It's soo much easier. Capcom Quest of Maverick Hunter X! A beautiful remake that came out for the PSP.
I hope the X9 releases before Capcom Quest ends.
It's notable that Capcom wanted to give more focus on the story, I know the X of snes already had a lot, but here there are animated GCs, more dialogues and the ova Day of Sigma.
Everything here is much easier, the difficulty remains if you don't get the armor parts in hard mode. You can even use Chameleon's invincibility combined with Hadouken.
They changed the location of several upgrades, including the boots, I recommend starting with the Mammoth stage.
The Mavericks also gained upgrades, whether in their design or even with new moves! Eagle's dive was awesome!!!
But what caught my attention the most was the possibility of playing with Vile! He has nice weapons that he acquires as he progresses in the game. Even his final boss is amazing.
It's a great game, the sad part everyone already knows, right? This was the last major game in the series until the date of this post.