A great VN with okay SRPG battles mixed in. What makes Survive stand out, however, is how it uses the Digimon property to propel itself in unexpected directions. While gamers were marketed a gritty Digimon game meant for a "mature" audience, I don't think many were expecting it to be quite as dark as this story is. On the gameplay side, Survive has everything it needs to be just enough. Players have access to over 100 digimon, an alignment system taken straight out of SMT (the game files even refer to them as Law, Neutral and Chaos), alignment reps, and decently challenging battles on hard difficulty. The pacing of the gameplay and the VN segments are improved by how much the game encourages you to do extra free battles, where it be to collect new Digimon companions or to grind. I've only done one route so far with 3 more left to go and I'm very excited to fully master this gem.
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@grug Let me know if you see this.
What I am referring to is only present on Harmony and Wrathful, and they aren't really active reps but rather active opposition. I am referring to what Aoi becomes in Wrathful and what Keito does in Harmony. Of course you know what happens to Keito, but I'll just say what happens to Aoi is even more extreme I'd argue. Keito is basically your bro in Wrathful in comparison. Moral has the least amount of the deaths but is a blans neutral route where the World itself isn't changed, so it's my least favorite. Wrathful is the most extreme.
What I am referring to is only present on Harmony and Wrathful, and they aren't really active reps but rather active opposition. I am referring to what Aoi becomes in Wrathful and what Keito does in Harmony. Of course you know what happens to Keito, but I'll just say what happens to Aoi is even more extreme I'd argue. Keito is basically your bro in Wrathful in comparison. Moral has the least amount of the deaths but is a blans neutral route where the World itself isn't changed, so it's my least favorite. Wrathful is the most extreme.
So harmony is law?
I tried going back to play the wrathful route but the story was pretty similar and didn’t feel like sitting through the same battles and exploration sections. I liked this game but overall I wish the choices meant as much as the game makes you think they do
I tried going back to play the wrathful route but the story was pretty similar and didn’t feel like sitting through the same battles and exploration sections. I liked this game but overall I wish the choices meant as much as the game makes you think they do
The game makes you believe you can save the characters when you really can’t, there are multiple non choices like in part 3 if you trust the woman or not, or everytime the game makes you choose a side just for the same thing to happen anyway
Also the presence of a golden route annoys me
@grug The games files actually refers to the alignments as law, neutral and chaos but I'm not sure which they all apply to. Given Harmony is one of the only two that changes the world I assume it's law. I guess it makes sense as it creates an attempt at an equal society with Digimon.
And I agree about the chap 3 choices and mandatory deaths. I feel like they wanted people who only play one route to see actual deaths and to encourage replayability. I'm mixed on that element. Still the game was a great surprise to me.
And I agree about the chap 3 choices and mandatory deaths. I feel like they wanted people who only play one route to see actual deaths and to encourage replayability. I'm mixed on that element. Still the game was a great surprise to me.
Well I guess I got my desired ending anyway lol
Idk if I’ll play the other routes but I don’t regret playing it
Idk if I’ll play the other routes but I don’t regret playing it
The harmony ending reminded me of atsuro’s path from devil survivor in terms of the epilogue
If there's any other ending I'd suggest doing it's Wrathful as that one's crazy and borders on literally just being a Chaos ending
I tried it but as soon as Saki died at no consequence of my own actions I decided I had enough. I'm happy with the ending I got anyway
The character with my highest affinity shouldn't die just because the plot willed it. The choice to start this route is "Stay with Agumon", which entails nothing about the events that conspire. It just switches around which characters die and changes motivations. This game had so much potential but it couldn't achieve greatness imo
The character with my highest affinity shouldn't die just because the plot willed it. The choice to start this route is "Stay with Agumon", which entails nothing about the events that conspire. It just switches around which characters die and changes motivations. This game had so much potential but it couldn't achieve greatness imo
If a character is going to turn against you or die because of your choice, the game should let you know. There should be obvious implications of what your actions will entail, that's what I expect out of a choice
grug
1 year ago