I knew what I was getting into.
So my opinion isn't of a nostalgic fan who wanted a different game then they bargained for and was salty about it.
I love visual novels, tactical RPG's and am just dipping my toes into being a Digimon fan, since I love monster collectors.
But there was too much fluff to the story, so many repeated predictable moments. and you spend half the game chasing after different party members who've gone awol for whatever reason.
The human characters are also bland and tropey other than best girl Mui.
But most Digimon were oozing with personality and I liked them a lot.
I hated all the menu hopping that was required in the exploration segments. I would rather just read a story being told than have to move a cursor to talk to every single character, although I do understand it in the free time portions somewhat.
The camera function got old very fast, especially since it was never explained why it works the way it does. We know they are digital monsters, but the game doesn't.
Probably the biggest gripe I had was the dull tactics gameplay. You have a basic attack and a strong attack which ultimately just means get to the side or the back of a digimon and wail on them. It's the same for every fight, no actual tactics involved, and I've had more fun with tactics games of a much lower budget. I actually auto battled the second half of the game because I was so bored, and that paired with a snail paced story put me to sleep.
When the story is good though, its really freaking good! And much darker than I expected; and I've been desensitised somewhat for playing a few phycological horror games which had a much higher age rating than this. I was shouting at the screen several times at events that played out. I wish there had been more jump scares though.
They mess up the pronouns of a certain character a lot too, even in the same sentence sometimes, it feels really unpolished and there were some misspellings and words that were out of place, though that didn't bother me too much (again in no small part for me enjoying low budget games with poor localisation)
And for a Pokemon fan from the 90's just discovering all these new monsters and having a first taste of their world, Digimon are cool. I prefer cuter 'mons and this game is perfect for getting to know a few of them, and hey cats that turn into waifus? I'm game.
So yeah it was a thing that exists. I want to go more into the digital world, but I will never play this game again, not even for the other endings. Once was a chore to get to the good stuff.
