Digimon World: Next Order

 PlayStation 4
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6.9

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  1. ChristianDellon
    Apr 11, 2020
    5
    Digimon game series, since Digimon World 1, has huge potential, but always go into the wrong way. I like Digimon better than Pokemon, but the games are clearly worst. Digimon World 1 was in the right direction and got lost. The level up and evolution method are ridiculously specific. However, the worst part is that the Digimon died very fast. This slows down all the games. Another featureDigimon game series, since Digimon World 1, has huge potential, but always go into the wrong way. I like Digimon better than Pokemon, but the games are clearly worst. Digimon World 1 was in the right direction and got lost. The level up and evolution method are ridiculously specific. However, the worst part is that the Digimon died very fast. This slows down all the games. Another feature that I HATE is the necessity to take the Digimon to the bathroom. It is annoying and unnecessary. The characters are very weird, and the fact we can personalize makes it difficult to identify ourselves. This game clearly can go back to its origins, take some things out Pokemon and evolve.… Expand
  2. Yukito_Naomi
    Jul 25, 2020
    7
    Я играл во все части игр и делал это на протяжении 15 лет. Next order хорошая игра в плане гецмплея, но только в первые 2+ю-3 часа, потом становится скучно. Гринд в игре очень скучный (напоминаю, что в DW1 он не был такой обязательный) а вот в next order ты именно обязан фармить! Ещё мне не нравится, что дигимонов можно сделать бессмертными с помощью данжовЯ играл во все части игр и делал это на протяжении 15 лет. Next order хорошая игра в плане гецмплея, но только в первые 2+ю-3 часа, потом становится скучно. Гринд в игре очень скучный (напоминаю, что в DW1 он не был такой обязательный) а вот в next order ты именно обязан фармить! Ещё мне не нравится, что дигимонов можно сделать бессмертными с помощью данжов
  3. theotherjord
    Dec 19, 2017
    5
    Cool Game! Looks Great!
    The Battle System is a real let down, especially after playing Cyber Sleuth which is so much better in terms of battle system and all around mechanics.
  4. flametorrent
    Feb 1, 2017
    6
    I hesitate giving this game a high score. I love this game don't get me wrong but I honestly could not recommend it to my friends that aren't Digimon fans running on nostalgia.

    The music is nice, but the entire overworld running to the same beat doesn't work for me. I played Digimon World to get into their World. To hear those sounds of the jungle and the sounds of the night. It's the    I hesitate giving this game a high score. I love this game don't get me wrong but I honestly could not recommend it to my friends that aren't Digimon fans running on nostalgia.

    The music is nice, but the entire overworld running to the same beat doesn't work for me. I played Digimon World to get into their World. To hear those sounds of the jungle and the sounds of the night. It's the little things this game doesn't have that make me really sad. How hard would it have been to record a fake Digital World night? Crickets and some digimon calls and some low low piano music or the sounds of the ocean or the sounds of grass blowing. I can see that love went into this game, but it was the little things that made Digimon World 1 a success for centuries and kept it in our hearts. I'm 27 turning 28 and I still to this day pick up my game and play it.

    I can maybe forgive that the training is literally the Digimon standing there while you spam the button and they get tired for no reason (really I miss those training animations even though you could skip them), but what I find unforgivable is that horrible excuse for a fishing minigame. How did that pass quality inspection? It looks like someone made it in flash. Or worse. Paint and they just pressed the arrow keys back and forth. Even the first game (made for PS1 more than a decade ago) treated fishing like a real relaxing event - to enjoy the scenery. And all those amazing secrets hidden in plain sight! Wondering what is that dark shadow in the water.. but this one plays more like a spammy MMO and has all the characters that can join your city super obvious. They tell you exactly what they need.

    I'm enjoying the game, but it doesn't leave me feeling like I just visited another world. I don't miss my Digimon. There's less of an impact on me when they die. And what is that clock thing... why didn't they bring back the old clock? Now we get this clock that everytime I look at it it brings me back into my own world. I guess I'm speaking from a nostalgic point of view, but that's exactly what this game panders to. If they're trying to bring people into the fold that have never played Digimon before, they should've fixed the little things. Especially right now because Digimon Tri is airing and people love it.

    Please patch these issues and I will change my review in a heartbeat. Show us you care. Put in some hidden things and don't just have everyone standing there. Remember Vadermon? I remember passing by there so many times wondering what the heck that was.. and that Teddymon suit? There was mystery in the adventure that this game doesn't have. I feel let down. Also really... the potty covering was unnecessary. Did someone get offended by that? Everytime that happens I feel like someone slapped me in the face. Would it have been so hard to animate a curtain and the Digimon simples pulls it to cover themselves?

    This game is Digimon World, but it plays more like Digimon World MMO On A Budget with an expansion pack called They Keep Bringing Me Back To My World.

    I can't recommend this game as it is. And I want to; so badly. I want people to love Digimon like I do. But there's zero mystery here. It's not an adventure into the Digital World. It's you playing just another game.    … Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 1, 2017
    7
    Digimon World: Next Order
    Like taking care of a 2 year old.
    Have you even wanted to be a pageant mom and have a honey booboo child of your own? Well you’re in luck, because in Digimon World: Next Order you get 2. Here you play as either a male or female character that you get to name and you work on escaping the digital world… This is a very odd rpg... it’s a very good rpg though..    Digimon World: Next Order
    Like taking care of a 2 year old.
    Have you even wanted to be a pageant mom and have a honey booboo child of your own?
    Well you’re in luck, because in Digimon World: Next Order you get 2.
    Here you play as either a male or female character that you get to name and you work on escaping the digital world…
    This is a very odd rpg... it’s a very good rpg though.. But that statement of course depends on the type of gameplay experiences you enjoy…
    Digimon World is very much a management game...
    The game starts with you choosing any 2 eggs… you raise the characters in these eggs in a training room to digivolve them and boost their stats… not in combat..
    Their stats act more as defense here in case you do run into a combat situation...
    You do increase your tamer level from combat though which gives skill points for your skill tree...
    In this game you explore the open Digi world recruiting digimon to your village by helping them get the items they need throughout the world and in exchange they go back to your village and offer a perk for that village...
    Your village is where you go to restock on food every day, buy items from shops, and train your digimon...
    And mistakenly as you play the game this village gets bigger so everything is spread out instead of nicely packed into a small area… so you have to run around to get your refills…
    As you are completing tasks you’ll run into wild digimon and you act as a coach or a cheerleader on the sideline while your 2 digimon do their thing…
    you are able to throw in some healing items while they fight and command them to do special moves that they build up thanks to your cheering…
    But they fight on their own…
    you’re basically a cheerleader for 2 toddlers that also does fetch quests.
    And as you explore the lands completing the tasks given to you you have to make sure your digimon don’t go hungry... and they get hungry a lot…
    It’s annoying how frequently you have to feed them…
    You even have to take them to the bathroom…
    It’s a constant juggle of making sure you have food and portable toilets... while your digimon are strong enough to handle themselves in the locations you travel to…
    That’s the game…
    It’s a really good game if you’re into that kind of thing.. Even I was for the first 8 hours…
    But the thing is your digimon die…
    And I have no idea how or why...
    They’ll get sick if you over train them… but I purposely hatched a new one and trained it without giving it rest at all trying to kill it.. And it just wouldn’t die... I thought this was why and its clearly not it...
    I tried to push at least 10 different digimon past their ultimate form and they died every time with no signs of illness or dissatisfaction from me as a tamer..
    And it’s of course very frustrating to have to start again numerous times with new characters and have to bring their stats up all over again…
    Especially if you just want to get on with the story..
    This game is very much an open world digimon version of Tamagotchi...
    Either you like that play style or you don’t…
    Don’t expect a deep combat system here...or a typical jrpg where you have to slot in new items and moves… that’s not what this game is about
    Feed your digimon, take them to the bathroom.. Don’t over train them... and use them as protection as you try to escape the digital world...
    I give Digimon World: Next Order
    a 7/10    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

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  1. GameCritics
    Sep 11, 2017
    70
    With solid JRPG gameplay and surprisingly accessible mechanics, I was shocked by how much I got out of my time with Digimon World: Next Order. I will say, however, that the game will probably be most appreciated by those with a strong affection for whimsical nonsense — two of the game’s main characters are a dignified kung-fu cat and a tiny caveman whose hair completely obscures his features, and the most bizarre transformation involved a spike-shelled walrus evolving into an axe-wielding Frankenstein. This is a solid game, but more than that, it’s a strange one, and that strangeness has to be played to be believed.
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  2. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Apr 10, 2017
    60
    After Cyber Sleuth got our expectations real high, Digimon World: Next Order is crushed under those expectations. Although they are parts of two different series, Next Order still feels like an old and less fun game.
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  3. Destructoid
    Mar 31, 2017
    80
    Next Order isn’t without flaws, but it's exactly the kind of game the Digimon World series needed after a regional hiatus. While the unconventional combat and grind-heavy skill training aren’t likely to deter fans of the franchise, newcomers might find some of the game's quirks unwelcoming. As such, Digimon World: Next Order likely won’t appeal to everyone, but the game is something longtime fans of the series will have no problem dumping hours upon hours into.
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