Strong Points: Good graphics and animations great chiptune soundtrack fantastic replay value creative and compelling powerups quite challenging the developer support is some of the best I have ever seen perhaps the best homage to Mega Man X yet Rather than the limited levels and power-ups of a typical game in this genre, levels are randomly generated, so no two playthroughs are the same – though if you want, you can specify the level seed, and play it more than once if you want! While that may seem strange, and indeed that was my thought at first, it's actually brilliant. What is relevant here is that the levels are randomly generated, and you lose most (or all) of your progress when you die.
A Rogue-like is a game that takes some elements from the gaming classic Rogue. While that alone – a well implemented Mega Man X clone with different characters – would be enough to get excited about, they really took it to the next level by turning it into a Rogue-like. Once this boss is defeated, you then take their weapons, which you can then use on future levels – either as a tool to help you get through the normal enemies, or as a foil against a powerful boss, as they often have a weakness to specific attacks. After making it through the challenging platform filled level, they find a boss waiting for them at the end. The chosen robot then plays a 2D side scrolling level, typically with a lot of enemies and dangerous spikes. They also added enough to make it more than merely a clone: they turned it into a Rogue-like.įor those not familiar with the classic Mega Man X franchise that this borrows so much from, the premise is rather simple: you are one of two warrior robots, either the ranged focused Nina (styled after Mega Man X, except female), or the melee focused Ace (styled after Zero). What is surprising is how well the 20XX developers did. Many of these efforts have had mixed results. There have been several attempts to regain the feel and joy that these games bring, even from one of the original creators of Mega Man after he went independent.
Though the challenge is, well, pretty intense, I was always able to beat them with a little (or a lot) of perseverance. I have great memories with Mega Man 3, and later X and X4. Having grown up with classic video games, Mega Man was always near and dear to my gamer heart. Thank you Batterystaple Games for sending us this game to review! Developed By: Batterystaple Games, Fire Hose Games
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