heavily underrated and it definitely deserves it. This followed up probably the best action game ever released at the time (definitely a contender still) and it didn't offer much. weird gimmicks and much worse general flow and slightly worse everything else was sure to dissappoint anyone who played X4. Make no mistake tho as this is still extremely fun and good.

this should've been a long running series.

This is easily one of the best games ever made. Capcom perfected the difficulty (for a first playthrough with x. zero on a 2nd playthrough felt like Kirby), the gameplay, the music, the powers, the graphics, the art, the speed and the bosses. Playing this feels like a god and I have no idea how they took a perfect formula and engine and made it just great in X5 and subpar in X6.