We have all been ready years for the return of as soon as distinguished Japanese developer Degree-5, however you would be forgiven for being utterly blind to its newest Western launch, Megaton Musashi W: Wired. Because of what looks like a close to complete lack of selling, this awkwardly named motion RPG has sailed effortlessly underneath the radar — nevertheless it undoubtedly deserves extra consideration.
Very like 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 conflict.
The title’s cut up between two distinct components. The primary has you wander round 2D environments, speaking to key characters so as to progress the plot. The second plops you onto the battlefield in your aforementioned mech, able to kick some extraterrestrial arse throughout a lot of objective-based missions.
Each the characters and the dialogue seem very trope-heavy at first, however issues do get considerably attention-grabbing afterward, because the narrative introduces a good diploma of stress between solid members. It is not what we might name a tremendous story, nevertheless it holds the motion collectively reasonably properly.
Certainly, it is stated motion that’ll maintain you enjoying. With impressively accessible controls and responsive gameplay, there’s rather a lot to love about Megaton Musashi’s model of mechanical carnage. It is fast-paced and punchy — particularly whenever you unleash tremendous assaults — however repeated enemy varieties do take the sting off ever so barely.
As you progress, you unlock new physique components and weapons in your robotic by a beneficiant loot system, which in flip helps you to sort out more and more harmful missions. Decking out your mech with new tools does lean into make massive quantity go up territory at occasions, nevertheless it’s nonetheless an addictive course of general.
You too can hop on-line to sort out missions alongside different gamers, however on the time of scripting this evaluate, the sport feels borderline deserted. It is not an enormous deal given the energy of the single-player providing, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one thing to concentrate on.
Megaton Musashi W: Wired is a type of video games the place you possibly can establish its flaws in a short time, however they don’t seem to be 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.
