Repeat for forty-five chapters.ĭespite the lame plot, there's still enjoyment to be derived from seeing these characters interact and make all manner of in-jokes ("I wanna remake you into a monster that shoots laser eyebeams!" says Devilotte to Jin Kazama). Some characters warp to a new area, enemies and major villains appear, new cast members or plot developments provide a handy deus ex machina, villains run off screaming "I'll get you next time" and everyone gets sucked into yet another dimensional vortex. PXZ is (perhaps appropriately) on the level of high school fan fiction, with the game being divided into "chapters" that are more predictable than your average Scooby-Doo episode. With such disparate characters, hopefully you weren't expecting a well-written plot.
As a whole though, aside from a few unfulfilled wishes, I'm happy with the cast.
The oldest cast members of PXZ, in contrast, are Valkyrie and Arthur, both of whom have had more recent appearances. Namco X Capcom delved deep into company history and had characters from Baraduke, Forgotten Worlds, Burning Force, and even Dig Dug.
The lack of older characters is a letdown too. Why is there no Monster Hunter representation? Why does Soulcalibur get completely passed over in favor of jailbait from the mercifully forgotten Yumeria? Where is Sonic, for crying out loud? The rationale for who is and isn't included is a bit puzzling though, especially when you think of some major omissions. In particular, seeing Fighting Vipers' Bahn after fifteen years of non-presence affects me in a very personal way. As much as I get a huge kick out of seeing Mega Man X and Akira fighting side-by-side, it's the obscure picks that really stir the sheer, giddy love from deep within my gaming soul. In the same vein, Project X Zone caters very, very strongly to fans of Japanese games, and its cast of characters is undeniably its biggest selling point.Ĭoupled with an entertaining combat engine, these characters and their interactions prop up what is otherwise a very basic strategy game.%Gallery-176869% PXZ features characters carefully culled from a wealth of games from each company, ranging from the well-known (Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Resident Evil) to the more obscure (Batsu from Rival Schools, Sanger from Super Robot Wars, Bruno from Dynamite Cop). It's essentially a sequel to 2004's Namco x Capcom, a heavily Super Robot Wars-inspired collaboration that never received a Western release. Project X Zone is a massive strategy RPG crossover featuring characters from Capcom, Namco-Bandai, and Sega games fighting it out with each other.
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