DAEMON X MACHINA

The character creator was cool. I loved the colours particularly. The tutorial was the absolute single worst introductory experience I have ever seen. The controls are generally not great but playable. The second mission was the most asinine story I've ever experienced. I hope for the sake of anyone with patience that this gets better. I have other things to play.

This is an okay game, not really bad or good. I feel like it COULD be fairly decent with a few tweaks, and it definitely has the foundation of a good game, but there's a few negatives bringing down the experience, and while it's not anything that'd make me say "wow this is awful," I probably won't pick this game back up. Controls are clunky, especially since this game is banking on Armored Core nostalgia. If I'm moving with significant speed horizontally when I land, I expect to keep some of that momentum, not hard-impact the ground and get locked for a few seconds. Combat is floaty and nothing works as expected. It's impossible to follow enemies, and actual lock-on like in ANY OTHER GAME is a part you can buy after completing mission 4... not the default part you start with, but an optional unlock. I actually bought the part, and in my next mission didn't notice any change, so either it doesn't do what it's supposed to or it didn't equip (which the game prompted me for upon purchase), both of which are major issues. Part unlock is super grindy, and given how short each mission is this isn't necessarily bad, but it does mean you have to spend more time listening to the terrible character dialogue just to grab a part you missed Writing in general is bland. As stated above, the characters make Kirito look like the best anime protag ever written, and the overall plot is just sort of there (not that I got super far into things) The first boss doesn't really do anything. It's primarily melee with a few ranged attacks. You have zero reason to get in close, and it's pretty easy to dodge the missiles. I don't really understand why it's there since bosses are usually meant to be a skill check in these types of games, but once you deal enough damage it just cutscenes out to two other characters finishing it off in one blow, and later on everyone says YOU defeated it... just feels super out of place and unnecessary. I was hoping for White Glint and got lethargic Mad Stomp.

This game is ranges from mediocre to painful. It's a lesser version of Armored Core with plot and dialogue that make me want to shoot myself.

非常无聊

Solid mecha game. First thing that stood out for me is definitely the visuals. The mechs look cool. Everything in motion even at break neck speed is readable and stylish. The levels have the bleak but beautiful vibe on point. And then the music just amps the vibe every time during combat encounters. Next thing that I really liked is combat. For context, the last mech game I played was Mechwarrior Online. That was a slow paced game. Here easy flight and zooming around the battlefield is the norm. But despite that pace fights were easy to grasp and a lot of encounters were satisfyingly challenging. Both melee and gun gameplay felt tight. This essentially played out more like a 3rd person shooter with a soft lock on system. But the lock on system wasn't really annoying or a hindrance to good aim. One thing I had mixed feelings on was the progression system. I don't think it was well paced or wasn't clear enough at the start. Meaning if you just played the story missions, you will barely get any decent starter weapons or mech parts. So you basically build up your mech arsenal from beating other mechs and they then drop a random assortment of their parts as loot. A good thing to note here is that missions are short and easy enough to go through. Think early Monster Hunter like missions of just dropping into a map for short objective or fight. But I had a rough start going through story missions at first thinking that's where decent starter gear was. In actuality, the online missions are where you're supposed to get the best gear early on and even for late game gear. There are repeatable side missions that are just solo called Free missions. But I found that they don't spawn enough mechs to fight and the gear there from the start isn't that good. So I had to do the online missions to get any decent gear in the early and mid game. Good thing though that you don't really need actual players. The online missions can be easily soloed or with AI companions. And the progression is where I found the most fun. I just got excited fighting new bosses and new named mech pilots just so to see what the drop. Last thing to add this point, I really liked the online missions especially the Exploration mode, which is a procedurally generated dungeon of mechs and trap rooms. Speaking of online missions, the community has basically moved on and you'll most likely not find any players as of the posting of this review. There were the ocassional one or two surprise lobbies during my playthrough. But for the most part if you really want to play online for the pvp or co-op modes, ask a friend to play with or check the fan made community discord for match ups. Lastly the thing that I thought wasn't very good was the story. The plots and themes this game tried to put across were decent enough on paper. But the way it was delivered was really boring. Basically you just listen in on conversations from the big named characters. It's shame because what they're actually saying can be interesting. But the format of just a scrolling conversation log wasn't fun. They could've at least shown the cool looking 3D renders of the various characters and their mechs while they talk. Overall, I thought this was a solid experience and got me excited for the sequel in development. Also given this launched for the Nintendo Switch first, this does play great on a Steam Deck.

しっかりアーマードコア4系っぽい操作で面白いです。難易度も低めで、詰まるのは終盤の高機動アーセナル戦のみだけ。カジュアルに楽しめるアーマードコア

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