I personally really like this game. The backtracking is way too much, yes, and the levels are not all equal in terms of quality, but... Especially when you're in new game plus, it's really fun. The moves are satisfying, the style is appealing, the controls are buttery smooth, the shop is a really nice addition and the story is nice imo. Definetly the highlight of the legacy collection 2, it's always a pleasure to revisit

"No footage available, because of skilled gameplayage" might be the best thing you've ever written on a purely humorous level. Excellent video, lmao. Glad you revisited this series.

Hey J. Just wanted to let you know that the rare metal in Bamboo Pandamonium's stage, the one at 13:41, can be reached in an easier way. Before the conveyor belt, you can ditch the ride armor on a solid platform, run ahead to lower the platform after the belt, then go back for the armor. The ride armor stays where you left it if you offscreen it. Hope that helps!

Zeros line in the ending of X8 always gives me chills considering what happens to him in Megaman Zero. I love X8 and i really hope we get X9 someday and that it continues from where X8 left off.

I often find that X8 flies under the radar for a lot of people. The main reason being that X7 changed the formula so much that anyone who played that game probably didn't even bother with X8 at the time. Looking back on it, X8 definitely has a bunch of interesting qualities about it, from the return to classic gameplay but with the character system from X7, to the, (most sensible in the series) item shop. A part of me wonders that if we ever get X9, will the gameplay build on it's predecessor?

I’ll be honest, X8 is my absolute favorite of the series. With three characters that each play uniquely, I did not mind backtracking at all. And yes, I loved that each of the characters had their own love interest too. Also (SPOILER ), I like how it ended with the main bad guy not being Sigma. He was a good villain, but just like Wiley, he was done to death. The series looked like it was going to be headed in amazing new directions. Then it ended. Well, at least it ended on a high note. Now I play Mega Man X Dive to fill the void. It’s just not the same, though.

Since you did multiple runs for this video I'm surprised you never mentioned the unlockables that require you to beat the game, or how the logo, title screen and even ending cutscene change depending on who you beat the game with. That's an interesting amount of care put into a game that largely gets the fundamentals right but is very hit and miss on the more specific details.

My favorite X game. The music is GOD tier. Vile's theme is just pure adrenalin rush. My only complaint is the spikes. Then again, it isn't THAT much obsessed with spikes like X6.

Crazy how much better X8 looks than X7, especially on the animation department. Yeah, it isn't that great but signicatly better than X7's

I never had a problem with X8's backtracking. My kid self back in 2011 thought something like ''If this is the last Megaman X game, it's better if it feels longer'', and I still think that way.

X8 gave us the best Voice cast for the characters X and Zero especially. Axl is really good too, but we only got to hear Axl again in Command Mission, X and Zero came back to dub the OVA's in Maverick Hunter X so I have more fondness for the X and Zero Voices. I keep hoping that this is the year we hear about a MMX9 and get to hear Lucas Gilbertson as Zero again. MegaMan 11 was amazing and if an X9 came out with that much love put into it that would be amazing. X does have an anniversary coming up next year so I'm always hopeful

I think one of X8's underappreciated subtleties is that the lock on from X7 still exists in X8, but it's been made almost totally invisible and in some cases new features were added to it. In certain scenarios, such as the combat room with respawning enemies, if you stand and rapid fire with Axl you'll notice that sometimes Axl's shots don't all fire in a straight line, one might angle up or down slightly to meet a target. The combat room in Noah's Park, when you use Zero, will sometimes have Zero turn slightly to face the incoming enemies directly while slashing, if your positioning is right.

I still like X8. Definitely a fun time, with a relatively good story (for Mega Man X standards, at least), good music, really addictive gameplay (even more so than other enteries in the series) and stupid meme maverick names.

They unironically used “Paradise Lost” as a subtitle for a Mega Man X game.

honestly i think x9 could totally build upon x8s foundation, just make the level designs universally good and make the sub weapons useful. also nix the rare metal system, or design it in a way to minimize backtracking.

When mentioning how haphazardly the copyshot is implemented, I can't help thinking the franchise was finally overstaying it's welcome. I feel like the whole X, Zero, and Sigma dynamic wasn't just getting stale, it was outright stagnant. This is clearly why Axl was added to the roster, but it's hard for him to shine with two established characters overshadowing him. Instead of an X7 and X8, things might have been better with an entirely fresh sub-franchise, _Megaman Axl._ Not only would this avoid the continuity snarls of continuing to use Zero across two separate spin-offs, but the Copyshot could have been a much more interesting twist on the classic boss weapon upgrades, if instead of a gimmick on an optional character, it had been a central mechanic the entire game was built around.

This is my personal favorite Megaman game, I don't think it's the best one by far but it's definitely my favorite. Probably partially because X7 and X8 were some of my first ps2 games and even as a MM obsessed kid X7 just made me sad 😔 X8 was a good return to formula and I'm still waiting on X9... Capcom please 😫

This is something I've been wanting to ask why do you go for 100% is it always required like getting Zero's body parts for the true ending or is it for the sake of completion

I really like Megaman X8. I love the visual style since I’m nostalgic for that early PS2 art, The new designs are all great, the character’s VAs are actually really well done for the first time EVER, and I just really like the feel and look of most levels. I never mind backtracking in Megaman games, so I honestly don’t even consider that a factor.

I also actually really liked x8, it made me want to play the Zero series. I'm surprised how much I played it as a kid, not a ton, but I actually beat it almost 100%

The whole "going Maverick at will" line was confusing as hell. I just see it as every new-gen Reploid with Sigma's DNA coming with his manifesto equipped and unlike Mavericks they can choose whether or not to follow it. I seriously hope that Lumine is the new main villain of X9 when that eventually happens, but if it's been this long I get the feeling Capcom higher-ups are gonna try and push for Sigma to be safe.

I know it may not be a popular opinion but I actually enjoyed Megaman X8.

X8 is what truly brought the X series back to proper form. All the characters feel exactly how they were presented in past games, the bosses are great, the music is beast, the weapons are fun, the story’s engaging, the voice acting is much better than X7 and X4

I grew up playing X8 with my brother and It has a place in my heart even with all of the problems 😅 This is where I got my love for Zero! (Also, I find it interesting that on the credits it's called "MegaMan X8: Paradise Lost")

You and Trav Guy inspired me to suffer through X7 again, then I decided to wash the taste out with X8, which while a massive improvement only reinforced my long held thoughts on the game. Thoughts that are perfectly expressed by the title of this video. This should be a fun watch.

What do you mean you won’t be reviewing x3 every year??? Disappointment

So I never watch any of your "original" reviews, but these "new" ones seem to be pretty high quality. I enjoyed hearing you talk about all 8 X games. Great job 👍

Had MMX8 been made during the 16 bit era it would've been thought of as a pretty lame sequel but the fact that it came after X6 and X7 it automatically looked muuuch better by comparisson, I think it is on if the OKAYEST games ever, some pretty bad parts like "to get some powerups just use the charged crystal thing at this random location with no info, or use Axl's copy shot which is never useful otherwise" but some cool elements like the music and finally being able to mix armors, I think they were on their way back to the top with this game so X9 could've been preeeetty good had it been able to exist

I love how in x8 depending on your navigatior you’ve selected you can play as them in new game plus also the ultimate armors are easier and much fun to get it depends on who ultimate attacks lumine in the party so x gets ultimate armor zero gets his black armor and axel gets the lumine virus

13:48 You know you can just leave the ride armor on the platform before the conveyor belt, go hit the button and then go get your ride armor and come back? lmao You made it x100000 more complicated than it needed to be to get that medal and hence why you struggled so much

X8 ALWAYS has me conflicted, on one hand while i like that they were trying to shake things up with the gimmicks they were just too much, the game doesn't look that good and the collecting aspect could be better. But on the other hand the art direction for X8 is BEAUTIFUL!! i love the story and voice acting, just the overall tone of the game i love. but with such conflicting view points i just don't know how to feel about it.

X8 is honestly is my favorite MegaManX game. It was my first introduction to the Mega Man series, and still is to this day. Despite its flaws, I still play, and replay it the most to this day, because of how good, and fun I find the gameplay. The soundtrack is also my favorite out of the whole series, and helped shape my music taste to this day.

I like X8 but a part of me really wishes we could've gotten another game that basically had X8's gameplay mechanics but with less gimmick-y stages and a more tightened up boss and weapon selection. It's a shame this series died when it did because I think X8 was around the time where the team started really improving in the areas where the series needed to and if the prior two games hadn't botched so much goodwill and consumer faith we might've even gotten something out of it.

I played the PC version back in 2010 and loved it. It became my favorite Mega Man game... mostly because I got farther in it than I did in any previous game in the series.

I've loved these Megaman X reviews! I appreciate how short your ad near the beginning was too

I'll always defend Central White as the best vehicle stage in the X series. Plays like a proper shmup stage where precision matters and you can't just tank through stuff, and you can blast through the mid bosses fairly quickly if you're good enough. Dynasty, however, is pretty fucking bad. Would've been cool to get a whole traditional stage with a city setting like that in X8 but instead we get flying billboard smashing taxi speedrun.

Your review was awesome as always! However, I'm amazed that you didn't mention the fact that you're able to play with the navigators. I know it ain't something particularly awesome, but hey, at least is kind of interesting (that adds a little "something" to them)

I've always thought that if THIS was the first PS2 game (as in, Being X7) the series would have carried on just fine. It's a flawed experience that did so many things right, it's sad it didn't get to be refined any further.

Great video! I always liked that you could unlock the Navigators as playable characters. It's not much mechanically but it's a welcome addition that they should put into the future games I think.

Zero in X7: I got a beat stick as a saber..... huh Zero in X8: I GOT A FRIGGIN BEAM SABER!!!

I’m excited for your take on X Dive. The game is pretty much one of the few options to show Capcom our support for more Mega Man games

J that beanie looks cool. Gonna try and get one. But man, I like how you included Copy X and labeled it.

I’ve got to say, I thoroughly enjoyed these fresh takes on your previous videos. These are quite fair assessments. I look forward to seeing more of your MegaMan videos. Thanks.

U always entertain me with these videos and I never get bored watching them repeatedly,thanks for the content! Awesome to have someone else who has my views and interests

This was a very fun series! It's cool to see how your opinion and ways to express it changed over the years. I'm looking forward to the X spin-offs, but I hope you get around to Legends someday!

I liked x8 i thought it was way better than most of the x games. After x3 they started getting insane just to beat. Levels needing you to do weapon swapping mid jump/fall multiple times just to progress required insane skills

I hope they finally make X9 to resolve the damn cliffhanger from X8. It’s one of those endless infamous cliffhangers like what Samurai Jack used to be before they finally made season 5.

X8 was what I would consider the first PC video game I properly experienced and where I first learned of double jump as a mechanic (as I've only had Mario on console as my 2D platforming experience). It was the perfect game to kick start my gaming journey till today.

It's one of the songs of X8, that is Wild Fang by Janne da arc that got me into Japanese rock and Japanese music as a whole. Also its my favorite game of the series. Loved the graphics.

Mega man x8 is my favorite game of all time. It's the game i've played ever since i got my first video game (ps2) as a 6 years old. I loved it so much i never stoped playing, literally, i always made sure to buy a new copy everytime the disc was scratched or something. And even to this day, with a Ps4, i STILL play it (in megaman x legaccy colection 2). I have such a strong bond with this game that i can't describe. The music, the characters, the gameplay, the nostalgia i feel playing this.... It's astonishing, simply the best game ever made to me. Thank you for existing Megaman X8, you made me love the mega man x franchise.

I didn't like X8 that much. I beat it in the mid 2010's but i never felt like i wanted to back to it. I didn't like how the game kinda forces you to change characters, i didn't like the new art style cause it was too drastic,and i think i didn't like the ride chaser levels that much. And it doesn't help that i had a miserable time with the final levels on hard. That being said,i wouldn't call X8 a bad game,it's just not a game i would want go back to.

Finally! Been waiting for this video since your re-review of X7. Thank you

I don't know if this has been pointed out already, but one tip for the mini boss in Optic Sunflower's stage (18:51): If you position yourself between the two blocks in the middle, basically all you have to do is going back and forth. You do that by always pushing against the one block that's on the ground at the time until it goes up while the other one comes down, and they won't damage you. (I'm not a native speaker so I hope that wasn't too confusing.) It looks like you will get crushed, but believe me, it works. I stumbled upon that by chance and it makes that mini boss ridiculously easy but also makes it much less frustrating. Great Analysis of all the X games! I love the whole X series in spite of its flaws, so thank you for giving them an intensive examination.

Thank you for giving me even MORE reasons to love my favorite Mega Man game :)

The biggest crime of X8 is how they removed the opening song in the English version.

I enjoyed it so much that I 100% it in the legacy collection 2, the backtracking can be tedious at times but i like the new game+

Most of my enjoyment of this game honestly comes from getting through the entirety of it without upgrades, like with every single X game (minus X7 which just isn't fun at all) so that's why I always felt most of the stages were fine (besides Avalanche Yeti, which drags on for too long) because the item game being convoluted kinda makes some of these stages feel repetitive as you have to replay them many times in order to get the items, which really makes them seem gimmicky, and you end up despising some of these levels because of just how many times you have to sit through the autoscrollers, or being chased by the giant robot and whatnot, but as a game that I replay every few months while always ignoring all of the upgrades, it's always way more fun to come back to it and play it that way, basically not having to deal with the upgrades makes it so much more fun to replay.

I recently stumble upon your megaman x series! great content!! Would you be making videos about the "demake" versions of x7 and 8?

X8, along with Sonic 1, is probably one of my most replayed games, thanks to the addition of New Game Plus, which I wish you gave a mention to in this video, but I can understand that one or, maybe two playthroughs of X8 is enough for you, like Exo with Spyro 2. Otherwise, it was worth seeing you give new takes on these games, especially with "Learning to Love Mega Man X6," something none of us would have ever thought you'd make the title of an X6 video. It was worth watching your new X videos and I hope to see more when you're ready.

It was unfortunate enough to come right after X6 and X7. The damage was already done.

X8 instantly became one of my most favorite Mega Man games ever in 2004. It improved in every possible way from X7. X8 is basically what X7 should have been. It wasn't perfect but overall just felt, looked and sounded awesome. It's a shame it's so underrated and underplayed. Still waiting for X9.

Was actually waiting for you to say that the navigators become playable characters on this vid (X = Alia, Axl = Pallette, and Zero = Layer) xD Either way, liked and subed!

I’m enjoying these re reviews, I enjoy seeing your now matured perspective, will you be doing mmz and zx as well?

I've recently gotten into your videos they have been great! Really been a good watch/listen. Keep up the good work! I'd like to suggest you do Mega man X: Command Mission. I'd love to see/hear your thoughts on it. It was a childhood fav of mine. Plez & thx

Probably my favourite of the mmx series, even though it really doesn't shine anywhere particularly expressly, it's base level is really high. If there were to be an X9, the Neutral Armour system would have to come back, it was one of the best ways to do X upgrades. Axl's copy chip being corrupted in the ending is an interesting angle to go with for the future - it could easily be leveraged into him turning out to be Copy X in an interesting twist of events. Also, the sheer number of times you kill Sigma in this game is ludicrous, since all the basic enemies in the final spike palace are all sigma forms. Which is a perfect companion to sigma's treatment as the sub final boss: he's come back so much that he's being used as pure fodder. I always got the feeling that he didn't even want to come back this time, he's just sitting in the chair and saying the words because he doesn't know how to do anything other than be a dick to x and zero anymore, but is just tired of it now.

Damn brother, you have grown and still have amazing charm. Congrats. I have a suggestion, you should tackle the other dc animated films. Death of superman and the follow up. Flashpoint. Love your takes.

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Not sure why, but every time somebody brings up the item collecting in Mega man X8, my mind immediatly goes to Donkey Kong 64 where most of the collectibles could only be collected by the specific Kong assigned for those items. For example, only DK can get the yellow ones, while someone else like Diddy could only get the red ones and nothing else. This feels so similar in MMX8 where only a few specific characters can reach specific items. It does feel a little overwhelming and tricky to do especially without a strategy guide of some sorts and especially when going for the 100% and DK64 did get criticism for it too despite DK64 being well received by many including myself who believes that DK64 is the best game on the N64 unlike MMX8 where it was a little mixed at first unlike now where it's a little more positive.

Im enjoying the rereviews, excited to hear you talk about the gameboy ones. Theyre impressive little 8 bit games

Gotta give some props to the devs for improving on the issues from X7 when making X8, despite the flaws in this game.

Oh man, thank you so much for giving me a reason to revisit this and doubly so for this project of revisiting your old reviews with wiser eyes. Zeros ponytail tho. Big deal breaker XD My kingdom for a fan mod turn Axl into into Bass

I like challenging myself and beating bosses with Axl-trans (using white Axl because transforming into enemies with him is infinite and never ends unless i want to stop). Ngl it's very complicated, specially in hard mode but it's super fun!

I remember when I was like 12 or 13 and got the legacy collection I spent a fuck ton of time in X6 because I loved the exploration feel (ZX was my first MegaMan game, thanks ClementJ). I remember never finding X8 that fun, hell I appreciated X7 more for the art style lol

I overall liked X8. The dev team that made Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter made this one. Loved that game too. The item game WAS annoying in this one though, especially with less lives and an inability to reload at checkpoints.

fuck yeah, the moment this series started I knew this video would come someday, it's my favorite x game from my childhood; voice acting, music, difficulty, secrets, all that shit I loved. Even the extended parts of the game the harder the difficulty became was just amazing but I know a lot of people felt weird about this one.

After seeing these re-reviews on the X series, I'm a little interested if you'll have something new to say about the Zero series. (you've got a bit of clarity to sort out regarding Zero 3 with Zero and Omega)

I still think this game has the best soundtrack, or at least second-best if X4 has anything to say about it. So many of the tracks in X8 are just so memorable to me! My favorites being the Jakob stage, the Ride Armor theme, and the initial Maverick theme.

edit: the whole point of the story in X8 is that the new gen reploids have complete free will like X and unlike most reploids, hence they "can go maverick at will". they are also immune to all viruses and can take any form. the new gen reploids are superior in every way to the main characters like the main characters are superior to every other reploid and can't be controlled, so they decide they can do whatever they want, taking over the world and making the moon their capital while using sigma and mavericks as a cover so no one realizes they can in fact defy all orders by themselves. if you pay attention the reason they thought this was a maverick outbreak is because they found sigma's DNA, which new gen reploids have in their database to use his shape as lumine explains, but there are no real mavericks in X8. even sigma thought they were all infected but he got duped. of course the hunters don't get any of this because they are maverick hunters and for them there is no difference between a robot rebelling of it's own free will and a robot infected by the maverick virus. and at the end lumine says it's too late, AKA the revolution was probably underway while the hunters were on the moon, and it ends on a cliffhanger before we see what's going on on earth. it's also implied that lumine made axl a perfect new gen reploid (he was a prototype) with the thingy she implanted on him with the last attack. axl's secret new game+ armor is a lumine color palette and has infinite copy ability. the implications of that are many. X8 as a whole is okay, tedious to 100% but in general okay. hard minimalist run is hella fun tho, you should try it. my biggest dissapointment is that X8 was the start of a huge comeback that never came :(

Every year I try and rewatch your megaman x reviews. It’s just a fun time

I have always loved this game and it has been one of my favorite X games to play.

I adore x8 It’s my second favourite after Maverick Hunter X The gameplay is actually really fun, I wish they’d kept with it ); The levels are for the most part REALLY fun Music was real great Models were clean for PS2 Reminds me of Persona Designs GORGEOUS love the new art style Especially on X and Alia Like GODDAM!!! Especially compared to x7… And the voice acting is very solid, they also did Maverick Hunter X but they truly fit!! Axl is a MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT Alia wasn’t boring Game goood I feel

I loved X8 , I can still hear “bamboo pandamonium” in my head to this day

X7 and this are the only Mega Man X games I've played.

Megaman X's voice actor is the guy who played Domon Kashuu from G Gundam btw. He also played X in the Maverick Hunter X

I think x8 is pretty good. My main gripe being some of the levels just being kinda eh to straight up bad. Too many spikes and stage gimmicks that aren't fun to speedrun. I don't care too much for the music personally. Only liked the Wildfang intro, but I'll have to listen to the tracks a bit more.

I wish that Vile was a playable character and Dynamo was in it

I love it!!! It was the best Megaman for me. The villain, the music, the gameplay, all so good!

Desde que era niño he esperado Megaman X9, mi saga favorita de juegos, y lo seguiré haciendo, excelente reseña amigo ❤

One thing that's very hands down for me is about hunter's model. I like that they reduce the legs size about half that looks more agile for them.

didn't expect you to review Mega Man X Dive, looking forward to it

Rolleroids' copy form is just the Morph Ball from Metroid

X8 is probably my second least favorite main X game to revisit next to X7, and that's a real shame. It definitely has the chops to be one of the greats since the systems work surprisingly well, but most of the stages are just not fun to play (I'd genuinely take Duff McWhalen's stage over Burn Rooster's), which subsequently makes other issues like the bloated item game and retry chips worse. I don't even mind gimmicky stages on their own since I enjoyed classic Mega Man 8, but I thought the gimmicks in that game were pretty fun on their own. X8 just isn't fun for me.

i'd argue the item game does not matter nearly as much in x8. it's not x1 anymore, you don't have to basically 100% the game to beat the final boss. there's so many options and i like that x8 gives you a ton of options on tackling the endgame. i don't think saying "the 100% isn't fun" is really a valid argument as to why a game sucks. even an x game. because it's not x1, it's x8, and the design is completely different and doesn't encourage most players to 100% it.

the details in X8 were fairly fun, like cutman, or what felt like X4 callbacks in Sunflower's minigames, or the returning ultimate armor giving X the shoryuken. And Axl getting a lumine pallete swap

I really love this game and planing to get the PS2 version soon and I have the Legacy Collection version for the Xbox one. In my opinion X8 is a massive improvement over X6 & X7

from what I've played of DIVE I'm kinda suprised that they gave a lot of love to Command Mission, which is nice cause I actually enjoy that game

Bamboo Panademonium and Dark Mantis. Literally the only two stages I like about this game. I've replayed a couple of times just for those stages alone. If only x8 had cut the auto scroll bs, which includes the rise chaser levels. Then it would be the perfect game, to me.

I really enjoy the item hunts in the game. It was like one giant puzzle trying to figure it out. Felt very rewarding getting a 100% Also I felt the music was great in the game. Thanks for the video.

I'm actually not sure how I feel about X8. I knew it was better than X7 for sure, but since my first full playthrough of it back in 2018 (via X Legacy Collection 2), I haven't had a desire to go back to it. I remember the game being OK, but one I think I was feeling at that point was burnout from the X games, as I did play X 1-7 at that point. I need to replay it at a completely different time to see how I feel about it for sure. Side note: I did rent the PS2 version back in the day, but only played like one or two levels, so I didn't really have much experience with the original versions of the game. These have been pretty good videos, J.

I replayed this one recently and tried my best to make a least backtracking route on my own, which includes the X Armor pieces, Zero weapons and every Item Chip. After several hours of planning and thinking I finally figured it out… I realized after several stages that I missed one thing and the whole run was completely dead. Might try it again without the Chips, but yeah. If they make an X9 and bring back having so many small collectables, I hope they make it so the Chips don’t count towards completion.