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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