/vr/ - Retro Games

As a small experiment, I beat this game in "opposite level order". That is, I took the most optimal order, and reversed it. Toxic seahorse first, tunnel rhino last.
Sadly, it went way worse than I expected. And probably, this showcases exactly why some people hate this game. Without tunnel rhino, I could barely grab any upgrades whatsoever, except for some heart tanks here and there.
The most infuriating part though was fighting Bit. If you lose to him, you have to start the whole stage all over. I played Volt Catfish, and I got sick of restarting this stage, the first part is really long and I had no strong weapon against Bit either.
All in all, there is virtually no reason to not start with tunnel rhino, and then go to Blizzard Buffalo. The game simply gets more interesting when you get access to all the upgrades. Without them, it kind of sucks to be quite honest.

Post the best box art

This feels like a cheap bootleg rather than a real MM game.
The OST it's actively grating to the ears at times and sounds unfinished, like it's missing instruments. It also loops every 10 seconds and there isn't even a track for the minibosses, the music just awkwardly stops and resumes.
The levels are wide and empty, with the same handful of enemies copypasted a million times and no cool setpieces.
The level themes are unimaginative and the background art often ugly and low quality.
The bosses are incredibly monotonous, like 80% of them will just constantly try to ram into you.
Damage scaling is all over the place, with base X many enemies will 2 shot you while your buster takes an eternity to take them down.
Many gameplay mechanics are so obviously ill conceived it's ridiculous, like the upgraded X buster charge shot that never hits anything and just makes the game more annoying to play, or the pink capsules that make you miss out on the ultimate armour.
How did they fuck up so hard after X and X2?

The game is called Mega Man X3 because X fights 3 enemies through the entire game.

People really hate this game? I thought it was ok and the music is certainly not as bad as people say it is.

Better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCOcvJaZNk

Is this game going to keep going up in price?

This game is good

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