MEGA MAN X DiVE Offline

The amount of tutorials in this game is maddening. I assume anyone that owns this game at least has an OUNCE of an idea how to play Mega Man. Here's how this game goes. [list][*]First level starts [*]*Pop-up* "DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN WALK LEFT AND RIGHT? YOU SHOULD TRY MOVING LEFT AND RIGHT!" [*]Move a little [*]*Pop-up* "GREAT JOB PLAYER! DO YOU REMEMBER PLAYING MEGA MAN AS A KID? WASN'T THAT FUN, HUH?" [*]Enemy walks on screen [*]*Pop-up* "HOLY SH*T! THAT'S A BADDIE! SHOOT IT IN THE FACE MEGA MAN! DO YOU KNOW WHAT A CONTROLLER IS? THERE ARE BUTTONS! PRESS THE BUTTON TO DO AN ACTION! THIS ACTION IS GUN!" [*]shoot the enemy [*]*Pop-up* "GREAT JOB MEGAMAN! YOU SURE SHOWED THAT GUY THE 2ND AMENDMENT! NOW MOVE YOUR ASS A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT!" [*]Take three steps to the ri- [*]*Pop-up* MEGA MAN! HOLY F**K! DAT'S A HOLE! YOU BETTER PRESS ONE OF THEM FANCY CONTROLLER THINGIES TO JUMP OVER THE HOLE" [*]jump once [*]*Pop-Up* "MEGA MAN! HOLY S**T THERE'S A-- [*]uninstall. [/list]

It's a decent game, but more than anything I'm glad to see a Live Service game made playable offline after end of service.

I only give this a thumbs up because it was a originally a gacha game and I love that they made a offline version instead of putting the game in the dumpster. A live service gacha game should make a offline version when they decide they are done with development and I fully support this idea. Onto the game itself: It's not a great game by any means but it still has decent gameplay for any casual players. If you are a hardcore megaman player then this game is not for you.

It's sort of like Mega Man X for sex offenders

Can't believe i spent money on this turd of a game. This is not the megaman game you grew up with. The combat is incredibly easy, you can literally sit in one spot, press fire, clear the screen of enemies and move on. Instead of playing one full stage it's broken up into 5 levels. If you power up your weapon then you become overpowered very quickly and enemies die in one shot, bosses would take like 5 hits. There's challenge mode which makes it more like classic megaman, but still feels like easy mode. You will spend more time seeing loading screens and navigating menus than playing levels. Tons of menus to navigate through just to upgrade random bits to your weapons. It's unbearable to play. I think the only reason why this game got a bunch of positive reviews because it can run on a $300 HP laptop and those people are excited they can actually play a game on it. Dont waste your time. There's plenty of good megaman knockoff games on steam that is better than this.

Megaman X9 when?

NOT RECOMMENDED... for MOST players, anyway. DiVE Offline is a single player version of a mobile gacha game, and it shows pretty heavily. All the mechanics, advancements, and gameplay are so blatantly made as cash gates and grinds that, in its original freemium form, it would be an utter insult to play. However, this specifically is the OFFLINE version... And surprisingly for a game of this nature, they've accommodated that. The basic premise is that you take one of a few dozen Mega Man X and Mega Man Classic characters, level them, equip them, and then rush through levels that are vague recreations of old X series levels. It's simplistic, but the gameplay spurts are satisfying and addictive, as this kind of money grubbing gacha game tends to be. Obviously in the case of the online version, much of the grinding and struggle would be done trying to get the currency to even UNLOCK characters... but the Offline version here deluges you with currency, removes time gates, and lets you grind at a more reasonable pace to get skins, characters, weapons, and more. This changes the dynamic pretty surprisingly... To put it simply; it's a bit addictive to have unlimited money in a gacha game like this. With all you're allowed to do that would normally be locked behind inputting a credit card, you get to feel like an exploited and pampered gacha-whale for a much more reasonable one-time price... hopefully a sale price, because 30 bucks is far too much for the simplistic premise and gameplay. If you're a fan of the Mega Man X series, if you're looking for a mindless grind to occupy some time, if you want to play as Omega, Layer, or Vile, then this game is worth a tenner or so on sale. You'll get hours of jump and shoot, with the added addictive grind of many bars and numbers going up, unintentionally making this a pretty chill experience. But to anyone looking for an actual Mega Man game, or even just a good and solid GAME to begin with, should definitely look elsewhere, such as the illustrious and unendingly good indie game: 30XX.

Turns out if you remove the predatory monetization from a Gacha Game, you have a pretty solid collectathon. The game promises a modern megaman trip through memory lane, and it has that in abundance. While it still clearly has some trappings as a mobile-first game, the presentation is solid and the gameplay becomes extremely varried with all the weapons and characters on offer. I'm a huge believer in the importance of games preservation, and this about as good an example as I can think of that illustrates how to repackage a previously online-only experience into an offline time capsule for future generations to contextualize what these experiences were like. Definitely not a great introduction to Mega Man, but a fun jog down memory lane for longtime cross-series fans; so long as you get it on discount ;]