As good, if not better, than the previous title.
So, for those who have played Megaman ZX and enjoyed it, you certainly will not be disapointed with Megaman ZX Advent. In the first game we had the choice between playing as Vent or Aile, this time around they are non-existent (or almost) and instead you choose playing with either Grey or Ashe. I chose Grey to start my first playthrough. Who's Grey? Where does he come from? Sadly enough for you people, I did say I would not unfold any plot point.
Anyway, I start the game. It feels familiar, which is a plus in my book concerning sequels. It plays much like MMZX played and just as well too. So I went off, playing the game, the intro stage seemed much like other Megaman games: Somewhat challenging for beginners and newcomers to the Megaman saga, yet just right, even a tad bit easy for long time fans such as me. My pre-judged statement was soon to be proven wrong. Why? I will tell, but be aware that for any newcomers, don't be turned off by this as there is a "Beginner" mode in the game allowing for anyone of any skill to enjoy the game.
Everything was going well, but the seconde I entered an actual mission to take down a maverick, I realised the game wasn't as easy as it's predecessor. In fact, MMZX was quite easy compared to MMZXA. The game doesn't even come close being as challenging as any of the previous Zero titles (Megaman Zero for GBA), but still offers a good challenge when you first dive into it.
There's also a new Biometal called Model A, which is your main Biometal. As this is nothing new, I'll allow myself to talk a little bit about it. Forget what you learned from ZX where you would aquire different Biometals and merge with them. This time around, Model A uses something called A-Trans which basicaly copies the data of other reploids. Yep, good ol' fashionably Megaman, you take on the form of the mavericks you defeat and gain their abilities. The game counts as many as 15 different transformations (including Model A and Human form) along with a little, tiny secret Model which is up for you to discover and which I'll discuss later.
You will come accross familiar Biometals through the game such as Model H, L, F, P and even ZX. In what circumstances and why is up to you to discover. Most of them plays much like they did in the previous game and I even believe they have more moves at your disposition.
The music in the game is just as good as it is with most Megaman music games. I have NEVER been disapointed by megaman's soundtracks and this one is no exception. It merges well with the overall style of the game.
I can say that clearly nothing disapointed me in the game to the exeption of a few things. One specific fight left me disapointed ALOT because it was one of these fights from which I expected so much more challenge, yet found it to be the easiest fight of the entire game. As something else disapointed me? Not really, maybe the fact that some of the VA's were quite bad, but to me it's already good enough that they implented these into a DS game which is rather rare to come by.
I ain't got much else to say other than I truely enjoyed the game. There are several little secrets for you to find as well, such as beating bosses in a specific manner to earn a little something in a new game, tons of missions requested by reploids in the hunter's camp, just like there were in the previous title. There are also mini-games to unlock which simply adds to the replay value. All of this adds to the replay-value actually.
So I made this review rather short, but yeah, it's good enough to make anyone who is a fan of Megaman know that this game is worth it.
I give this game a 10 because that's just how much I love Megaman games. So if you enjoyed Megaman ZX, you are sure to love ZX Advent. If you haven't played ZX, you can still give it a try since you don't really need a background story to play it. Of course, if you never liked Megaman to begin with, then why are you here anyway?