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Maverick Hunter X was amazing - as was Powered Up. I'd pay $50 per remake in each respective series. Powered Up 2 would have been great!
I agree with both of the first two comments.
Touch controls are beyond gross, and especially after seeing these screens, I realize how terrible it will be - no dash button, so I'm assuming that you'll double tap a direction. Considering that careful dash jumps are required to get some of the items (assuming that the laziness means no gameplay changes) I don't see this being anything besides pure unadulterated frustration.
Still, happy to see the X games getting some love, even if it is a half hearted kinda-sorta-maybe love from Capcom.
Touch controls are beyond gross, and especially after seeing these screens, I realize how terrible it will be - no dash button, so I'm assuming that you'll double tap a direction. Considering that careful dash jumps are required to get some of the items (assuming that the laziness means no gameplay changes) I don't see this being anything besides pure unadulterated frustration.
Still, happy to see the X games getting some love, even if it is a half hearted kinda-sorta-maybe love from Capcom.
it really is a shame to see these wasted efforts on iOS. Touch controls for Chrono Trigger is one thing, but for this game it just wouldn't work at all. Shantae iOS sent me running to the DSiWare version.
I find RPG's tolerable on iOS, but I picked up Mega Man 2 back in the day (for iOS) and it was more of a novelty than a playable game. Sonic plays better than I expected though.
Ehm... I'm not sure what I feel about this. Don't have an iOS device (want one though) so I can't get it, but I'm not sure I want it. :/
Sure, it's MegaMan X (aka. one of the best 16-bit games of all time), but at the same time the new visuals look... Cheap. Look at the background in the header image, it looks terrible.
The Penguin Boss (Forgot it's name) looks like one of those Super2XL-ized sprites that everyone hates and doesn't fit in with the hand-drawn (?) X sprite.
So confused, stupid Capcom.
Sure, it's MegaMan X (aka. one of the best 16-bit games of all time), but at the same time the new visuals look... Cheap. Look at the background in the header image, it looks terrible.
The Penguin Boss (Forgot it's name) looks like one of those Super2XL-ized sprites that everyone hates and doesn't fit in with the hand-drawn (?) X sprite.
So confused, stupid Capcom.
I've tried playing Mega Man X with on-screen touch controls with my SNES emulator on my Droid Charge. Even with a bigger screen and with the emulator set to make the buttons as big as possible it still sucked. You just can't get the tactile feedback you need from a fast-paced action game so your fingers constantly end up in the wrong spot.
As to the art style... looks fine to me.
As to the art style... looks fine to me.
I hope it comes to Android. I also hope it supports physical controls, as there are a number of options now both for Android and iOS.
I'd give anything if Capcom would release a side-scrolling, Megaman X title on Xbox Live/PSN (one that doesn't suck).
The art style looks clean and pretty. They might have done it that way to give the visuals more definition on the small screen. Definitely don't see anything to get all pissy over. But whiners will whine.
As the other said, though, touchscreen controls would be godawful for a game that required this kind of precision and timing. Would they just make little controllers for these things and be done with it?
As the other said, though, touchscreen controls would be godawful for a game that required this kind of precision and timing. Would they just make little controllers for these things and be done with it?
They make a kind of suction cup controller for the iPad for games with touch analogs and I hear it works quite well.
"Mega Man X iOS remake is... umm..."
A lazy port with graphics that look like a flash game and controls that instantly make the game feel like it's on xtreme difficulty.
I think that is what you're getting at :D
A lazy port with graphics that look like a flash game and controls that instantly make the game feel like it's on xtreme difficulty.
I think that is what you're getting at :D
It looks like a fan made Flash game. Like they had an intern trace the old sprites in Flash to slap this together. I'm not a fan.
Of course, they lost me at iOS. I love my iPhone but trying to play games like Mega Man are pure frustration. I'd love a remake of X on my 3DS, tho. Better yet, a new 2D Mega Man series with nifty 3D effects.
Of course, they lost me at iOS. I love my iPhone but trying to play games like Mega Man are pure frustration. I'd love a remake of X on my 3DS, tho. Better yet, a new 2D Mega Man series with nifty 3D effects.
Wow, Capcom really was serious about making a new Mega Man game! They haven't abandoned the fans after all! Thank you sweet and merciful overlords!
Looks kinda like someone took a screen capture from the game and ran it throught Adobe Illustrator's Live Trace feature.
iOS is an insult to true gaming. I really wish Destructoid would stop treating it as a legitimate platform. Anyone that took those stories of iOS is teh end of Nintendo seriously, should be forever barred from videogame journalism.
Doesn't look that bad, but it's *still* a virtual stick on one of the most precisely controlled platforming series ever, so there's no way this will be good for anyone but absolute newbies who've heard about Mega Man before but never had the time to check it out.
Why don't they, you know, just make a new Mega Man X and make millions of fans happy?
... Oh, oh that's right. They're Capcom.
... Oh, oh that's right. They're Capcom.
Compared to the original it looks cheap and actually kind of disgusting. I guess I'll have t see it in motion to really judge it.
@Yogsoggoth
I completely agree.
@Epic
Well, fuck.
Seriously, if iOS can get more games on the level with Infinity Blade, it will more than earn its legitimacy as a gaming platform.
I completely agree.
@Epic
Well, fuck.
Seriously, if iOS can get more games on the level with Infinity Blade, it will more than earn its legitimacy as a gaming platform.
I like this artstyle way better than maverick hunter x! Also, this could possibly run on my iPod Touch 1G, if it was a Maverick Hunter X port it would never work! This port would be perfect for me if it wasn't for the virtual controls...
Looks almost like Mega Man 6, which looked more drawn and less pixel -only now it looks a lot more like "cheap flash game" and less like "one of the best games of all time"
Tell you why the did this though: Because its on iOS. Capcom obviously believes they needs to slap on a colorful, dumbed down, coat of paint on some of their games to make them appear like they belong on that platform. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out they took Maverick Hunter X as the base and just recovered it with this BS.
Don't really get the reason they'd even bother to move away from the original style of the game, animating it doesn't make it any better and pixels are just as fun. Besides, that game always had a super smooth look to it.
Either way, touch controls are bad enough, and seriously seem yucky for a game like this, but the visuals are a surefire way of keeping me away all together -and this really truely is one of my all time favorite games. Thats a big achievement there Capcom, so good work, you just proved again you have no clue about what your doing with your -almost- one time mascot.
Tell you why the did this though: Because its on iOS. Capcom obviously believes they needs to slap on a colorful, dumbed down, coat of paint on some of their games to make them appear like they belong on that platform. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out they took Maverick Hunter X as the base and just recovered it with this BS.
Don't really get the reason they'd even bother to move away from the original style of the game, animating it doesn't make it any better and pixels are just as fun. Besides, that game always had a super smooth look to it.
Either way, touch controls are bad enough, and seriously seem yucky for a game like this, but the visuals are a surefire way of keeping me away all together -and this really truely is one of my all time favorite games. Thats a big achievement there Capcom, so good work, you just proved again you have no clue about what your doing with your -almost- one time mascot.
Maverick hunter X was sooo, good. Only Mega Man game I played throught to completion at least three times.
I actually kind of like the way it looks. Old proportions, cleaner lines.
Almost like it got adapted for a children's cartoon.
I can't help but feel that this style was chosen to prevent the same fans that loved fat old Sonic from complaining about a reproportioned Megaman.
If they nerf the difficulty enough, it might work on iOS.
Either way, count me interested.
Almost like it got adapted for a children's cartoon.
I can't help but feel that this style was chosen to prevent the same fans that loved fat old Sonic from complaining about a reproportioned Megaman.
If they nerf the difficulty enough, it might work on iOS.
Either way, count me interested.
Shitty controls aside, I would buy iOS Maverick Hunter X in a heartbeat. I fucking love my PSP copy.
@Ponce
You mean you didn't know that megaman was 90% legs and head? Its a clever optical illusion, so ill let it slide this time.
You mean you didn't know that megaman was 90% legs and head? Its a clever optical illusion, so ill let it slide this time.
@Ponce
You mean you didn't know that megaman was 90% legs and head? Its a clever optical illusion, so ill let it slide this time.
You mean you didn't know that megaman was 90% legs and head? Its a clever optical illusion, so ill let it slide this time.
I don't have a lot of experience with touch controls, but I can't imagine them working with mega man X. When you are trying to dash jump off a wall while turning around to fire a charge shot in mid air I can't imagine the controls are going to be up to snuff.
Graphics on this remake look sweet and Infinity Blade sure is great but... I will be skeptical about the tocuh controls until I try this.
And X needs a brand new installment. Rayman, Kirby and Fucking Donkey Kong had them and they are all fucking glorious games.
And X needs a brand new installment. Rayman, Kirby and Fucking Donkey Kong had them and they are all fucking glorious games.
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