Mega Man Zero
by Capcom
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Video Game Reviews of Mega Man Zero
Customer Review: Best Megaman Game in Years
Summary: 5 Stars
Mega Man Zero is, simply put, one of the best Mega Man games to come out in years. With a fresh, new look, fun gameplay, and extremely crisp animation, I'm anxiously hoping they will make a sequel!Mega Man Zero takes place in the year 22XX, presumably within a century after the X series ended. It stars Zero, an android, who was Mega Man X's comrade in arms back then. Zero was reactivated by a human scientist, named Ciel, who needed his legendary powers to defeat a new threat. That threat comes in the form of Neo Arcadia, an oppressive government regime that has ordered the destruction of all Reploids, worker androids based X and Zero. The identity of the mysterious leader of Neo Arcadia provides a very surprising and fascinating plot twist for those who have followed the X series.
The gameplay is fast and furious. If you ever played as Zero in the X games, you'll have a general idea of what to except. Zero is equipped with a gun and a sword to begin with, although you will find the latter far more useful. Eventually two other weapons can be earned and each of them can be joined with the Elemental powers won by defeating the bosses. The game controls perfectly and Zero's animations are incredibly smooth, even when compared to the PSX games. They really nailed the graphics in this game. The music and sound is less memorable.
The game is hampered by a couple negative points worthy of mention.
First, the game presents you with the Cyber Elf system. Through this system, you can upgrade Zero, give him energy tanks, and in general make the game a lot easier. The problem with this system is that to use Cyber Elves, you not only have to find them in the levels, but also gather up enough energy for them to reach their full potential. With some taking upwards of 1200 points, you'll find yourself standing in the Underground Lab stage hitting those spider robots for hours. This is just bad design. If a player wants the item granted by the Cyber Elf, it is already at their option to use it or not. If they want to use it, don't put this artifical hurdle in their way. If they want an item bad enough, they are going to sit there and gather the energy to do it, so why not just let them have it?
The second point is the difficulty. The game has a slightly wacky difficulty level in that it is harder in the beginning than it is towards the end. That's because when you use the aforementioned Cyber Elf system, you will gain items that make things a lot easier. Until then, the first two or three bosses are going to be very difficult. Indeed, the whole concept of giving Zero one life to get through a level and limited continues is just harsh and will easily frustrate the casual gamer. In the future, Capcom should bring back the original lives and unlimited continues premise. At least, after you beat it, you can start over again with all of your weapons and upgrades. The bosses, once you have the means of defeating them, are a joy to fight again, mostly because they are so original in both design and attack strategy.
Even with these problems, Mega Man Zero is still an awesome game. Capcom really outdid themselves with this one, creating a game that easily rivals the past two Playstation Mega Man titles. If you are looking for a fine Game Boy Advance game you won't defeat in a couple hours, try this one. I would recommend this to side-scroller fans and especially those who are looking for another game like it after having beaten Metroid Fusion for the fourth time.
Customer Review: Hard but still fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I must admit the second level is incredibly difficult especially the boss so make sure your saber sowrd is on a high levelalthough the games grafics are very good and It should give ya sommin to do
Customer Review: Hard, hard, hard as hell.
Summary: 3 Stars
Well first of all this game is pretty decent as far as gameplay goes. On one hand it's a great side-scrolling adventure, on the other hand, it's menacingly challenging. I mean really, the second boss (notice the word "second") is really hard! Overall it's a great adventure, until you get to the second boss!Customer Review: Megaman Zero-hardest game ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Mega man Zero is by far the hardest game ever i have played. The game consists of the normal sidescrolling charicteristic that almost all megaman games have had, but adds a whole new twist. you fight AS zero, (the red guy with the sword), and have to defeat megaman, who is destroying all your fellow repliods.Why is this so diffucult you ask? well besides the confusing part with the cyber-elves (little elves you collect, and use for an effect), the bosses are more difficult, the enemies are fast, and an hour and a half of frustration and soda can lead you to the fruit of your labor, the defeat of level one.
The hardest part of thwe whole game are the bosses. Finding a pattern and escape from all thier attacks isone thing, but actually being able to execute it is another. in this game, there is no such thing as luck
Customer Review: cut scene city!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you can bare the very very very long intro....Ok Capcom programmers we know that you're clever, this is a wonderful addition to the Megaman series, without megaman...just don't expect it to be easy. Game play is smooth. Bosses are extremely difficult to defeat, Graphics and sound 5 out of 5. Thank God for the save function.Peace out...