LogFAQs > #914934016

It might sound like a random topic, bashing a game that is generally accepted to be mediocre at best, kinda like making a topic about E.T or Superman 64 or something
BUT, up until now I only hated X6 based on my memory, I never had pictures to back up my claims, and I always couldn't say anything to the "X7 is worse" people because X7 is the only mainline Mega Man game I never played (in any series) due to it being PS2 exclusive

But now I beat X Legacy Collection 2 in part of my Mega Man Marathon and I can safely say, X6 is by far worse than X7 and even worse than I remembered, the level design in this game makes it one of the worst games ever made
And while I know there are trillion of games now, thanks to Mobile Gaming being a thing, at least they (probably) don't have the same level design problems X6 has
To date, with around 700 games played in my gaming career, I don't think I ever played a game where you must suicide because you got to a place you were not supposed to

So now, the pictures-

First there is this part in "Central Museum", probably the second stage you play
The stage layout you get is chosen randomly from a set of layouts, and even that layout can be random with blocks not appearing in some locations. Now if you get this layout..this jump is literally impossible with Unarmored X, you will have to die



Next is this insane part in Recycle Lab. The Trash Compactor will only rise for a little bit and you will need to jump from the left wall to the right wall in the small window opened by the rising trash compactor. It's insansely hard and pixel-perfect with Unarmored X. With Falcon it's much easier thanksfully


And another thing in Recycle Lab. If you go to the hidden route, you will come across a long chasm, you MUST have a hyper dash or another chip that boosts your speed to be able to make the jump to the other side. Don't have them equipped? you can't backtrack, you can't exit the stage, just suicide until you get a game over


Now look at this thing in Inami Temple stage. As you slide down you see a enemy robot. Now there are some arrows that point to the left of it, but they usually don't mean much. You usually can ignore them and nothing bad happens. slide down to the right of him? you will land on spikes that you couldn't see before jumping down, wow


Start the game with Zero, get to a hidden route in your second stage (Central Museum), encounter High Max. Guess what? you need to suicide again, because Zero without special weapons can't damage him


This fucking nightmare effect-


You just landed from a jump a second ago and all was fine. Gotta do it again now, what can go wrong?

Spikes. That's what. They expected you to slide on the wall


Before you reach this room you need to jump down. Can't slide on the left wall because spikes, so you gotta jump somewhere. Jump into the middle of the room and you die before you notice what's up


The fight with Gate was bad, it's too much RNG but I can let it slide. What I can't let slide is the Red Orb that is supposed to be the slowdown effect.
Now I don't mind it much, but the slowdown affects inputs as well. I was sliding on the wall when it happened and then I mashed the jump button like mad but it didn't register, fantastic


And I am not even going to mention how close to impossible Gate 1 Stage is with Unarmored X or the fucking donuts
A game that ask you to suicide in order to progress is the worst level design possible, no matter how bad X7 is to you, X6 is worse
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