Titanic Scion’ Gets A Demo, Here Are Some Tips

There is now a playable demo available for ‘Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’ across all platforms.

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Following my preview write-up yesterday, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has a new demo available on all platforms, containing the first nine chapters of the game.

This is entirely a good thing because this demo also means players can team up online. In short, it will allow the development team to stress test the game’s network code before the game launches in September, which is obviously a good thing.

In addition, one of the reasons I didn’t cover the differing performance levels between the versions of the game was that I assumed there would be a demo for everyone to check that out for themselves.

Anyway, now that the demo is out, I thought I’d share some tips to get into the game and cut through a lot of the complexity that isn’t really explained when you start out.

Scan And Scavenge

The most important thing you can do in this game is to constantly scan for items in the game world. To do this, you push up on the d-pad, which sends out a pulse that highlights the items you can scavenge (in blue) and enemies (in red).

Unlike Armored Core, while you can buy parts and weapons from the shop in your base and in colonies around the game world, the vast majority of parts and weapons are scavenged. Moreover, no two parts are the same, so scavenging similar parts will often result in them having different stats.

Supply Bases Refill Ammo And Femto For Free

You will notice a bunch of supply bases around the world, and you can build your own, too. While you can recover your health, for a cost, the moment you access the Supply Base, it will automatically refill your ammo and Femto for free.

You can also upgrade bases with scrap, which reduces the cost to “recover” your health.

Supply Bases also offer a lot of extra functionality that means you don’t have to go back to your base every time you want to change your Arsenal or Fusion skills, among other things.

Mine The Metal Flowers, Especially The Sparkly Ones

There are strange-looking metal flowers dotted all over the game’s landscape. You do a little mining mini game to smash them up and get resources. Many of these resources are used to Develop parts and weapons.

The sparkly flowers also offer expansion slot upgrades. These are crucial for all parts in the game, as the Attachments you can use can drastically change their potency or even the ability to equip them within your Arsenal’s memory limit.

Scrap And Femto

This game uses Femto a lot more than the first game, and you can resupply that by destroying the red Femto crystals dotted all over the ground. You also have Femto trees that you can stand next to and refill your Femto gauge.

The other main resource is Scrap, and these look like purple Bismuth crystals. I cannot stress this enough; scavenge as much Scrap as possible. You will need it to upgrade your base and all sorts of other things. Unlike money, it’s rarely given out on missions, so the more scrap you scavenge, the better off you will be.

Replay The Boss Fights For Extra Parts

The bosses you encounter, both Neun and Colossus, drop parts and other items once killed. However, each of these has multiple drops, so it’s a good idea to replay them in the Combat Simulator at the back of your base.

This is especially true for the parts you can Develop from the cores of each boss. These Immortal-infused parts and weapons are often extremely powerful, so it’s worth mining the bosses for their cores and other items.

Ice Cream Offers More Than You Think

Going to the Ice Cream shop in your base allows you to give buffs to your character for a limited time. Once you fill out the stamp card and reach the Silver level, it becomes a lot more than just an Ice Cream shop.

That should be enough for now, without spoiling anything major. The main thing is to scan, scavenge, and hoard scrap. It will make everything a lot easier as the game progresses in difficulty, as you will have the resources at hand to tackle whatever comes your way.

In the meantime, feel free to check out my interview with the game’s producer, Kenichiro Tsukuda.

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion will be released on September 5 for Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

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