I Fell Back in Love with Mega Man X3...
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- As nostalgic as Mega Man X3 is for me, I've grown detached from it over the years. Once I removed those nostalgia goggles, I found myself not having much fun with it anymore after having countless other games under my belt. I ain't getting into a "Why it's good/bad" debate because I don't care about that stuff. My personal reasons for falling out with it have zero correlation to what's commonly criticized about it.
As per tradition, when I'm not exactly feeling all that good in life, I turn to a Mega Man game to unwind and reset myself. Recently picked X3 back up after all these years, and suddenly found myself enjoying it like I did when I was a kid. Fast forward some more after refreshing my memory with some speedrun tech, and now... I'm slowly becoming enamored with this game again, considering tech like Neon Jumps have a lot more usage compared to X2, and the weapons are better than what I initially gave them credit for (I didn't even know Tornado Fang disabled an enemy's hurtbox for about a second, for example).
This video's more or less a sample of what I've been up to for the past week, as I've been improving my skill level in X3 on my actual SNES (as you've seen, I'm playing on the Super Famicom cartridge because english X3 is too goddamned expensive). Given I was already familiar with Neons due to X2 (I was just bad at doing them consistently prior), it only took me two days to fully master them here, so it opens up the window of opportunity for more fun shenanigans.
If you're confused about how the hell the mini-boss melted in like two seconds, it can be combo'd through its i-frames. So the Neon simply gives X the right height to get in, spam as many Frost Shields as you can (this can easily fail if you mistime the air dash after the Neon).
Now, for info you might be wondering about:
like I said above, Tornado Fang disables hitboxes (like how elemental weakenesses in the Zero/ZX games does), so any shenanigans you've seen with X jumping through enemies is because of that.
If you're wondering why the third screwdriver enemy didn't spawn, it's because if you time the Frost Shield and dash jump just right after the second one dies, the third one doesn't spawn, giving you enough time to switch to Tornado Fang preemptively.
...Also, yes, before you comment, I know the Zero Project exists.
For those wondering if this video hints at a Weapon Master for the game, no. Don't be hasty. I'm not confirming anything here. This channel is still on indefinite hiatus for my main projects until announced otherwise.
I actually like X3 a lot more than most people do. It’s not perfect, not by a long shot, but I still have fun with it like most of the other X games. It’s great to see you’re starting to have fun with it again too 👍
What would you do to fix it?
@@heavyc4450 Pretty much do exactly what the Zero Project does, along with tweaking some of the level design to be more dynamic and exciting, and add in more enemies to spice up the variety too.
😢 Mega Man fans forget X7 exists.
@@10191927 What about X7?
@@10191927 What does X7 have to do with this?
X3 had a BOPPING ost
X3 was revolutionary for the X-series in it's own right. It was the last classical format, it added many new features into the game like the variety of ride armors, X-armor upgrades, secrets like the Gold Armor and getting the Z-Saber, the ability to use Zero for the first time, and of course it added greatly to the story and brought back one of the greatest X-villains of all time....and I ain't talkin about Sigma.
I love X3. I was really surprised to find out as an adult that it was outsourced! It seems like X3 had several missed opportunities and half-baked features, but it's still probably my favorite X game.
It turned out pretty great considering both the outsourcing _and_ the tight development schedule.
Wtf I didn't know it was outsourced either lol
Same devs as 4 out of 5 of the GB Classic titles! They have a good idea of how to make a great MM game, Mega Man V on GB in particular is one of my favorites classic games, period.
X3 is underrated tbh
The gamplay is amazing as always but I was also impressed by how good the upscaling looks
Thanks. It took forever to get the ideal settings, lol.
X3 is part of the classic in the MegaMan x series.
My first and favorite Mega Man game. I absolutely love coming back to it. I'll have to remember that mini boss strat.
I have my pile of SNES carts right next to my computer screen among them a copy of X3. Never getting rid of it and I sure will play it again
As flawed as it might be, at the end of the day this is my favorite game in the series
Always find myself revisiting it the most out of the SNES trilogy, true masterpiece right here
1:25 that happened so fast that I still can't process wtf happened
He stored a shot, he then airdashed into a neon jump (an exploit where you can do a Ground jump after an airdash if you hit Shot and jump at the exact same frame at the end of an airdash). To then switch to the Ice weapon and spam it like a machine gun to kill the miniboss in seconds.
He schmoving tho, also, very good that you killed tje mid boss in one hit, i never knew you could do that
Ayyyyyyy, great stuff as usual! Also totally support you just keeping this as a hobby channel for when you're in the mood. We can't all force ourselves to focus even on things we love all the time, nor should we have to.
-everyone's getting a RetroTink lately and makin' all this clean footage y'all gonna make me spend money I don't wanna spend- 😂
X3 will always be my favorite, it may have extreme lag when using the fusion shot, it may have ride armors who barely serve any purpose, but i still like it
i mean the ride armors are really fun except for frog
Gonna say it without hesitation: X3 is the best of the SNES trilogy. Very addictive, in all honesty. A lot of routes the story can go and learning the enemy patterns actually felt like it mattered here.
Yeah, being able to kill Bit, Byte and Vile with their weaknesses and then face different bosses in the Doppler stages was really cool and interesting, and it's a shame that literally no other Mega Man game has earlier bosses you can either spare or kill that result in the endgame being different.
@@jruler93 I thought that was very fun honestly, managed to get successful kills on the Nightmare Police in my most recent playthrough. Still need to beat final Sigma but gee the Hyper Chip feels earned if you're trying to get literally everything in this game
@@neonthunder3261 Kaiser Sigma hits pretty hard, but even he is quite a pushover when you get the Z Saber.
@@jruler93 I’m bad at aiming that’s my thing LOL gotta practice him more
@@neonthunder3261 Fair enough, plus his hurtbox is very tiny, and also higher up than most players seem to think it is.
But aiming shouldn't be a problem if you cling to the top of the right wall and drop the Saber directly onto his head when he lands under you. You'll take some damage using this method, but with the body armor and a Sub-Tank or two, you should be alright.
I have played through the entire X series many many times, this game included. 100% numerous times....and yet.....I NEVER knew you could wall kick off the flying enemies hahaha. That's fantastic.
I'm today old when i learn that Tornado Fang can disable enemies' hit box and that Neon jump combo.
X3 wasn't my most fav but i remember loving its final bosses the most among the trio SNES. We can pull all sorts of manuevers against Sigma's attack, satisfying af.
Mega Man X3 is one of my favourite games in the series. While it does have strange items like Enhancement Chips & 4 Ride armours to collect its still a fun game.
X3 is truly a strange beast. But it's still got that fun core, so it's hard to dislike it unlike late X series games falling off a cliff.
It's a crying shame the X legacy collection dropped the ball so hard on the snes ports.
I not a big fan on x2 and x3 but still both games are amazing on their on way, for me x3 had the best dash physics in the entire series and fell close to the zero series, also unlocking the 2 dash is super fun more games should do that
I know this is a flawed game, but it's still my favorite of the X series. Whenever I feel like replaying the series it's always the one I look forward to replaying the most. It just feels so satisfying to play...
I have to agree on that. I've been playing X3 a lot since childhood growing up especailly speedrunning.
I only finished X3 once due to how hard it is. I think it’s time to rectify that. But seriously I don’t know how you got so cracked at these games and I am all the more impressed by it.
X3’s Hyper Chip Armor is my favorite of all the X armors.
Got myself a Retrotink 5X recently too; really kicks ass with 2D games especially; video quality is indistinguishable from an emulator at 1080p
OK, making leg parts viable the miniboss was hella sick.
Nice gameplay! I really hope you show off parasitic bomb at some point I really love yeeting foes at more enemies.
X3 will always be on my S tier list along with x5
X5 was great. I don't understand the hate other than Alia speaking too much.
Probably because it was a downgrade from X-4, which (while had terrible voice acting) still had fully animated cutscenes and voice acting. It was naturally the next best thing to come after X-3 so when X-5 came out people expected a lot more... Story-wise it wasn't really the greatest either, starting out the game by fighting Sigma again for the millionth time in an intro stage is rather lackluster, they should have introduced new villain and plot (besides Dynamo). Although what they did with Zero's side of the story was really good and having him fight X at the end was legendary stuff.
The game wasn't bad (and I don't hate it), it just wasn't as good as those that came before it. That's my take anyhow. @@d7603
My least favorite thing is the maverick intros are completely missing when you reach the boss room, so it feels like they have way less personality since they aren’t as animated. Basically they just do more damage throughout the game, it’s the toughest of the first 3 for sure.
Nice moves, jumping after the charge shots! I didn’t know about that tech.
I am happy to see you enjoying this game again! I will always hold X3 in a special place, because it was the last of the "classic" style MMX games. It also had some well-hidden stuff (like the Ride Armor part and Capsule in Toxic Seahorse's stage, and the Ride Armor part in Crush Crawfish's stage). I hope that everything is well with you!
why am i expecting the midboss to take a while given that this is Magnus we're talking about.
never stop impressing us, fam.
X3 is easily on my top 3 X games ngl, that game is great
Timing on this video is kinda crazy, i was getting back into the Mega Man series (specifically X series) and got back into Mega Man X3!
My grandpa stood outside in a line of a Japanese toy store just to get this and DKC2 for me for Christmas. I wouldn't ever ask that of him but that's how I got a hold of this game.
The reason for the long line was because DQVI just came out and it was a huge deal at the time. My grandpa being how he is just bought a copy of that as well thinking I might be into it.
I love X3 man. It's so unique and super expansive too. I was shocked to hear so many people shit on this game when I started mingling online with other fans. Like not being able to fully play Zero is unfortunate but it was a cool start and led to the version of Zero we have today.
the best snes megaman x game !
I actually find the the first four games, plus the eighth to be very fun and I really love the charged shot of X3
"Can be combo'd through i-frames"?
All the more reason why X3 was ahead of its time
As a kid I wanted to play x3, sadly couldn't. The way I was introduced to the series was less than ideal. X5, x6, x4 , x7, x8 was my progression. I would get whatever was at toyrus or gamestop.
His theme will never fail to pump me up
X3's far from perfect, but it's still a good MMX game that you can have lots of fun with if you know how.
I wonder, could you use the Arm Chip to do several Neon Jumps in a row? Probably wouldn't be worth it, but it'd be cool to see if it can be done.
Possibly, but I never tried it. And if it can, it'd be a very niche use for vertical segments. It's completely out of the question for the regular 100% speedrun category, though, considering that's Z-Saber hyper charges needed for the boss rush.
EDIT: Yes. After testing, you can "technically" infinite Neon, but only if you don't have the Z-Saber (it has end lag that can't be cancelled unless you touch a wall or take damage). Which, for speedrunners, is still a no-go. And even in casual play, that can be a turn off. The only area worth doing infinites is Doppler 2's infamous vertical segment (since the speedrun strat with Neons to skip it in optimal time requires damage). But outside a speedrunning setting, it's still not worth it since a little bit more patience with normal Neons gets the job done, and you still have the perks of a 100% arsenal to play with.
After a long week of conference attendance, it’s good to be able to vibe and sit back with the GOAT’s content. Cheers to the new year as we let the SNES tunes carry us away!
Yeah this game is great even though we have to do a little backtracking to get 100 percent its still great today
I liked zero project. Im not good a megaman by any stretch but it was fun to have a more buster centered game while still playing zero
Everything about x3 gives me 90’s cartoon vibes😎🤌
Dbz
Gotta be honest, I never got the hate for X3. Still one of my favorites
RetroTinks are nice~ :3
I hope ya feel up to putting out some content for X3 at some point. I literally just marathoned X1 - X3 (with ROM hacks that let you play as Zero) two days ago, and I honestly, I kinda feel like doing it again (I'm no where near a good at X2 and X3 as I am with X1).
Good luck, and stay chill~
Wow your retrotink 5X makes the picture from your snes look amazing! Also man neon jumps are hard. I’ve only gotten one after like 20 constant attempts lol. I also have the Japanese version because of how expensive the us version is lmao, it’s crazy how people will ask so much for a single game. At least there’s the legacy collection
I used to own the game on Wii U but initially didn't like it as a kid for how hard it was. Got back into it two years later with the X legacy collection and was lovestruck. Replayed it *now* and I still love it.
X3,the only Megaman X that has no fire boss in 8 bosses😂
Mmx3 remains to this day the hardest mmx game for me. The final sigma battles are dang near impossible for me haha
Form 1, hang out on the wall above Sigma's head and use Crawfish weapon to hit below you
And idiots on the Steam forums of the X Legacy Collection says this game is "mid"... 🙄
My guy, they deliberately use the word "mid"...
X2 and X3 are the 2 X games I never beat as a kid.. should change that.
that mini boss did not know what it was getting in to
What the heck are neon jumps? That was the jump after the air dash that allowed you to kill the miniboss?
Got a question for you, how are you playing these games? More specifically, the way you are playing the ZX games, as I wanna find a way to play them without input lag.
This is a classic after all
About damn time, I love this game
Neon Jumps in Neon Tiger (Username unrelated)
Honestly X3 is still a good game, it's just got a lot of weird aspects; awkward stage layouts, music has hits and misses ( really good hits tho), the half implemented Zero, underused mechanics like the chips and ride armors, and the plot is just kinda there in relevance to the whole minus a couple details. Rest of the game is still an SNES X game, so it's up there with the others.
i really disagree with the awkward stage layouts, i think it’s some of the best in the series. they are wide and vertical, making a ton of use of X’s movement, something that other X games either don’t do as well or straight up neglect (looking at you, X1 and X7)
Fair, to me it seemed different compared to other games with more open stages where it feels like speed/reaction times comes into play when going forward; X1/2 felt like the stages were more on a horizontal plane, to where I'd be constantly moving and dashing forward and I'd just have to time my shots to hit whatever appears in front of me, or use a different weapon if it's an enemy that doesn't die in a charge shot or two. X3 felt like I'd have to stop my momentum/what I was doing to have to fight any enemy regardless of what abilities I'd have on me due to their HP/ability to keep me from progressing (this mostly applies to vertical segments with enemies inbetween or late game where some enemies have armor), not killing the pace but forcing me to stop what I was doing to spam shots or time a dash over them if it's something smaller. Plus a lot of enemies have "ha gotcha" mechanics like absorbing your shots, the mentioned armor, HUGE contact damage, or just ducking under your shots to keep you from dealing with them while moving. X3's weapons aren't always the most helpful to deal with the enemies either, but Neon Tiger's weapon helped with the vertical sections.
All of this is most likely because I'm impatient as fuck when playing and love speeding through stages when I know what I'm doing, but it's the style I've always liked tbh. Not to say I don't like more vertical stages, Flame Stag is up there with some of my favorite stages because it has a good mix of both vertical and horizontal platforming. Just felt like a lot of X3's stages were more "boxed in" compared to other games if that makes sense, but that might just be how I feel due to the vertical layouts.
YOOOOOOOO it's my favorite Mega Man game!!!!
i adore X3.
any chance we'll see you do an Xtreme 2 run?
I don't have a lot of experience with Xtreme 2 (mainly because I've only played it once). But it's a game I've always wanted to do something with whenever I have the opportunity to play it again.
Nice job, Magnus! Always glad to see one of your uploads!
Nice Gmaeplay!
Gmaeplay moment
@@theultimatefusion7265when graphics don't matter because the game has a nice gmaeplay
This looks fantastic
Yeah. X3 is kinda cool.
MagnusManX3 ( BEST SHIP EVER )
Hah, atleast someone like X3 (I like Rockman X7...)
You're the goat, man, this game is really good, and so are your megaman skills
Gosto muito, acho melhor que o X1
Have you ever played mega man x online death match?
Is that footage from a regular AV snes, or did you use an rgb mod?
Regular SNES with RetroTINK 5x Pro
@@MagnusZero nice. It looks amazing compared to the typical Snes9x footage from a speedrunner and pro player I watch on twitch.
All u felt playing this game, its the same with me but instead of x3 its x2
What retrotink settings are you using?
Not at home atm to check, but I'll make another reply when I get the chance to share them.
All right. Here they are. Note that the scanlines are optional, since they're not for everyone. The games still look great with in raw pixels depending on your HDTV:
[Output Resolution]
-2560x1440p
[HDMI]
- Frame Lock on for V-Sync (for a no input lag experience)
- Colorspace: RGB Full
[Interpolation/De-interlacing]
- Vertical Filter: Sharp
[H.Sampling]
- Preset:
- Disable Interlace
*NOTE: Make sure to manually adjust your picture's positioning in Scaling/Cropping in case it's not centered or cutting off anywhere.
[Post Processing]
- Scanline Beam: S. Gaussian
- Scanline Strength: 1
- Mask Off
- Gamma Boost +1
- Color Boost +1
@@MagnusZero THANK YOU!! I wasn't expecting so much detail!
SNES over PS1 version ?
Damn, I personally really dislike this game and consider it only better than X6 and 7 but maybe if I knew more techs in it it'd be really fun
I'm not one to go get the upgrades in mega man x so this one wasn't an issue for me. The fortress levels do suck but all the fortress levels suck in mega man x so it's not something I hold against this game
Except x4 that one had good fortress levels
X4 out of all games? i’d say by far X4 was the first one to really drop the ball with the fortress stages, since the ones that are there are incredibly short and easy
X3’s are honestly some of my favorites, though i also enjoy X2’s and X8’s quite a bit (even if the latter kinda lacks a lot of… actual level content?)
How do you start with the password already prepared? I though all the numbers going to be 1 when you load up the password screen?
The game remembers your last password after a reset. It forgets everything only after you completely power off the console. All SNES Mega Man games with the password system are like this.
@@MagnusZero I didn't know, thanx:D
@@MagnusZero how are you able to do the triple jump at 2:28 ? I tried to do the same thing with the same upgrades but couldn't replicate it, is it something you do at a perfect frame or a different region version of X3?
Love-hate relationship a?
That's one way of looking at it... lmao
I’ve always preferred X3 over X2 to be honest, I won’t say X3 is perfect by any means but I’d definitely rather play this over X5, X6, or X7.
What's with X4? Don't know why megaman fans are so fond of X4 other than any other... I'm a new fan btw! Just got to learn about the world of megaman and its fanbase.
Played the first megaman (classic) then got X6 for the ps1 from a classmate at school at the time.
@@lukashenrique4295 X4 graphics have aged quite well, and the gameplay is fair and consistent, there's really not much to say other than you will have a fun time playing it.
@@lukashenrique4295
X4 is a very well-rounded experience, while it’s easy to critique nowadays for not being particularly innovative mechanically (outside of zero, which *is* a very commendable addition) it doesn’t do much wrong either in terms of gameplay.
I just don't like the buster upgrade, too slow and clumsy, other than that the game is 10/10
X3 Weapon Master excerpt?
Read the video description
Noted
In my opinion this is my second least favorite megaman x game because it’s harder than the first two. Don’t know why this is the only megaman x game to not have a fire maverick boss fight but whatever.
i have a question, why didn't you change the damn music of the level you are playing?
I hate to say this (and i really do) but the worse thing about this game is the music.
the first and second had slightly better music so why the music of this game is so terrible.
megaman X3 is the only game I'd hate to go back to for this only reason.
Me too @magnuszero onii chan I love that game too and it’s my 4th favorite game
Bro fell back in love with Mega Man X3