Mega Man X3 Review - Quickies Don't Cut It

[@colefitzpatrick8431]

In Mega Man X, charge up Rolling Shield on the walls of Sigma Stage 4. It makes Sub -Tank farming much easier. In X2, there are several locations where charging up Silk Shot in certain locations will summon large quantities of health for Sub -Tanks. In X3, get the Golden armor and simply wait around, your health will regenerate immediately, and your Sub - Tanks, too.

[@Laenthor]

King Koleyolis III The problem is not how you tank-farm, but its existance alltogether is the problem...

[@nikopteros1659]

not even the golden armor i believe the head chip or the chest chip does the job too

[@dmas7749]

that doesn't make it more fun though

[@nikopteros1659]

@@dmas7749 i mean how he put it, it sounded like it was a gigantic chore that every time you died you had to spend hours when discovering secret ways to recover energy quickly is cool and makes you feel smart so i'd say that yeah it makes it more fun. (thats how i see it at least)

[@dmas7749]

@@nikopteros1659: it's still annoying, to the point where as a kid i decided to fight X1 Sigma without subtanks because it took too damn long to farm energy because i was sick of dying to him after using them X2 requires you to game over and leave the stage to find a secret area, which isn't much better and i usually don't like to wait when i'm so close to finishing a game, so X3's out too

[@CarloNassar]

11:28 For that sub tank in Neon Tiger's stage, I just went on top of one of those dragonflies and waited until it went to the sub tank so I could collect it.

[@Galiaverse]

X3 was my first Mega Man X game. And yeah the bosses kicked my butt left and right. On my first rental of the game I couldn't beat a single Maverick boss. Not one. ... ...and I LOVED THE GAME FOR IT. Maybe it was just the novelty of these awesome fully-realized colorful bosses with all these crazy attacks and feeling defeated but never downtrodden. Maybe I naively or intuitively realized these bosses weren't unbeatable or unfair. But I had to play more of it! It also inspired me to draw versions of my own maverick bosses. :P

[@sirmoony5633]

"MROWOWOOWAR Lack of platforming!" So what? Mega Man games are always about jumping and shooting and X3 is no different! Duh! LMAO

[@mariatelos]

I kinda hate the buster upgrade in this game. Once you obtain it, you can no longer fire off charge shots while dashing under enemy fire if charged for too long.

[@paragon722]

To be fair. X2 could fill it's sub tanks in literally no time at all with the Silk shot. Bubble crab. Giga the fish. Jump in the wall. Fill tanks. Back to sigma in under 1 minute.

[@MarksTournaments]

I'm watching a review of a game from the 90's and love it more than today's trailers

[@RetropolisZone]

Well that's certainly an honor to read. I'm glad I can entertain so many of you. :)

[@LeftSideDown]

X2 was actually much harder than X1 in my opinion

[@Gunplabro]

Same. X2 has some fucking bullshit. Violins is harder than every single boss in X1

[@SuperZombieBros]

I disagree but I see where you’re coming from.

[@randerins]

Well...by fact, it is.

[@LeftSideDown]

Looking back at X2, those frame-perfect heart tank jumps were complete bullshit. The X Hunter stages also seemed pretty rushed.

[@xentrix89]

i always found x1 the easy one out of the 3 i dont know how anyone could think that game is hard (or even just more difficult the the latter games on snes) i dident play it in 10 years picked it up and beat it in 20/30min x2 and 3 on the other hand would take me wayyyy longer to complete if i just picked it up stages had harder parts and bossess were harder

[@jaredt2590]

Sigma's final form in X is really tough. The Rng makes it so even with 4 subtanks you may die or you may beat it without using 1. The hands moving toward you are such a pain.

[@diceb0mb]

Mega Man X3 was actually developed by one of Capcom's outsourcing companies, Minakuchi Engineering. They also worked on the Mega Man Game Boy line-up (excluding Mega Man II, which was BIOX) and Mega Man: The Wily Wars for Sega Genesis. That pretty much explains why some people believe X3 has a weirdly higher amount of bullshit than the previous 2 titles, because the same is said for the Game Boy titles. That being said, Mega Man X3 is BY FAR my favorite Mega Man game. Not just X, not just the platformers, but period.

[@niespeludo]

Which is pretty interesting. X1 was done by the Original Megaman Team, X2 was done by IntiCreates (of Megaman Zero fame and more) and this one by Minakuchi Engineering. Hence why X1 has such a focus on details and level design, X2 focuses so much on speed and execution and X3 tries so much new stuff.

[@Manas-co8wl]

This is really neat to know. Can anyone link me to the full list of involved teams for the proceeding titles, X4 and all?

[@TechBlade9000]

@@Manas-co8wl X4 was the OG Devs as well

[@Voltricity435]

@@niespeludo interesting. i think the zero series is by far the best one so maybe that's why X2 is my 2nd favorite X game and my favorite of the snes games

[@samuraikarasu]

I disagree with you about quite a bit of Megaman X3s qualities, but the way you present your point of view is really objective and fair. I like that. keep this stuff up, you know what you're doing

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks man :)

[@boredaltaccount19]

Yup

[@XenoParadox]

Well don't know about you mate, but I like the whole SNES trilogy

[@LowellLucasJr.]

XenoParadoxGamer I agree. Forget those Haters! The SNES Trilogy rocked!

[@Zer0Riverr]

Lowell Lucas Jr. rocks*

[@billcipher2604]

XenoParadox He never said he didn't like any of them.

[@mtgtexan1923]

Same

[@mrmanjumac3454]

I'm about to have played all 3 in a week right now. Absolutely adore all 3 games

[@garvensman]

This one was my favorite in the SNES trilogy, and still my favorite X game period. I know it's got some flaws, like the glitch with Blizzard Buffalo, not the best music at times and other such things, but the sheer amount of things to find with the heart tanks, the ride armors, the armor upgrades and the chip upgrades? Great stuff. Also, the secret chip and Z sabre seem like the most powerful armor X ever had, to me it feels stronger than the Ultimate Armor that shows up in the subsequent games.

[@jortalus]

Mega Man X3 has long been counted as my favorite game of all time. I came here after watching your X6 review (which was excellent), and I'm overjoyed to hear that you like X3. I've had my SNES copy since I was a little kid, and it's kind of a continuing pleasure to see its value continuing to increase over the years. I'd never sell mine, but it's awesome to think about that kind of collector appeal.

[@xebenatrosxeracroft5178]

X3 I feel is the most challenging of the classic trilogy which is great, I feel the enemies are much more aggressive and out for your head if your not used to this game. The Mavericks themselves all pose a unique challenge, although I personally have to avoid Volt Catfish, once he's half health I just cannot avoid his attacks, but can handle the other bosses without too much issue. The Weapons I found half were amazing while the other half were just...lacking, especially Frost Shield/Tornado Fang & Ray Splasher, the first 2 are too slow and just do not have enough power to be useful, the Drill is also just too weak to be useful, Ray Splasher could be nice if the shots weren't so inaccurate, I have to be up close for the weapon to be remotely useful. The other weapons, namely Parasitic Bomb, Gravity Well and Spinning Blade are just great tools to eliminate obstacles, Acid Burst and Triad Thunder have their uses too, as for the armor parts this time around are damn amazing, except for the Head Part, which is pointless sense it's effect is pointless if you have any memory of the game's items, the bonus upgrades are ok but not needed to beat the game, if you know how to get the Golden Armor, you can get all 4 super chips and become Super X, you basically become god if you know how to get Zero's Saber as well. As for the later stage bosses such as Bit and Byte, I can beat Bit with the buster no problem, but Byte can just get a virus and die for good, Byte is a bastard to deal with, even their combined form boss can be annoying sometime, but most of the later bosses are fine, Vile can be an annoyance sometimes but overall is fine, this game's version of Sigma though I think is by far the hardest and the worst to deal with, 1st form I just do not how people cannot take damage in that stage while his 2nd form is just mean, his missiles always ruined me, when I choose to not use Zero's Saber. Forgot to mention the addition of the Armor Suits that you can use from time to time....they are ok, but not needed they mostly are there for players to make certain sections less problematic to deal with, overall I consider X3 to be the best in the trilogy minus the weapons, some of the weapons are nice but when compared to X1's weapons, X3 just can't compete, but X3's weapons are much better then X2's yes, even Frost Shield and Tornado Fang can be of use.......Sorry but no, the X3 ports to the Saturn in terms of the music are trash, completely ruined the tracks and feel of the stages as a result.

[@xebenatrosxeracroft5178]

Games need to be difficult, not because I need a constant challenge but I believe it'll make you appreciate the game and reward better, as much as I enjoyed X4 as an example, it felt much easier then even X2.

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

I've played all MMX games excluding X7. I must say that X6 is the hardest, and not in the good way.

[@Dualblades47]

Overall a decent entry to the series, but the mind baffling collection mechanics and placement, infuriating final boss experience, and half-hearted implementation of Zero really hurt it in my eyes and keep it from being as enjoyable as the first 2.

[@colinbesares6797]

To fill up my subtanks in X3 I just went to Tunnel Rhino's stage and used Ice Sheild on the two beginning enemies that drop boulders and that filled the subtanks fast as hell.

[@wannabesteve777]

The Blizzard Buffalo weapon on certain enemies will always drop health. Also on the last last X1 stage, use the Armored Armadillo weapon charged up. Lol

[@mrmanjumac3454]

Lol yeah I would go mad wall jumping to buster shot over and over. Good lord lol

[@heropon12l9]

X3 is undoubtedly my favorite mega man x game. even if other people find it the weakest of the snes trilogy, i just remind myself that the whole trilogy is in a league of its own, so even the weakest among them (X2 for me) can be a great time. awesome video man

[@boredaltaccount19]

I agree

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

Even though X3 is considered to be the worst in the original trilogy of games, it is probably the one that I like the most. The bosses are challenging to fight buster only in a lot of cases, but become a good deal more manageable once you learn what makes them tick; it's for this reason why I think that people who give bosses crap for not being easily beatable as a first pick or that have certain elements that seem "cheap" are not fully understanding the game and it's intricacies on the whole. I think that it's a good thing that they don't make all the bosses this way because it makes certain ones more challenging to defeat, and even some that many people complain about being extremely difficult (most notably Armored Armadillo from X1 and Blast Hornet from X3) are not nearly as bad as people say they are if you take a step back to actually look at what they are doing rather than complaining about all the "shit" that's going on on-screen and dismissing it as being overly punishing. I also liked how much there is to collect in X3, and once you learn more about how the game is structured, there actually is, in fact, an order tou can tackle the stages in that makes you only need to backtrack once: *First, start with Tunnel Rhino's stage, this will be the only one you'll have to backtrack to *From there, I prefer to go after Blizzard Buffalo next. This is because Bit shows up first, and this way, you'll be guaranteed to have his weakness when you do fight him; the tornado fang also lets you get the heart tank without having to go back for it. *The next boss should then be Blast Hornet, so you can get the ride armor as soon as possible. *From there, Neon Tiger is the next option to prioritize, since you need the buster upgrade to get a lot of hidden secrets in this game. If you feel more comfortable doing so, he can be taken on third, saving Blast Hornet for this part instead. *Gravity Beetle should be next, since you need his weapon for obtaining the body armor upgrade. Also, with Blast Hornet already dead (even though he's weak to Gravity Beetle's weapon, ironically), the crates will be gone and you can get the heart tank as well. *Volt Catfish is the next victim, since you need the charged triad thunder in a couple of levels. Also, if you want to get the Z saber, now is the best time to fight and kill Vile (it helps that the teleporter is at the very beginning of the stage). *From here, you can go back to Tunnel Rhino's stage and get the head upgrade and heart tank you couldn't the first time through. Now you don't need to backtrack to any other stages! *The remaining 2 Mavericks can be taken on in whichever order you wish. On a side note, you can probably do Toxic Seahorse's level once you have the buster upgrade instead of waiting until later, but not so much with Crush Crawfish

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Such a bizarre game. There’s a genuine classic here, put its hidden under layers of weird design choices and obnoxious aspects. Bosses are absolutely punishingly brutal until you get their weapon and then they’re hilariously easy. There’s way too much shit to collect and parts of the game are needlessly obtuse (kill a certain boss with a certain weapon and then know to change to Zero for a random boss fight when you can’t do that for any other boss in the game to get the Beam sabre). Zero is also woefully underused and I didn’t even reason you could play as him until like my 3rd playthrough because he’s buried in one of the menus. The music has way too many electric guitar synths that get grating after a while, the level design is weirdly flat and dull, the super charged shot is awful and the path to the Gold Armor makes no sense (collect the chips but don’t equip any of them. What? How about just collect the 4 chips, why can’t I use any of them?). They try to do the whole ‘beating a certain boss changes other levels’ but it doesn’t make sense the way they do it. Beating Chill Penguin and having Flame Mammoth’s stage freeze over makes sense. Beating a random boss which makes a crate despawn in another level does not. It’s weird shit like that that just ends up bringing the game down and turning what genuinely might’ve been the best X game on the SNES into a total chore at times

[@JoeDun]

I recently first played x1 on 3ds and, not even kidding, every boss i fought against got stuck in a loop were i can keep hitting them with their weak weapon. This was extremely sad because it also happened with sigma's first form. It only took me about 2 tries to bring him down. (this isnt my first megaman tho, I have beaten Megaman 1-7, zero 1-4, and zx) Still good game tho i want x2 and x3 to hurry up and be released on virtual console. keep up the good work man i subbed

[@JoeDun]

Love Anime フォルダ yeah only on the new 3ds tho

[@mokadyn]

You need more subs! These are really good quality!

[@RetropolisZone]

+SimplyDylan Reading comments like this is pretty flattering and encouraging. Thanks!

[@mokadyn]

No problem! It is great to that!

[@petelee2477]

The x3 bosses have really simple and predictable patterns. The reason they seem much tougher than they should be is because one hit is half your health for some reason, they just do so much damage. This means you either win at full health or you screw up once and die. That's what it was like for me at least. Obviously weaknesses ruin them.

[@gatst7680]

What I did in X3 is had the Gold Chip, so I just stood still for a while whenever I needed my subtanks filled.

[@Trasc066]

Didn't even take into account the Hyper Chip and Helmet chip which re-fill your energy first then your sub tanks while you stand still. That is the workaround for using you sub tanks without having to manually refill them.

[@uandresbrito5685]

Or that you can force life or energy drops with Frost Shield and Acid Burst

[@shane8791]

Your content is absolutely excellent and a total stand out. Your channel deserves way more attention! Even if I disagree with you about the original ost vs the Red Book versions

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks! That means a lot. :)

[@Titusx]

funnily x3 is now on wii U XD

[@stevensurack2923]

Why does Zero’s charge shot look so cool to me?

[@vtnwesley]

So here's my pitch. Once upon a time the energy balancer was an optional/hidden item which we now take for granted. X3 could have easily had a super secret item that recharges sub tanks every time you die or slowly overtime when not in combat. Likewise a similar hidden item could do the same with weapon energy. Some games in the MM series already do this(I believe MM8 does refill all weapons upon death)

[@oneboxboi1091]

That’s in X3 already lmao that’s the Head Chip/Golden Armor

[@RuinAngel]

Not sure if my memory serve me right, but I remembered SNES X3 lags nearly everywhere when you fire a fully charged shot that combines into another shot. So it basically slows down like all the time lol

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

And I thought only I had a massive blast with X3, its my favorite of all the MMX games because of the excellent weaponry and the long fun stages to use them on. Also the music IMO is better than MMX1.

[@negaman8479]

You know that the icy weapon actually make some enemies drop health immediately right?XD

[@Miss_NatashaO]

Thank you for using Gravity Beetle's theme! It's still my favorite piece of music after all this time!

[@dustynvega]

I was extremely pleased that you mentioned the upgrade chips. One specifically cuts down on the time it takes to refill sub tanks.

[@cjszero01]

Aren't these long videos a pain to work on? ;) Another well made review.

[@RetropolisZone]

+cjszero01 Thanks. It has its downsides, yeah, but it's just how I review games, I guess. I don't like skimping over the details and there aren't many reviewers out there who do it like this for every title they cover, so I feel that's going to become my special trait. I can generally devote myself to things/people though. I'm pretty sure it doesn't kill me nearly as much as it would most others, haha. :) My question in return would be: aren't these long videos a pain to watch through? ;)

[@RetropolisZone]

+hofboys3 Well shit, that's awesome! Thanks very much for letting me know and glad you enjoyed. :)

[@gamerplayer8882]

+MLG SkrubLord pewdiepie is much worse and popular.

[@ArkaneEvangale]

Acid Burst has a passive effect that makes enemies drop Weapon Energy more often when finished off with that weapon. Similarly, the Frost Shield makes enemies drop Life Energy more frequently. Good farming tip for this game.

[@Bubby0304]

this is possibly one of the best reviews on any games I have ever watched. you earned a sub. I agree with everything you state in this video as well. (x3 is my favorite as well)

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks for subscribing! Glad you enjoyed.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Don't judge but I never knew why X3 wasn't taken the best. It was good in my opinion and had very good AMVs. Heck it had Different endings and was more complex then the first 2!

[@johnhorne3052]

Blame the lackluster ps1 version. The music's trash and the control is more stiff.

[@DriftSpaceZero]

It's refreshing to finally see a positive review of the game which I also thought was the best in the 16-bit X series, if not the entire X series. I firmly believe that all the negative opinions about this game are specific to the period of time during which it was released; gamers were entering the 32-bit era, and were largely unable to judge X3 on its own merits. The sluggish Saturn port also didn't help overall opinions of the game, nor did spreading its release over the boundary between iconic consoles of the 16-bit and 32-bit eras. It's a shame that the first playable appearance of Zero is so overlooked most gamers, as well as the expansive, non-linear level design and multiplicity of collectibles/upgrades featured in X3. Mega Man X3 has been my personal favourite game in the entire X series since I first played it in 1995; subsequent games were great, but none of them topped X3 in my mind. Thanks for an excellent review!

[@spacepope8495]

Best X series reviews on KZbin eeaassiilllyyy

[@gamingfromholland]

Awesome video and very original channel concept. You deserve way more subs! Keep going!

[@RetropolisZone]

+Gaming From Holland Heel erg bedankt! Zal ik zeker doen. :)

[@Projectwolfie21]

This was a great review. It's really nice to see a break in opinion on the SNES trilogy. Out of curiousity, have you played the Zero Project patch for X3 yet? 4.0 came out this year and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on it.

[@MrJTMartinetc]

Have you tried the zero project? it makes zero a regular switchable character like in the ps games so he can fight bosses and die and use special weapons. also nerfs him slightly so he's more balanced with x. It's wonderful. it even modifies the script in some places to accommodate playing as zero through story scenes.

[@RetropolisZone]

I have not tried the Zero Project, but my friend J of J's Reviews wouldn't shut the fuck up about it, lol. I heard it was pretty much the definitive X3.

[@MrJTMartinetc]

Retropolis Zone It is man, it is. Lol. I'm tempted to not shut the fuck up about it right now, but since you've already been beaten over the head with it I'll refrain. =)

[@RetropolisZone]

Haha. I may check it out sometime whenever I return to X3. If you want some love for the Zero Project, definitely check out J's Reviews on KZbin and his X3 review.

[@Dominus396]

Fyi: the Frost shield gives you automatic life drops and the Acid burst gives you automatic weapon drops. juggle both of this on the last stage if you used up all of your health tanks. also by using the password generator(not cheating) you can get 3 of the enhancement chips on you(I PERSONALY HATE LOOKING GOLD!!!). so dump the hyper cannon chip and stick with other 3 for this. you can instakill the 1st form of sigma by hitting him with a charged spinning blade while doing a neon jump. its hard but tripple jointed people should be able to doit. you can also skip the toxic seahorse stage propellers by dashing upward as close as posible to them then keep pushing forward and x should land his feet right above propeller number 2 wall kick quickly and then water skip left to get the kangaroo armor. you can also touch the stairs in tunnel rhino then double dash the ceiling till you see your first enemy. the stage becomes glitchy and you can get the heart container without triad thunder. im still working on a way to get the arm upgrade without the legs etc. l

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

Acid burts doesnt assure weapon drops actually

[@koopakape]

Ah yes, the bastard child of the SNES trilogy, which it seems few people played and has even fans split on its quality. I have to say that it wasn't my favorite at first, it didn't feel nearly as 'charming' as most Mega Man games in general, opting for this grittier, more mature feel even compared to the original MMX that I felt went a bit too far, especially n that mid-90s era of everything in gaming feeling like it was shifting to a more mature, edgier tone and leaving the happy, charming atmosphere of earlier gaming in general behind. However, as time passed, and especially given my not-very-positive opinion of most the later X games and coming back to it, I grew to not only like but really love this game. The atmosphere's pretty unique and cool, the music actually sounds amazing the more you listen to it imo, and in many ways it does have the most polished graphics and gameplay of the original trilogy Plus it has some of the coolest upgrades and secrets (gold armor + Z-Sabre has to be the most godlike form Mega Man has ever taken) and a good solid challenge throughout, it's just a great package. Yeah, the sidequest, chip stuff and Zero-death crap could have been better, but overall I think this is a great game and I hold it and X2 nearly equal in overall quality as just below X1. Anyway, good luck with the rest of the series -- there are positives and negatives to each game, but overall I feel it never really reaches the overall quality and feel of the SNES trilogy. Of course, having already seen your X4 review and how much you liked that, you might end up surprising me and really liking them all -- X6, for example, which is totally loathed by fans it seems, does have some of the worst aspects in the series but also some of the best IMHO, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you think about that.

[@dmas7749]

did you try Zero Project? it's a mod for this game that makes it truly amazing with Zero being able to fight bosses, collect armor and upgrades and being able to use the mechs without having to collect the Chimera one first

[@jamesdolnik409]

One thing I just noticed now as I was playing on the x collection for switch: in blizzard buffalo's stage, one of the enemies on the last section before the boss freezes you and the only way to get out of the freeze is to take damage. If you land improperly, and with bad timing, its possible to soft lock by landing on the edge of the projectile's arc, and just out of hit range for the enemy. Play safe

[@aerinlockeadon827]

Gold armor lets you get all four, which removes the need to pick one and iirc the ports let you switch them anyway

[@ultima2399]

I love your Megaman X reviews. Keep up the good work dude! X3 is always my favorite!

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks man!

[@mrapplegate4065]

I'm a bit surprised by this review, I found a lot of stage designs and bosses to be lackluster and the OST to be unbearably repetitive with the grunge guitar and all. On the other hand, I'm glad to see X3 get the time it deserves and I really do like this review. I too liked X3, but not as much as X2, X1, or X4.

[@mrapplegate4065]

Also totally agreed on the PS1/Saturn OST. It kicks ass.

[@RetropolisZone]

If I were to review X3 now, I'd probably be a bit harder on it. I still like it and think it's a good game, but in many ways not as well-done as X1, X2 and X4.

[@mtflims4092]

It really annoys me how there are 2 or 3 enemies that are placed like nightmare viruses throughout every stage

[@mjc0961]

Why aren't you using charged Rolling Shield to refill subtanks in X1? It takes slightly less than forever if you do it that way.

[@da_pancake_man]

am i the only one who likes x3 over x2 and 1?

[@PrincessZelda2020]

To be honest Rockman X3 arrangement soundtrack was absolutely horrible and it never went well with the game. The original soundtrack is 100 times superior.

[@marcievania]

It's really not that bad. Can't understand the exaggerated rage towards it.

[@miciso666]

only good point was zero.

[@michag798]

It sounds dumb and circusy most of the time.

[@marcievania]

*+Michał G* Fuck kinda circuses have you been to?

[@Manas-co8wl]

I'm hearing it for the first time and, despite X3 music still not being my taste, I could see myself enjoying the game more with that synth

[@randerins]

I loved X3 for the fact that is has more content than X1 and X2. Although X1 is still my favorite game of all time.

[@ryanaubrey3141]

in x2 there is that secret room in BC stage that you can fill your tanks with only 5 charges of silk shot, and in x3 with the gold (or head) chip you can just leave the game running, and go like, do something for a few minutes and have full tanks, and the final bosses arent that tough

[@RetropolisZone]

Whether a boss is tough or not is subjective, I'd say. As a newcomer I think plenty of people experience difficulty with these. Also, yeah I know about the farming spots and they mitigate the problem. I just don't think they fully resolve the matter, to be honest. Like, you can go to Bubble Crab's stage and charge the Silk Shot, but you'd have to know about it in the first place and constantly having to get a game over to get out of Sigma's level, going to Bubble Crab's stage and then returning isn't my idea of fun. I think the situations could have been handled better, was the main point. :)

[@AzureSymbiote]

Good luck to the channel.

[@RetropolisZone]

+AzureSymbiote Thanks man. I hope to be pumping out new videos soon!

[@Protagulous]

How do you record snes game in such a high quality?

[@RetropolisZone]

I used an emulator called Higan (formerly known as bsnes) and then recorded my monitor via my HDMI capture card. :)

[@Protagulous]

Retropolis Zone I thought it was an emulator, it looks so clear! I love your work by the way, nicely done.

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks! I appreciate that. :)

[@Protagulous]

Retropolis Zone No problem, as a content creator I understand how much work and time it takes. However I haven't started making reviews yet but I'll get there. In the mean time keep it up!

[@RetropolisZone]

Yeah, it does take a lot of time and effort! I hope I can reach a larger audience at some point! What games are you planning to review? Feel free to hit me up for some advice when you're putting them up! You can message me or contact me on social media if needed. :)

[@Protoman85]

I like X3, even if it is a drop-off from 2 and 1, it's still really good. The biggest problem for me is the repetetive enemies. And it's annoying how when as the powerful Zero, several enemies eat up both his charged buster shots(which look awesome by the way) before dying. That's my pet peeve about X3.

[@CalebCraft10]

X3 was the one I played most as a kid. Never got past the opening stage because I didn't know how to beat the boss, but damn was Zero cool to play as.

[@RippahRooJizah]

X3... as I said about X2... fine game, but not as good as the previous. I'm pretty meh on the Ride armor collections and the secondary enhancements are more or less pointless if you know about the Golden armor.

[@Adam-jo3tr]

You weren't out of shape, I still enjoyed the video :)) great review and attention to detail!

[@yugosyn7714]

To refill health, kill ennemie with the ice weapon, to replenish energy use acid bomb. Killing ennemies with the appropriate weapon makes the refilling chore way easier. Plus, missing energy to shoot the ice spike, kill enemy with acid to get more energy. Use ice for sub tank, rince and repeat. Hope it helps a few player, try it and see for yourself. Each weapon increase the odds of drops and... it's a way to manage them too.

[@thefinalskarm1754]

i hate the buster upgrade a lot

[@zacsolo1594]

how in the world do i make the barrier appear it just wont

[@PositronRobo]

Great review. Man I really hated the replaced audio in the PS2 collection version. It just sounded wrong for a SNES title, I suppose. But it did give me a chance to play through the whole game, and I definitely enjoyed a lot more than I did as a kid. Back then I felt the stages and bosses were too difficult and I had a hard time even defeating one of them. OH, and you're totally right about dying at the final boss and trying to replenish the E-tanks...this was the main reason I could never defeat Sigma in X1 as a kid. If I died once, I would just get discouraged and switch off the game.

[@tdawgmaster1729]

X3 is by far my favorite of the SNES trilogy. Fantastic sountrack, the best armor in the series (yes, I think golden Third armor is better than Ultimate armor), the most well-balanced weapon set aside from Tornado Fang, and the best super weapon in the Z-saber. My only gripe with it are that some of the 8 Mavericks are nearly impossible without their weaknesses (Seahorse, Catfish, and Beetle, all of which suffer immensely from Spark Mandrill Syndrome) and that some enemies and bosses deal WAY too much damage without power ups (Blast Hornet's sting attack, the Wall Cancer enemy, and Sigma 1 come to mind). Other than that, X3 is a nearly perfect game for me

[@ThreechTHEdruid]

imo snes music is the best in x3 ps1 and Saturn too joyfull

[@Pan_Z]

The SNES music is audio assault

[@harizbadrulhisham3805]

The subtank issue for the finale sigma battle. I think thats a strategic play as well. When you fighting him and very low on health, you have to make a judgement call either to use the sub tanks or admit defeat to save the subtank..i liked that. Yeah collecting subs back all the time was tedious. Thats why i opted for the helmet upgrade. It cam replenish your subtank if u stand still. I just have to leave x standing still and went made a sandwich while waiting. Good times.

[@aerinlockeadon827]

I think those sections with not much going on are there so you can take advantage of the regeneration ability in a safer environment

[@chgjake2230]

X3 is my favorite thanks to its difficulty. I find it harder than the previous 2 games which is great since I had already played them and was ready for a more difficult challenge.

Actually, you can refill your weapons if you loose at Sigma For some reasons, when you kill enemies with the Acid B., when they drop something, it will always be weapon energy, even at the spot before Sigma Also Ray S. works the same but for health, so you can farm for your subtanks and when it's empty recharge it It's still long as hell, but at least there is that.

[@SQGReviewShow]

Love this game. It's so much fun to play through again and again. My friend J of J's Reviews warned me about the stupid nature of the chip upgrades, so I got the Gold Armor instead

[@SQGReviewShow]

Btw, excellent review

[@RetropolisZone]

+The Side Quest Gamer I think all Mega Man X games I've played so far are a lot of fun, but X3 just has a sense of depth and replayability X1 and X2 do not have, so I would agree with you. Thanks for the comment. :)

[@dmas7749]

personally i find that gold armor makes the game a little bit too easy try without it next time

[@Jackelbeaver]

x1, x2, x4, and x8 have easy ways to refill your subtanks, which is part of what makes those games better designed. In X1 you can use the charged rolling shield to instakill the worms by touching them in sigma 4 and quickly fill up your subtanks in about 10 seconds. In X2 you have the hidden rooms where you can charge junk shot to draw in a ton of energy capsules. In X4 you can just go to the top of Frost Walrus's stage at the start and find a ton of weapon and energy capsules. In X8 you can just use scrap metal to refill your tanks right away at the shop menu. X3 is really terrible because it doesnt have easy ways to fill your tanks at the end. The closest they have is that a charged ice shot will cause the first walker mech in the sigma stage to drop large energy over and over, but it's a huge pain and not reliable or easy.

[@RetropolisZone]

+JackelZXA But it's still a waste of time and you have to know about the secret rooms/combinations of weapons to begin with.

[@Jackelbeaver]

Retropolis Zone megaman is all about knowin the secrets. (Hadouken!) That's what Nintendo Power was for!

[@RetropolisZone]

+JackelZXA Eh. Having secrets is cool for replay value and that sense of reward. Making the game tedious as hell to complete just because you don't know secrets? I honestly think that's annoying and purely to pad out game time.

[@Jackelbeaver]

Retropolis Zone Not when it's expedited. If you got full subtanks as a reward for dying then it would be advantageous to waste a life. Dying shouldn't be a reward. You need to have some form of game balance to it. You have exit capsules in x2, so its easy to pop into a stage and then back out in less than a minute. X3 actively wastes your time to fill up your tanks. They don't give you any slack.

[@RetropolisZone]

+JackelZXA I can see your argument to game balancing, but I'm still iffy on it. I wasn't saying sub tanks filled as a reward for dying; I was saying all your sub tanks filled at any point you face the final boss, even when just approaching it initially. The player went out of his/her way to find these sub tanks in the first place, and if you make the final bosses pretty damn hard without 'em, isn't that enough? If the process of refilling sub tanks is so boring that that is the reason you can't be bothered to try again... is that fun and well-balanced? Shouldn't the punishment for dying to the boss simply be restarting from the start of the fight? Why does it need tedious sub tank refilling on top of that?

[@earljaycaoile5071]

I had no idea there was a PS1/Saturn version of X3. Interesting to find out and listen to the audio as well. Thanks for that. I do enjoy the better sound quality, but it certainly gives the game a different feel...

[@ArrisonChan]

For the record, I think that filling sub tanks in X3 is easier than any of the other SNES counterparts since killing an enemy with frost shield will literally *always* drop health. I do still think filling the tanks is a bit repetitive, but still. That combined with the fact that the helmet chip fills tanks too just kinda nulls that.

[@246trinitrotoluene]

The snes music composition was just way stronger. Regardless if the sound samples arent as good. The remixes often missed the point and just sounded way worse.

[@johnhorne3052]

True. Mega Man has ALWAYS been about rock/heavy metal. The ps1 tracks sound like elevator music.

[@wiffmastermase]

I noticed in your MMX2 review and neither in your references to it in X3, there are 2 locations you can go to (Bubble Crab and Crystal Snail) where you can charge the silk shot and instead of a weapon, you get a bunch or large health tanks. You can refill your sub tanks in 30 seconds. While I grew up to these games, 'this' was the one I played the most on SNEX9x v1.2 (when the encoder altered white noises making Crono's luminaire sound bad ass). I spent countless hours doing no-damage + floor is lava runs before youtube was even a thing. Playing on keyboard is surperior in every way.

[@notveryultraguy]

That also exists in overdrive ostrich

[@maysinbell5765]

@@notveryultraguy Yee I always forget that one above the first jump

[@justinpalmer4808]

you can use the acid attack on enemies to spawn weapon energy pickups in the final sigma stage.

[@soulcrona5650]

The soundtrack is easily the most memorable thing about this game and motivated me to keep playing and Gravity Beetle's stage theme is just perfection IMO its the best ive heard in the series

[@dsdom2]

12:20 the same thing was in x1 though, you had to beat chill penguin to get the heart container in flame mammoth's stage and vice versa

[@harizbadrulhisham3805]

X3 is my fav X game of all time. I have to disagree with you on certain points. The screen scrolling making you not knowing what awaits you underneath made you be more careful by carefully and slowly slide on the wall when going down. Some of the bosses were very hard without weakness weapons, making the trial and error and discovery more fun. The obvious but unatainable upgrades without certain weapon or elements make you try and error how to gain them. You can change between enhancement parts by going back to the the enhancement part portal. Just heating but not killing Bit and Byte via their weakness makes and interesting revenge story on their part. The discovery elements is the best balance amongst all 8. I had a blast playing it.

[@Ghaleonh41]

Nice review! Like I noted on the X1 review, there's a hack that allows you to play as Zero fully. You should check it out!

[@RetropolisZone]

+Ghaleonh41 Thanks! Yeah I know of that hack. Maybe I'll check it out some time - that is whenever I really have the free time to do that. :P But cheers for the suggestion. :D

[@InfernalBanana]

I have to agree with a majority of what you said. For me, X1 is pretty fun, but it can be a cake walk in some levels. X2 offered some difficulty, but the bosses weren’t that bad. X3 was really hard as far as bosses, had some terrible leap-of-faith level design at times, and I found 100% to be a pain in the ass as far as some of the arbitrary tasks for obtaining some of them. Also, stuff like killing Vile, Bit, and Byte, and obtaining the Z-Saber as X are all arbitrary, along with the chip system being permanent and having to just know about the Gold Chip to get the Golden Armor. It made item hunting not fun, at least for me.

[@acepilotsmall9429]

Uhh for the end of the game just use ice shield to get health to refill your sub tanks and acid burst for wepon energy (Ice shield always drops health and acid burst always drops wepon energy)

[@unixman84]

I don't know how I missed this video before. You did an outstanding review. X3 is my favorite game of any (pretty much). I agree with every point you made from experience. Solid video and thank-you. PS: I listen to X3 remixes often (cheesy I know) haha. There is a special place in my heart for this game series.

[@RetropolisZone]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@Mochi_Madness87]

I seem to consistently catch myself humming either Blast Hornet's Theme or Blizzard Buffalo's theme when I'm at work..dunno why.

[@er5624]

I have never died at sigma in mega man X2, it is the easist one in the X series

[@dmas7749]

did you try fighting him buster only?

[@kaexewires7531]

@@dmas7749 he probably didn't.

[@zhaoyun255]

Zero Project of this game fixed A LOT of issues. Especially the ability to use Ride Armor AS SOON AS YOU GOT ONE of ANY TYPE or you can charge your special Weapon w/o the arm upgrade.

[@cassioazevedo1482]

Fulling your subtank in X2 is very easy. You just have to go to the sea stage and use the butterfly weapon on a secret spot to summon health.

[@ChaseWSanders]

Refilling the sub tanks isn't THAT big of a deal. In X, just charge up the Rolling Shield and it will fill up in no time at all. Like, you can go from 0 to all 4 filled in about 2 minutes or less. In X2, there are a few spots where you can charge up the Silk Shot and get TONS of health, filling up to full in less than 2 minutes. I found Bubble Crab's to be the easiest and fastest. In X3, you can use the Frost Shield attack and you will get a health up every single time when you kill certain enemies, such as the one that shoots 3 bombs at an arc. I will say that X3 is the worst of the 3 and they really should have just done what they did with X2 and provide a secret way to fill them up quick.

[@jonesthemoblin1400]

The enemies in Sigma's fortress do drop weapon energy, but you have to use the Acid bomb to get them to drop it which, of course, uses weapon energy.

[@CarloNassar]

For the bosses, I think they should've done it like in Xtreme for the Gameboy Color, except way earlier. Have the bosses continue their pattern no matter what weapon you use.

[@buzzygaming6843]

anyone know the intro music?

[@RetropolisZone]

Gravity Beetle (SNES version).

[@BlueGuitarMusic]

MMX3 was my favorite title growing up, and doing a lot of no buster runs as an adult Id say of the original 3 (the best 3) X3 is pretty well and tied for me. All 3 games are so much better than most modern games the differences are really insignificant- so the focus on how much worse a handful of people think X3 is is a real turn off lol. Especially considering the pool thinks X1s bosses were too hard.

[@Theapeswillescape]

I honestly am sick of hearing "people were complaing it was getting old" Because it doesn't matter if its the same formula as long as its fun imo

[@FLAFRefuelled]

I don't care what people say, Vile is by far the coolest and best megaman character.

[@OmegaEnvych]

Huh, PC port of MMX3 was my very first Megaman Game ever back in 1997. And disc still works. It's still a fine game, I think. btw I have completely contrary thoughts about music. IMO it's PS/Saturn/PC soundrack works better in the stages, though its personal thoughts

[@mrmanjumac3454]

The frost shield make enemies drop health 100% of the time. So just grinding in that room before sigma with it doesnt take too long

[@ustioteamleader9716]

I really loved the music from X3. They had a much better flow than in X2 in my opinion. X2 felt a bit broken to me. But X3 has that machine like tone with a fast beat. One of my favorites in the series. Like stage select 1, doppler stage 1, shining tigred and explosive horneck. of course, it doesnt beat the soundtrack from X6.

[@lowlifer8957]

for x3 he could just get the gold armor to fill his sub tanks and for x2 just go to overdrive ostrich and then charge the silk shot in a secret room.

[@danielartinelli3495]

I think X2 is my favourite of the three, and I've never quite been able to figure out why. I think it's soundtrack is on par with, if not better than X's. I mean, tracks such as the intro stage, Magna Centipede's, Flame Stag's, and Crystal Snail's are fantastic. On the other hand, you cannot find a more subjective topic than video game music lol. I like that they started adding more collectibles and side stuff, but I feel like X3 set that onto a path that the later X games have with all the different armours and various things, and it's just... why? I like X3's enemies, but they abuse those cannon dudes a bit too much. It's like how Mega Man 2 had too many Sniper Joe enemies for my liking. The first time I played X3, I dunno... it felt like a chore. I described it to my friend, saying, "Something feels... off about this one." I was enjoying it significantly less than the previous two. I also feel like this one was far too structured and rigid in terms of not straying from a specific formula for level design. Example: Why does (almost) every level need a miniboss? Please. Still better than X7. *shivers*

[@Rodolphin]

The Playstation version of X3 allows you to switch between the enhancement chips for your armor