Bandai Namco has revealed its visual novel meets tactical RPG Digimon Survive has sold more than half a million units since its release in late July. First announced all the way back in 2018, the title was delayed multiple times and then was suddenly dated for July of this year. Considering the less than organised development time, this sales milestone may be deemed a success.
The closes comparison point for the franchise on PS4 would be Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, which with its Hacker's Memory re-release included, sold over 1.5 million copies. Digimon Survive has a ways to go if it wants to beat Cyber Sleuth, but Bandai Namco thanks "everyone who has supported Digimon games" all the same.
In our Digimon Survive PS4 review, we praised its story and addictive levelling systems, concluding: "Digimon Survive's uniquely dark take on the standard Digimon storyline is enough to carry a title that's sometimes poorly paced and basic in its approach to gameplay. A visual novel with RPG elements bolted on, it's difficult not to feel as though the creature taming and combat aspects of Survive could have been bigger and better. But ultimately, a mix of endearing characters and eye-opening plot points make this another worthwhile adventure in the digital world."
Are you one of the half-a-million Digimon Survive owners? Reflect on it five months on in the comments below.
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Nice to see that it’s doing pretty well. I’m definitely going to pick it up at some point.
Good. This game deserves it, they took their time to make a great game and I love seeing that rewarded
From the beginning the devs said this was a small project to put between big Digimon projects and that's why it was so unfair when reviews where talking about how stall (in various aspects) it was compared with other Digimon games as a bad thing.
Just the fact that they kept the project development alive for so many years in the middle of a pandemic it's great, they really cared about the fans and they deserve all the sales.
I'm happy for those that you enjoyed it. I'm gonna wait for it to come to PS Plus or be heavily discounted. I'm one of those fan who wanted a tactical rpg first and visual novel 2nd but I do want to experience the story at some point.
I did enjoy it, but they got the balance all wrong between visual novel & SRPG.
It also has the tropes from visual novels, that I won’t spoil in an attempt to extend playability with multiple endings.
Glad it did reasonably well, but it’s time for more Story games.
It deserved to do better than that. I had so much fun doing the platinum.
Bought it this Black Friday but haven’t played it yet. I’ll probably start it in 2023. Glad people on the comments here liked the game 😎😁
@CWill97 I bet the recent Black Friday sales definitely helped! I was going to grab it for $17 but forgot to.
In no hurry though, still haven't played thru both Cyber Sleuth games or Digimon World: Next Order.
@KidBoruto haha I got it for $17 like you said. I only buy around three games a year at full price. But $17 for some nostalgia is worth it IMO. I remember watching the anime every weekend on FOX Kids.
I’ve played a little of Next Order but I sold my copy when I needed money for medical expenses. Excited to play this one though!
@KidBoruto You need to get to the Cyber Sleuth games asap. They’re incredible- the best monster raising game since Pokemon G/S/C imo. I platinumed both after about 200 hours each. Well worth the money.
I love that you can capture any Digimon & turn it into anything you want- with enough de & digivolutions (which is recommended & encouraged). Imagine capturing a Rattata & it becoming a Mewtwo with moves from previous evolutions.
I did not enjoy Next Order. Traded it in after a couple of weeks but some of my friends swear by it. Just too much grinding for me.
@Fight_Teza_Fight @CWill97 Sadly the only thing going for Next Order is the inclusion of an English Dub.
Both Cyber Sleuth games are indeed vastly superior in all other ways, according to my friends anyways.
If this had an English dub I would buy this straight away, but I can't do a long visual novel in full Japanese only.
Danganronpa, Zero Escape Games, AI all have fantastic dubs and I would more inclined to buy these with a full English dub.
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