, and the sympathetic yet determined vibe of another very well.
I grew up playing X8 with my brother and It has a place in my heart even with all of the problems 😅 This is where I got my love for Zero! (Also, I find it interesting that on the credits it's called "MegaMan X8: Paradise Lost")
This is something I've been wanting to ask why do you go for 100% is it always required like getting Zero's body parts for the true ending or is it for the sake of completion
The true ending is only unlocked by finishing the game on normal or hard. The 100% completion isn't required. But it adds a nice touch of upgrades or new moves for zero.
yeah my comment was about a similar thing. x1-4 are designed around you 100%ing them, x8 is clearly not. it's designed to give you as many options as possible for beating the game.
@@WhiteFangofWar there is. getting each hunter to 100% unlocks their 'Ultimate Armor'. X's is especially good since (besides the buster* gives benfits from both armors at once and the Nova Strike, which puts all bosses to 1 HP if it hits. and i do mean *ALL* bosses.
The whole "going Maverick at will" line was confusing as hell. I just see it as every new-gen Reploid with Sigma's DNA coming with his manifesto equipped and unlike Mavericks they can choose whether or not to follow it. I seriously hope that Lumine is the new main villain of X9 when that eventually happens, but if it's been this long I get the feeling Capcom higher-ups are gonna try and push for Sigma to be safe.
The whole "going maverick at will" line (especially when it comes to Sigma himself) is something the franchise has flipflopped on a few times over it's duration if you know where to look and read between the lines. You're not wrong, and the fact that the various games can seem to decide on an answer IS confusing as hell. That said, I think Maverick Hunter X on the PSP threw freaking gasoline on this fire with the Day of Sigma video. The more you think about it, that game HAS to be a separate continuity or retelling.
@@utopua4all It's not. MHX has been repeatedly treated as in the same universe as other X games. And there's nothing in it that contradicts the other games ignoring the obvs not canon Vile Mode.
@@galten7361 Bullshit. No, there are plenty of things that are contradictions in that video. For one, Sigma stabs Mega Man X with his sword. Well, fuck, let's forget that whole "the bodies of X and Zero are hard to repair" thing from X5. There ARE contradictions in that video, you're not going to tell me otherwise.
@@utopua4all You didn't name any. And X with Zero could always be repaired provided the damage to them wasn't beyond repair. What was different in X2 for example was that Zero was dead and only with the control chip could he live again.
@@galten7361 Chill Penguin's height and Dr. Cain's health/fate do not jive with the continuity of SNES games and Xtreme1. Presumably the intention was that later games would get the "MHX" treatment as well to line up a bit better, but that never happened. I certainly do think MHX was meant to thematically tie into X8, with Vile's "going Maverick at will" schtick explaining his relevance to X8's plot.
13:48 You know you can just leave the ride armor on the platform before the conveyor belt, go hit the button and then go get your ride armor and come back? lmao You made it x100000 more complicated than it needed to be to get that medal and hence why you struggled so much
X8 is honestly is my favorite MegaManX game. It was my first introduction to the Mega Man series, and still is to this day. Despite its flaws, I still play, and replay it the most to this day, because of how good, and fun I find the gameplay. The soundtrack is also my favorite out of the whole series, and helped shape my music taste to this day.
I love how in x8 depending on your navigatior you’ve selected you can play as them in new game plus also the ultimate armors are easier and much fun to get it depends on who ultimate attacks lumine in the party so x gets ultimate armor zero gets his black armor and axel gets the lumine virus
X8 ALWAYS has me conflicted, on one hand while i like that they were trying to shake things up with the gimmicks they were just too much, the game doesn't look that good and the collecting aspect could be better. But on the other hand the art direction for X8 is BEAUTIFUL!! i love the story and voice acting, just the overall tone of the game i love. but with such conflicting view points i just don't know how to feel about it.
Had MMX8 been made during the 16 bit era it would've been thought of as a pretty lame sequel but the fact that it came after X6 and X7 it automatically looked muuuch better by comparisson, I think it is on if the OKAYEST games ever, some pretty bad parts like "to get some powerups just use the charged crystal thing at this random location with no info, or use Axl's copy shot which is never useful otherwise" but some cool elements like the music and finally being able to mix armors, I think they were on their way back to the top with this game so X9 could've been preeeetty good had it been able to exist
Oh okay, use a head part all the time find something in the x2 was amazing right? A lot of games of megaman you need armors and backtracking and boss armors to get some upgrades. In the x2 you need to use a helmet to locate some part after you need to use a boss armor in the ground outta nowhere to find a part of the second armor. X8 is better than x5 and even than x3. You can bring all your itens to new game plus and the game is simply AMAZING after that. The problem is that review was that he only clear the game once and dont even brought all the additions of the new game plus.
And about the stages. The design of x3 was really annoying, repetitive with the same enemies all the time. Really long stages, the armor of the x is really bad, only the golden armor is great. X8 is the fourth best game of the series. 1 - x 2- x4 3- x2 4- x8
@@vitorpcv2 compared to charging the crystal thing and using it at a random location with no indicator? Or copying a random enemy just to use a salute and open a door just to remind us that Axl's copy shot still exists? Yeah, MMX2 is much better than that, the only collectible that actually needs it is the heart tank in wire sponge's stage, the rest of the time it is just used because the game shows you a healing item surrounded by walls and you just need to use the heat part to find the fake one, there is absolutely no need to just keep spamming it all over the stage, sorry you wasted your times, and funny you mention specifically X2 since that is probably the one with the most diverse waya to get stuff, you can get the same thing by either, air dash, strike chain, charged speed burner or crystal hunter lol
@@VGInterviews yes we can compare. You can use a navigator to help you to find. It is the same thing that you press a buttom that find you a location of the item. Actually it if you have the navigator she will say at the moment that you are at the location that are something there. Use the head part is random. And no. To get the chest of the armor you need to use that thing to find a random spot to use a random boss armor. Thats NOT better.
You and Trav Guy inspired me to suffer through X7 again, then I decided to wash the taste out with X8, which while a massive improvement only reinforced my long held thoughts on the game. Thoughts that are perfectly expressed by the title of this video. This should be a fun watch.
So I never watch any of your "original" reviews, but these "new" ones seem to be pretty high quality. I enjoyed hearing you talk about all 8 X games. Great job 👍
X8 is what truly brought the X series back to proper form. All the characters feel exactly how they were presented in past games, the bosses are great, the music is beast, the weapons are fun, the story’s engaging, the voice acting is much better than X7 and X4
@@-PV- I disagree with your reply about X8 to an extent. Zero to me was really weird to play as because I'm used to any other iteration of Zero (screw X7 though...) On the other hand, X played PERFECTLY. Holy crap, I never thought X ever would be better than X4 Zero, but here I am, saying X is better than Zero. Yeah... I'll admit I'm your default-weapon bum. Oh well.
I played the PC version back in 2010 and loved it. It became my favorite Mega Man game... mostly because I got farther in it than I did in any previous game in the series.
I like X8 but a part of me really wishes we could've gotten another game that basically had X8's gameplay mechanics but with less gimmick-y stages and a more tightened up boss and weapon selection. It's a shame this series died when it did because I think X8 was around the time where the team started really improving in the areas where the series needed to and if the prior two games hadn't botched so much goodwill and consumer faith we might've even gotten something out of it.
X8 certainly does a lot of things better than X8, but the abysmal level design, obtuse item collection requirements and constant backtracking really drag the game down. I definitely want X9 to keep the shop system, but they really, REALLY need to cut back on the absurd grinding process. The levels also need to stay focused on what works instead of trying too hard to be different.
Abysmal? Are you high? Besides the riding stages the game was perfectly fine. If only we had regular stages to gigabolt man o war and avalanche yeti in addition to the ride sections there would be no problems.
I've always thought that if THIS was the first PS2 game (as in, Being X7) the series would have carried on just fine. It's a flawed experience that did so many things right, it's sad it didn't get to be refined any further.
Your review was awesome as always! However, I'm amazed that you didn't mention the fact that you're able to play with the navigators. I know it ain't something particularly awesome, but hey, at least is kind of interesting (that adds a little "something" to them)
X8 was what I would consider the first PC video game I properly experienced and where I first learned of double jump as a mechanic (as I've only had Mario on console as my 2D platforming experience). It was the perfect game to kick start my gaming journey till today.
I didn't like X8 that much. I beat it in the mid 2010's but i never felt like i wanted to back to it. I didn't like how the game kinda forces you to change characters, i didn't like the new art style cause it was too drastic,and i think i didn't like the ride chaser levels that much. And it doesn't help that i had a miserable time with the final levels on hard. That being said,i wouldn't call X8 a bad game,it's just not a game i would want go back to.
I hope they finally make X9 to resolve the damn cliffhanger from X8. It’s one of those endless infamous cliffhangers like what Samurai Jack used to be before they finally made season 5.
Most of my enjoyment of this game honestly comes from getting through the entirety of it without upgrades, like with every single X game (minus X7 which just isn't fun at all) so that's why I always felt most of the stages were fine (besides Avalanche Yeti, which drags on for too long) because the item game being convoluted kinda makes some of these stages feel repetitive as you have to replay them many times in order to get the items, which really makes them seem gimmicky, and you end up despising some of these levels because of just how many times you have to sit through the autoscrollers, or being chased by the giant robot and whatnot, but as a game that I replay every few months while always ignoring all of the upgrades, it's always way more fun to come back to it and play it that way, basically not having to deal with the upgrades makes it so much more fun to replay.
X8 instantly became one of my most favorite Mega Man games ever in 2004. It improved in every possible way from X7. X8 is basically what X7 should have been. It wasn't perfect but overall just felt, looked and sounded awesome. It's a shame it's so underrated and underplayed. Still waiting for X9.
Mega man x8 is my favorite game of all time. It's the game i've played ever since i got my first video game (ps2) as a 6 years old. I loved it so much i never stoped playing, literally, i always made sure to buy a new copy everytime the disc was scratched or something. And even to this day, with a Ps4, i STILL play it (in megaman x legaccy colection 2). I have such a strong bond with this game that i can't describe. The music, the characters, the gameplay, the nostalgia i feel playing this.... It's astonishing, simply the best game ever made to me. Thank you for existing Megaman X8, you made me love the mega man x franchise.
It's one of the songs of X8, that is Wild Fang by Janne da arc that got me into Japanese rock and Japanese music as a whole. Also its my favorite game of the series. Loved the graphics.
fuck yeah, the moment this series started I knew this video would come someday, it's my favorite x game from my childhood; voice acting, music, difficulty, secrets, all that shit I loved. Even the extended parts of the game the harder the difficulty became was just amazing but I know a lot of people felt weird about this one.
I overall liked X8. The dev team that made Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter made this one. Loved that game too. The item game WAS annoying in this one though, especially with less lives and an inability to reload at checkpoints.
I adore x8 It’s my second favourite after Maverick Hunter X The gameplay is actually really fun, I wish they’d kept with it ); The levels are for the most part REALLY fun Music was real great Models were clean for PS2 Reminds me of Persona Designs GORGEOUS love the new art style Especially on X and Alia Like GODDAM!!! Especially compared to x7… And the voice acting is very solid, they also did Maverick Hunter X but they truly fit!! Axl is a MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT Alia wasn’t boring Game goood I feel
It's better than X7, but it's still got some seriously terrible parts. The Dynasty, Inferno and Central White stages are terrible. Having INSTANT DEATH traps while having limited continues is annoying. I can clearly see that after I finally complete this game I'll never play it again.
Probably my favourite of the mmx series, even though it really doesn't shine anywhere particularly expressly, it's base level is really high. If there were to be an X9, the Neutral Armour system would have to come back, it was one of the best ways to do X upgrades. Axl's copy chip being corrupted in the ending is an interesting angle to go with for the future - it could easily be leveraged into him turning out to be Copy X in an interesting twist of events. Also, the sheer number of times you kill Sigma in this game is ludicrous, since all the basic enemies in the final spike palace are all sigma forms. Which is a perfect companion to sigma's treatment as the sub final boss: he's come back so much that he's being used as pure fodder. I always got the feeling that he didn't even want to come back this time, he's just sitting in the chair and saying the words because he doesn't know how to do anything other than be a dick to x and zero anymore, but is just tired of it now.
X8 is probably my second least favorite main X game to revisit next to X7, and that's a real shame. It definitely has the chops to be one of the greats since the systems work surprisingly well, but most of the stages are just not fun to play (I'd genuinely take Duff McWhalen's stage over Burn Rooster's), which subsequently makes other issues like the bloated item game and retry chips worse. I don't even mind gimmicky stages on their own since I enjoyed classic Mega Man 8, but I thought the gimmicks in that game were pretty fun on their own. X8 just isn't fun for me.
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edit: the whole point of the story in X8 is that the new gen reploids have complete free will like X and unlike most reploids, hence they "can go maverick at will". they are also immune to all viruses and can take any form. the new gen reploids are superior in every way to the main characters like the main characters are superior to every other reploid and can't be controlled, so they decide they can do whatever they want, taking over the world and making the moon their capital while using sigma and mavericks as a cover so no one realizes they can in fact defy all orders by themselves. if you pay attention the reason they thought this was a maverick outbreak is because they found sigma's DNA, which new gen reploids have in their database to use his shape as lumine explains, but there are no real mavericks in X8. even sigma thought they were all infected but he got duped. of course the hunters don't get any of this because they are maverick hunters and for them there is no difference between a robot rebelling of it's own free will and a robot infected by the maverick virus. and at the end lumine says it's too late, AKA the revolution was probably underway while the hunters were on the moon, and it ends on a cliffhanger before we see what's going on on earth. it's also implied that lumine made axl a perfect new gen reploid (he was a prototype) with the thingy she implanted on him with the last attack. axl's secret new game+ armor is a lumine color palette and has infinite copy ability. the implications of that are many. X8 as a whole is okay, tedious to 100% but in general okay. hard minimalist run is hella fun tho, you should try it. my biggest dissapointment is that X8 was the start of a huge comeback that never came :(
I like challenging myself and beating bosses with Axl-trans (using white Axl because transforming into enemies with him is infinite and never ends unless i want to stop). Ngl it's very complicated, specially in hard mode but it's super fun!
Whether it's good or not I'm happy it exists. It's a good transition between classic retro games and modern games, the style, the music, the engines, everything is about transition between two ages to me.
I still think this game has the best soundtrack, or at least second-best if X4 has anything to say about it. So many of the tracks in X8 are just so memorable to me! My favorites being the Jakob stage, the Ride Armor theme, and the initial Maverick theme.
Bamboo Panademonium and Dark Mantis. Literally the only two stages I like about this game. I've replayed a couple of times just for those stages alone. If only x8 had cut the auto scroll bs, which includes the rise chaser levels. Then it would be the perfect game, to me.
Great video! I always liked that you could unlock the Navigators as playable characters. It's not much mechanically but it's a welcome addition that they should put into the future games I think.
I think x8 is pretty good. My main gripe being some of the levels just being kinda eh to straight up bad. Too many spikes and stage gimmicks that aren't fun to speedrun. I don't care too much for the music personally. Only liked the Wildfang intro, but I'll have to listen to the tracks a bit more.
@@rowquerpaz8265 actually, yeah jakob is pretty good. I forgot it's in 8 because im so used to listening to the version that plays on ShadowRock's outro lol.
Not sure why, but every time somebody brings up the item collecting in Mega man X8, my mind immediatly goes to Donkey Kong 64 where most of the collectibles could only be collected by the specific Kong assigned for those items. For example, only DK can get the yellow ones, while someone else like Diddy could only get the red ones and nothing else. This feels so similar in MMX8 where only a few specific characters can reach specific items. It does feel a little overwhelming and tricky to do especially without a strategy guide of some sorts and especially when going for the 100% and DK64 did get criticism for it too despite DK64 being well received by many including myself who believes that DK64 is the best game on the N64 unlike MMX8 where it was a little mixed at first unlike now where it's a little more positive.
I remember when I was like 12 or 13 and got the legacy collection I spent a fuck ton of time in X6 because I loved the exploration feel (ZX was my first MegaMan game, thanks ClementJ). I remember never finding X8 that fun, hell I appreciated X7 more for the art style lol
X8 is too convoluted but X3 is one of your favorite games? Sure that makes sense🙄 I'm not even butt hurt, just seems inconsistent, X3 is a disaster to me cuz of how ridiculous it is trying to get everything
Missed the final armors for all the characters and the unlockable playable navigators - which is the main reason as of why you can't get everything in these stages in a single run. You're not supposed to replay these stages before beating the final boss, but in a NG+ with both options for an easier run with the secret armor or a tougher one using the navigators. Also, there are the difficult options, and setting aside the BS of "easy" locking you out of the final boss and NG+, the way "normal" and "hard" work are really interesting, making boss go berserk early or giving extra cutscenes in the final stage. That aside, good job. Valid opinions overall, tho kinda irks me calling out Gravity Antonion stage like that when it's one of my favorite levels in the series besides Toxic Seahorse XP. BTW, I highly recommend you giving Axl weapons more of a chance in the future, specially since they have infinite ammo. The laser gun is amazing against shieldless enemies, the dark crossbow homing attacks and the bouncing cristal shots works wonders for enemies behind walls and the ice gatling gun and flame thrower are just way too cool to not set them as default.
This game is one of my favourite X game ever. Good graphic, voice acting, ok level design, Zero's weapon system, Alia is playable and looks even better. One of the best thing is Lumine is the final boss. His boss fight is tedious, tho
I really love this game and planing to get the PS2 version soon and I have the Legacy Collection version for the Xbox one. In my opinion X8 is a massive improvement over X6 & X7
I don't know if this has been pointed out already, but one tip for the mini boss in Optic Sunflower's stage (18:51): If you position yourself between the two blocks in the middle, basically all you have to do is going back and forth. You do that by always pushing against the one block that's on the ground at the time until it goes up while the other one comes down, and they won't damage you. (I'm not a native speaker so I hope that wasn't too confusing.) It looks like you will get crushed, but believe me, it works. I stumbled upon that by chance and it makes that mini boss ridiculously easy but also makes it much less frustrating. Great Analysis of all the X games! I love the whole X series in spite of its flaws, so thank you for giving them an intensive examination.
Eh… for me this is just sorta one of those games that exists, and I don’t know why they even bothered considering the damage that x7 left and how x5 was supposed to be the conclusion.
Just finished playing the entire Mega Man X series for the first time (except for the first one, which I had played before) and watched your reviews in between them all. Definitely one of the best series I have played and I’ll most likely be coming back to it for a long time.
There is one little secret that even some guide sites do not know. You can unlock secret farming stages by dying several times. There are at least 3 secret stages. The first to unlock is the survival stage at Noah's Park. The second is the jetski stage and 2 more that I do not remember but the last secret stage is the most fun one; the boss rush stage. All you have to do is keep dying and it will unlock one by one until the last boss rush stage. I discovered these stages because I suck and keep dying at the jetski stage😂
There's something so "PS2" about this game. Don't even know if that makes sense but thanks for covering it! btw -- congrats on the merch launch! Looks awesome 🔥
25:08 it’s even worse if you use the ultimate armors nova strike as bosses will often be left with 1 hp that you can’t close out because of the I frames
This was the first Mega Man X game and Mega Man game as a whole I was ever introduced to. I had so many memories watching the final boss fight as a kid. Always thought Lumine was a girl as a kid tho, I dunno why.
For anyone still interested, I'd like to talk about the symbolism in X8 (incoming essay). It has the episode title "Paradise Lost" because it alludes to the story's themes about the nature of free will and evil. The X series largely revolves around the consequences of Doctor Light's choice to make robots with free will (see his quote at the end of the game), but these thematic elements are complicated by the Sigma virus. Though mavericks often speak on ideological terms, no reploids seem able to resist the Sigma virus. X8 peels back this complication by having the new generation reploids, who are immune to the Sigma virus, go maverick. This makes their turn a more explicit matter of free will. The plot centers around the "Jacob Project" orbital elevator, a reference to Jacob's ladder, the literal stairway to heaven upon which angels ascend and descend. The game starts by having a pod fall and crash from the ladder. Lumine and other new gen reploids emerge from it. Lumine's name means "luminous," a parallel to the meaning of Satan's other name, Lucifer. Like the devil, she (I understand Lumine is female in the Japanese writing) falls from heaven along with reploids who have taken the form of Sigma, his virus, much like the apple of eden, being the incarnation of sin in reploids. The main trio then responds to a maverick attack at "Point Galapagos:" the place where Darwin researched his theory of evolution, a parallel to the Garden of Eden. "Noah's Park" is a thinly veiled reference to Noah's ark, a place where life (new gen reploids) is born after the world killing flood (X5 Eurasia Incident). As far as I can tell, the main stages and their bosses have little if any of the symbolic significance loaded into the beginning and end sections. With Sigma's presence revealed, the trio ascends Jacob's ladder into the heavens and reaches Gateway. This space station stage is the gate of heaven. In addition to being above the earth, the level features bgm with a choir and heavenly tuned instruments. Being the boss rush stage, you fight reploids which have passed from the world, their graves on a golden bamboo-like structure which I believe has a heavenly significance in Japanese culture (I always thought it was a pipe organ). The final stage is a palace on the moon, the heavenly realm itself. When the trio defeats Sigma, Lumine reveals her true role as the deceiver, mimicking the other bosses before taking on the form of an angel over a glowing background. She actually says, "Paradise lost!" if she completes her doom counter dm. With her final move, Lumine infects Axel with something, like the seed of sin passed from the devil to humanity (as the first, Axel is the Adam of new gen reploids). Having seen that reploids, whether through the Sigma virus or free will, are moving toward a state of evil (like the fallen state of man), X and Zero consider their fate moving forward. Zero, having already chosen to resist his created nature in X4 and X5, encourages X that they can still choose to fight against evil, even if it seems to be destiny, by standing for their own moral beliefs. As an aspiring writer with a deep knowledge of the Judeo-Christian mythos, I have a particularly strong appreciation for the thought put into X8's symbolism and take a lot of inspiration from it. Thank you to anyone who cared to read all this; it was fun to think about.
X8, critically isn't a good game and was only masked by how poor X7 was that anything remotely playable would be great. While the character voices, the addition of navigators, chip system and the boss fights were great, the stage design really is quite poor, feeling like a Mega Man version of the "Wrath of Cortex", where they cram too many different gimmicks. Does one consider an awful chase against Gigavolt Man-O-War to be exciting gameplay ? What about moving down containers for 90% of the time in Burn Rooster's stage while the other 10% is a crammed tunnel with insta-kill spikes you have to slowly slide down ? Avalanche Yeti is just a more frustrating Ride Chaser level, Optic Sunflower is a worse Cyber Peacock stage with irritating segment transitions and boring minigames. If you accidentally shoot the lightbulb enemy (which you will by default) in Dark Mantis, you can't reset the room to try again and die on spikes. Gravity Antonion has a fun gimmick, but repeats the same thing over and over again, including the notorious spike-block room. Earthrock Trilobyte has a fun concept, although the stage is rather short and bland, but at least the chase was done quite well. While Bamboo Pandamonium, Earthrock Trilobyte and Dark Mantis have some decent stage design, the rest really left a sour taste.
I think X8's item game is so absurdly convoluted with so many items is because it might be made for multiple replays on the same save. You're not really meant to get them all in one playthrough, despite the series having no NG+ functionality until X7 so you're basically trained to 100% it in one playthrough by this point lol Also it really isn't helped by X8 having some of the least replayable levels in the series imo
I've played through X8 10 times. I've unlocked Layer, Pallete and Ariya. I've unlocked the Sigma Blade. I've beaten Troia with an S-rating. I've fought and killed Cutman. I've beaten the game several times on HARD mode. I've unlocked White AXL, Ultimate X and Black Zero. All of my characters are TANKS. This game is definitely a 7/10. Once you master Central White and learn how to beat Gigabolt Manowar, the rest of the game is a cinch. The item game demands multiple replays as the items are priced so high you can't afford everything no matter how hard you grind. Even with the metal generator and the metal discount, things are too expensive.
