Why the fuck would anyone play this when the Mega Man Zero series exists?

We just had this thread earlier.

>why the fuck would anyone ever play the objectively better game
because we aren't tasteless shitters like (You)
Zero is a complete meme series for GBAbbies

>>713918283
Except it's like 50x harder than the babyshit that is Mega Man X

>>713917712 (OP)
Mega Man Zero, like all inti-creates games except for MM9 and MM10, are ruined by stupid fucking RPG elements when they could easily be 10/10 arcade action games if they didn't bother with that shit.

>grinding for skills
yeah no thanks

>>713917712 (OP)
ive been replaying this game recently non stop and im starting to have megaman x dreams
this is one of those "mythical games" like quake or tetris
everything about megaman x is mathematically perfect
although a piece of the original is lost in modern day releases. the need to write your password down in the real world means this game had you doing number magik at an early age

i have come to the conclusion that every high society will eventually create a "megaman x" game

>>713918408
>harder = better
the gaym is shit, RETARD, so it's absolutely irrelevant, like your gay, idiotic thread

Because X1 is just reasonably good while the MMZ games overcomplicates almost everything X got right? Elves, EX skills, weapon leveling and ranking autism all feel like their at ends with one another, and it's very telling that as the series went on it continually simplified the impact of, and sometimes outright removed these mechanics. Z is a case study of fixing what isn't broken, though in its defense X was a very lost and broken series by the time Z got around to even existing.

I feel like Megaman X 1, 2, and 3 are among the top tier of fun and innovative game design. Zero is a fun series, but it's more straightforward and focused on combat rather than just playing a fun level where you get to ride a mine cart and stuff or the ride armors providing a fun little powerup.

>>713917712 (OP)
>Mega Man Zero series
>lose one time to a boss
>game lets you continue playing, but you are doomed to a bad ending
>the only way to prevent this is manually reloading last save before lose
>takes multiple tries to practice each boss
>have to reload everytime for reasons said above
>story is unnecessarily "grimdark"
>screen is small, no human has enough reaction time for the rolling enemies coming at you while you run
>entire game is built around trial and error traps
>entire game is trash, only carried by nostalgia and cute designs

>>713920039
X3 isn't, it was outsourced to the Game Boy MM team and you could tell they weren't up to the same snuff as the A team that made X1/2.

>>713920940
gameboy programmers were genuinely autistic
there's objectively better written gameboy games compared to nes or snes games

>>713917712 (OP)
Mega Man Zero plays horribly and looks like shit.

>>713917712 (OP)
Because it's better? The Zero games just regurgitate the same formula with a bunch of arbitrary restrictions because the developers are tryhard speedrunners
>you will NOT use E-tanks!
>you will NOT use health upgrades!
>you will NOT upgrade your defense!
Etc.

>>713922940
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>>713920187
All that shit is just handicaps while you're learning the game, because it's eay harder than other Mega Man series. It's not like classic/X dogshit where the game is balanced around using it.

>>713924908
mor like handiCOPE

>>713917712 (OP)
Because X and X-2 are above and beyond the best Megaman games ever made.

Mega man zero levels are fucking tiny so it's basically just a boss rush game. While X is a proper platformer

>>713917712 (OP)
Why play any MegaMan when Gravity Circuit exists?

>>713917712 (OP)
Why not play ZX or ZX advent?

>>713926902
The metroidvania elements are hit or miss, but these games are still miles ahead of the Zero games.

>why would someone want to play good games when there are other good games
You're a fucking retard. Every day more retards end up on /v/ but not just retards, autistic retards that make the same thread all the time.

>>713918283
Based

>>713917712 (OP)
Megaman as a franchise peaked with the Mega Man X series for SNES. It was only every subpar bullshit afterwards.

Battle link had potential but it was so watered down it absolutely crashed and burned.

>>713927724
MMZ is not a good game or series.

>>713917712 (OP)
Why the fuck would anyone play mega man when there are dozens of other (better) action platformers available.

>>713920039
>did the exact same thing as mega man's 1-6 from 1987 except with 16bit graphics
>innovative
Jesus mate...

>>713928527
Dashes and wall kicks alone completely changed the platforming dynamic in X. The movement is much more versatile.

>>713917712 (OP)
>Zero
Melee combat
>X
Run and Gun
Simple as

>>713929369
Too bad all the stages are pisseasy pushovers and the bosses are braindead babyshit where you just stand there and facetank while spamming their weakness mindlessly

>>713928437
Because a multitude of those action platformers were built off the backs of the classic and X games. Entries like MM2 and MMX are action platformer 101, if you like the genre then you've played them.

X1 and X4 are the only essential X games
X2 is fine

>>713917712 (OP)
What's a good platformer?