Phil writes, "Announced at the beginning of Nintendo's E3 2018 showcase video, Daemon X Machina hopes to fill the hole left in gaming by the out-of-commission Armored Core series. After all, it's got many of the creative minds from that franchise behind Daemon X Machina. With the latter, you get a shot of high-octane mech action, enough customization to make any mech fan happy, and a convoluted story starring loads of oddball characters mixed with plenty of existentialism. Okay, maybe we could do without the last part there, but overall, Daemon X Machina hits many of the high notes that players of mech games generally like--some initial gameplay inaccessibility notwithstanding."
Starting today, Daemon X Machina is free at Epic Games Store. The free game offers run until February 3 at 11 AM Eastern. Once you claim it, it’s yours to keep.
Daily Video Game writes: "Amazon has kicked off its Black Friday digital game sale for Nintendo Switch gamers, offering up to 75% off on various digital first-party and third-party titles for Switch right now, including Daemon X Machina, Monster Hunter Rise, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and a lot more!"
Marvelous Entertainment hosted a livestream to celebrate the second anniversary of Daemon X Machina, and there is hope for a sequel.
I would be down for that. They sabotaged the sales optional of the first came due to lack of advertising and attacking the few people online that tried to plug the game. Because of that I never saw a sequel in the cards.
While there have been many mecha games that came out in the past year, none have really been able to scratch the giant customizable robot itch like DxM can. Its not as good as Armored Core but it does do a decent job of filling in Armored Cores absence. I like the things this game brings but they really need to work on their content. After the story was over there were a handful of online missions that could be cleared in 3-4 days. The randomly generated dungeon was a nice idea but it should have been really expanded on more.
Fair review and I give it a similar score. Very niche, but great for those that love the niche.