We have all been ready years for the return of as soon as outstanding Japanese developer Degree-5, however you would be forgiven for being utterly blind to its newest Western launch, Megaton Musashi W: Wired. Due to what looks like a close to whole lack of selling, this awkwardly named motion RPG has sailed effortlessly below the radar — however it positively deserves extra consideration.
Very similar to Yo-Kai Watch, Megaton Musashi is a multimedia property from Degree-5, spanning video games and anime. It is a sci-fi story about humanity making one final stand towards an all-conquering alien menace, with Wired placing you within the pilot seat of — you guessed it — an enormous robotic that may lastly flip the tide of this intergalactic struggle.
The title’s cut up between two distinct elements. The primary has you wander round 2D environments, speaking to key characters with a view to progress the plot. The second plops you onto the battlefield in your aforementioned mech, able to kick some extraterrestrial arse throughout numerous objective-based missions.
Each the characters and the dialogue seem very trope-heavy at first, however issues do get considerably fascinating in a while, because the narrative introduces a good diploma of rigidity between forged members. It isn’t what we would name an incredible story, however it holds the motion collectively quite nicely.
Certainly, it is stated motion that’ll maintain you taking part in. With impressively accessible controls and responsive gameplay, there’s so much to love about Megaton Musashi’s model of mechanical carnage. It is fast-paced and punchy — particularly if you unleash tremendous assaults — however repeated enemy varieties do take the sting off ever so barely.
As you progress, you unlock new physique elements and weapons in your robotic by way of a beneficiant loot system, which in flip enables you to deal with more and more harmful missions. Decking out your mech with new tools does lean into make huge quantity go up territory at occasions, however it’s nonetheless an addictive course of general.
You may as well hop on-line to deal with missions alongside different gamers, however on the time of penning this evaluation, the sport feels borderline deserted. It isn’t an enormous deal given the power of the single-player providing, however it’s nonetheless one thing to pay attention to.
Megaton Musashi W: Wired is a kind of video games the place you’ll be able to establish its flaws in a short time, however they are not going to cease you from having enjoyable. In the end, it is the title’s fast-flowing and easy-to-grasp fight that wins the day, bolstered by an addictive loot system and a moreish, mission-based marketing campaign.
