If you are a fan of the Mega Man X series, when you mention Mega Man X6, you will probably have mixed feelings in your heart. Although it has been shit since X5, X6 brings a malicious level design and an unpolished system. It is really a dark history of the series. However, a fan game built from scratch using the Gamemaker Studio 2 engine by independent development team Cat Yard Games《Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare》(Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare), is bound to bring players “what Mega Man X6 should really look like.”
In the demo version displayed at Sonic Fan Games HQ, this remake showed a very high level of sincerity and quality, arousing heated discussions and live broadcasts in the Mega Man community at home and abroad. Many people also knocked on the bowl and hoped that the official version would be released as soon as possible:
Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare download URL
You can find the game download at the URL above. Currently, the game is only a Demo version. You can follow this page to wait for game updates:
The entire file is about 465MB, and the virus scan did not find any problems:
Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare Trial Report
Let me briefly explain this trial report to you:
Controls selectable keyboard/joystick:
The beginning of the game tells a little about the story that happened before X6:
Aaliyah’s face also looks much prettier than the original version (laughs:
This remastered version of the game is not just a reproduction of the graphics. It can be regarded as a renovation of the unreasonable aspects of the original X6. The developers have redesigned the many shortcomings of the original version. The themes and features of the original levels are retained, but the terrain and rhythm are completely redone, returning the game to the smooth platform action experience it deserves:
None of the retained elements have been changed, and they have all been optimized. Like the original shortcoming of the beam saber being stuck when slashing, this game has also been corrected:
Compared with the original version, this version of the game has many more elements and newly developed enemies, and the playing experience is also different from the original version:
The demo version of the game has been released so that players can experience it. Later updates will also release Zero for operation:
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prologue level: Eurasia Crash Site.
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Four boss levels: Including Amazon Ruins, Inami Temple, Magma Furnace and Weapon Center.
The display screen after selecting a Boss is also different from before:
You can even find bosses in the game:
The troublesome “Nightmare Soul” and hostage rescue systems in the original version have also undergone tremendous changes. In this version of the game, obtaining enhanced parts is no longer tied to the number of hostages rescued or the hunter level. Players can use the collected “Nightmare Souls” as currency, and then directly purchase upgrade chips in the store. And your “Hunter Level” is now purely determined by the number of thinking robots successfully rescued. This change can be said to be quite good, and finally you will no longer be kidnapped by the original nightmare system:
You don’t even have to worry about the hostage being infected by the nightmare and dying. Once infected, the nightmare hostage will still have the word HELP on it. Defeating it can also rescue the hostage:
In addition, in this game, players can freely mix and match different armor parts to create their own fighting style. In addition, the developers have also given new abilities to those armor parts that were less popular or useless in the original version, greatly increasing players’ willingness to collect and try different combinations:
Mega Man X: Viral Nightmare gameplay experience
So far, I have only experienced the levels of Dragonfly Commander, but the difficulty of getting started is still a bit different from the previous game. The enemies in the new remastered version have become smarter, especially the boss part. It can be regarded as changing the originally malicious and difficult part into a hard-core challenge (laugh! If you have ever been so angry that you threw the handle in a level of “X6”, or are eager to relive the golden age of 2D action platforms, this is definitely a masterpiece you can’t miss:
Source: KOCPC Chinese