Sanae Toumaden X

This is a great Megaman X clone! It's also full of references to other franchises, such as Castlevania and Metal Slug.

i downloaded and played this front to back in about 2 hours. I'm a megaman x4 zero speedrunnner so i felt right at home. the characters are charming, the stages are fun, it's an enjoyable little game. absolutely nails the feel of the psx X games in a way that a lot of higher budget and more polished imitators completely miss. i see there's a sequel, i might run that next.

TL;Dr - Feels like a fan game I would have downloaded back in the late 2000s to the early 2010s. Many level design and character tweaks could have been done better. You aren't missing anything if you don't pick this up. I'm pretty conflicted on this game. I've heard imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but several things feel like they're lifted or traced from whatever franchise they wanted to parody. I'm a huge fan of Mega Man games and games similar to it. Very clear what this game is trying to be and it's unashamed of it. Even by it's own description, it's a "A Mega X Touhou fangame with no X." Mega Man X4 is my favorite Mega Man game, with Sanae herself playing a lot like Zero from that game. I wish that was where the inspirations ended but we have a LOT of things going on here. Off the top of my head: - the Intro stage boss is clearly traced from the Sigma boss from the intro stage of Mega Man X5. - The final boss is a trace of Sigma from Mega Man X1 - Sanae's slash doesn't just feel like Zero's Saber, the animation itself looks like a recolor of the original sprite To put aside the questionable use of references and inspiration, the game's quality and polish are…

After you complete the Remilia stage the SDM explodes. Perfect for any avid Touhou fan!

No button remap in game, and the dash button seems to have a lag when trying to jump. I didn't even trust the dash-jump, and would only do double jumps or jump-dashes. This is a huge buzzkill in a Mega Man X clone. Also, the content just isn't there. No collectibles besides 8 life ups that don't really matter. Pretty much every boss can be face-tanked and the double-jump trivializes all the platforming. The game is done done in an hour and then there's no reason to come back.

uhhh.... control is sluggish. dash+jumping always stop at same point. and zero's infinite slash (dash>slash>dash>slash infinitely) is slow. so kinda same speed with 3 combo attack. stages are easy, even with sluggish control.