Digimon Survive is NOT what I expected & DON'T get SCAMMED. 

Much like your critique of the game. 80% of the video isn't talking about the game and 20% is spent complaining about what you thought it was and the rest was Clickbait about sponsors and ads. This video is not what I thought it was.

Video/review starts at 6:40.

I got Digimon survive knowing it was a visual novel. We was told it was when it got announced and throughout development. So I think it was very well advertised so it's your own fault really if you didn't like the style of gameplay. The game isn't perfect but it doesn't deserve all the hate its been getting.

It was exactly what I was expecting, exactly what they marketed, and it is awesome. It takes full advantage of what Digimon franchise has become over the decades; a story focused series (even though officially it's a game franchise).

The creators and anyone who has been following updates about the game have known about the visual novel aspects and the amount of it since at leas the beginning of the year. I feel like if people don’t bother looking into a game at all and then blame the game for not being what they wanted, really that blame should be put on themselves.

Been playing this game all weekend, I went in knowing from a quick google search before I bought it that it was going to be about 70% visual novel based on what the creator said. Getting into it never played a visual novel before and I’m honestly not a big fan of Tactical RPGs, but oh boy if this isn’t the most invested I’ve been in a game since DQ 11. The story really grabbed me and it really had me so immersed that I am analyzing every decision I make like I never have before in a game! Unlike Digimon World or Pokemon, having the heavy narrative element had me actually invested in my little monsters beyond ‘o he looks cool’ or whatever. Definitely get how this game might not be for everyone but it is one of best times I’ve had gaming!

To be fair in Survive's defense, aside of the creative differences of the game causing the delay, Covid also was a major part. The game was originally meant to be released in 2019. And it wasn't too far off from Hacker's Memory's release. So to answer the "this isn't what Digimon needs" complaint, it's just poorly timed.

Something I haven’t seemed mentioned is that Digimon Survive is meant as the pilot game of a new Digimon game series along with World and Story, which means that it is a Digimon game in the truest form.

They always said the game was going to be like this. The market was pretty clear, they litteraly said 70% visual novel, 30% strategy battle.

"This isn't what Digimon needs right now" Yeah it is. We have plenty of variety in Digimon. From VPet to Racing and Platform Fighter, we've got a bit of everything and that's what makes it so enjoyable. Digimon doesn't have to make a comeback, it never went anywhere! The new card game is more successful than ever, the anime right now is solid. The Virtual Pets have been so popular they release outside of Japan now. The games are picking back up over here now that CyberSleuth is available in more places. We'll see more "World" style games eventually. But we don't desperately need them at this time. Digimon isn't pokemon, it isn't TRYING to be pokemon. It doesn't need to push a mainline game every year or two. Whatever "mainline" means to you. Digimon Survive IS a Digimon game, just one you happen to not enjoy, and that's alright.

One of the greatest Digimon games and stories ever. This game wasn’t hiding what it is you just had to read about it.

I think it's funny how the review is "I didn't like this game" and the comments are all "I love this game"

4 chapters in and actually really enjoy the game tbh. I take it like the original digimon adventure but with mature story and characters. 8 kids, yeet into unknown world full of monsters, you're afraid, have ptsd, foods are scarce. It is gritty digimon, but occasionally funny and emotional. Visual is fantastic, voice acting is great, and the small sprites... so adorable!

Digimon review starts at 6:30

I grew up with the anime, so I had zero issue with the visual novel style. The story clearly took a lot of inspiration from Adventure 01 and Tamers, easily the best of the original 4 seasons. I thought the art style was very appealing, and yes while the battle segments aren't very detailed, I much prefer the anime inspired 2D art style over the 3D models of the recent Pokémon games. I went in looking for a classic Digimon story that could have been a new season of the anime, and an art style to match, and that's exactly what I got. I cared about a majority of the characters and even though the ones that died were really pissing me off before hand, their deaths were still shocking and by the end, I wanted to go back and see if I could save everyone. I only wish they had done an English dub, but that's not a big deal. Also the subtitle translations were very wonky at times.

Never played a visual novel, super limited experience with tactical rpgs but I love digimon so I decided to give it a try. I was suuuuuper bored with it through part 1, by part 2 I was mildly intrigued and towards the end of part 3 I was falling in love with the game. On part 7 rn and it's a fantastic story and I'm surprisingly invested in it. I really thought I was going to hate it but I'm surprised to say I love this game. I also knew fully well going into it what I was getting though, there were a ton of articles warning people it was a limited action visual novel. They did a crappy job marketing it maybe, but if it's not what you expected I kinda feel like that's on you.

Why are youtubers shocked by what Digimon survive is when the trailers and any information about it is very clear?

I think this is probably the more realistic dive into being transported into the digital world, and the fact that there isn't any plot armour to keep characters alive and no matter how perfect your first play through is you will at least lose 2 characters which is really great for replayability. Loved how the characters interacted with eachother and their digimon especially with a couple not exactly accepting their digimon to be their partners. I can't wait to see what bandai do next for the franchise cause there's definitely another game in the pipeline

Visual novels are common in Japan where the game is from. I am sure the are thinking of the fan base there and also provided this localization which is considerate. Most of the time other countries are left out so I'm happy to play the game.

Yeah... imma be honest. It sounds like you expected something like Digimon World Next Order, with an actually explorable Digital World. I think they made it clear as day a VN-style adventure was what Survive was gonna be when it finally resurfaced. The concept is intriguing, but something bugging me is... I feel like the game had a different lead Digimon rather than Agumon at some point during development.

I don't know how so many people thought this game was going to be different. I think it was pretty well advertised that it was going to be mostly visual novel. The fact that it's getting review bombed for it kind of sucks. It's a really good story, has good characters and is adequately dark. As long as you don't have anything against reading, and you enjoy a good story, you'll enjoy the game.

If you didn't know what these game was gonna be like on release you didn't research it hard enough. It was VERY clear what this game was going to be like. They word for word said it was 70% a visual novel and 30%trpg. Not to discredit your review bc I adore your content,but anyone who went into Survive not understanding that...it's kind of your fault. And I don't mean YOU specifically. I mean the babies review bombing the game bc its not what they wanted.

This is one of the best games I’ve played this gen. Best one thus far this year. Story, Characters, world building, and the music is top notch. It’s so engrossing and addicting. Every time I sit down and play it time simply flies by. There’s nothing wrong with it being a visual novel specially since it’s absolutely one of the best we’ve had in recent years. Heck tbh I wouldn’t say it is a visual novel it’s superior. It is it’s own breed: Visual Novel, Point and Click, Social Links, Survival game, and Turn Based tactical rpg. It’s an experimental and ambitious masterpiece! A must for any gamer and specially for us Digimon fan! In addition we fans all knew how it would play since the devs stated it Day one. It shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s a miracle how the devs delivered a 9.5/10 masterpiece after the delays. They surpassed my expectations something many games have failed at. Hardcore disagree with the video.

Honestly, I already knew it was a visual novel when the dev of the game himself said that it was 70% visual novel and the rest being strategy rpg elements. And I understand perfectly why there's people who don't care for this game. I spent my whole weekend playing it and I loved it, but I loved t for the same reason I love Persona.

People that aren't in the Loop with Digimon might not know this but Digimon Games in the Past fell in to two different series 1: Digimon Story games that have a heavy emphasis on RPG Elements 2: Digimon World Games that have a heavy emphasis on the Tamer Aspect Digimon Survive is now a completely new type of Genre for Digimon which doesn't fall into either of those Series. A lot of people just assumed it would be an RPG and are now review bombing it for not living up to that. The Marketing that did exist always mentioned that it would be a Visual novel at the Core, with light Tactic RPG Elements. For those who just want another Monster Collecting RPG Digimon game, don't worry another Story game is already in the works. So please stop hating on Survive for not being what you falsely thought it would be.(not directed towards Wood but the Review Bombers)

I’d say it IS about 70-80% visual novel and the rest animation and combat. You just had to read on it or follow it the slightest bit over the last few years to know what it was gonna be. And it is the darker more mature story, just not in the format YOU or others personally may have wanted. Doesn’t make it a bad game. It’s got a lot of creativity and charm, among other great aspects. Especially for its format/genre, I’d say it excels. Does not deserve the review bombing it gets.

I knew this game was a visual novel strategy going into it and im loving every minute of it.

It’s disappointing the game isn’t what most wanted but it’s not a scam. If you followed it beyond a single trailer you would know they were making it a slightly more interactive visual novel. The tactics gameplay was clearly not the highlight of the game even in the trailers. It’s using the now over done HD2D graphics gimmick just so they could focus more on the story and animations. It’s not what we wanted but that’s not what they set out to make in the first place

I understand that people aren’t into visual novels but the visual novel aspect was what got me excited for digimon survive. I haven’t played through the other switch digimon game yet though. That will probably be next for me after survive.

It was incredibly hard to miss that this was a visual novel. Everyone I told already knew it. Also, they can afford to do it cause this is only one of many branches of digimon games, the newest one. There's the raising mons- world, the jrpg- story, the vn one- this, the v-pet line, the v bracelet, the tcg

I never was a big fan of visual novels but since this had a element of SRPG even though it's only around 20-30% of the game, I have to say it's great and I really enjoyed it. The darker aspect really threw me off but I loved it.

yeah, i disagree with this video. in my opinion this is the best Digimon game in forever as it captures the spirit of the first 3 seasons of the anime better than any Digimon game or show in about 2 decades. the story and characters are excellent. but sure, I'm biased on the visual novel stuff and I'll admit the turn-based strategy gameplay could be more imaginative.

I went in knowing it was 70% visual novel. It's really excellent and the story is wonderful never played a visual novel before. It is the best digimon or Pokémon story I've ever read, saw or played. The tactical game play is also very fun. Digi Evolution mid battle never gets old.

I don´t think a lot of the arguments told on this video make sense. First of all, the game always was advertised as a VN with some Tactical-RPG elements. Even the lead developer said it would be around 70-30%. Now, saying that Bandai should not do these kind of projects is also wrong, since a Digimon World is under development and a Cybersleuth also. This was also confirmed, since this game was mostly delegated to another studio that did most of the game since they have different development groups for different games. I agree that sometimes the game feels slow, but it doesn´t look bad and less if you compare it to Legends Arceus for instance.

Dont let this video turn you away from digimon survive, its probably one of the best digimon games to date with one of the best stories. I also gotta say its one of the most beautiful visual novels ive played and the battles are actually quite frequent, especially if you do free battles as wel to recruit new digimon / train.

People talking about how a Visual Novel game is not what the Digimon franchise needs right now clearly don't know how popular Visual Novels are in Japan. You know, the country Digimon originally came from. It might not hit it off as much in the West, but I can guarantee you the game is going to sell well in Japan, which is the number one priority for Bandai Namco and Hyde here. For comparison, the entire Fate franchise (Fate/Stay night, Fate/Zero etc.) was birthed from Visual Novels. And the games sold so well over there, Type-Moon didn't even bother to port them to the West. Japanese developers are always going to develop games primarily for the Japanese market.

I loved Digimon survie. I spent a week playing it and I lost 5 people on my first run. Sure the visual Novel playstyle was annoying at first, but it works for this game. Also, the game was heavily advertised as a Novel based game, has been for last year. Final Fantasy Tactics is one of my all-time favourite games and I was ecstatic to see the classic style of combat back, I loved that the Digimon evolve differently based on choices you make. Not just your main character but all the other characters too. I thought Cyber Sulth was great but this game topped my expectations. the Dark themes, the fact that every conversation matters along with almost a dozen different endings...this game is exactly what Digimon needed. I will admit there are some elements to the game that could have been done better, I won't say what to avoid spoilers and there were 1 or 2 plotlines that I would have like to see resolved(hopefully I will see them resolved in runs where I don't kill the characters off) and grinding for Evo items is a pain. But you take the good and the bad, Digimon Survive was in my opinion mostly good and well worth it. The game is all about Survival, there are no second chances unless you start a new game or savescum. I think the main issue some people have with it is it's so different from the games we are used to playing. It's not actions based, it's not easy, it's not light and friendly and it is certainly not a kids' game. It's dark. gritty and done in a gameplay style not seen in the west. It's unique and quite frankly I hope to see more Digimon games like it in the future.

This game is Visual Novel, basically constantly spoken about and shown. **Buys** "WTF THIS IS A VISUAL NOVEL SCAAAAAAMMED"

If this isn't what anyone expected going in...then they really need to blame themselves for not being able to do basic research on a game. The game has been openly about this for years. I can't even feel sorry for anyone that got something they didn't expect. The game knew what it wanted to be and has done a fantastic job of being exactly that. A game with a lot of story, some point and click exploration, drama, and some tactical battles. It's everything promised and exactly what it needed to be. I don't mind if people don't like this kind of game since there are plenty of games I don't like. But it's not the game's fault people didn't know what they were getting.

The idea of a digital novel has never ever appealed to me. But I bought this because it was Digimon and went in with an open mind. I'm blown away so far. I think the format really allows for superb immersion, I literally feel like I'm playing a Digimon anime.

Never even heard about visual novels until this game was advertised and even then I knew what I was getting into. Some of the reading is a bit much but the story was awesome and gameplay was fun

5:51 the review actually starts for those wondering. Also, I am somebody that hates reading. I struggled through The Call of Cthulhu even though I enjoyed it. But I really enjoyed the story of this game. I'm usually a monkey brain about games and want shooty bang bang. But I enjoyed the story and characters, maybe that’s because I played Persona 5 before and that kind of got me used to reading a lot in games? Idk. And idk if this was just me, but I played on ps4 and the graphics and such were fine. There was barely any stuttering for me. Also, maybe it’s not what “Digimon needs right now” but it’s a Digimon game. Digimon for so many years have made games that use the monster raiser type thing in what I feel are really fun ways. Digimon Cyber Sleuth was a fun JRPG with fun mechanics, Digimon Dusk and Dawn had a great style and amazing cast of Digimon to select. Digimon world brought that Tamagotchi aspect to Digimon games. And now Digimon Survive has created a Digimon Visual Novel with tactical RPG elements. Sure, the trailers and such didn’t really show that, but then bash the trailers and marketing. I enjoyed the game and I’m just happy to be getting more creative Digimon content. And to be honest, I was surprised too when I started playing, but I got over it quickly. I just enjoyed it because I was able to see Agumon on the screen talking and being goofy. I started enjoying the game and tried getting out of the mindset of “Digimon games should always be RPGS or JRPGS”. Also, quick tangent, no hate, but don’t be mad at people saying you only review games you hate to get clicks. Because let’s be honest, this title is very loaded with bait. But I digress. My message to Digimon fans on the fence is, do the research before you get a game to make sure you enjoy it. You might not enjoy this game, and that’s fine, but please. Don’t ruin the enjoyment for the rest of us. As a Digimon fan since I was younger, I hate when Digimon fans have this idea of what Digimon games “should be” because that’s different to all of us. To some it’s this mystery filled world, to some it’s a monster collect-em-all, and to some it’s a Pokémon rip off (saddening). Just enjoy what you enjoy, but don’t be slinging buzzwords and harsh criticism for no reason (not saying this guys doing it but I’ve seen people doing it) because the Digimon fandom is already kind of disliked by other fandoms, and we don’t need the reputation of being gatekeepers that are never pleased. Let us discuss these things calmly and with understanding of both sides. Let us be the best us we can be, and be the lovers of Digimon we are.

I’m not going to throw shade, instead I will say that when a game says it’s going to have visual novel elements I just assume it’s going to be a majority of the gameplay, that way I will instead be caught off guard by it in the other direction if at all. The game series “Utawarerumono” it’s mainly a visual novel BUT it’s got tactical RPG gameplay included, and I love it, the same as Digimon Survive. Just food for thought, thanks for reading.

It was marketed as mainly visual novel with tactical battle. Sounds pretty clear to me. Also digimon is know for having different gameplay format, digimon world, next order, cybersleuth, hacker memory. So it's fine. It's is a digimon game still even if it is a visual novel.

Just finished my first play through one wrathful, this game was fantastic and fans of this type of game should definitely get it. I don't get the "this isn't what Digimon needs right now" this game was supposed to come out in 2019 and we all already know the main next titles are in the works anyways. I don't get this statement

10:17 bro really just said that if a franchise went six years without a game and then took a drastic shift in the tone and genre that people would be disappointed. Skyward came out in the 2011 and breath of the wild came out in 2017.

Also to mention, they repeated the 70-30% ratio of visual novel not only in the press release, but I can remember at AX, they said it was mostly a visual novel. Not only that, if you google the game you would very easily find that same information. Its actually sad and funny, I remember a guy in Twitter being so paranoic saying "Im so scared, people wont know its mostly a visual novel, even if we've covered the topic many many times, and the game will get backlash" I remember thinking "naah it would be fine!".... yeah LMAO

Personally I don't like visual novels but i got really deep into digimon survive. It has a great story, characters do die. But I agree in that it could've used more polish to the combat. I will say it's a game not for everyone, but I don't think that means it's a bad game. Just isn't targeted to people who can't get engrossed in the story.

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I think the game is great, it's kinda exactly what I was hoping it'd be and as I went through it I was rushing battles to get back to the story even. And I mean that as a positive. This sort of story and presentation, imo, was almost perfect in execution outside of localization issues. My biggest issue was I accidentally got a really good ending and I thought my decisions didn't affect the story much, and they do lol

Probably the best digimon game that builds on key features in a reallly good way while keeping the dark tone its known for. I really missed the gritty dark tone as its been missing in recent digimon games. Keep this tone going forward.

Not for everyone but in my opinion Digimon Survive has the best story out of all the games as well as similarities to adventure and so forth. I really do wish they release another quality story like this with a better polished gameplay or keep the battle system like cybersleuth.

I think Survive is a really good game if you're a Digimon fan, I think you'll enjoy it. The story was so engaging, Shuuji's relationship with Lopmon is not something we've seen before. It had some really fresh story elements, and as always, it's so fun to raise a Digimon from Child level all the way to Ultimate. Your review is very disappointing and out of touch with the fan base. Digimon was well-received by us Digimon fans.

I respect that you were let down because it didn't meet your expectations, but there's something to be said about having nostalgia or affection with a world or characters in a series when approaching a game style you aren't familiar with. I had a similar experience with Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Darkness/Time introducing me to roguelike (something I would otherwise never have even wanted to try) and it was pretty cool having that experience. Maybe put it aside for a bit, and try it later when you know what you actually bought lol! VNs come in a lot of styles, but while there certainly are heavy novel-like lite on choice/action VNs that are practically books, Survive strikes me as more similar to watching a anime season with subtitles on, except you also can make choices to change the story and play out battles. I'm pretty excited to get my copy! I'm avoiding spoilers but practically everything that I have seen sounds like the type of experience I personally really love to settle into and fixate on for days.

I watched the first and second trailer and it was clear from that point on that it was a Visual Novel... Absolutely not my type of game. I hate story. But this game actually grabbed me when I started playing it a week after dropping. The story is amazing.

To be fair, I have this ordered and still waiting for it to come, I fully expected the visual novel element to be quite frequent. As long as there's a decent amount of gameplay I'm happy. I'll wait and see. I feel like my expectations are more accurate.

You might want to give the Digimon Cyber Sleuth games a shot if you didn't already. They're not mind blowing but they're still a fairly fun "persona-like" experience set in the digimon universe.

UPDATE! OKAY! Now that I've actually bought and started PLAYING Digimon Survive, I feel I have to say: I LOVE this game! I think it's AMAZING! I do need to stress that I LOVE reading (and writing, haha), it's basically my fave pastime and has been since I was a kid, AND I knew about the visual novel aspect going in, so that was great for me! I was totally cool with that! Haha! I've played almost 10 hours so far (trust me, I ONLY stop 'cause Switch is gonna die/I have to go to bed 'cause work in the morning, haha, or otherwise I'd just keep playing), but it just gets better and better, IMO! I love the characters, I love the throwbacks to earlier seasons, I love the darker tone, I love that voice acting, the gameplay (I've never played a T/SRPG before, but I think I'm getting the hang of it, and I think it's really fun!), the music is SO damn good, I love the story, and I love the new Digimon and how our choices matter and affect them/everyone! It's an INCREDIBLE game, and if you like visual novels, I DEFINITELY recommend it! I LOVE it! I think, while a DIFFERENT direction, this was a WONDERFUL direction to take DIgimon (games)! (I just wish more people had paid attention to the development and wouldn't complain about and then WRITE OFF this AMAZING game over something they SHOULD have known. No offense, ofc, Wood! You're the best!) :D HIGHLY recommend Digimon Survive!

Did you try out Digimonstory Cyber Sleuth Collection and Digimon World: Next Order? They sound like exactly what you wanted and were extremely/fairly well regarded, respectively, despite being budget titles from the Vita era, while Survive was always advertised as a niche spin-off title that was mostly a Visual Novel. Next Order is even being ported to the Switch this coming February.

The creator said it was going to be majorly story. Little game play, but a strong emphasis on story. Why are people going into this like it’s news? This game has been slated for release and we’ve been given teasers for years.

I do respect the review, I do love the game, and they did advertise it a mainly visual novel with some tactic combat in it. It does have a really nice story and characters are really nicely made. You can't really compare it with Pokemon, which has more of a global appeal to it, they have different fan base types and different ways they have been going since the start ( in series, games, tcg, etc) I feel like if you have not played the cyber sleuth games, you should definitely try those, they would be more to the taste of JRPGs.

That's weird, I actually like the free battle experience in this game. Not bad for a novel focused game.

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I'm confused, how did you not expect a visual novel to be a visual novel? Every media that covered it and even the devs explicitly said it multiple times: 70% VN, 30% game This is my first visual novel, by the way, and this mix works perfect for me!! Also, this is soooo Digimon, more like any other game ever since Digimon Adventure

I absolutely love this game! I don’t usually have a big attention span so the fact that it’s difficult for me to put down Digimon Survive shows how gripping the story is. Despite it being advertised that it’s 70-30 in terms of story and gameplay, I find myself playing around 30-45 mins (sometimes more) for each battle. Then again, maybe it’s because I’m not used to tactical RPGs so it takes a while for me to “strategise” and because I read pretty fast so I go through the visual novel aspects pretty fast 😁 either way, I find it even. I hope Digimon/visual novel/tactical RPG/mystery genre fans will give it a try with an open mind.

I felt like this video barely even talked about Survive, it took over 6 minutes to even mention it then the whole end was just perfect pickup

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When they already told you it would be 70 percent visual novel I don't get why people complain guess some people don't do research on the games they buy. And people wonder why we rarely get digimon games in the west hopefully we still receive them after all of this.

I didn’t look at ANYTHING in terms of trailers and all that because I don’t like spoiling myself about anything the game has. So for me, it was totally **my fault** that I had no idea that this game was a VN. But I’m a massive reader (I literally have four bookshelves in my house filled to the brim with books) so I honestly don’t mind the VN aspect of the game. And once you unlock the “Free Battle” or whatever it’s called, that helped me enjoy the game more as well. Because I could do a few battles, then do a bit of story, rinse and repeat. But I can’t fault people for not liking the massive story content, even if they knew going in that the game was a VN. We all have our personal tastes when it comes to games and again, I can’t fault people for not liking a VN

Now you have planted the idea of a Pokemon digital novel in my brain. Why does that sound amazing??

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Digimon survives story is the greatest story of any digimon game ever. It's not whay I expected either and yes it's rough around the edges but I've thoroughly enjoyed it so far. I disagree with your take Wood and really sad you didn't like it but it's okay for us to have different opinions. Love ya Wood

11 hours in and this is so far my second favorite game of the year. It's insane. Also, not actually a visual novel. It's more point and click honestly, and the strategy element just gets bigger. Don't be fooled by the opening. This is a JRPG after all

I sure didn't expect half the video to be an Ad. Got me there.

Survive is not the game everyone might have wanted but it's the story we all deserved.

Digimon Survive is the only digimon game in year that looks decent and that I actually want to play (as a digimon fan )

It's kinda hard for me to be mad at digimon survival being a visual novel considering that on the steam page for it, it mentions multiple times that it's a visual novel including in the very first sentence of the description for it. Though I do agree they should have advertised better for it. I'm actually kinda surprised they came out with a game right now though because the main focus these past couple of years seems to be more on their virtual pet type stuff (which is fair. that is the origin of the digimon franchise). But I literally got my preorder for the english release of the digimon vital & then saw this game was releasing the next day xD

This isn't really their first foray into Visual Novels released in the west. I would argue that Cyber Sleuth amd Hackers memory are visual novels, with exploration and battle elements attached. The ratio of Dialog to action was just closer to a 60-70% to 40-30% than Survives 80%

I've been playing the game for 70 hours, the game responds to everything you expect from it if you are going to live the story. It has so much to enjoy. I think I'm maybe halfway through the game, I think.

To be fair they DID talk about it being about 70% visual novel. Idk how you missed it. If it's not for you that's cool, but besides cyber sleuth this is my personal favorite game in the franchise. The art is beautiful and I like the battle mechanics.

Ive always thought they did a good job advertising it as a visual novel with extra gameplay. Ai Somniun did something interesting with visual novels too it has some extra gameplay bits too.

I’ve literally been waiting for a video explaining what the digimon survive game was cuz I couldn’t figure it out with their marketing.

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I’m actually interested in this game I know some people have different opinions on this game but idk why from what I’ve seen I can’t wait to purchase it this Friday

I'm loving Digimon Survive mostly for the story and characters. Like the tactical RPG stuff is there and it is fine but I have been playing on the hardest difficulty and have failed a stage maybe twice. The thing is I'm not a visual novel person. I have tried to get into several whose premises seemed interesting and they always put me to sleep, but with this game I feel like I am getting a high quality Digimon story where I actually care about the partner Digimon unlike most Digimon games that treat them like pets or Pokémon substitutes that I switch out of my team as soon as I get something stronger. I'm also excited about the branching narrative paths as from what I have gathered it is possible to prevent certain character deaths on subsequent playthroughs and given how impactful those moments are on the story I'm curious to see how that changes the narrative. That said it is far from perfect. The tactical RPG elements feel tacked on and could have been better fleshed out, there is a severely limited roster of available Digimon to recruit, and I have noticed several grammatical and spelling mistakes in the English localization which I feel like if you are going to lean heavy into visual novel territory should be something that you are meticulous about. It probably also helps that I am playing this alongside Xenoblade Chronicles 3 so when I hit the point of visual novel fatigue I can switch to a more standard JRPG. The one thing I didn't quite understand about Wood's review is that he wasn't expecting it to be mostly visual novel, and I will agree that there wasn't a ton of marketing for this game. But everything I saw made it seem pretty clear that we were getting a text heavy visual novel with tactical RPG stages mixed in. I can still respect his opinion, but would encourage anyone looking for a darker Digimon story that doesn't mind a lot of reading to give this a go.

I've heard many great things about the game including its gameplays and story. Only thing is that people didn't expect a Visual Novel type game with tactical rpg combat. It's DEFINITELY not a game for people with low attention span or don't like reading 🤣 but if you want a good Digimon game and story, this is an awesome one.

The idea sounds cool if the visual novel part is really gritty with choices that impact the story, but getting the writing to be compelling is the hardest part of a visual novel. And even if it's good, how many people are both into digimon AND visual novels? They're combining some of the nichest audiences

Honestly, I'm super excited to get the game, I will soon. I absolutely love the visual novel aspects shown, I want to connect with the characters, humans AND Digimons, beyond a basic single personality trait or a cool look. I want a Digimon evolution to feel like they felt on the series, high stakes, feels, and be ultimately excited even if a battle is too short or long. The marketing was definitely lacking in amount, but the game is what it said it would be, and it showed little to keep most cool stuff and decisions a secret. I'm suuuper hyped!!

Your miss. Story is great. Probably the best Digimon piece of media we've seen in years. At least storywise.

I was surprised how catched I was with it. Definitly one if not the favorite game of the franchise of mine.

"If Digimon wants to come back" Come back...? It came back. The re-make of the orginal anime was great, as was the sequel movie, they're also doing an 02 movie I'm super hyped for and Ghost Game currently airing is fantastic. In terms of games Cyber Slueth and World: Next Order were all amazing! And Digimon Survive is fantastic if you're okay with reading text in a JRPG (Crazy concept I know, that genre never has lots of text and story) Also it just sounds like you want Digimon World: Next Order, that's a new Digimon World game that purpusfully made itself similar to how World 1 worked with it's mechanics and such, it came out in 2017 on the PS4 and get's a windows and Switch port febuary next year. You say you're a digimon fan but seem to not know about the game it made that you claim you want and also think it needs to come back.

I really enjoy digimon survive, the story telling, voice acting, and tactical rpg. It’s definitely not for everyone. It’s kinda like triangle strategy where a lot of dialogue, but that’s because your decisions in both games matter.

Bruh it's a good game, not the game's fault you didn't know it was a VN. Not a scam in any way like what? The clickbait is gross......

Playing the game rn and I understand the review, but I'm so in love with this game! I've been following digimon and playing most games released since world 3 and I have to strongly disagree with you: this is PERFECT for Digimon. The story is reminiscent of the original anime, and the visual novel with multiple choices and endings lend itselft perfectly for the survival theme of the story. The characters are all well written and have interesting dynamics, and pretty decent replayability. Maybe you should have tried a bit more to get into it, but I understand it's not for everyone. Digimon doesn't need a grand rpg adventure like pokemon, I feel like it suits smaller stories like this much better. The tactical parts were fine, but you can clearly see most of the effort was put into the story, yeah. Together with ghost game I really feel like digimon is finally picking up its own pace with dope material for the ones who like it

Okay responding to something in the review: I don't think this is simply a "Digimon themed" game. It's really about Digimon and it would lose something if you changed that. With one exception, all the kids have direct counterparts in Digimon Adventure, and the story really goes into the nature of the connection between Digimon and their human partners, outright stating what was implied about that connection in Adventure. I wouldn't play it if you're not interested in Visual Novels, but if you're a fan of the characters in Digimon, definitely give this a try.

Luckily, they supposedly are making a new Digimon Story/World game in the nearish future. And releasing Re:Code in english (though it probably won't be as good of a translation as the fan patch). So hopefully Digimon will have a comeback.

Don't wanna be rude but they specifically mentioned this game to be a visual novel with 70/30 split of VN and TRPG. Another thing I want to point is your view saying this won't bring Digimon back. It actually did really well in sales and brought people from other genres in even though they are not much of a Digimon fan. Just giving my 2cents on this 2 points

Funny that ad for octopath traveler had more party interaction then the original game

I adore this game and it was everything I expected and more!! Gorgeous visuals and great story! Super fun combat and evolution! It’s the digimon game of my dreams! I live tactical games and visual novels so this was like perfect for me!!!

I did look it up before buying and I expected the visual novel aspect of it I personally have a big library of visual novels so this won't want a difference to me so I'm happy so far playing it