Top Fifteen Favorite Mavericks

you're not going to get me to blank Oh man oh man you guys asked for this one yeah I know I spent 40 minutes tearing apart the worst bosses in megaman x so now that i've vented properly and let off some steam i'd say it's time to look at the positive you know like i normally do and truth be told there are plenty of awesome mavericks to be fought and harvested for their sweet weapons so now that i've torn the worst of the bunch of new one i'd say it's time to talk about the best of the pack same rules as last time at least one maverick from each main series game no mavericks from command mission and only mavericks that give you weapons whether it's their stage battle weapon or whatever these are the mavericks that rock the most house i don't think i need to explain this further get your weapons ready it's game time the reason that I'm including bosses from all the main series x games is twofold one for the sake of balance and two to give credit where credit is due don't get me wrong you already know how much I hate x7 but with how much I've hammered it into your skull but with the many many complaints I have about the game at least I can say that splash war fly is decent I guess well let's start with what could have happened considering how bad x7 already was a water level would have been all kinds of intolerable well guess what x7 didn't do instead we get to tear ass through a battleship and you know I can actually stomach it I mean there's enough explosions for a war movie a couple of okay mini bosses and at least the Reptoids are mostly in places that don't feel to keep my main problem and it's a common one in this game is the enemies spawn distance many enemies don't show up until they're up in your grill and you can't prepare for them properly which can lead to a lot of cheap hits as for the fight itself it's tolerable as well war fly uses the environment to his advantage but he does so in a way that doesn't feel cheap his attacks give you at least some warning so it feels fair and not an absolute rip the big problem that keeps him this low is the weapons yeah the spear is the only way to sounds the ear a part of the friggin mute button but the splash laser is broken when charged and in its normal state it's pretty much a glorified Super Soaker other things about this guy are at least decent fare I said something positive about x7 don't get used to it the roster in x8 was very hit-or-miss well mostly miss but still there were a couple high points in the lineup gravity Antonian was one of those high points the issue I had with gravity beetle in x3 was that he didn't properly use gravity in any way shape form capacity or nothing Antonian plays like a worn-out air horn the rooms have switches that took the gravity all over the place the gravity rooms can provide a lot of fun whether it's crushing enemies solving puzzles or tests stepping on one switch and letting Newton's laws do the rest you know for science and stuff like that my one issue at the stage is these rooms right here yeah whoever designed these death traps ought to be court-martialed or something I don't know the rest of level is pretty fun though the music is rather lackluster I like how the stage shows you how the gimmick works without putting you in danger that's doing it right the fight with Antonian is pretty fun too but at the same time it can be hectic as all hell his main tactic is controlling the arena whether it's that block that never goes away that vortex in the middle of the room that makes them hard to hit because it sucks up your shots why aren't you affected too I wonder for those green blobs that leave you trapped also he kind of flips the room every which way to Sunday after all that is part of his name and he's not afraid to get physical I mean biology class has probably told you that ants can lift several times their own weight and then he goes magneto and create giant blocks to drop on your head standing still is going to get you Rex the weapons again are a bit of a mixed bag spiral shots a gravity bomb and an overhead slash not spectacular but not terrible hey at least you had fun getting them though right I thought so I know I talk a lot of crap about X 6 but somehow someway I still manage to enjoy it am I crazy maybe or maybe I just have a high tolerance for games that a lot of people hate I mean for God's sakes I enjoy Castlevania judgement what are you gonna conform an angry mob fine torturers are on the left pitchforks are on the right come and get me okay now I'm getting off track but still while I do enjoy x6 even I can't deny but the level design is kind of [ __ ] actually no it's not kind of [ __ ] for the most part it is [ __ ] but there's always an exception in this case commander yen mark has the least amount of problems with him and is actually pretty cool first off check that design dragonflies dust have that cool factor to them don't they as far as the level goes it's not too bad it's a cave in the Amazon appropriately packed with bugs and worms and stuff it's relatively well designed well except for a couple leaps of faith and at least we don't have to worry about crushing ceilings or re stressors as far as the fight goes commander yen mark lives up to his name by commanding a fleet of mini dragonflies to provide cover fire conduct bombing raids and sweep across the screen you're better off going for him first since the more damage he takes the more dragonflies he commands he also has an awesome weapon to the N mark option is arguably the most useful weapon in the game being circled by three dragonflies ready to shoot when you say shoot is going to really make tough situations a lot easier now only the rest of X six was at least a solid but considering that a of the game was made without inafune a sensei's permission and B it was released less than a year after X 5 I guess I was asking too much but eh at least it was better than X 7 with X 5s maverick roster it was a crapshoot I mean we have goons that are either boring and stupid or god damnit I died again on the other hand we have some diamonds in the rough so let's talk about weight shame and affect you oh wait thats dark dizzy never mind carry on but seriously we've already established that vampires are awesome well usually awesome and the fact that this guy has what looks like a monocle makes me wonder why he doesn't have a top hat as well I mean if you're gonna go you might as well go all out right his stage is pretty average it's a planetarium which is pretty cool with enemies coming out of the constellations in the background and all that so it is kind of killed by the fact that those same constellations can sometimes create bucking def spikes also there's that moving platform so you're pretty much getting up for you guided tour we go from that to wait this looks familiar gravity flippin manipulation of blacks well looks like this is where Capcom started to run out of stage ideas not to say that this part is bad but we might have done with the no more originality well at least fighting dizzy is pretty cool when I said he was like shade man I meant to say that this is shade man on peds he's got the flying the diving and the sonar way it's and that's all well and good so what else you got bats lots and lots and lots of bats oh and he can freeze time as well which is why you get when you beat him trust me don't go into the virus stages without the dark hold on a sidenote dizzy actually has a little backstory apparently he was created by Sigma but a sketch is control Sigma not seeing him as a fighter eventually forgot about him yeah geez wasn't obvious announced it was a real ditch up next is the second rep from x5 on my list the sky bear manages to trump dizzy on most levels for starters he's a pegasus and former officer of the repla force oh I'm sorry though Reptoid Air Force seriously what is with the localization anyways being a Pegasus where do you think he's holed up an underground bunker well that just in right chief big higher Sun we're talking an Air Force Base and guess what a job we're taking today where the armed squad these bombs have a short fuse and if they go off they can take a good chunk off of your health I swear we don't get paid enough for this [ __ ] a couple issues I do have what the stage are that for one the enemies can really get in the way of your bomb disposal unless you have the falcon armor and the elevators are so slow but not as slow as the viruses he catch me if you can what's the matter running low on data that's for the fight itself it's pretty fast paced and skiver really knows how to throw his weight around a lot of his attacks are physical and considering he's got the sky to work with you'll need to stay on your toes this is quite similar to another fight from a previous game he also has the ability to create afterimages that actually deal damage as well as being able to create tornados that can sweep you away if you're not careful as for his weapons zero gets the after image and X gets the wing spiral which can be a pretty useful anti-air weapon a fitting reward for the Maverick of the sky and yet I think the Japanese name of spiral pegasion is a lot better yeah I was never a fan of Guns N'Roses be honest after five Mavericks from the more modern eras it's about time I head up the classics and you can't get much more classic than the original for the longest time I thought boomer co-anchor was based on some kind of bull no not bull as in malarkey I mean an actual bull though it's slender and slick design should have told me otherwise hey I was young it wasn't until years later that I actually learned this maverick was based on a stag beetle well at least it's better than a [ __ ] beetle and very much unlike the [ __ ] beetle I really like this maverick for one thing his stage is really cool it's a tower with some well-placed obstacles like laser traps in a quick-moving elevator - crushing blacks there's even a section which allows you to climb up the side which is cool the enemies and obstacles forced you to take things carefully after all you're on a mission and the last thing you want is a face full of lazer this stage really shows how much better the x-series does vertical stages from the classic series fight itself is pretty good - he's fast enough to rush you strong enough to toss you into the ceiling and his horns make him look like a next generation cut man but is a cakewalk if you have the homing torpedo but even with the X Buster it's not too hard if you play it smart as far as your weapon rewards the boomerang cutter is the next generation rolling cutter it flies in an arc and then comes back however there are a couple advantages for one it picks up items and two if it comes back to you you get the energy back plus you can use it to cut off flame em Strunk and to have launched octopuses tentacles godknows daying drawn back with fire Mavericks there's no middle ground there either why why do I have to keep bringing him up on the other hand we have guys like flame stag from x2 and this is how you respect the flame first off just look at this guy and tell me that he doesn't look cool he's a freaking deer with antlers made of fire his stage is also one of the best design stages in the series why well what's one of the big problems with fire stages insta-kill lava and what do you expect when you're in a freaking volcano that's about to blow insta-kill lava well surprise surprise this lava is not insta-kill granted it still does a crap ton of damage but at least you can get out of it if you fall in its complemented by collapsing pillars and tumble gas jets though I have to admit it's strange how the giant beetles blow up when they collide with the thin walls instead of the thicker ones logic unfortunately the fight is really easy fireballs flame charges and jumping on the walls it's predictable and a little bit underwhelming that seems to me would keep some of these Mavericks from getting any higher though I do like how his antlers turn blue when he reaches half health not to mention the speed burner is insanely useful it's a fireball that tears through mini bosses and is an absolute must for speedruns he just can't go wrong with fireballs solving all your problems and spitting in the face of blood Nick since 1985 one thing that the X series did better than the classic series was providing water levels that much to the surprise of all didn't suck most of the water stages in this series largely subverted the typical tropes and were actually well designed one example of doing it right was toxic seahorse the classic series isn't exactly known for having stellar water levels the biggest downfall of these levels is that Mega Man's decreased gravity is coupled with copious amounts of dearths Lloyd's on the ceiling in toxic seahorses stage there's only one ceiling section with spikes the water section itself is actually only a small part of the entire level most of the stage consists of well-placed enemies and some solid climbing sections which as I've mentioned is another thing that the X series does better than the classic series for the most part anyway then you get to toxic seahorse himself for one thing I really like his color palette he looks really vibrant and his design uses a lot of different colors his fight is really easy you have his weakness weapon buster only that's another story he starts out hoppin around the room and shooting as bubbles straight at you that bounced off the walls pretty straightforward then when he reaches half health he breaks out bouncing bubbles which are harder to avoid and make the fight a bit more challenging and at least you had a kick-ass weapon out of it the acid burst covers a wide area once it splits apart so I guess toxic waste has its uses after all still a no excuse for excessive pollution though okay this is the kind of thing that makes me love x8 for every bad stage there's a good one so it basically breaks even actually we have dark mantas so the game actually comes out a little bit in the black for starters testing about that name for a moment dark mantas just the sound of that name is totally badass and he's got the looks to match that design really makes him look dangerous those sidearms doe you're looking at a real reaper here his stage is also pretty awesome it uses darkness yeah but it does so in a way that doesn't feel intrusive and I'm sorry I'm just not feeling the music here can we take it to something else please thank you anyways there is a generator for the lights and if you have both Axl and the Electric weapon from gigavolt Manowar you can turn them back on and save yourself the trouble of course if you're in the stealth you can go all Solid Snake and take out enemies in the shadows trying to avoid tripping me alarms also there's quite a few hidden secrets that you can easily miss if you're not paying attention it's got a cool battle as well mantas can move through the darkness freely and has a few ninja-like moves which given my appreciation for ninjas is definitely a plus not only that but he becomes stronger the darker debts conversely he has a bit of a version to the light based weapons of mr. skunkweed ironically what this amounts to is that the fight is as hard as you make it which I can appreciate his weapons are pretty cool being dark based weapons second hunt down enemies so that's another thing he has going for him why do so many ride chaser stages have to suck vehicle sections have a nasty reputation as it is and the x-series at large does virtually nothing to help at whether it's awkward controls piss-poor level design are [ __ ] time limits only to ride chaser stages in the whole series got it right and one of them was from the game that introduced them when your first look at the thing is the demise of gbd that's not exactly the best sign but at least with overdrive ostrich's stage you don't technically need it even still it's intuitive enough since you can turn it around unlike other right Chaser stages riding your speedy bike to the desert like Mad Max feel so badass taking down other bikers through a freaking sandstorm and even shutting down said sandstorm of course if you want the heart tank here you're going to need to endure the sandstorm and drive the bike into the face or have pinpoint skills with your charged weapons and just getting to the fight is thrilling I mean X shoots down a missile while it's launching and now there's the battle with wait are you sure we're not fighting Roadrunners cousin I mean he has three attack pattern centered around dashing be it straight running hurdle hopping or leaping from the background to try to land on your head all the Acme equipment in the world isn't going to help you an ostrich bust up the slicers either you're going to need some serious dashing to get through this fight or the crystal hunter the sonic slicer is a good weapon here possessing both power and two-dimensional range especially since it bounces off the walls it's one of those weapons that just clicks with me kind of like ostrich himself beep beep [ __ ] beep remember how ostrich was one of only two good right taster stages well here's the other and it's about time I got to talking about x4 again considering that x4 is my favorite of the series it should come as no surprise to see at this high on the list and how about that we have a maverick who doesn't even wait until the boss room to get up in your face get stingray gets this high partially for being a great example of a vehicle stage done right the stage is fast paced but unlike squid ragequit it's done so in a way that doesn't feel like they went overboard with the obstacles it gives you time to actually react and with the intuitive controls of this particular ride chaser I feel like a badass plank to this stage it also throws enemies into the mix in a way that allows you the chance to either blast them or tear through them with the overpowered boost - that - is Opie it even drives off stingray himself when he attacks you in the second half of the stage when you actually fight stingray face to face it's a fun fight and challenging if you don't have his weakness weapon he starts up his favorite karaoke from the WHO and dives across the room shoots his babies at you oh god that is horrible once he gets low on health he'll pull some vacuum crap hoping to bring you to close to dodges charge okay that is smart fix you a free [ __ ] to term artificial intelligence as far as weapons go excess ground hunter is an excellent weapon for taking out enemies on the ground and on walls while zero finally gets the ability to air - hell yes you know that is going to help and it's an excellent reward for your skills and reflexes take notes every other vehicle section ever how do these creatures keep getting into my apartments how do you touch the landlord when I talked about toxic seahorse I mentioned how it was a water level done right well to find a better example we need to go back to the origin apart from X for the original X has the best lineup of bad guys in the entire series and obviously it has the best water level as well launch octopus did everything right that seahorse did only better for starters take a look at a stage what exactly do you notice about it it's incredibly open no tight spaces or corridors no issues with death spikes on the ceiling none of that crap that usually comes with water levels in place of those age-old annoyances as a wide open ocean area I found with aquatic enemies assaulting your ass vacuum fish angler submarines turtle artillery cybernetics sea serpents and hey they even threw in a battleship for good measure the wide open spaces make for plenty of speedrun potential without the worry of having your [ __ ] head split open eventually you reach octopus himself and he's tricky weather who have his weakness weapon or not for one thing he has an endless supply of missiles at his disposal where does he get all those add never mind it's video games don't question it not only that but he can create an underwater vortex to suck you in and if he grabs you he'll drain your health like a vampire or something guess those suckers aren't just for show his final attack he fires homing piranhas at you I am NOT making this up he shoots innocent piranhas to try to kill you I'm starting to sense a disturbing pattern here anyways you get a rather practical weapon here the homing torpedo is exactly what it says on the tin it's a missile that hones in on enemies when fired making it a very useful tool for battle one question though what is the English squid migraine refer to this guy by his Japanese name of opt apart Oh with all the talk about the awesome Mavericks in the original lineup you know that there was one maverick I couldn't go without mentioning storm Eagle is the clear fan favorite from the original and it's not hard to see why first off this guy's design is majestic and badass as all hell I mean can you say with a straight face that he doesn't look awesome second his stage is an awesome concept you're storming an airport loaded with moving platforms propeller grabbers and flamethrowers I especially like the scrolling cloud background the breakable glass that Heights the subtank and that rockin 16-bit guitar there are also these flammable canisters which explode when you shoot them enough that's one thing we just don't question Farrell's don't typically explode when you shoot them in real life unless you use incendiary rounds one set of those canisters also blocks the way to the helmet upgrade which only gets used two or three times in the whole game finally you get to eagle himself and holy crap you fight this guy on an airship as far as attacks go he can use his powerful wings and fearsome tornados to try to blow you off the ship fly into the air to perform a series of dive bombing attacks and spit out an egg that produces baby Eagles okay what is with bosses using their young to attack it is just sick anyways it's a fun battle but it suffers from one major drawback it's way too freakin easy if you're even pretty good at timing your dashes you can win easily without getting hit once at least you get a great weapon for it the storm tornado is downright broken it can tear through small enemies and even medium enemies like it's nothing one last note according to his lore storm Eagle was never actually infected with the virus but instead forced to serve under sigma after failing to stop him that in mind maybe he wanted X to defeat him or I could just be blowing smoke with everything the original ex did well I feel exported it a lot better you think that fighting in an airport is awesome how about taking on an entire Air Force by yourself because that's what stands between you and the fiercest feathered fighter to ever [ __ ] your [ __ ] storm owl is basically storm Eagle on steroids testosterone and crack and air commander and repla force was garnered the undying respect of his troops he ain't pulling any talons here from his design alone he has the presence of one who has the know-how of a true veteran and look at the fleeting commands you're going to be hopping across airship after airship dealing with aircraft laser cannons and giant beams of death all while piloting one of the best right armors in the entire series second half isn't as impressive and keeps this guy out of the top spot it's just a bunch of laser cannons and a subpar mini boss oh and there's death spikes but the fight oh man the fight if you don't have this weakness weapon you're in for a tricky fight not only the storm I will have command of the winds but his pin feathers are dangerous as well oh and when I say he has command of the winds I am not kidding not only can he shield himself with wind he can attack you with wind orbs dive on you from the air create tornadoes and even create a turnstile of wind blasts in a desperate assault it's a tricky fight but well worth it when you consider that you get probably the most practical weapon in the game for axe the feble cyclone fires vacuum orbs in both directions and is ideal for dealing with enemies when you're surrounded zero also gets a cool upgrade one that allows you to destroy bullets with your slash also he got to give the guy credit he really knows how to salute in choosing my favorite maverick I took the same approach as I did my monster hunter list by that I mean I needed a boss that went above and beyond simply being fodder for the ex buster and don't worry I'm not pulling a fast one on you you probably know who it is by now yes I know this was a predictable choice but you must be confusing me with someone who gives a [ __ ] well I don't I really don't because magma Dragoon is the clear choice for the number one spot for starters have I ever told you how much I love dragons well the only thing more badass than a dragon is a robot dragon so right off the bat we have double the badass and those beans he's wearing those are Akuma's beans so take the square of dragon x robot to the power of Akuma and we get a calculate a total of 5,000 percent badass factor and to get to him you have to tackle one of the best fire stages ever put together it's got everything lava boulders flame Jets well place enemies and the most awesome ride armor in the entire series it's so incredible that it can withstand lava and then you get to Dragoon himself and it's clear that Capcom put the most effort into this one maverick you see in the beginning of the game Dragoon is there to witness the destruction of sky Lagoon as it turns out Dragoon was the one who caused it to fall at the instruction of you-know-who just to goad the hunters into fighting him and this fight is brilliant everything in this fight is a clear reference to Akuma he possesses several of Akuma's attacks and even goes so far as to call them out by name he also has an array of other fire attacks including a fire stream a lava pillar and the power call down a storm of fireballs what's best about this fight is the variety of ways to fight Dragoon you can go Buster only for a challenge and you can make it easier with the weakness weapon like any other fight but for some real fun you can even bring in the ride armor and in the end you get awesome weapons of course the rising fire 4x and the iconic Ryo engine 4-0 which has become a staple in his moveset bottom line magma Dragoon is the total package he has every advantage the previous Mavericks have he's actually relevant to the plot and he is well deserving of his popularity with the fans if Capcom put as much effort into their business practices as they did into this guy they probably wouldn't be having as much trouble as they are now I'm the quarter guy and Capcom the writing's on the wall the fans want since I wanted so get off your ass and making new Megaman game damn it you you 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Keywords: The Quarter Guy, Top Fifteen, Favorite, Mavericks, Mega Man X (Video Game Series), Countdown, Video Games, joshscorcher, itionobo2, MaverickHunterZero75, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Video Game Platform), PlayStation (Video Game Platform), PlayStation 2 (Video Game Platform), Mega Man X (Video Game), Mega Man X2 (Video Game), Mega Man X3 (Video Game), Mega Man X4 (Video Game), Mega Man X5 (Video Game), Mega Man X6 (Video Game), Mega Man X7 (Video Game), Mega Man X8 (Video Game)

Id: OTZqbRifIyM

Length: 28min 36sec (1716 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 17 2015