With the demo constrained to one single unit, we were unable to check out the four-player multiplayer and handheld specific features. The mini-map wasn't the best at visually communicating information to us either as its background was greyed out and didn't display an overview of our surroundings and instead just contained an assortment of blinking dots and arrows.
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Key information such as our ammunition, party members, plus health and stamina bars were all cluttered together and could have made much better use of screen space. The bright cel-shaded visuals here are gorgeous and we felt its chugging metal soundtrack complimented the action really well but what we did have issues with was the HUD, which appeared crowded and its white text often becomes unreadable during the action. Surely we could just slam foes with our powerful punches and kicks? What's more, the gunplay felt snappy enough but we were unsure why we weren't able to use melee attack unless we were equipped with a weapon like a sword.
There was a great sense of verticality as tanks would attack from the ground and drones would laser strike us from above. When strapped into our mech suit we could soar around the area we found ourselves in, flying around to our heart's content (straying outside the map causes you to fail). These missions did little to capture our imagination though as they required us to destroy a set amount of targets and safeguard a particular area, however, they did manage to showcase exactly how the mech action here operates. Within our short time with the game, we took a look at four missions that took centre stage within a city and desert setting. With such a wide variety of unlocks containing their own stats and pros and cons, we can imagine that the training ground will be occupied by many experimental players come September. It was also possible to create our own custom loadouts of weapons, armour, and shields and these could all be demoed in a training area against unsuspecting test subjects. Here we could add individual splashes of colour to our mech's head, arms, body, and legs and could cycle between various equippable decals and patterns. At Cologne this year we got our hands on Daemon X Machina ahead of its not too distant release in September and for the most part, we were impressed with what we saw.Īt the start of the demo, we entered a hanger that presented us with an obscene number of customisation options for both our mech and piloting protagonist. The stylish mech-based shooter is an exclusive for Nintendo's hybrid console and takes place in a reality where technology built to support the earth after the destruction of the moon has gone rogue and has waged war on the remnants of mankind. With the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain, and Super Mario Maker 2 all crowding up Nintendo's Summer schedule it's forgivable that Daemon X Machina was one that managed to avert our gaze despite wowing us with an impressive reveal last E3.
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