While you certainly can do that, building up your rank to unlock more of the serviceable story, it’s probably best to treat the game as if it were still a free-to-play title and back off it if you ever start to feel the gameplay growing tedious. World of Demons is really not the type of game that should be muscled through. I got really good at the game early into my playtime but found it less and less exhilarating the longer I’d play it. Thankfully, I was usually able to overcome the latter with deft usage of the dodge button. The biggest issues I faced with touch controls are World of Demons’ slow camera controls and unreliable auto-target system. Make no mistake, this game is best played with a controller, but everyone should be able to hold their own without one. With so many attack possibilities, I have to hand it to PlatinumGames for getting the touchscreen controls as good as it did. You can equip two minions to each of the playable characters, and if you pick up an orb of one of your equipped yokai on the battlefield, you have the opportunity for a unique attack that can deal an absurd amount of damage. When you complete a level, you’ll have a chance of adding any of the yokai you defeat to your permanent stable as a minion, and this includes boss characters. Some are a little more hands-on, such as Ushi-oni, which not only requires perfect placement for maximum effect, but asks you to button mash while also making sure you’re dodging any attacks from opponents not caught up in its fire.
For instance, the Kappa, which is the first yokai you’ll encounter, will automatically smack your opponent with a water attack. Defeated yokai will drop orbs that can be picked up and used in battle as a one-time-use special attack. Unique to World of Demons is its yokai-collecting mechanic. Mix those two together, and you’ll be able to create some devastating combos. The game uses a single action button that can be mashed for light melee attacks, or held down for stronger swings. Like with other Platinum titles, these fights against the waves of exquisitely designed yokai are restricted to a small circle that you’ll hop and dodge around as you chain together attacks to score to coveted “S” rankings. Onimaru’s journey will take him through beautifully cell-shaded linear stages where most fights are telegraphed in advance, so you’re never taken by surprise. But with no season passes to worry about, no paid loot boxes, and no artificial limiters on how much you can play, nothing is standing in the way of fully enjoying PlatinumGames’ attempt to recreate its gold-standard action gameplay on mobile devices.ĭon’t come into World of Demons expecting Nier: Automata on your phone. This tale of the warrior Onimaru’s quest to kill the king of demons with his frenemies at his side certainly has the structure of a free-to-play title, with loot-based leveling, gacha mechanics, and a ranking system that gatekeeps story progression. Games like Sociable Soccer, Lego Brawls, and, most recently, Star Trek Legends have progression systems and gameplay that are similar to F2P titles, but adjusted for the ad and microtransaction-free garden of Apple’s subscription service. If you subscribe to Apple Arcade, you’ve probably come to recognize that many titles for the service follow the design philosophies used by free-to-play mobile titles, but without most of the freemium nonsense. MSRP: Part of Apple Arcade ($4.99 a month) And just when I had forgotten about it completely, it shows up out of the blue on Apple Arcade.Ĭlearly, the lesson we should all learn with PlatinumGames is to have a little patience, because sometimes, it pays off. No new info, no new trailers as the months and years passed and the mobile ecosystem evolved, the title quietly drifted from my mind.
From then, it was basically radio silence on the project. Shortly following that announcement, the game had a soft release in a few countries, but was pulled from mobile shops by September of that year. When it was announced in 2018, I was really looking forward to seeing what PlatinumGames could do with mobile gaming given it’s behind the best action titles I’ve ever played. Show of hands: who here thought World of Demons was quietly canceled months ago?
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