Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - PlayStation 4

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  A Surprise Gem

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  A friend of mine raved about this game. Given the high score, I gave it a try. The game started out pretty slow. But things got interesting and the pacing picked up as you progress further into the story. Being a fan of Digimon helped me enjoy the game even more. This is your normal turn-based RPG that has collection elements found in Pokemon. However, the difference is in the story. Digimon has, historically, been about the store, the characters, and the relationships between Digimons and their owners. The gameplay mechanic is solid and simple. There is nothing complex is easy to pick up. Some of the skills do require a bit of memorizing. And it helps to keep track of your skills and knowing what the class type and their elemental types are. As for the audio, this may throw off new players. Voice dialog are entirely in Japanese. However, it is translated in the dialog text that's displayed when those scenes come up. Personally, I do not mind that. The script writing that came from the translation could have been better but for the time being, this is good enough. The visuals and graphics are all anime styled, rendered in a 3D world. There is no fancy realism graphics. So the whole game feels like you're playing through an anime. If you fancy the more realistic visuals, this game is likely not for you (thus you should be looking at Final Fantasy or Elder Scrolls instead). My only complaint is that the camera is locked. There is no camera rotation to see the environment fully. You can zoom in and out to a certain extent. But still, you're stuck facing a certain direction. It makes navigating around a bit frustrating. But eventually you'll get used to it. Overall, this is an excellent game and a surprise gem. I personally do not like writing up reviews before I finish the game. I prefer playing through as much as possible, to get a feel as to how the game plays, the visuals, mechanics, audio, and so forth. With 46 game hours logged and on Chapter 9 at the time of writing, I felt that was enough time to truly experience the game. This may very well be an actual game that I did not mind paying full price for. And I don't like paying full price for a console game these days.

  Posted 9 years ago by Sixshot

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  This game does justice for Digimon!

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  In 2011, Joymax brought Digimon Masters Online to the world Globally while maintaining its Korean home. It had been years since Digimon games were made far in-between titles and GDMO was the only game that was constant because it was online and was constantly being updated. After a petition had gone out ~2012 to get Re:Digitize, the Japanese re-dux of Digitize into a 3DS title, the creators of the games had apparently relented and localized Cyber Sleuth, a vita title from 2015. It is a step away from the DGMN: World series and is it's own title. In the little time I was able to play with it in my busy schedule, I am extremely happy with it. The nostalgia for the 1990-2000 fans is astounding to play with friends we haven't seen in many years on television. The turn base system is easy for newcomers to video games and to the series itself. The fact that this was a handheld title that was ported to a system, there are obvious thoughts of "Is this really a PS4 game?" - yes, it is and it should be. The story is great. The gameplay is amazing. I have very few gripes about the game being the lazy translation and the wide range of abbreviation/stats one has to keep note of. Otherwise, it is an amazing game and I am extremely happy to see Digimon again. It is fresh change from the same ol': Pokemon, CoD, Halo, etc. 10/10 would recommend to anyone. A+. Bandai's twitter is the best way to contact them with any sort of information!

  Posted 9 years ago by hollowfenix

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  This game does justice for Digimon!

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  The game is like a mixture of persona and pokemon if you have an interest in either one of those games or just JRPGs in general you will be pleasantly surprised by this game, though it is obviously just an up-scaled vita game that does not detract from how fun the game is, collecting digimon and digivolving them is addicting and fun. The game is one of the best JRPGs in a long time. It is also a long game so if you are worried about not having enough bang for your buck than you'll be happy to hear that it is around 35-80 hours long depending how deep you get into catching, raising, and digivolving along with the many side content and multiplayer matches available. Best part is you do not need to know anything about the digimon franchise to get into the game since the game is it's own self contained story unrelated to the show and it surprisingly has a very good story, so if you are interested in the game I say try it out.

  Posted 9 years ago by hollowfenix