The story line of Mega Man X takes place many years after the original series. X is the first of the reploids, a robot capable of free will. To avoid spoilers, I'll keep this brief, but this new class of robot also has many new strengths and abilities. When most of the reploids mysteriously go nuts, and start ripping the planet apart, a group of unaffected reploids known as the Maverick Hunters head out to fix the situation. With new characters, special abilities, armor upgrades, and a ton of new enemies, this is no walk in the park.

        Differing slightly in game play from the original Mega Man series, Mega Man X proves to be a much faster play style, with many more features. If you can actively manipulate 3 buttons on a controller at the same time with one thumb, then you can play this game easily. Those who can't may have some trouble. Despite some people having minor issues with the control, this game is classic Capcom. Difficult enough to give people a challenge, but simple enough the average gamer can beat it with a mild struggle.

        Mega Man X offers excellent graphics. Very sharp by Super NES standards, showing great detail, in even the smaller enemies, and the various types of weapon shots. This game obviously had a lot of work put into the graphics design.

        As always, Capcom gives us one of the greatest soundtracks in video game history. I guess you'd describe it as game synth rock, or Japanese power rock. Very addictive tunes, with a lot of synth guitars, and such make you want to play it LOUD. Those who enjoy a light hearted soundtrack may want to look elsewhere, because this soundtrack has a vaguely serious tone to it.

        This is one of those games that no matter how old it gets, it will still rock. Capcom did great things with all the various Mega Man series', and not one of these games should be forgotten. Any gamer who hasn't played this by now really needs to give it a try. All together, this game has no real downside, besides being too short. This game is excellent, and just left me wanting more (I thank my lucky stars Capcom is sequel happy with this series, with well over 20 games in the series on various systems). Those who find they like this game may want to hunt down Mega Man X4, X5, or Mega Man 8 for their Playstation or Saturn system.