Finally gave the Daemon X Machina demo a shot, and the first three mission were ok enough for me, perhaps not $60 ok, but ok. The fourth mission though, holy hell. It's so bad and annoying that the game is now getting pretty darn close to a no-buy for me. I don't mind fights that get chaotic but this is just way too messy. There are so many potential targets on screen that the targeting system goes bananas and most of the time I have no idea what I'm actually shooting at. And what really infuriates me is that the colossal you're fighting doesn't give a damn about the area restrictions and way too many times I've been sandwiched between it and the area border, and if you get pushed beyond the area border the game takes control of your Arsenal and either slowly or quickly, depending on its mood, moves you back to the fight. I get that you need area restrictions, that's a no-brainer, but for the love of god don't have the enemies move too close to the border, that's a recipe for disaster.
My last serious issue isn't exclusive to this game. Developers, for fucks sake, give players the option to simply restart a level without forcing them to go through menus, mission briefings, etc. Please, don't be idiots, include a restart mission option. Seriously.
