![]() ![]() It’s useful to know your mech’s left arm is slightly more damaged than its right, but it can be initially overwhelming, and seems at odds with the newcomer-friendly approach of the rest of the game. It consists of around 20 different gauges keeping track of health bars, ammo, and more. The controls are streamlined and accessible to newcomers, but the HUD is a nightmare. For instance, you’re never told you can customise your HUD to the point of removing elements like the mini-map completely nor are you made aware that developing new weapons and armour using the game’s factory feature requires you to complete a mission to claim them.Daemon X has its fair share of issues, however. You’ll find yourself indulging in its many optional missions to scavenge better gear as you won’t find too much of it in the main story and it doesn’t explain itself too well. I found myself engrossed in Daemon X Machina simply because I wanted to see which faction would accompany me for each mission.Īnd while there’s a lot to love in Daemon X Machina, it’s not perfect. In fact, they’re one of the hooks to keep playing. Be it the duty-bound Bullet Works, mysterious Terrors, rampaging Western VII or too cool for school Five Hells they’re all unique with their own motives for partaking in the game’s many levels. More often than not your time in Daemon X Machina has you partaking in missions with an assortment of other pilots. Events start out slow, having you weed out the odd AI-controlled drone insurgency here and there before you find yourself battling sentient laser-spewing bomber jets or stealing a mecha from an army base in a mission called ‘Tactical Espionage Arsenal’ that’s an homage to Metal Gear Solid. Be it arms that let your missiles lock on to enemies faster or legs that are bullet-proof, each piece of gear goes a long way in ensuring your survival across Daemon X Machina’s many missions.Īs for the missions themselves, they’re a varied bunch. Depending what you scavenge on the battle field, you’ll have access to new parts to trick out your mecha. The fantastic moment to moment gameplay is backed up by a myriad of customisation options. Though assault rifles tend to feel like peashooters, making it the rare sore spot in a game where controls in battle are intuitive and most of your armaments are fun to use. Bazookas pack a punch, sword slashes are exceptionally animated and well implemented, allowing you to close the gap with your target and land a killing blow all while ensuring you can’t exploit the option by overusing it, and missiles lock on and blow Daemon X Machina’s many disposable droids to smithereens with the adequate amount of explosions. Your arsenal is varied and each weapon works as you’d expect. Not since Hideo Kojima’s superlative Zone of the Enders 2 have I experienced a game in the mecha subgenre with traversal as impeccable as this.įurthermore, combat is a treat. From dodging enemy fire to slashing down foes up close and personal, movement in Daemon X Machina feels fluid and responsive. Most of these involve decimating legions of rogue machines by introducing them to the business end of a bazooka, missile launcher, assault rifle, or if you’re feeling particularly old school, a huge sword.įor most part, the robots you control handle brilliantly. Rather, you’re living the gig economy life thanks to Four, an AI that tasks you with missions for the many corporations that inhabit Daemon X Machina’s bleak, all too real take on the future. You’re not ferrying passengers from point A to point B either. Except you’re not driving a car, you’re piloting a giant robot. ![]() Promising a higher resolution and frame rate along with a plethora of options as well as a lower price tag, is this Marvelous-developed robot action game any better in its second outing?ĭaemon X Machina has you in the role of an Outer, which is the game world’s equivalent of an Uber driver. With the Nintendo Switch having as many high-profile exclusives as it did last year, it felt that Daemon X Machina flew under the radar for many a would be mecha aficionado. Previously exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, Daemon X Machina makes its way to the PC this week. ![]()
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