Digimon Survive's Deaths are a Real Game-Changer

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After years of waiting, Digimon Survive is about to come out. The troubles this game has gone through are well known at this point, and it has taken a long, meandering journey from what was originally supposed to be a 2019 release. Digimon Survive is ambitious, but it was never meant to have three extra years of announcements and fan discussions. Still, what it is doing is unique, and should serve as a novel experience for Digimon fans looking for a new RPG to plug away at.

Much of this comes from the mixture of genres Digimon Survive consists of. It is a visual novel first and foremost, and a strategy RPG with light monster-collecting elements after that. There are apparently some survival attributes involved in the visual novel segments that give the game its name. It’s not clear yet how these will manifest, but players ought to be on their toes when searching for resources and making decisions. Among Digimon Survive’s branching paths are the chances for main characters to die, which will likely have far-reaching consequences for the game’s varied outcomes.

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Digimon Survive was always meant to take Digimon RPGs in an experimental new direction, and that isn’t limited to gameplay. A cast of human and Digimon partners are at the core of the story in a manner similar to the Digimon Story games, but the player will have more influence over this full group than in past games. Relationship values exist not only between humans and Digimon, but between the different humans as well. The player controls Takuma Momozuka and his partner Agumon, and players have the chance to spend time with other characters during visual novel segments. This is similar to free time sections in other visual