Daemon X Machina

Ah yes, the actual sequel to Eureka Seven.

You say that as if there were ever a previous antithetical attempt at a sequel to Eureka Seven, the standalone anime series currently receiving its first ever expansion as franchise in the form of the Hi-Evolution trilogy, loosely akin to the Rebuild of Evangelion

I never saw AO and given everything I hear apparently that's a good thing.

JIBUN WO

Edited by Ookamikun on Nov 25th 2019 at 3:56:12 AM

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That would make the Netflix series very different.

I Did Not See That Coming.

Anybody speak Japanese?

Coming to Steam on February 13th.

Well how 'bout that. Between this and Travis Strikes Again, I'm glad I've been going through my backlog before jumping on Switch games.

I wonder how it'll play with a keyboard and mouse. There were a lot of buttons involved, but using other controllers won't have gyro aiming.

The PS4 controller does have gyros, and I know it's possible to play Doom 4 gyro aiming with and a PS4 on Steam. No idea if that will be possible in the Steam version of DXM, but there's no reason to remove a feature.

What a wonderful announcement to hear on my birthday!

Happy birthday!

Bought Daemon X Machina a couple of weeks ago while it was on pre-order sale, but didn't get around to playing until this weekend. Glad I did, definitely worth the money.

A few quick thoughts on the game:

• Easiest way to summarize it would be "What if Zone of the Enders and Armored Core had a baby?"
• Don't go buying this game for the plot or dialog. It's easily the weakest aspect of the package, with a slow introduction that introduces too many characters in short succession, stereotypical anime voice acting, and some truly obtuse lines, with Grief and Savior being the two biggest offenders, by far. I suspect the localization team attempted to copy the dialog as directly as possible, which might explain how nonsensical some of the monologues are.
• Give the campaign some time. It picks up in difficulty and pacing around the C rank missions, which is about 2-3 hours in.
• For that matter, don't bother upgrading your arsenal, at least until your first fight with the Terrors in D rank. The starting mech and loadout are plenty sufficient.
• A cool feature I didn't expect was how you can upgrade your player character with cybernetic augmentations. Only, unlike most games these augmentations involve replacing your limbs, enough to the point where you can replace all but your spine and brain. It's not crucial to beating the campaign, nor is it permanent (you can pay for an expensive surgery to restore your organic body), but it sure is hella creepy, and not many games have done this in the past either.

Edited by SgtRicko on Mar 2nd 2020 at 4:21:33 AM