Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker's Memory

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  1. Jesh
    Jan 19, 2018
    10
    A great game, with a good storyline, love the new additions to the game this time.
    Really good game!
  2. oknsnl
    Apr 23, 2019
    8
    Gameplay : 7 (Good jrpg tamer :))
    Nostalgia : 9 (Digimon story :))
    Story : 8 (Digimon story :))
  3. Zaido
    Jan 28, 2018
    10
    Great game, there are new Digimons and new places. Loved the way how two story lines between cyber sleuth and hackers memory connect.
    The story makes you fell you are working behind the scenes.
  4. maxdalena
    Mar 20, 2018
    10
    Guys seriously... if you pretend to buy games depending in critics you won`t buy any game in your life. People ALWAYS want to see something bad at anything even if its small and ALWAYS seek for perfectio. i just want a good gameplay,storyline and lots of playing hours. i recommend you to see various gameplays it`s the only way before buying even if it means a little spoiler. In my opinionGuys seriously... if you pretend to buy games depending in critics you won`t buy any game in your life. People ALWAYS want to see something bad at anything even if its small and ALWAYS seek for perfectio. i just want a good gameplay,storyline and lots of playing hours. i recommend you to see various gameplays it`s the only way before buying even if it means a little spoiler. In my opinion i love this game because it`s similar to its predecesor and have new additions. Love and peace brothers!

    Sorry my english i´m from Argentina    … Expand
  5. JCgamer18
    Jan 21, 2018
    9
    This does everything a sequel is supposed to do. They add new locations, new digimon, a new battle style which is really fun and adds depth to certain characters. if you liked the first digimon cyber sleuth you will certainly enjoy this one. The only bad thing is the reusing of some locations but even that did not bother me because the story stands on its own overall it definitely deservesThis does everything a sequel is supposed to do. They add new locations, new digimon, a new battle style which is really fun and adds depth to certain characters. if you liked the first digimon cyber sleuth you will certainly enjoy this one. The only bad thing is the reusing of some locations but even that did not bother me because the story stands on its own overall it definitely deserves a higher end score… Expand
  6. Kenmei
    Jan 26, 2018
    5
    I'm extremely conflicted by this game. While on the one hand, I loved the original game and this game is SO similar to it that I personally enjoyed it immensely. On the other hand, I'm not blind to the fact that developers cut as many corners as possible when they designed this game and they shouldn't be reworded for something that is, essentially, 80% the first game.
    Designed as a side    I'm extremely conflicted by this game. While on the one hand, I loved the original game and this game is SO similar to it that I personally enjoyed it immensely. On the other hand, I'm not blind to the fact that developers cut as many corners as possible when they designed this game and they shouldn't be reworded for something that is, essentially, 80% the first game.
    Designed as a side story to the original game, Hacker's Memory follows a group that is always on the outside looking into the original games story, even going so far as to play a role in certain moments that were off camera. There in lies the biggest problem of the game: there's VERY little new added onto this game and essentially 80% of the game is just copy/pasted from the original one. That just screams laziness to me. There are very few new areas of the world to explore and even fewer new dungeons in the game. The combat system, whlie admittedly already very good, had literally nothing added to it whatsoever. And the story isn't even all that good considering that half the time they can't seem to decide if they want to stick with the story they've been telling or if they want to just jump into the original games story more then they already have.
    The addition of over 100 digimon from the first game seems to be the main billing for players here. While there's some neat new creatures to find, it doesn't make up for the fact that everything else is literally the same as the first game. This really should have been DLC or an expansion or something. Because, no matter how much I actually enjoy the game itself, it feels disingenuous for Bandai Namco to call this a brand new, 60 dollar game. About the only people I can recommend this game too are the hardcore fans like myself of the original game. For everyone else, I'd say to play the first game either for the first time or again and wait for this to go under 30 dollars in the coming week.    … Expand
  7. LadyOfRaindrops
    Jan 20, 2018
    9
    Really solid RPG for those times when you just want to unwind and play through a fun story.
    If you like Digimon and enjoyed the first Cyber Sleuth game, you will enjoy this one as well. Only downside is that there is not a ton of innovation over the original game but I doubt the folks this game was made for will care too greatly about that.
  8. Danisco
    Jan 26, 2018
    10
    love it with new Digimons, new locations, and i hope more DLC will come
    It was great game
  9. Phyrex
    Jan 20, 2018
    9
    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker's Memory is a standalone title that takes place at the same time as the first game but from a different point of view.

    Things that suprised me with this title were how much more crisp and better things look, even the music has been amped to fit the cyberpunk theme which in itself brings life to Digimon. I really enjoyed the first game, and so far    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker's Memory is a standalone title that takes place at the same time as the first game but from a different point of view.

    Things that suprised me with this title were how much more crisp and better things look, even the music has been amped to fit the cyberpunk theme which in itself brings life to Digimon.

    I really enjoyed the first game, and so far i've put about 8-10 hours into this one, from what i've seen and played so far, its really good.

    My only complaint is that there Aren't enough new things going on here, but don't let that ruin the experience for you.    … Expand
  10. GenkiYokota
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    One of the worst Digimon games to date, a laughable story, and slow gameplay in general. Not recommended at all.
  11. mrend55
    Sep 2, 2018
    9
    Pros:
    Nice Story (Starts a little slow but the ending stretch is amazing)
    Great characters
    Solid Soundtrack
    The Memory Server
    The Digimon

    Cons:
    Repetitive areas
    Forced to do some side quest to advance the main story
    A lot of grinding
    Some cheap boss battles near the end
  12. GreyHawk
    Feb 25, 2018
    10
    Solid game with practically everything from the last and more. I still love the music, and getting my old group back together.
  13. technorizonuk
    Jan 27, 2020
    10
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    The Group have offices in Spain, Portugal, India, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom with over 100 employees and thousands of satisfied customers around the globe, ranging from SME's to enterprises.
    While other companies focus on many other IT services, Technorizon is JUST concentrated and specialised in cybersecurity, which puts us in the best position to understand the market, trends and threats, enabling us to keep our clients secure in the most cost-effective way.
    We pride ourselves in the service and support we provide thanks to our strong level of expertise coupled with our agility to quote and deploy and most importantly, in an affordable way
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  14. principinoMTS95
    Mar 26, 2018
    10
    Il gioco ovviamente non vale 10, ma l'ho fatto per aumentare una media un po' troppo bassa. Questo é IL gioco che rappresenta meglio il franchise dei Digimon . Prende un bel po' dal prevedessero, in alcuni casi anche troppo ...però ci sono nuove location, molti più di Digimon, storia più convincente .

    Anche se il gioco rende molto meglio se giocato su PS Vita, su ps4 é un po' uno    Il gioco ovviamente non vale 10, ma l'ho fatto per aumentare una media un po' troppo bassa. Questo é IL gioco che rappresenta meglio il franchise dei Digimon . Prende un bel po' dal prevedessero, in alcuni casi anche troppo ...però ci sono nuove location, molti più di Digimon, storia più convincente .

    Anche se il gioco rende molto meglio se giocato su PS Vita, su ps4 é un po' uno spreco vero e proprio
    . Il messaggio
    Gioco per me é da 8/8,5 e lo dico da grandissimo fan del franchise    … Expand
  15. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 24, 2018
    6
    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory
    More of the same
    Hackers Memory is the Prequel to Cyber Sleuth and its practically the same game with a different story and more digimon to collect This game tells the story of the events leading up to the series current events as you follow a hacker trying to clear his name of a crime he didn’t commit… And I just couldn’t get into the story    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory
    More of the same
    Hackers Memory is the Prequel to Cyber Sleuth and its practically the same game with a different story and more digimon to collect
    This game tells the story of the events leading up to the series current events as you follow a hacker trying to clear his name of a crime he didn’t commit… And I just couldn’t get into the story at all..
    I didn’t care what was going on one bit and unfortunately everything is subtitled, no English voice acting and you have to pay attention to dialog at times to know where to be going to progress this 70 hour long game… which hurt the overall feel of this otherwise decent and addictive monster collecting game.
    This is a poor mans version of persona meets pokemon…
    I would imagine if you combined the 2 games and shipped it before you bothered to put any effort into world building this would be it…
    It has really great mechanics…
    But the game itself is very bare bones..
    You spend your time going back and forth between the digital world and the real world.. none of which are fun to explore..
    The game start with you choosing one of 3 digimon and you set out compelting tasks in both of the worlds that you can freely go into and out of, clearing your name and solving cases for some items and cash..
    cash that can be used both to buy digimon and items for battle and leveling…
    Like pokemon every digimon has an element attached to them and there for a weakness, and you can exploit these weaknesses in battle.. however unlike pokemon to capture a digimon you don’t have to weaken it.. you simply run into them enough and youre able to create your own back in the digi lab.. which is basically a poke center…
    battles are just like that of pokemon it’s a turn based rpg but battles are so easy that you can rely on the auto battle option for anything that isn’t a high level boss fight…
    Making battles just as unengaging as the rest of this games world…
    And to digivolve a character all you have to do is select them in the lab once their stats are right and choose the character they turn to on your quest to catch them all…
    This is where the addictiveness comes into play..
    I actually had a lot of fun swapping in different characters and putting unused characters on the farm to level up while I was out.. digivolving and undigivolving to reset them to level one, but at the same time increase their level cap…
    This is where party building can get so clever…
    you can just have a massively overpowered team.. you have to keep it balanced.. and the higher digivolved CHARACTER YOU HAVE THE MORE SPACE they take up.. so to help you keep a strong team you have to do this evolving and devolving to increase their stats for tougher battles
    though you don’t really have to start thinking of this until about 10 hours into the game.. this is when youll actually start running into threats
    However the addictive monster collecting is all this game has to offer…
    no interesting world, no interesting story
    If you really loved the first Cyber Sleuth then congrats you get to play it again with more digimon to collect this time.
    Which admittedly is really fun and addictive for a while…
    And therefor ultaltey still makes this a decently okay gaming experience
    But nothing aside from the collecting and grinding is any good
    I give Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  16. morendo6tee
    Nov 15, 2018
    0
    Digimon is a decaying series, so it doesnt surprise me that its next attempt at a game comes with a very weak story, bad gameplay mechanics, and boring digimon, despite those being in theory the most important part of such a game. It's time for Bandai Namco to move on to healthier series
  17. TheLewdOne
    Mar 11, 2018
    2
    The Cyber sleuth series has one of the most disempowering and nonsensical storylines of any JRPG, overly reliant on every character in the plot taking turns holding the idiot ball in order for key points to progress or happen in the first place. That does not change in the sequel. Heck, the start of the game is basically "I'll prove to everyone that I'm not a hacker by using these superThe Cyber sleuth series has one of the most disempowering and nonsensical storylines of any JRPG, overly reliant on every character in the plot taking turns holding the idiot ball in order for key points to progress or happen in the first place. That does not change in the sequel. Heck, the start of the game is basically "I'll prove to everyone that I'm not a hacker by using these super hacker powers that were forced on me!". Just...think about that for more than a few seconds.

    What is worse is that this game might as well be an asset flip. Their own assets, sure, but most of this game's models is from the original Cyber Sleuth game. Even worse is that they will end up selling both games twice with no content added on when the inevitable PS4 release happens.

    These games getting acclaim is only going to make this greed and laziness more prevalent...But I guess if that's what people want, there's little a minority voice on the internet can do.    … Expand
  18. Revoltado
    Apr 28, 2018
    7
    Contras:
    - Muito diálogo (entediante e para mim, seu pior defeito)
    - Cenários enjoativos
    - Alguns digimons possuem stats muito baixo mesmo treinado ao máximo e no nível máximo
    - Graficamente o jogo é de razoável a ruim...
  19. kelonne
    Nov 20, 2018
    6
    This game should be re-branded as an expansion/spin off to 'cyber sleuth'.
    Only about 20% of new element added to this series.
    New digimons added in. Voice casts are good, but feel a bit too boring after a while, I just skip all the conversation and jump to story progression and farming. Experience farming and digivolving is still as fun as the previous one. Map is still boring,    This game should be re-branded as an expansion/spin off to 'cyber sleuth'.
    Only about 20% of new element added to this series.
    New digimons added in.
    Voice casts are good, but feel a bit too boring after a while, I just skip all the conversation and jump to story progression and farming.
    Experience farming and digivolving is still as fun as the previous one.
    Map is still boring, limited explorable area.
    Would not recommend this game unless you have played the 'cyber sleuth' or fans of digimon.    … Expand
  20. SplitMind
    May 31, 2019
    4
    For the first hours of the game I was thinking I was in an interactive movie rather than playing a video game. There are so many cutscenes and all of them are padded out unnecessarily. I tried to stick with it but the weird design choices are the same choices in the previous game that made a simple cutscene arduous and monotonous.

    The gameplay is where the game shines, but unfortunately    For the first hours of the game I was thinking I was in an interactive movie rather than playing a video game. There are so many cutscenes and all of them are padded out unnecessarily. I tried to stick with it but the weird design choices are the same choices in the previous game that made a simple cutscene arduous and monotonous.

    The gameplay is where the game shines, but unfortunately it takes too long to appreciate this. Most of the other content is just the same as the last game. Very lazy and not worth your time. I had mixed feelings about the last game and only negative ones about this.    … Expand
  21. Topoide
    Mar 19, 2023
    8
    Gran extra de cyber sleuth, a veces la historia se siente alargada de mas pero es un gran juego, gameplay espectacular y una trama interesante, las misiones secundarias son repetitivas pero es muy disfrutable.
  22. rechechelly
    Apr 26, 2022
    9
    很喜欢艾莉卡这个角色，但这结局实在不想给满分。你要致敬光叔也好，弄bad end也好。你大可让艾莉卡就这样离开，包括男主在内的全员失忆就有点恶心人了。感觉就是那么长时间玩下来，我奋斗了个寂寞。
  23. Shattendamon
    Jul 31, 2022
    10
    This game is amazing that is all, hope this game keeps getting the attention it needs
  24. Simoncino
    May 1, 2019
    10
    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory. A midquel. A "new" story that happens at the same time of the "main plot" of Cyber Sleuth. A new cast of characters, with their personalities and goals that works in the shadows to solve the "digi-crisis" that is going on because of the Eaters.

    The only real ""letdown"" is the release price and some rehash of places (because of its midquel nature).
  25. Reed618
    Mar 15, 2020
    7
    I'd love to rank this game higher but there are way too many flaws.
    Visually all of the dungeons are extremely repetitive and the real world areas you can explore are static, pixellated and bland.
    The mission structure is poorly thought out. Sometimes you have to go to a place called the digilab to talk to a person who tells you to go to an area, then you talk to someone there, then you    I'd love to rank this game higher but there are way too many flaws.
    Visually all of the dungeons are extremely repetitive and the real world areas you can explore are static, pixellated and bland.
    The mission structure is poorly thought out. Sometimes you have to go to a place called the digilab to talk to a person who tells you to go to an area, then you talk to someone there, then you travel to another area and sign into your computer so you can accept a mission from that person, then you travel back to that area to meet that person again... it feels like a waste of time.
    The story and characters are ok but kind of generic and most of the key moments are predictable. The protagonist is particularly bland. There are also a couple of BS boss fights in the game too.

    What the game does really well is the digivolution system. There are a lot of digimon, primarily taken from the first three seasons. You can create a dream team and unlike pokemon you don't need to worry too much about having a balanced team. You can kind of just pick your favorites and level them up.
    The requirements for digivolving are annoying and it can feel like the game is wasting your time though,
    The combat system is pretty fun and the range of animations and special moves is very impressive.
    Also, to its credit it can be a fun game to just relax with and grind while you watch some tv. With a lot of jrpgs I get burnt out and don't finish them but this one kept me hooked for about 52 hours.
    If you can get it on sale for like 10 to 20 bucks and you're in the mood for a digimon turn based rpg then definitely go right ahead. It's not worth 60 bucks by a long stretch but if you can get it cheap it's pretty fun.    … Expand
  26. KratosKong
    Jun 7, 2020
    8
    si ya jugaste al anterior titulo ya sabes lo que te vas a encontrar en este, lo único distinto son los protagonistas. la historia y el añadido de nuevos digimon.
  27. skitty
    Aug 5, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is nice. Digimon breeding, training is cool. Battle system is cool. Storyline after 10th charter is great but...

    No digital world. Claustrophobic corridors and locations. Digimons keep talking about digital world but there is non, and at the end...

    Ending is awful, I didn’t like it at all. Digimons was erased from the timeline, human world without Digimons. Portal between world and digital world has been closed.

    Game is to sad. Tragedy after the tragedy. Technically good game with bad trivia. Few days after I’m still negatively shocked and depressed cuz of overwhelming sadness and passing in the game with awful final.    … Expand
  28. Luahanseng
    Aug 12, 2020
    5
    The story and script is the worst thing ever. This is the only game that i completely skip the story and narratives because its so boring. Too bad the game is so good in the gameply and battle mechanics aspect
  29. EmperorSubs
    Nov 14, 2019
    10
    It's a really good JRPG that you can really sink your teeth into and a great way to introduce people to Digimon.
    This game was actually made for Digimon fans while they wait for Digimon Survive because making a brand new game from scratch takes about 4 years.
  30. Cafe_8bits
    May 24, 2020
    9
    Hackers Memory is a solid RPG that excels at the monster collect formula'. Its an amazing experience, with great characters and addicting gameplay.
    Sadly some dungeons are quite plain, but the overall games absolutely makes for it. I think Hackers Memory was a great way to end the 2010s for the monco genre. If was not for Ni No Kuni, and Pokémon Black and White, it should be the most    Hackers Memory is a solid RPG that excels at the monster collect formula'. Its an amazing experience, with great characters and addicting gameplay.
    Sadly some dungeons are quite plain, but the overall games absolutely makes for it. I think Hackers Memory was a great way to end the 2010s for the monco genre. If was not for Ni No Kuni, and Pokémon Black and White, it should be the most competent game at it for its time.
    I totally would recommend it for frustrated Pokémon fans that did not liked Sword and Shield. And its great for beginners at the franchise too, it was designed to be a entrance for new Digimon fans.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 4, 2018
    60
    It hasn't evolved enough to deal a critical hit to the competition. [Apr 2018, p.95]
  2. DarkStation
    Feb 20, 2018
    70
    Despite some of the shortcomings I found in the narrative and its inability to simply impress when it came to the conclusion of most cases, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory manages to hold its weight. It's saying something when compared to other RPGs in the fighting monster team genre. The true stars of the show are the digimon, as they indeed should be, and there’s enough zaniness in the rest of the game to keep you entertained throughout its long running time. There’s room for improvement, though, and should the developers choose to keep this side of Digimon series going, we could see something truly amazing in the future. As it stands now, Hacker’s Memory is not a bad way to hang out with some of my new favorite digital friends.
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  3. Video Chums
    Feb 20, 2018
    63
    Hacker's Memory is a sequel that can only be enjoyed by gamers who played the original Cyber Sleuth. The lack of direction makes it tough to recommend to newcomers and the repeated content will hamper the fun factor for existing fans. However, if you're a long-time fan and only play the games for their in-depth monster customization then it's surely worth picking up.
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