of time. X4 had an entire Zero campaign, though one couldn’t switch characters mid-game.

的時間。X4有一整個零戰役，雖然不能在遊戲中切換角色。

Yet folks deride the series for a lack of innovation and diversity? Awright, kids, buckle

但人們卻嘲笑這個系列缺乏創新和多樣性？好了，孩子們，繫好安全帶

down, because X5 goes wild with the changes. And it starts... by throwing out the robots’

因為X5的變化太瘋狂了。它開始... 扔掉機器人... ...

names as printed in the game’s own manual, replacing them instead with... a litany of

遊戲手冊上的名字，取而代之的是... ... 一連串的... ...

Guns ‘N Roses references. No, seriously. This dude’s “Spike Rosered” in the booklet,

槍炮與玫瑰的參考。不，說真的這傢伙的 "穗Rosered "在小冊子。

but get to the game and... Axl the Red. And he’s a rose. Axl... yeah. That’s low.

但到了比賽現場... But get to the game and...Axl the Red.And he's a rose. Axl... yeah.Axl... yeah.That's low. - Axl... Yeah.

That’s so low, it’s Axl Low.

太低了，這是Axl Low。

First off, the sky’s coming down. Maybe not the sky, but just this colony satellite,

首先，天要塌下來了。也許不是天空，只是這顆殖民衛星。

infected by the Sigma Virus and speeding toward Earth. Your recourse is... this laser cannon,

被西格瑪病毒感染，並加速向地球移動。你的手段是... 這個激光炮。

deep in disrepair. And to refurbish it, you need to beat down... the members of Guns ‘N

深度失修。而要翻新它，你需要打倒... ... "槍炮 "的成員。

Roses, who happen to be holding parts and materials critical to the destruction of the

薔薇，他們恰好掌握著對毀滅的關鍵部件和材料。

colony. Along with these comes a deadline: Each time you enter a stage, it takes an hour

殖民地。伴隨著這些，還有一個期限。每進入一個階段，需要一個小時的時間

of the precious time remaining until impact. The difficulty and strength of bosses scale,

的寶貴時間，直到影響。老闆們的難度和實力規模。

with a level indicator near their life bars, and certain upgrades to your armor can only

在他們的生命條附近有一個等級指示器，而你的盔甲的某些升級只能是

be obtained from bosses of sufficiently advanced levels. These customizable armor sets, as

可以從足夠高級的boss身上獲得。這些可定製的盔甲套裝，作為

well as whether to use X or Zero, can be configured before each stage. And then there’s clouds

以及是否使用X或Zero，可以在每個階段前進行配置。還有就是雲

of... computer viruses... and I’m not even sure how the heck that works, except that

計算機病毒... 我甚至不知道這到底是怎麼一回事，除了... ...

absorbing too many of these Sigma-faced miasmas can cause X to malfunction and lose health,

吸收了太多的這些西格瑪面的瘴氣，會導致X失靈，失去健康。

while Zero instead gains temporary invulnerability. FORESHADOWING, ANYONE?

而零號卻獲得了暫時的無敵狀態。遮蔽術，有人知道嗎？

Honestly, these are more changes than I can remember in any other Mega Man title, but

老實說，這些變化比我記得的任何其他Mega Man標題中的更多，但

as a result the whole thing feels kinda off. It’s not one particular thing - except maybe

是以，整個事情感覺有點不對勁。這並不是一件特別的事情--也許除了...

the whole GnR crap - but a combination of an even more strained plot, shoehorned-in

整個GnR的廢話 - 但結合一個更緊張的情節，鞋的組合在

mechanics, and unnecessary layers of convolutedness. The game underneath it all is still good - there’s

機制，以及不必要的複雜層次。在這一切之下的遊戲仍然是好的--有

rarely ever been a “bad” Mega Man game - but there’s a lot of stuff above and outside

很少有 "壞的 "Mega Man遊戲--但有很多東西在上面和外面。

that core experience that ends up detracting from the whole. I appreciate the idea behind

的核心體驗，最終影響了整體。我很欣賞背後的想法

a time limit, or levelling up bosses, but just because I appreciate it doesn’t mean

時間限制，或者升級boss，但我欣賞它並不意味著

it belongs here. Some pretty-boy robot calls the base, says, “Hey, I’m going to attack

它屬於這裡。一些漂亮的男孩機器人打電話給基地，說，"嘿，我要去攻擊

you! Eventually!” and then sods off, leaving you to wonder just what the hell transpired.

你！最終！"然後就撒手不管了，讓你不知道到底發生了什麼。

This is apparently a big deal... for all of five seconds, and then it’s back to the

這顯然是一個大問題... ... 所有的五秒鐘，然後它回到了。

status quo. That’s pretty much this game in a nutshell. Just add Guns ‘n Roses.

現狀。這幾乎是這個遊戲的總和。只要加上槍與玫瑰。