It's never said explicitly but I like to think that Zero trained with Colonel to master this new style, as Colonel is also a lightsabre user. His buster is gone entirely, as his new fighting style favors his Z-Sabre exclusively. Finally we can play as Zero for an entire game and this time he plays wildly differently than X. This game may be called Mega Man X4 but it might as well have been the first Mega Man Zero game. Once again X seems to have traded in his armor upgrades for store credit and gotten a crap deal as he starts off with no armor. X uhhhh has been fine I guess? We don't really get much information on what X has been up to since the events of MMX3 but we do know that he has apparently taken a rookie Maverick Hunter named Double under his wing. Things seem to be going well between Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters, until X and Zero are summoned to action. Zero even seems to be romantically involved with Iris, though the exact details of their relationship are unclear (this is an area of the story I have some issues with, but again more on that later). Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters have been working side by side and during this time Zero befriends the colonel of Repliforce, aptly named Colonel, and his sister Iris. Repliforce seems to follow a much more rigid and traditional military structure than the Maverick Hunters, having an explicit chain of command (at least we can assume this due to the presence of General and Colonel, and their apparent authority in Repliforce). Fearing that the Maverick Hunters would not be enough to combat the Maverick threat, a new army is created: Repliforce. At this point I think it's safe to say we're well over a year since the events of Mega Man X1. It's been some time since the events of Mega Man X3 (it's not really made clear exactly how long but we know Mega Man Xtreme 2 takes place between X3 and X4 so we can assume at least several months). I will do my best to point out specifics of why the story falls short instead of just complaining about it, but I'll get into that later. Finally, this was the Mega Man X game I had been waiting for. It has the tight action packed gameplay we've come to know from the Mega Man X series up to this point and having X and Zero both completely playable with wildly different play styles blew my freaking mind.

I just want to preface this LP by saying that this is one of my favorite Mega Man X games (and by extension one of my favorite games period), but it is not without its flaws. Introduction Videos Episode 01 - It's Zero Time! Episode 02 - Drew Does Not Suck Episode 03 - Fwost Walwus Episode 04 - Uppercutting Peacocks Episode 05 - What Am I Fighting For? Episode 06 - Sound Board Sully Super Bonus 01 - Drew Sucks at Cheats Super Bonus 02 - Double

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