Item: Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Rating: 9
Author: Cooper Mauldin

Early in the game, the player quickly transcends the physical and digital world and through a turn of events is able to access both worlds with ease. Such a skill proves useful and the player quickly obtains employment as a sleuth that investigates cases in both the physical and digital world. Early, the player gains the use of Digimon and can battle other people that also have Digimon. Digimon themselves can also pose threats. 

As I played through the main story and side-cases, I found myself impressed by the storytelling and adult humor. I wasn’t familiar with the Digimon world, but I expected a childlike world, and while the wonder of the world was somewhat juvenile, it was beautifully balanced by more mature storytelling. 

In terms of the raising, Digivolving (evolving), and development of the Digimon I explored with, there was certainly a learning curve to someone new to the series, however, the curve was balanced by a smooth difficulty curve that was challenging enough to stay engaged, but easy enough to not be overwhelmed. I found myself spending just as much time tending to my team as I did playing and exploring. This may sound overly technical, but I found it extremely fun, enthralling, and rewarding as I raised my Digimon from simple, cute characters to badass and powerful heroes. 

Party management was easy. The game allows for a 3 Digimon party with a load of reserves. Both the active party and the reserves gain experience from the active battles. Meanwhile, all the Digimon I had collected that I couldn’t carry with me were either training in a Digital World called a farm, where they could increase in skills and experience, or chilling in the Digibank, where they had to wait for a spot in my team or on the farm. While on the farm, the Digimon can also generate items to be used in battle, or seek out simple cases (quests) that can be taken on at a later time. 

By the end of my adventure, I had logged about 80 hours. I did not complete the game as a completionist, and I easily could have spent more time doing cases and maxing out my team. If I had all the time in the world, my playthrough would have soared past one hundred hours. 

The only complaint I have, is that some of the cases only involve running around and talking and no actual battles or Digimon involvement. For story-lovers, this may be a non-issue, for me it felt a bit like a waste of valuable time that I could be using to battle!

Early in the game, the player quickly transcends the physical and digital world and through a turn of events is able to access both worlds with ease. Such a skill proves useful and the player quickly obtains employment as a sleuth that investigates cases in both the physical and digital world. Early, the player gains the use of Digimon and can battle other people that also have Digimon. Digimon themselves can also pose threats.&nbsp;As I played through the main story and side-cases, I found myself impressed by the storytelling and adult humor. I wasn’t familiar with the Digimon world, but I expected a childlike world, and while the wonder of the world was somewhat juvenile, it was beautifully balanced by more mature storytelling.&nbsp;In terms of the raising, Digivolving (evolving), and development of the Digimon I explored with, there was certainly a learning curve to someone new to the series, however, the curve was balanced by a smooth difficulty curve that was challenging enough to stay engaged, but easy enough to not be overwhelmed. I found myself spending just as much time tending to my team as I did playing and exploring. This may sound overly technical, but I found it extremely fun, enthralling, and rewarding as I raised my Digimon from simple, cute characters to badass and powerful heroes.&nbsp;Party management was easy. The game allows for a 3 Digimon party with a load of reserves. Both the active party and the reserves gain experience from the active battles. Meanwhile, all the Digimon I had collected that I couldn’t carry with me were either training in a Digital World called a farm, where they could increase in skills and experience, or chilling in the Digibank, where they had to wait for a spot in my team or on the farm. While on the farm, the Digimon can also generate items to be used in battle, or seek out simple cases (quests) that can be taken on at a later time.&nbsp;By the end of my adventure, I had logged about 80 hours. I did not complete the game as a completionist, and I easily could have spent more time doing cases and maxing out my team. If I had all the time in the world, my playthrough would have soared past one hundred hours.&nbsp;The only complaint I have, is that some of the cases only involve running around and talking and no actual battles or Digimon involvement. For story-lovers, this may be a non-issue, for me it felt a bit like a waste of valuable time that I could be using to battle!

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition

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Cooper Mauldin