Digimon Survive Explains the Game's Karma System
After many years of delays and development team shifting, Digimon Survive is set to finally launch this week to the delight of fans of the digital monster franchise. Ahead of its release, PlayStation and Bandai Namco have put out a new blog post detailing what to expect from Digimon Survive's Karma system and how it will impact the player's story experience.
Digimon Survive is the latest entry that's set to introduce a different take on the storied franchise. Following the story of several teenagers on a camping trip who end up in the digital world, Digimon Survive is a visual novel with elements of tactical battles and is set to introduce a much darker tone to Digimon with a heavy emphasis on player choice. The new Karma system will add on to that sentiment rewarding player choices as they progress through the game.
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In the blog post, Associate Manager John Liao goes into great detail as to how the Karma system will change the player experience. In Digimon Survive, there will be a Karma score that is directly impacted by player choice such as what the player decides to do in the morning or choosing to fight or flee. Karma is broken down into three different categories that impacts the growth of main protagonist Takuma's Digimon, Agumon or the other types of Digimon a player has access to.
The three categories of Karma are called Moral, Harmony and Wrathful. Each are denoted by a color, and as the name of each implies, are pretty straight forward in their descriptions. Moral focuses on justice, is denoted by yellow, and allows access to Vaccine type Digimon. Harmony focuses on cooperation, is denoted by a green color, and shares compatibility
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