Ranking the Mega Man X Games

I'm currently working through the legacy collection after a very long hiatus from the series (the last time I touched it was in my teens, I'm in my 30s now), so I'm still getting a feel for the games, but currently X8 is my favorite for a bunch of different reasons which might not make sense to some people. I notably do not consider it the best game in the series - I haven't decided which one that is, but "the best" and "my favorite" are frequently different in my eyes, so that slot will probably end up going to something else, because as much as I love X8, it is not without its noticeable flaws.

Also, I appreciate it when someone does a critical ranking while also making it clear that it's their opinion - feels like that's less common than not these days, so major props for that!

X4 is pretty godly tbh.

whatu think x8 was good you are werid. it was so bad that fans even remade the game.

In my opinion metal shark player and commander yammark carry x6. Still shit compared to everything else, even x7. X1 is my favourite

X 3's Super NES soundtrack is easily the best.

Funny how his games as they go from worst to best correlates with hardest to easiest. Kinda makes you think. Might wanna try getting good lol

Mega man X not just a game, it's an icon, it makes letter "X" so cool during 1990's and early 2000's, every teenager love to add "X" on the back of their first name 😎

X4 is the Goat of the series

Never let bro cook again💀

X7 is worse and X6 is somewhat fixable with mods. There's no savings 7.

Fantastic video. One thing that always stood out to me about X1 and X4 was that they had much higher production values than thier sequels. X1 had portraits for X, Zero and Vile when they spoke. X2, 3, 5 and 6 omitted these. X4 had anime cutscenes whereas X5 and 6 had stills. There were a lot of little animations that were fun, like enemies chuckling and such. X5 and X6 especially felt cheap, but X5 moreso because every stage was recycled from X4. The new enemies had less animation frames compared to X4. The X5 Sigma stages look laughably bad.

Here's my ranking.
1st: X4
2nd: X2
3rd: X8
4th: X1
5th: X6
6th: X3
7th: X7
8th: X5

I played x4 first, and absolutely loved it. I was able to find a random pc version of x3 in my local EB when I was a kid, and I felt like the x series was the best around. I then went back and bought all the other mega man x games, and I felt like 1/2/5 were okay. I never finished 6, and never even played 7/8 due to the style. I sense that a lot of people hate on x3, but I am glad to see someone else appreciates it for what it was.

The only thing i liked of X6 were the songs of Showtaro Morikubo

You forgot to say “BURN!!!” for Flame Hyenard or whatever his name is boss quote

X6 > X7

I have played Mega Man X so many times…I was today’s years old when I found you can use the Boomerang on Flame Mammoth. The game that keeps
On giving. I just beat it again yesterday lol. Smelling another run.

my favorites are x4-x1 in that order, havent played x8 but id imagine itd fall after x1

For me:

8 - X6

7 - X7

6 - X3

5 - X8

4 - X5

3 - X2

2 - X1

1 - X4

i always thought X4 was a lot easier with zero, X pea shooter just doesn't have the same power and feeling compared with zero's sword.

I'm a huge fan of Mega Man in general. Yes x6 is a train wreck but I honestly can say is that it's certainly better than x7. At least x6 has one of the best sound tracks in the series

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my least favorite was x5, x3 was weak and i didn't play x7 or x8

Worst to best:
7, 6, 5, 8, 3, 2, 4, 1

How dare you rank x2 so low. Your list your opinion but ya that's wild to me that you rank any of those dog shit ps titles over the originals.

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My X game ranking

1.) X2

2.) X4

3.) X8

4.) X1

5.) X5

6.) X3

7.) X7

8.) X6

My worst to best: 7, 8, 3, 5, 2, 6, 1 and 4.

I really want to like X3 but I swear the hitboxes of enemies are too big and I feel like theres times when I press jump and X doesn't jump. I'm playing it on Wii U and I don't have this issue on X1 or X2

Megaman x on the PSP is best you can play as Vile

The best Mega Man game is 30xx and the best Sonic game is Freedom Planet

for me x1/2/3/5/8 sre better than 4
any one say x4 is the best not.for me he is good but bosses special wepons are suck

Coming to say that X4 is so fucking good. I’ve only played a little bit of it but it clicks in a way that X1 clicked with me.

Sorry but. You kinda suck at playing. My heart hurts when i watch your play clips. Sorry

I grew up with x4 - x6.

x2 is the worst for me
levels that you can finish in 1 minute without speedrun
hard levels for the sake of being hard

my PERSONAL top is , X , X3, X4 , X2 , X5 , X8, X7 ,X6 💯

My ranking
8. X6
7. X5
6. X7
5. X8
4. X1
3. X4
2. X2
1. X3

Tbh, the idea of remaking the whole X-series with the Maverick Hunter X games was a great idea, since the games are really wonky in quality and gameplay. Having every game remade to be more in the same art style and with coherent good gameplay and story, it could've saved a lot of things.

Though, making it PSP exclusive really wasn't gonna help...

My ranking would go like:

1. Rockman X/X4. I play both at least twice a year, these are fantastic games and they both share the first place.

3. Rockman X2. Great follow-up.

4. Rockman X8. An overall solid game. The intro song is a bop, it has my favorite final boss in the series. But the game is bogged down by gimmicky levels and farming.

5. Rockman X5. Some levels are good, Volt Kraken is a great boss, the soundtrack is... Chef's kiss . Dynamo and Awakened Zero's themes are my two favorite songs in the X series. It's such a shame the production value took a nosedive compared to X4. Too much backtracking, some levels are really... not great. The part system wasn't clear, some bosses felt like I was fighting JPEG images. And worst of all, the random nature of the Enigma cannon and the space shuttle affecting the ending you get was a baffling decision.

6. Rockman X3. I do not like this game at all. You take so much damage it's insane, bosses suck. Their patterns are a joke and their i-frames are way too long, making the fights drag on. It has one of the worst upgraded charged shots in the series. Why is Sigma's weak spot so small? And this game has by far my least favorite soundtrack of all X games, counting the spinoffs. Dear Lord, I'd take a forgettable ost over this! Maybe that's why I prefer the PS1 version ost.

7. Rockman X6. Had potential, game sucks, only redeeming quality is the superb ost. It has to be tied to X1 as my favorite soundtrack.

8. Rockman X7. I made the mistake of playing this already bad game on PC. No, I don't mean the X Legacy Collection 2 on PC. I mean the old Korean PC port. It's not compatible with any controller, so I had to use a third party software to emulate a keyboard with my PS2 controller. The confirm button changes depending on the menu, there is no way to change forms without opening the pause menu, and there were a few graphical bugs. Don't play this version, kids.

Anything after X4 was utter garbage

X5 is such a weird game. It isn't bad but some of the rng is so frustrating. Still one of my favs

I think X2 is like X but better.

People actually like X6? Ithink it is horrible in so many ways.

For me it's X6 then X5 and X4. Those were my childhood, and I those are the ones I like the most.

You can really tell that extra love and attention went into X1. The only major downside is that you don't start out with the dash, and since that's such a fun part of the game, I pretty much always do Chill Penguin first.

Still, everything else is so good that I'm gonna say it's tied for first place along with X4.

Sounds like the 7th should be 8

1 and 4 in the perfect spot, absolutely the best Megaman X games. Gameplay, gimmicks, graphics, the SOUNDTRACKS!!!

As a teenager, 4,5,6 were some of my favorite games. For me, I liked 5 and 6 so much for a simple reason, its pretty much the same as 4, which is my favorite megaman games of all time.