#Daemon x machina customization trial#

This is partially speculation, but I assume it boils down to evaluating the cost of its implementation versus the benefit it may provide. It’s relatively basic, but a nice inclusion nonetheless.

Keep in mind that my experience with game genres that focused more on simulations or resource/cooldown management, where I believe this type of functionality to be more commonplace, was practically non-existent. I struggled to understand why it was that no other game I’d played up until that point had this. This was during my fledgling years of owning a computer that could play games other than Minesweeper and Space Cadet 3D Pinball, and the novelty definitely left its mark. My first experience with UI customization came in the form of the indie title Dust: An Elysian Tail. It’s by no means perfect, but it gets the job done. Once you fiddle with it enough, you’ll get a feel for exactly how much room a particular item needs.

#Daemon x machina customization trial#

This required some amount of trial and error, as certain components would either overlap others, or end up off screen entirely. A few elements that I re-positioned had alternate modes that could only be seen during actual gameplay. This system is not without its issues, however.

Moving UI elements with an analog stick is pretty tedious. The only exception to this is the reticle, which cannot be modified and will remain active at the center of the screen. You could even turn off elements if you so please. Position, scale, and even transparency are all modifiable. In keeping with the game’s focus on customization, you are given the ability to adjust individual items of the HUD to suit your fancy. Well, wouldn’t you know it, the developers were one step ahead of me.

Daemon X Machina’s default HUD configuration. I get that if I was actually piloting a giant bipedal robot that could fly, the amount of information being presented to me would make an airplane pilot shake in his boots, but there’s just something about this particular layout that feels… congested. Most of the items presented to you provide valuable information, and are placed within a proximity of where you’ll be looking for the majority of the game, which makes sense. There is one thing that had bugged me since I played the game’s Prototype Missions demo back in February, and that was the Heads Up Display (or HUD, for short).įrom a technical perspective, there’s nothing wrong with this game’s HUD. It feels like I’m playing through an extremely campy mech anime, with all of the ups and downs one might expect that to entail. I’m only a handful of hours in, but so far I’ve enjoyed my time with it. I’m kind of a sucker for high-speed mech action games, as the Zone of the Enders tattoo on my arm may suggest, so I was more than happy to pick it up. Close to a year and a half after its initial reveal during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, Daemon X Machina is finally available.