Binary Domain Demo

Binary Domain is a third-person shooter that pits humans against a robot community that aims to replace people and make them obsolete.

Binary Domain was made by a studio named Devil's Details and published by Sega, and it’s one of the few good games that were largely ignored by the PC gaming community. Maybe it was the Japanese influences or some other aspect, but Binary Domain didn’t get the attention that it needed.

Sometimes, Binary Domain seems to be a Gears of War clone, but the truth is that the game only shares some features that are actually common to the third person genre to that particular title. For the most part, it’s entirely original and does a lot of things right, including implementing some feature for the first time.

One of the things that seem to be a constant for Japanese games and culture seems to be a very bleak vision of the future. They imagine that robots will become so lifelike that they are going to replace humans.

More than one animated series were done with this idea in mind and Binary Domain follows the same path. Something happened in Tokio and humans are going missing. It looks like the robots have other plans. A team is sent in to investigate, and this is where you pick up.

You get to choose two people that are going to join you, and you would be changing the composition of the team as you move through the levels. You get some credits for each kill you make, and those resources can be used to upgrade the weapons and other abilities.

Binary Domain has some pretty intense fights, as the robots that you face are very resilient, they break into pieces and keep coming after you even if they are missing various limbs. The boss fights are impressive, and it usually requires some sort of trick to bring them down.

The engine is a little old, but it still holds until today. The demo is really short, and only last for 10 or so minutes, depending on how fast you’re moving.