Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

all currencies in usd it's a blast, but this is not a $70 game. i purchased it at 30% off ($49) which i thought was a lot more agreeable. the customization options are solid, the guns feel good, the story is campy and tries to take itself very seriously but, much like the first game, it takes a very long time to meander to something resembling a point and has some of the funniest voice acting (English, unsure about JP) i've heard in any game i've played in the past 5 years. a lot of the weapons are really reasonably good, but most of them have expiration dates on how long you can use them for before you're made to switch off of them (for something that handles almost exactly the same); which i think is a good thing, as it encourages you to try new things rather than saying "this is my pet weapon and i will use it forever". you can use your pet weapon forever, it just will not remain as effective. this game is not daemon x machina 1. this is a powered armor game, and not a mecha game. your powered armor handles like a mech, and not like powered armor. i do not know why they decided this was the move to make but they sure did make it. but i do have some gripes that i think might turn some people off: -the camera is your archnemesis and will cause you to take more damage than you think you should be. there is nothing you can do about this. -all of the vehicles feel like the center of gravity is above the actual vehicle, and small bumps, clipping objects, etc. will send you to Liuzhou, China -your turning radius is limited extremely dramatically when using boosts of any description, and you will have to stop or use emergency dashes to make turns sharper than 30 degrees. occasionally if you do try to make that turn anyway, you will do a comically slow 180 degree pivot animation, and run back the way you came. -all of the gear drops have RNG stats and there's nothing you can do to mitigate this. for me this is fun, for some people this will make you want to explode. overall, this game really feels a lot more "complete" than DxM1, it's got some quirks that make me want to throw a tantrum in a wal-mart toy aisle, but it's got all the same hallmarks that made DxM1 fun for me personally, and i can happily recommend it.