Daisen

Daisen is set in Kyiv in 2019, fifteen years after humanity’s attempt to conquer time ended in the Time Fiasco. The experiment tore reality apart and exposed Dark Matter, a fragile border with a non-Euclidean Anomalous world. Glowing “Windows” now appear on city streets, releasing Anomalies—creatures with their own ideologies and beliefs.

Underground Time Controllers artificially hold the earth together, while private companies turn the fight against chaos into a business and directly exterminate their competitors. You play as Emilia Svitanko, an Essentiar whose body is mutating and granting her incredible speed while her mind remains human. As a mercenary for the Daisen company, you close Windows, test experimental weapons and clear out “unwanted eyes.”

Fight with experimental weapons

You can take up to three weapons on each mission, including the “Siris” automatic rifle and the heavy “Grimolip” shotgun. Weapons have Internal Ammo Generators powered by radioactive processors: they create bullets as you fire, but heat up rapidly and can critically overheat, shutting the weapon down. There are no magazines or conventional reloading, so you manage weapon temperature rather than ammunition.

Keep moving and recover

You use fast slides, jumps and momentum to move through enemy crowds and dodge projectiles. The game has no medkits; instead, you collect hot orange essence from defeated enemies and inject it into your veins with the Mender device to heal instantly.

The Daisen hub

After raids, you return to the Daisen hub office to rest or spend earned hryvnias on new weapons. The office also offers a place to relax between missions.

Bloodstorm mode

In Bloodstorm mode, you face endless waves of enemies in an arena while listening to your own music playlist. Sudden debuff events can bring total blindness or poisonous fog, and random weapon rentals appear in “casino slots.”