Digimon World: Next Order

One of the best digimon games I've played. Also, it so nice to have it to play in my ps4. I am really enjoying the game, and I will definitely play it over and over. I totally recommend this game!

Digimon world 1 was an amazing game and this one really had all the tools to make a great sequel to it. However the resources were misused into trying to work around the limitations of the old game and rehashing it, rather than bringing what made it amazing into a new age. The digimon world here feels soulless, the graphics are less crisp than a PS1 game and the mechanics immediately fall for the pitfalls of the old games, without the charm that made it all worth it. Digimon World 1 was a game of exploration and resource management. The whole world was open for exploration and new areas could be unlocked on the fly. What stopped you was the level of growth your digimon had. You were in charge of juggling both your partner and the world. In this game your partners are just a chore and the world progression is locked behind artificial progression barriers. You get all the negatives of the first game (chore-like digimon training, difficulty spikes) without the engrossing interactions and the visceral connection with your digimon partner.

Its nice and offers a lot, but Im not really into games, where Im passive and only trying to give orders.

Having played Cyber Sleuth like many other fans, I wanted to give this a go to satiate my desire for more Digimon content, but I was massively disappointed. The first problem is that very little makes sense, especially in the beginning. Steep learning curves are one thing, but I find it so hard to see the allure of continuing with this game after a few hours. The menus are varied and many. Usually this plethora of content gives a game depth, but here it is thrust upon you almost immediately instead of thrusting you into the action sooner. Even the battle system makes little sense and boils down to holding a couple of buttons and waiting it out. The single key element that has deterred from playing this game more than a few hours is that the two digimon accompanying me seem to require food and the toilet every bloody minute, meaning I have to divert from the gameplay. This may have seemed like a hip tamogotchi-esque element, but it's nothing short of annoying and a nuisance. I want to battle and raise my digimon like any other RPG, but this mechanic is an absolute inane chore. There do seem to be skills I can acquire that decrease these digimon needs, but the grind to get them sounds awful. Which brings me to my final point - the grind. A LOT of grinding is to be done in this game from the very beginning. Fortunately the training is quick and smooth, however the issues mentioned above hinder progress somewhat. Overall, I cannot recommend this game at all unless you have played the previous version on the PS1 and enjoyed it. If you seek a digimon experience then go for the cyber sleuth games. They are by no means perfect, but there is much more to enjoy than this messy, dense and inaccessible outing.

I can't really say much, yes the ammount of digimon you can raise is nice but nothing extraordinary, there's some nice new digimon that have never appeared on any game before and the game introduces interesting a new features that indeed make the game entertaining. Now... it works exactly the same as the first digimon world.... Really? even a "prequel"(Digimon World Re: Digitize Decode for the 3DS) did a fairly better job in most aspects to the point of this game feeling like a downgrade. Since it is an exclusive of a console that is all graphics nothing else you would expect things such as maps, items and models to be gorgeous or at least decent looking enough. They are not (some maps are really nice but some others do feel like the one's another game has and this game is mobile exclusive). I would surely recommend playing it only if you have never played a Digimon game before so that your expectations can't get lowered by anything.