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  1. Sep 27, 2019
    8
    Estou jogando Daemon X Machina e eu e minha esposa que somos fãs de jogos assim estamos nos divertindo muito. As músicas são ótimas, a jogabilidade é perfeita e fácil de entender. Tem uma demo para quem quiser testar e ver como foi feito ajustes desde a Prototype Mission. Os desenvolvedores estão de parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho. .
  2. Sep 28, 2019
    8
    It can get better but its not that bad as the YouTube videos are saying!! I really like this game, it is not the best of the best but it's good!! Should give a try yourself!!
  3. Nov 28, 2021
    8
    el juego tiene bastantes cosas buenas, pero una de ellas no es la historia. es bastante frenetico y cuenta con mucha edicion de personaje y de mecha. si puedes compralo, no te va a decepcionar
    le doy este 8 por que la historia es algo meh solo por eso.
  4. Jul 12, 2020
    8
    There are not many macha fighting types of games, and I feel very happy they are able to produce one.
    The unique picture style gives me a very good feeling, without the need for a next-generation graphic.
    Story i would say normal, and the quests are not really interesting. Modifications are good but I still want more. Gun fight become a very big part and the melee feels bad. Overall
    There are not many macha fighting types of games, and I feel very happy they are able to produce one.
    The unique picture style gives me a very good feeling, without the need for a next-generation graphic.
    Story i would say normal, and the quests are not really interesting.
    Modifications are good but I still want more. Gun fight become a very big part and the melee feels bad.
    Overall good game and I would like to see more of these types come out.
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  5. Jul 25, 2020
    8
    Amazingly smooth gameplay, obvious influences from Gundam and ofher mech games and anime, beautiful art style, highly recommend!
  6. Sep 28, 2020
    8
    Mech game, mix matching parts, big boss battles could not ask for much more.
    Game does have some flaws but i can get over them. What I like about this game is the speed of the combat and game play is kind of what us mech fans like. I get some gundam vs vibes from the game with a bit of zone of the enders sprinkled on top.
  7. Aug 12, 2020
    7
    I enjoy mech games and there are very few of them these days. My favorite is probably ZOE 2 but I also enjoy the armored core series. My hopes were pretty high for daemon but unfortunately it makes some big missteps.

    First of all the story and characters are just ok and they're poorly presented. There are so many text screens. It's quite odd that they hired so many voice actors and they
    I enjoy mech games and there are very few of them these days. My favorite is probably ZOE 2 but I also enjoy the armored core series. My hopes were pretty high for daemon but unfortunately it makes some big missteps.

    First of all the story and characters are just ok and they're poorly presented. There are so many text screens. It's quite odd that they hired so many voice actors and they expect the player to sit through so much dialogue while looking at text screens. It feels so dull in comparison with the mech combat. I would prefer either a cinematic story that's engaging and fun or just no story at all. This feels like a pain to get through. The game also does an awful job at introducing you to the world. I'm about three hours in and I don't know what the immortals are, what femto is, where are all the people, who are these factions, how did the moon fall... it's just so weird that they have such an interesting sci fi concept and they present it in such an awful way.

    Second, some missions are a little too basic and the mission areas are often too small. This type of game is inherently going to feel repetitive but there aren't many bosses and the enemies are all very samey. This isn't a huge issue but it does make me less interested in what's coming next. Also one mission so far was just abysmal. I was controlling a giant robot and had to kill 200 enemies which sounds super fun but man... it handles sooo bad... it took ages to kill them all... just an absolute slog to get through.

    Honestly this game feels dated. Armored core offered the same experience on ps3. This just feels like a nicer looking armored core with a worse story. It would be nice to have a hub world to explore, people to talk to and missions to acquire before going out in my mech suit. A more visual introduction to this world as well would be really cool.

    This doesn't feel like an evolution of armored core but a slightly worse but nicer looking armored core and that's kind of disappointing.
    It's not a bad game though and there's definitely fun to be had. I feel like there's potential for a sequel to improve on these flaws but it doesn't seem like daemon did enough to make people interested in another title sadly.
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  8. Sep 15, 2019
    7
    I would probably have given an 8 if this game had launched with PvP. I know it's coming but here I am close to finishing the campaign in my first weekend not knowing how long farming is going to keep me occupied. Also doesn't help that we currently don't know how long we will have to wait for that content update. Those are really my only issues with the game. Story introduced too manyI would probably have given an 8 if this game had launched with PvP. I know it's coming but here I am close to finishing the campaign in my first weekend not knowing how long farming is going to keep me occupied. Also doesn't help that we currently don't know how long we will have to wait for that content update. Those are really my only issues with the game. Story introduced too many characters/factions too fast but probably a third of the way through the game the characters became recognizable and the story hooked me. The combat is fun, you can equip your Arsenal to be a damage soaking tank or a fast and nimble dual sword wielding beast. Probably could use some more fine tuning of the cosmetic customizations, but as far as the gear customizations I felt like there was enough without feeling like I needed a spreadsheet. All in all I am enjoying it (currently ~22 hours). Expand
  9. Apr 12, 2020
    7
    Juego que no está mal para quienes les gusten los mechas o los juegos de acción pero que puede no ser lo más recomendable para el resto.

    Lo bueno: - El apartado artístico es bastante bueno, tanto en el diseño de mechas como en el colorido de los escenarios. - Las opciones de personalización son muy amplias. - La jugabilidad es notable. Directa e intuitiva. - La gran variedad de
    Juego que no está mal para quienes les gusten los mechas o los juegos de acción pero que puede no ser lo más recomendable para el resto.

    Lo bueno:
    - El apartado artístico es bastante bueno, tanto en el diseño de mechas como en el colorido de los escenarios.
    - Las opciones de personalización son muy amplias.
    - La jugabilidad es notable. Directa e intuitiva.
    - La gran variedad de armas y armaduras con distintos efectos que ofrecen un amplio abanico de opciones a la hora de combatir.
    - La banda sonora espectacular.

    Lo malo:
    - La historia tarda en arrancar y no es gran cosa.
    - El escaso o directamente inexistente carisma de los personajes.
    - La similitud en la gran mayoría de las misiones que hace que se vuelva algo repetitivo.
    - La sensación continua de principio a fin de que nuestro personaje no tiene voz ni voto en el desarrollo de la historia.
    - Si bien no se ve mal, gráficamente podría haber dado bastante más de sí.
    - Conseguir todos los coleccionables es realmente tedioso y el incentivo para hacerlo es insuficiente.
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  10. Jan 2, 2021
    7
    Armored core-like games are disappeared from the market even if people love them, this one is a try to revive the genre but it fails because they tried to make it more casual-friendly ruining almost all aspects of it.
  11. Nov 14, 2019
    7
    Es divertido pero no más allá de eso, para los amantes del Mecha sin duda debe ser un tesoro, se agradece que sigan apostando por este genero para que llegue a occidente. Vale la pena probarlo solo por el gameplay. La historia es mala y la música cumple.
  12. Aug 18, 2020
    7
    Vraiment surpris par ce jeu je ne suis pas un fan de Mecha et pourtant je l'ai trouvé super cool, je m'attendais à pire mais finalement ca va. Bravo à Marvelous pour ce jeu (j'ai aussi hâte d'avoir entre mes mains ce fameux No More Heroes 3
  13. Sep 13, 2019
    6
    un mundo vacío, los gráficos no son los mejores, misiones repetitivas, historia predecible y aburrida y eso que no estoy hablando de los bugs que tiene. No es suficiente ser fan de los mechas para darle buen puntaje
  14. Sep 14, 2019
    6
    Game so far seems fairly generic in gameplay and story. Better than the initial demo but not great.
  15. Sep 20, 2019
    6
    I realy do like this game.
    It's flashy, has a nice artstyle, good music and fun gameplay BUT I expectet something completely different out of this game. Something more like Monster Hunter, just with giant robots.
    The giant robot fights and the battles where you have to fight a large number of enemies are a lot of fun but the problem is that 80% of the time you are fighting other Mechs.
    I realy do like this game.
    It's flashy, has a nice artstyle, good music and fun gameplay BUT I expectet something completely different out of this game. Something more like Monster Hunter, just with giant robots.
    The giant robot fights and the battles where you have to fight a large number of enemies are a lot of fun but the problem is that 80% of the time you are fighting other Mechs. And fighting other mechs is like fighting flies in this game. It's just so unbeleaveably annoying to have up to 3 enemy mechs swirl arround you while you are just trying to aim at them. This game desperately needs some kind of lock on for other mechs.

    The game would easily be a 7 or a 8 for me if the mech fights where fun.. but I'm just getting angry from them.

    And more different giant immortals would be nice. These fight definetly where my highlight and the game would work way better as a Monster Hunter but with Mechs alternative than a Zone of the Enders with worse combat.
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  16. Mar 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be blunt, DxM is a good game. It's a solid mecha action shooter with some in-depth customization systems for both the pilot and suit. But, the game's lack of a solid and well-versed narrative thwarted with waaay too many different characters and a stack of missions too short and awkward to enjoy make getting into those systems hard.

    I haven't played too much of this game. I've put about 20 or so hours in, mostly in the story mode, and I will say while I didn't expect the world, I did expect more. DxM at its core is a mecha action game where you are supposed to farm for different parts and weapons to make differenet suits for different situations, to (I believe) ultimately go into online and dominate in PvP or grind with others for better parts. The base system of the game is built to be just that: you do missions, online or offline, where different bosses and enemies will be there to give you a shot at picking up parts specific to that mission. Think like how Monster hunter or God eater would do it, essentially. That core system works and it is good, but the rest of the game hinders the majority of people being able to get behind it.

    Monster Hunter never had much narrative, but it has a bunch of unique items and armor and super fun missions to play. God Eater has an interesting narrative with some decent and unique things to make. DxM in those terms has very copy and paste armor pieces and a handful of weapons where the only deviation are the add-on parts you give to them. While the "system" is good, as aforementioned, the "missions" are not so much. The story missions are either so easy it's insulting to try and grind or even make a unique set, or they're so awkwardly designed to be unfair and downright hard that you need to suddenly go back and grind for a specific part to beat it. It makes for a mix of repetitive to somewhat boring gameplay, even though a mecha action shooter should be in-your face explosive action that keeps you hooked.

    When you couple this with the worst part of the game - the story - you turn DxM from a potentially great mecha to a sappy, watered down shooter. The story in this game is awful, and for a few reasons. Besides some context from random trailers, the writers of DxM give you NOTHING to go on. As you progress through the story missions you get bits and pieces of the history of the world in the game, but not nearly enough to make any climactic action or drama leave in impact on the player. The main arching point for the game is the AI system going rogue (or something?) and the mercenaries who work together a LOT but also fight each other a LOT start to question why they are fighting each other. Just to turn around and, every time, say "oh well you shouldn't come to battle if you don't want to fight," then go back to asking WHY ARE WE FIGHTING EACH OTHER?! It's a ridiculously bad narrative with no meaning or seams that hold it together. It goes all over the place in its attempt to be a philosophical, post-apocalypse tale that would copy masters of the theme like Yoko Taro. It's just bad overall, and when you mix that in with the fact there are so many characters going by so many codenames, the average player can't keep up enough to care. They tried to remedy this bad plot with some text message conversations you will get after each mission that are so dragged out that there's no point in reading them, even if they gave us some hint as to what the hell is going on.

    Story and bad single missions aside, multiplayer is the silver lining to this game. You have PvE, basically playing a slew of missions together with other players to get parts and experience, and other modes like PvP which are really interesting, but also a bit worthless since the game didn't bother to balance out a lot of the customization areas for things such as the auto-aim auto-lock and long distances electric gun weapons. Multiplayer has been a relatively fun experience to do for an hour or so once in a while to get some more parts and just grind out.

    However, multiplayer is dead.

    So this game loses its own silver lining because it tears away most interests in its bad single player setup, and general setup of its core missions. A lot of potential, but now that no ones playing, I wont be coming back to that story mode for a LONG time.
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  17. Sep 18, 2021
    6
    Not, that bad as people say, it's a bit repetitive and some grafics are glitchy, if you play once a week or so it's ok if you like mecha games.
  18. Sep 25, 2019
    5
    Repetitive, shallow, and boring. Wait for a sale if you absolutely must get it.
  19. Sep 18, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story:

    Story is full of anime cliches, tropes and single trait characters. It has issues where things are mentioned, but not explained and it reminded me of Final Fantasy XIII, where you are bombarded with weird names and affiliations early on and have no idea who belongs to which mercenary group. Innocence, Bullet Works, House Valentine, Terrors, (Something) VII, and each of those groups has 3-5 members who have constantly shifting allegiances between missions. Trying to kill each other in one, working together in another. It doesn't help you memorize them. Your character is mute and has no opinion on anything that happens and everyone else treats him like a dog to bring on missions.

    World setting:

    There is almost no world building in the game. You are told you are working in a "poisonous zone" (for regular humans) where the moon fell, to secure a resource that is transported outside of that zone to the normal world. You never see the outside world. You get work in mission form for one of 3 big "companies". You never see any of them, or their reps. All contact is done through mission objectives and mails which are so bland that by the end, you won't feel there is a difference between either of them.

    Gameplay:

    You control a mech called Arsenal. You can load it up with 6 weapons total, but not all weapons are equal in worth on the field. The shield in particular is useless. Same for some auxiliary attachments like the ones that stop status effects, which are very rare and if you get them, very short. For short periods of time during missions, you can enhance your speed, your armor, or your firepower (I finished the game and never used this, as it was never needed). Another ability you have is the option to make a mirage (a physical copy of yourself that fights with you) while depleting a gauge of a resource you can replenish mid mission in certain spots. You are teleported with 2 allies to a location where you need to destroy something or protect something or (only 3 times during story), collect something. Missions last between 3-15 minutes.

    Customization:

    Now this is where this game is supposed to hook you. Unfortunately, it fails. Although there are many things to customize, there is almost zero relevance in terms of your success on the mission, because the missions are too easy and you cannot change the difficulty.

    Like in monster hunter, you have the option of a meal before the battle that can raise your stats for the next mission. It's useless. "1% increase in land speed." Wooooow. Amaziiiiiing. -_-

    There is an option to augment your pilot like in Deus Ex, cybernetic implants and all that. Never needed it. You have one mission that you play out of your Arsenal. These implants also affect your Arsenal performance. You get a warning that enhancing past a certain point severely alters your body. Cool. I thought this would mean something in the story late game, like maybe it will affect some cutscene where maybe I am corrupted and controlled to do something I don't wanna do, being mostly mechanical and all? Nope, nothing is done with this.

    There are chips for your mech and weapons. Parts can have up to 3 chip slots. No, not the ones you crafted, only the ones you can randomly find in missions. Everything you craft has no slots. You change gear so frequently all the time that swapping the augments between armor and weapons after almost every mission just seems like a hassle. There is no good way to farm mech parts with slots. It's all random.

    I finished the whole game, every mission, and didn't use any chips on my parts, didn't get any character implants besides the first 3, and didn't use any food bonuses. That's how easy the game is, and how worthless these customization options are.

    Replayability:

    The game has no difficulty setting, unless you count the side goals some missions have (kill enemy in certain time limit/kill x amount of enemies). I finished the game in 23 hours. I played through all story missions and all free missions, with almost no grind for pieces, and already I had collected 70% of everything. Once you finish the game, you get one more free mission. One mission. you finish it and that's it. You have nothing more to motivate you to play the game and get better parts.

    Enemy and stage variety:

    Around 12 normal enemy types, 7 giant enemies, and there are maybe 10 different stages which you revisit. Seriously, by the end of the game they force you to do the same stage 4 times in a row doing the same objective (Black Lotus stages).

    Conclusion:

    I loved the Armored Core games, and while the Armored Core franchise has existed for 2 decades, they couldn't even make a good copy of that game. The story is a a shallow mess. Some parts are dropped on you with no explanation and never mentioned again (Solomon). The mirage mechanic is never used by anyone but you, and no one comments on it.

    Buy on discount, only if mecha fan.
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  20. Nov 8, 2019
    5
    The good: A new IP. Robotic action with Mechas. Many Mechas customization options. The first hours is really fun.

    The Bad: After a while (a couple of hours) the excitement ends and the game becomes repetitive. Generic and repetitive missions. Multiplayer only non-competitive cooperative. You miss a tutorial that teaches you to better manage the wick. The scenarios are as random and
    The good: A new IP. Robotic action with Mechas. Many Mechas customization options. The first hours is really fun.

    The Bad: After a while (a couple of hours) the excitement ends and the game becomes repetitive. Generic and repetitive missions. Multiplayer only non-competitive cooperative. You miss a tutorial that teaches you to better manage the wick. The scenarios are as random and generic as possible. The Mechas look great, humans don't.

    Lo Meh !: you are trying to sell this game as the eighth wonder of the world and it is not. Before spending on this game I recommend trying the demo that is in the e-shop.
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  21. Sep 24, 2019
    5
    Nowhere near the quality of the Armored Core games. Extremely, EXTREMELY dialog heavy anime storyline. Every single mission, even something as simple as destroy an airfield has at LEAST a solid 3 minutes of voice acting BEFORE THE MISSION EVEN BEGINS. Really shallow storyline all the familiar tropes are here. A few completely ridiculous boss battles (depending on your build, which isNowhere near the quality of the Armored Core games. Extremely, EXTREMELY dialog heavy anime storyline. Every single mission, even something as simple as destroy an airfield has at LEAST a solid 3 minutes of voice acting BEFORE THE MISSION EVEN BEGINS. Really shallow storyline all the familiar tropes are here. A few completely ridiculous boss battles (depending on your build, which is no different from AC). Awful final boss, end sequence tries too hard to have the MOST EPIC STORYLINE EVER. Alot of the missions reminded me of Ace Combat more than anything, it's really more about the story between the mercenary companies than anything else, so they'll be talking and grunting the whole mission.

    Gameplay is ok but Switch framerate gets old after awhile, some stages should've been cut. Lacking some build variety from Armored Core like true tank builds, dual shoulder cannons. Instead we get constant flight with an upgraded melee system, making this feel more like AC4.

    Anyone rating it more than a 6 hasn't beat the game or is a shill.
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  22. Nov 6, 2019
    5
    Great game play great story and I highly recommend this game its litrally the best game I've played in years compared to mech warrior this ultimately comes very close plus its awesome you can get out of your mech if it becomes destroyed and fight as the pilot as well really awesome
  23. Feb 15, 2020
    5
    I am so tired of games getting fluffed reviews from playtime in the first few hours. This turns into a rouge like game with stupidly impossible missions that are no longer fun any more. Which REALLY sucks because I REALLY liked this game. I think some of the missions might even be bugged or something too. It's really too bad because this is the best damn mech game I've played sinceI am so tired of games getting fluffed reviews from playtime in the first few hours. This turns into a rouge like game with stupidly impossible missions that are no longer fun any more. Which REALLY sucks because I REALLY liked this game. I think some of the missions might even be bugged or something too. It's really too bad because this is the best damn mech game I've played since Titanfall 2 and I was looking forward to putting a ton of hours into this and now I just can't. Trust me though.,.. I WILL TRY LOL/... but I know it won't let me..... please fix this game?????? thank you Expand
  24. Apr 25, 2023
    5
    overall decent game, except when you have to use mechanics what rarely are used, especially mechanics what generally aren't used on combat yet you are required to do them in the final battle of the game
  25. Dec 7, 2019
    4
    generally alright game, but, BUT there some weird things what could be improved upon
    the enemies are either weaklings or move like crazy
    then the bloody final boss requiring you to use a mechanic you never or rarely use on the rest of the game, and there is also what the hp and dmg of the final boss are simply stupid, forcing you to change completely how you played the whole game before
    generally alright game, but, BUT there some weird things what could be improved upon
    the enemies are either weaklings or move like crazy
    then the bloody final boss requiring you to use a mechanic you never or rarely use on the rest of the game, and there is also what the hp and dmg of the final boss are simply stupid, forcing you to change completely how you played the whole game before that point
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  26. Sep 21, 2019
    4
    I tried to like this Game but Im already thinking of reselling it. Its like they didnt even read all the feedback we gave from the Demos. Graphics are average and the frame rate unstable. Story and Quests are already pretty repetive after 3h Playtime. The only thing I like is the OST and the Mecha Designs. Dont buy this Game, wait for a sale and Patches!
  27. Sep 13, 2019
    4
    The combat is a lot of fun and the visuals are dynamic and exciting, but repetitive missions .
  28. Nov 1, 2019
    4
    The game is too boring, just launched it already tired, I immediately said that the game will not be very and I was right
  29. Apr 6, 2020
    4
    Bad story, boring and repetitive gameplay. I will never try out another mech game, if this one is claimed to be a good one. Totally wasted my money. DO NOT recommend! Worst Switch "exclusive" so far.
  30. Aug 22, 2020
    3
    It controls really weird. it's just another mech game to be honest. and the off centered camera sucks
  31. Feb 14, 2022
    3
    The mech-fighter genre is sorely underpopulated. It's been over twenty years since their heyday, and we're long overdue a new juggernaut title that shows off the new technology and design tools available to modern gaming studios. Unfortunately, Dameon X machina aint that.

    If this game were released as-is in the year 2000 it would still have played second fiddle to Armored Core 2. The
    The mech-fighter genre is sorely underpopulated. It's been over twenty years since their heyday, and we're long overdue a new juggernaut title that shows off the new technology and design tools available to modern gaming studios. Unfortunately, Dameon X machina aint that.

    If this game were released as-is in the year 2000 it would still have played second fiddle to Armored Core 2. The enemies are bland, the controls are unsatisfying, and overall combat is an absolute snoozefest. The only decent thing about the game is mech customization, which - if you ignore the fact that all chassis run on the same skeleton - is quite vast.

    The gameplay is honestly just overshadowed, though, by the games FFF production standards. What is FFF? Imagine a AAA game, and it's the opposite of that. The cringeworthy writing and dialogue is only made worse by the dirt-cheap localization. I cannot understate just how bad the presentation of this game is. The music, characters, and foley work simply sucks.

    TLDR: If you don't mind a game set in an ugly brown world populated by a caste of bland clichés that you won't care about, and if you don't mind playing the game on mute, you might find something that scratches the anime 'mech fighter itch but is not innovative or even well-polished.
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  32. Sep 23, 2019
    1
    Does the worse thing a game can do. Is boring. Nintendo needs to pick better partners to finance their exclusive games.
  33. Mar 7, 2021
    1
    This game had great potential, as its working great on Switch, however its potential was totally lost. Missions are pretty much the same and combat is absolutely boring.
    Melee is totally not worth using until the end, then suddenly its a must have. Besides its clumsy.
    Story is told by lengthy dialogues that are boring most of the time (but there are some great lines to be honest). This
    This game had great potential, as its working great on Switch, however its potential was totally lost. Missions are pretty much the same and combat is absolutely boring.
    Melee is totally not worth using until the end, then suddenly its a must have. Besides its clumsy.
    Story is told by lengthy dialogues that are boring most of the time (but there are some great lines to be honest). This game seems like playing one mission all the time and only names of enemies are changing.
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  34. Feb 12, 2020
    0
    ruined by that stupid off-centered camera. why can't developers understand that tvs and monitors have a definite CENTER?
  35. Oct 5, 2019
    0
    A mindless experience with a vapid story, unlikeable characters, stilted controls, constantly reused objectives / mission types, and one of the most infuriatingly unfair, grind-encouraging final bosses in recent memory. Avoid at all costs.
  36. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    Bastante generico y no aporta nada nuevo al genero, lo unico bueno es la optimizacion de personajes la cual es muy variada, pero para un juego de mechas es un agregado algo inutil, el juego se siente mal aprovechado en todos los aspectos.
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    Pretty generic and doesn't bring anything new to the genre, the only good thing is the character optimization which is very varied, but for a mecha
    Bastante generico y no aporta nada nuevo al genero, lo unico bueno es la optimizacion de personajes la cual es muy variada, pero para un juego de mechas es un agregado algo inutil, el juego se siente mal aprovechado en todos los aspectos.
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    Pretty generic and doesn't bring anything new to the genre, the only good thing is the character optimization which is very varied, but for a mecha game inspired in Armored Core it's a somewhat useless aggregate, the game feels badly explored in all aspects.
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  37. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    The combat system is quite weird and difficult to control, the gameplay when you are out of the mecha is poorly implemented, and I find the missions somewhat repetitive, the game inflates its duration in a creeping way, it's fun at the beginning but after a while it bores.
  38. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    A shame for the genre and a bad example for a Armored Core like game, the gameplay is atrocious and doesn't help that the game is poorly optimized, to be a Switch game its graphics are quite simple and not up to scratch, and let's not even talk of its story, pretty boring.
  39. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    It's a bit disappointing for players who love gundam games, the combat system is somewhat messy and the argument behind the game is poorly constructed, the only thing I can highlight is the character customization, but everything else in the game is inconsistent.
  40. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    One of the worst Switch exclusives that I have played, I really expected more from it when it was announced in the last year, it ended up being a game with rough an archaic gameplay, and a very bad story/plot.
  41. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    El combate es muy aburrido y los visuales, aunque dinámicos, son muy poco vistosos y hasta desesperantes, el estilo artístico esta lleno de colores saturados en especial el rojo, y los entornos son muy vacíos, así como la jugabilidad fuera del mecha es torpe y te saca de la atmósfera, las misiones son en extremo repetitivas y con poco valor rejugable.
  42. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    Como un juego de mechas de combate, la mecánica y el sistema de combate están algo mal pulidos, la historia y los personajes son genéricos y desarrollados de manera floja, y los gráficos dejan mucho que desear, sin mencionar los errores y problemas técnicos que presenta incluso con las correcciones de la demostración .
    Muy desilusionado con este juego.
  43. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    I really hate what this game looks like, artstyle is precarious and the gameplay in my opinion is clumsy and boring, I like more how future titles of the platform like Luigi's Mansion 3 or Pokemon Sword and Shield looks.
  44. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    In spite of the feedback that the game received through patches and we gave the final finish it was disappointing, playing it is really repetitive and I feel that it wastes a lot of potential, few good things can I say about the game, in general it has not liked me.
  45. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    As a robot mecha game the mechanics and the combat system are somewhat poorly finished, the story and characters are generic and porrly developed, and the graphics leave much to be desired, not to mention the errors and technical problems it presents even with the demo corretions.
    Quite disappointing for me.
  46. Sep 13, 2019
    0
    Las misiones secundarias son realmente repetitivas, y la historia pudo dar para mas, tenia ciertas expectativas sobre este juego, pero termino siendo una experiencia bastante insatisfactoria.
  47. Apr 8, 2022
    0
    Never played a Game THAT bad and i played VCB - Why City. Such bad Gamedesign i got stuck because no more enemys spawned.
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 68
  2. Negative: 2 out of 68
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2020
    70
    Daemon X Machina has a lot of personality when it comes to moment-to-moment action, but everything else sometimes feels like an afterthought. [Issue #42 – October 2019, p. 72]
  2. Oct 28, 2019
    70
    There’s much to applaud about Daemon X Machina. The third-person mech action game delivers an experience unlike any other on Nintendo Switch, thanks to the striking mech designs and red-drenched world merging with combat that can readily thrill in the game’s many large-scale encounters. However, shortcomings such as the convoluted plot and repetition let it down – holding it back from reaching the brilliance that Marvelous nearly achieved.
  3. Oct 16, 2019
    85
    The best description is this is basically Armored Core X Gundam. It has great mech and character customizations, fast and chaotic combat and a good enough story. If you have a Switch and are a mech fan then this game is a must buy.