flametorrent

This game is absolutely amazing! Everyone review bombing this game doesn’t even know what Animal Crossing is. Just a bunch of wannabe critics. Do they play Call of Duty and wish the game had less shooting? Do they play Minecraft and wish it had better graphics? Probably. The music is great, the adventure is great. Multiplayer is wonderful. And the ease to switch between characters when playing couch co-op? Perfect. Reminds me of the good ol days playing GameCube. Every day there’s something new. Can’t wait for the Easter events!

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

I hesitate giving this game a high score. I love this game don't get me wrong but I honestly could not recommend it to my friends that aren't Digimon fans running on nostalgia. The music is nice, but the entire overworld running to the same beat doesn't work for me. I played Digimon World to get into their World. To hear those sounds of the jungle and the sounds of the night. It's the little things this game doesn't have that make me really sad. How hard would it have been to record a fake Digital World night? Crickets and some digimon calls and some low low piano music or the sounds of the ocean or the sounds of grass blowing. I can see that love went into this game, but it was the little things that made Digimon World 1 a success for centuries and kept it in our hearts. I'm 27 turning 28 and I still to this day pick up my game and play it. I can maybe forgive that the training is literally the Digimon standing there while you spam the button and they get tired for no reason (really I miss those training animations even though you could skip them), but what I find unforgivable is that horrible excuse for a fishing minigame. How did that pass quality inspection? It looks like someone made it in flash. Or worse. Paint and they just pressed the arrow keys back and forth. Even the first game (made for PS1 more than a decade ago) treated fishing like a real relaxing event - to enjoy the scenery. And all those amazing secrets hidden in plain sight! Wondering what is that dark shadow in the water.. but this one plays more like a spammy MMO and has all the characters that can join your city super obvious. They tell you exactly what they need. I'm enjoying the game, but it doesn't leave me feeling like I just visited another world. I don't miss my Digimon. There's less of an impact on me when they die. And what is that clock thing... why didn't they bring back the old clock? Now we get this clock that everytime I look at it it brings me back into my own world. I guess I'm speaking from a nostalgic point of view, but that's exactly what this game panders to. If they're trying to bring people into the fold that have never played Digimon before, they should've fixed the little things. Especially right now because Digimon Tri is airing and people love it. Please patch these issues and I will change my review in a heartbeat. Show us you care. Put in some hidden things and don't just have everyone standing there. Remember Vadermon? I remember passing by there so many times wondering what the heck that was.. and that Teddymon suit? There was mystery in the adventure that this game doesn't have. I feel let down. Also really... the potty covering was unnecessary. Did someone get offended by that? Everytime that happens I feel like someone slapped me in the face. Would it have been so hard to animate a curtain and the Digimon simples pulls it to cover themselves? This game is Digimon World, but it plays more like Digimon World MMO On A Budget with an expansion pack called They Keep Bringing Me Back To My World. I can't recommend this game as it is. And I want to; so badly. I want people to love Digimon like I do. But there's zero mystery here. It's not an adventure into the Digital World. It's you playing just another game.