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Digimon Survive
This is a story of survival in a strange new world. Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Digimon Anime, Digimon Survive presents a brand-new adventure set in a mysterious world with characters designed by Uichi Ukumo, and music by the much-acclaimed Tomoki Miyoshi. Digimon Survive sees a brand-new group of teenagers, led by Takuma Momozuka, ge...
Details
- Released
- July 27, 2022
- Developer
- Hyde,Inc.
- Genres
- Survival · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Adventure · Visual Novel
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Digimon Survive Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
The art in Digimon Survive is quite sharp, evoking a more mature sensation than most of the more friendly and expressive anime series. Both styles are excellent, but this one better suits the more consistently harsh and almost oppressive atmosphere that Digimon Survive comes to use. It helps that the featured Digimon all sport excellent designs, which is one of the series’ strong suits. The voice acting and music are both wonderful, with a lot of real passion going into the dialogue.
A Grand Adventure, Digimon Survive is a visual novel with tactical role-playing elements developed by Hyde and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment as a great entry into the series of Digimon games, also reminding fans why the series is beloved.
Digimon Survive comes as a surprise in many ways and delivers an incredibly enjoyable Digimon storyline told in visual novel style with serviceable SRPG combat.
Digimon Survive is an adventure/tactical RPG set in a mysterious world with characters designed by Uichi Ukumo, and music by the much-acclaimed Tomoki Miyoshi.
Being a visual novel, Digimon Survive isn’t for everyone. For those with the patience for it though, we can’t help but recommend it. Whether you’re a fan of the Digimon franchise or not, there’s a thoroughly intriguing story here, backed up with attractive visuals, an enjoyable soundtrack, and some tense battles. This may be a departure for the series, but it’s paid off.
Digimon Survive is a good — and surprisingly dark — visual novel, with a mediocre turn-based battle system.
Digimon Survive is an exciting alternate take on the tone and style of the Digimon series. It doesn't execute things flawlessly - those opening chapters are a bit of a chore and the tactics gameplay is simple with a capital 'S'. Still, when things kick off and the story starts to come together, it's a suspenseful and gripping journey that I'm glad I got to experience.
Digimon Survive blends visual novel adventure with strategic combat. Though it's exploration and sporadic battles fail to impress, strong art and a superb story help raise it up.
Digimon Survive stumbles with its tactical combat but manages to recover with its compelling visual novel storytelling.
In the end, I’m glad I yanked back my expectations for this game. Digimon Survive offers a unique spin on the franchise and one that I can appreciate, but it’s a shame the final product turned out like this after all this time. Still, I did find myself compelled to progress through the game’s story if not to see how things would turn. It’s certainly a crazy scenario for the ‘mon, after all. If you’re a Digimon fan, you’ll likely already own this game way past reading this review, but I can only recommend this game on a sale.
For a game that places so much weight on its cast and writing , Digimon Survive struggles to engage with poor characterization and weak storytelling.