DAEMON X MACHINA
Pilot a customizable Arsenal through combat orders, fly across battlefields and equip weapons salvaged from defeated machines. Equipment recovered in one fight can become part of your loadout for the next.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.1 / 10
About this game
DAEMON X MACHINA puts you in an Arsenal, a flying mech assembled from interchangeable armor and weapons. The campaign moves forward through combat orders, including enemy elimination and position defense. During a battle, you can recover weapons from defeated machines and equip them immediately, changing your available attacks without waiting for the next mission. Salvaged equipment also carries forward into later battles, connecting battlefield pickups with your next round of customization. You can combine parts, change colors and add decals to shape your machine's appearance. Movement has its own tradeoff: Speed Shift increases your movement speed while reducing defense, making the choice of when to use it part of combat.
Collected in series
Daemon X Machina is a mecha action series built around customizing combat machines called Arsenals. You mix weapons and armor, move between ground and aerial combat, and look for equipment that suits your fighting style. Titanic Scion changes the scale with an Arsenal worn as powered armor.
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AI review
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A promising fit for players who want battlefield improvisation to feed their next mech build.
Immediate weapon salvage could make each encounter an opportunity to reconsider your equipment. Persistent recovered gear gives that improvisation a longer purpose, while Speed Shift's defense penalty should matter most to players who enjoy balancing mobility against exposure.
Strengths
- Using enemy weapons immediately could make collecting equipment feel like an active combat decision.
- Colors and decals offer an additional outlet for players who enjoy giving a build its own identity.
Weaknesses
- The defense cost of Speed Shift may be unwelcome if you want faster movement without an accompanying vulnerability.
Who it is for: Players interested in assembling a mech, trying recovered weapons and adjusting their approach between orders.
Play notes: Treat co-op as a separate set of stages rather than a way to play through the story campaign.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Order-based progression and equipment retained between battles could give individual missions a role in developing the next build. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Salvaging weapons during combat could reward willingness to revise a loadout instead of following one fixed setup. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Custom colors and decals may strengthen attachment to an Arsenal by making its appearance a player choice. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Local co-op requires attention to update compatibility, since newer and older update data cannot connect. | Reviewed | 6.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Marvelous
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- DodgePlatformingReplayableLinear LevelsFast-pacedSolo-friendlyMain Story Under 10 Hours3D GraphicsReal-time CombatThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com