The next game I beat on my Pi was, predictably, Mega Man X2. I was particularly excited to play this one, as I love Mega Man X, but had never really given X2 a proper playthrough. And I enjoyed it quite a bit! Most of the things that made the first one great are all here. The music is great, the controls are perfect, the bosses and level designs are fun, and the graphics are fantastic. I also appreciated that the end boss wasn't quite so soul crushingly difficult as it was in X (maybe it's just me). While it mimics greatness, however, it doesn't really expand much on the formula of X at all. And that, ultimately, is what made X so great, paying heed to the Mega Man formula while adding in another layer of complexity that separates it from its predecessors. Again, this is very hard to do, so it doesn't make this a bad game by any stretch. And it was certainly better than X3...but we'll get to that soon.
Altogether, I'd give this one a 8.3. It was fun and engaging, but not very inventive.
-TRO
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