I think my problem with Mega Man games is their identity isn't super distinguishable between titles, so at some point everything kind of blends together and I start having trouble telling games apart. I'd chalk this up to a case of my old man brains degenerating as I enter senility, but me and the other guys at the home frequently try to remember which robot masters showed up in which game, so I don't think it's just me. Was Junk Man in 3? No... no I think it was four. That's the one with Centaur Man, right?

Anyway, the Mega Man X series is similar to me in this regard, although it at least has a more clear delineation between each console generation the series persisted through. I can easily tell X3 apart from X4, for example, but the first three games on the SNES get a little fuzzy for me. This is all one long preamble to me saying I remember liking X2 a lot more than X1 but damned if I can articulate why, at least on a level-to-level basis.

What I do remember quite clearly about X2 is that it's a more dynamic game. I think X1 was a bit slow, faster than anything in the core Mega Man series but bogged down a bit by its design ethos and style. X2 is able to push further into its own direction, helping to establish the *X series as being the more "radical" and "x-treme" younger brother. As such, I just find it a lot more engaging and fun to play.

It also has Overdrive Ostrich. Right...? Or was he in X3? I think Chill Penguin was in X2 and I'm pretty sure Bubble Crab was in X1*. Oh god, I think I forgot to take my pills again...