Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition

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  1. Shamrocks
    Jan 31, 2022
    9
    Two of the best catching-monsters JRPGs ever made in my humble opinion. The artistic stylization is wonderful, the characters and the story is catching and, although it's told slowly, it's quite interesting. The combat system is well-made and fun, even if not wonderful, and the overall mechanics are innovative although not getting too far away from the classical ideas of the Digimon StoryTwo of the best catching-monsters JRPGs ever made in my humble opinion. The artistic stylization is wonderful, the characters and the story is catching and, although it's told slowly, it's quite interesting. The combat system is well-made and fun, even if not wonderful, and the overall mechanics are innovative although not getting too far away from the classical ideas of the Digimon Story series. The only issue I could think of is that getting Hackers Memory as a separate game from the original Cyber Sleuth would feel like too much of the same, but that issue is fixed with this complete edition, as they come together here. If you're tired of the repetitive nature of the Pokemon series or simply want to enjoy a slightly more mature game from a franchise that tried to grow with you instead of stalling, this is your game.… Expand
  2. MetalEmolgamon
    Nov 1, 2019
    10
    One of the best monster rpgs out their. Rivaling Pokemon in quality and content. Digimon Cyber Sleuth is a fun and engaging game. It has hundreds of creatures you can collect and raise. The turn based combat is fast paced and deep. It has beautiful cel shaded graphics with highly detailed textures. The Digifarm and Digiline features make your creatures feel like allies rather than tools.One of the best monster rpgs out their. Rivaling Pokemon in quality and content. Digimon Cyber Sleuth is a fun and engaging game. It has hundreds of creatures you can collect and raise. The turn based combat is fast paced and deep. It has beautiful cel shaded graphics with highly detailed textures. The Digifarm and Digiline features make your creatures feel like allies rather than tools. You can train and customize your creatures to bring out the best in them. A must have for fans of either Digimon, Monster RPGs, or Turn based rpg's,… Expand
  3. YoshiHD
    Nov 15, 2019
    10
    It's the best monster catching/raising rpg of this generation. Especially with how much of a dud Pokemon Sword and Shield is. This game has a much better story and gameplay. Even the graphics and animations are better, despite being a PS Vita port.

    Good video game.
  4. vercinatrix
    Nov 14, 2019
    10
    Digimon seems to have finally found its footing with this title. Making each of your series distinct is a good approach to keep things in order, and the gameplay is a wonderful mix of old-school turnbased systems, monster taming, and difficulty.

    Newer players to the franchise can find a good start here and those well versed in the likes of SMT or turnbased FF titles will have a joy on    Digimon seems to have finally found its footing with this title. Making each of your series distinct is a good approach to keep things in order, and the gameplay is a wonderful mix of old-school turnbased systems, monster taming, and difficulty.

    Newer players to the franchise can find a good start here and those well versed in the likes of SMT or turnbased FF titles will have a joy on hard mode.

    Digimon respects your intelligence level while also easing you in appropriately to its systems. It can be a bit grindy for some, but RPGs are meant to be games where you work for your reward. If you're looking for a walkie-talkie scenery game, this isn't it.    … Expand
  5. Derex18
    Oct 18, 2019
    10
    As someone who played the original on the PS4, these are great games, and a great rpg too. The game-play seem difficult at first, but once you finish the tutorial, the game will be a piece of cake if you master it.
    The story is beautiful, even if you're not a fan of digimon, the game will explain the important thing abouts certain groups of digimon and what are digimon in general.
    But I    As someone who played the original on the PS4, these are great games, and a great rpg too. The game-play seem difficult at first, but once you finish the tutorial, the game will be a piece of cake if you master it.
    The story is beautiful, even if you're not a fan of digimon, the game will explain the important thing abouts certain groups of digimon and what are digimon in general.
    But I recommend you to play Cybersleuth first, then Hackers Memory, because the second one is a complement of the first, and if you play that game first, you're gonna be spoiled about things that happen in the first game.
    And the best part is that you can customize your character and digimon. Speaking of digimon, all of the digimon that appeared in HM, they're available in CS (Meaning that if you wanted to play with triceramon , for example, in CS, in the PS4 you can't because limitations, but now those limitation don't exist)

    I don't have to say anything else because it will be spoiler at this point. But I recommend you to get this game full price. It's worth it. And maybe you became a fan of digimon with this game.    … Expand
  6. Crow_11_
    Oct 20, 2019
    10
    Amazing game , amazing design especially for the Digimons , you can play with more than 340 of Digimons , maybe there's one negative that there's a lot of dialogues and it's boring some times but at end it's one of best Digimon game wish that Bandai will create better game in the future and i wish to be open world in the Digital world
  7. Otonaburu
    Nov 15, 2019
    8
    It's a really nice package of good Digimon games, but obvious budget constraints dampened my enjoyment a bit.
  8. EmperorSubs
    Nov 7, 2019
    10
    Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition is a game with game play similar to the Persona games. This is 2 games in one with each game being 40 to 60 hours of game play. It does 2 things that I think it does better than its other monster taming counterparts. One, my brother and I both felt like the grinding in this game to be fun and not taxing, but others might beg to differ. And two,Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition is a game with game play similar to the Persona games. This is 2 games in one with each game being 40 to 60 hours of game play. It does 2 things that I think it does better than its other monster taming counterparts. One, my brother and I both felt like the grinding in this game to be fun and not taxing, but others might beg to differ. And two, the story of the game. Unlike other games, like Pokemon, it really can't be summed up in one or two sentences. The characters have arcs and, at least some to at most, good personalities to them. If someone thinks about getting into the Digimon franchise, I highly recommend playing this game.… Expand
  9. MimiPiggyOrc
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    I loved the story and game play. There were hours of enjoyment and entertainment with both games in the complete edition. There were times where I would have to look up where to go on a quest due to lack of detail/information given, but other than that the story was fantastic, the game was cute and charming with its graphics, and the characters all were unique and easy to like or dislike.
  10. Zappy13
    Nov 17, 2019
    10
    El juego cumple con todo lo que dice ya que te entrega una gran variedad de digimon para utilizar como compañeros y que de misma manera pueden modificar de muchas formas la estrategia con la que quieras llevar a cabo la historia.
    Las 2 historias son muy distintas entre si ya que hay un cambio de protagonista y cast de compañeros que te hacen disfrutar de momentos únicos en cada juego.    El juego cumple con todo lo que dice ya que te entrega una gran variedad de digimon para utilizar como compañeros y que de misma manera pueden modificar de muchas formas la estrategia con la que quieras llevar a cabo la historia.
    Las 2 historias son muy distintas entre si ya que hay un cambio de protagonista y cast de compañeros que te hacen disfrutar de momentos únicos en cada juego. Ademas del detalle que en ambas historias puedes encontrar guiños a la otra que te complementan la historia de dicho juego.
    Entre lo negativo de los juegos es que si un jugador no muy conocedor de la franquicia ingresa a este puede considerar difícil y complicado el tema de las evoluciones y crianza , fuera de eso no le veo puntos negativos fuertes que afectas lo mucho que se puede disfrutar este juego y sus historias .    … Expand
  11. Shadowpunk
    Nov 22, 2019
    10
    My mouth was on the floor when i realized the vast majority of Digimons in this game have unique signature animations for their attacks. Sometimes each has 3-4 unique and flashy animations!
    I thought such a task was impossible for a game with 341 different monsters.
    And then i was surprised again by the story and inspiration from Persona and Shin Megami Tensei games. And is actually good    My mouth was on the floor when i realized the vast majority of Digimons in this game have unique signature animations for their attacks. Sometimes each has 3-4 unique and flashy animations!
    I thought such a task was impossible for a game with 341 different monsters.
    And then i was surprised again by the story and inspiration from Persona and Shin Megami Tensei games. And is actually good and not a cheap copy!

    Im speechless because i did not expect this AT ALL!
    It became my favorite game of the year just like that.    … Expand
  12. 1CE-W0LF
    Feb 4, 2020
    9
    Well, the game is very good, the story is great makes you feel like a real detective and the characters are good. In gameplay it is an RPG that if you do not put it in hard you probably have no problem even if you insist without thinking and if you put it in hard everything will kill you unless you have a good plan
  13. ZarexWolf
    Oct 26, 2019
    9
    It is a really great game and honestly happy to see Digimon getting back into the west. The only reason I didn't give this a 10/10 is due to them not exactly fixing the translation issue. Other than that, it is a wonderful JRPG. I showed this to a friend of mine and he said this kinda reminds him of Persona 2. Sure, some people may still compare this to Pokemon (which is really odd still,)It is a really great game and honestly happy to see Digimon getting back into the west. The only reason I didn't give this a 10/10 is due to them not exactly fixing the translation issue. Other than that, it is a wonderful JRPG. I showed this to a friend of mine and he said this kinda reminds him of Persona 2. Sure, some people may still compare this to Pokemon (which is really odd still,) but this game truly shows the difference between the franchises. In the end, welcome back to the Nintendo console family Digimon.… Expand
  14. jad_giovanni
    Sep 26, 2020
    8
    Como juego probablemente sea mejor que Pokémon Sword and Shield, lo único que lo demerita es que Digimon como licencia tiene menos alcance que Pokémon. Los digimon están muy bien logrados aunque el protagonista está excesivamente rígido y mal animado.
  15. RevUBrah
    Dec 9, 2019
    9
    One of the best RPGs to come out in the past couple years. After the disappointment over Pokemon Sword & Shield I was in the market for a new monster-collecting game to fill the void and this did an excellent job. Excellent story, lovable characters, good monster variety, and a challenging difficulty puts this game high on my JRPG list. Only issues I'd say is that the translation can beOne of the best RPGs to come out in the past couple years. After the disappointment over Pokemon Sword & Shield I was in the market for a new monster-collecting game to fill the void and this did an excellent job. Excellent story, lovable characters, good monster variety, and a challenging difficulty puts this game high on my JRPG list. Only issues I'd say is that the translation can be somewhat lacking at times, and the lack of dungeon variety resulting in a lot of the same dungeon visuals repeated through most of the game, but these are relatively minor gripes. Despite being a Vita port the game provides console-level quality and is more than worth the $50.… Expand
  16. Omegashoutmon
    Nov 25, 2019
    10
    Excelente juego de Digimon, el cual permite iniciarse a la franquicia, tiene unas buenas mecánicas de jrpg y una historia original muy interesante.. El único inconveniente es qué no está traducido al español.
  17. TheCrux
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    2 wonderfull ganes in one pack. More than 100 hours of funny, very addictive.
  18. alxs621
    Jul 1, 2020
    8
    A strong monster-catching offering that, unlike its competition, knew how to grow with its audience.
  19. ValkyriaDG
    Nov 7, 2020
    9
    Una edición muy buena de Dos juegazos de la Saga Digimon. Dos JRPG's muy buenos y que si juegas los dos Amplias mucho la Experiencia de juego y la Historia. En General si te gusta el universo de Digimon te va a gustar mucho y lo vas a disfrutar mucho .
  20. Simoncino
    May 4, 2020
    10
    EDIT: Review bombing by salty nostalgic and/or illiterate fans are coming. Brace yourself.

    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Complete Edition incorporates two of the best Digimon videogames ever made. Two great interlaced Monster-Rising JRPGs with unique creatures that features a deep story rich of characters. If you're a fan of the Digimon franchise you'll surely enjoy it. Do you like    EDIT: Review bombing by salty nostalgic and/or illiterate fans are coming. Brace yourself.

    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Complete Edition incorporates two of the best Digimon videogames ever made. Two great interlaced Monster-Rising JRPGs with unique creatures that features a deep story rich of characters. If you're a fan of the Digimon franchise you'll surely enjoy it.

    Do you like to collect monsters? Heres the right place.
    You like to lose yourself in the concept of parallel dimensions? Be my guest!
    Sick of waiting for SMTV? Welp, here you go!
    (^Seriously tho, so much waiting and I NEED IT)    … Expand
  21. Moshidar
    Oct 19, 2019
    10
    Digimon Story Cybersleuth is a must play for all Digimon fans and JRPGS fans, it has great designs and great music, the story is really good and the characters are rich in character
    It has a lot of grinding in the end game, but it's still fun because of how much details a single Digimon has, every digimon has their own unique skills and animations with victory poses!.overall I really    Digimon Story Cybersleuth is a must play for all Digimon fans and JRPGS fans, it has great designs and great music, the story is really good and the characters are rich in character
    It has a lot of grinding in the end game, but it's still fun because of how much details a single Digimon has, every digimon has their own unique skills and animations with victory poses!.overall I really enjoyed both games and I can't recommend it enough.    … Expand
  22. edwinborerito
    Nov 19, 2019
    10
    This game is tailor made for those who were (justifiably) upset by the Pokémon Sword and Shield scheme. This is not only a great compilation, it is also a pretty good game in it's own right. You don't only have the opportunity to have 2 rock-solid games for the price of one, but now you can also enjoy some features that were absent from the first "Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth" gameThis game is tailor made for those who were (justifiably) upset by the Pokémon Sword and Shield scheme. This is not only a great compilation, it is also a pretty good game in it's own right. You don't only have the opportunity to have 2 rock-solid games for the price of one, but now you can also enjoy some features that were absent from the first "Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth" game (including a considerable amount of new creatures). With the release of 2013's "Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode" (on the 3DS console which unfortunately wasn't released outside of Japan, like its predecessor) Bandai Nanco and the producer Habu Kazumasa made very clear that, although the Digimon franchise doesn't usually tend to release second or third versions of a game, a follow up title really does mean bigger and better, taking full advantage of the new console (and the graphics of this game couldn't be more appealing too... with perfectly animated signature moves made from scratch), and that aren't just made to cash grab its fan base. This is a great oportinity to enjoy a fantastic JRPG on the Switch (until Pokémon decides to stop being so lazy), which isn't afraid to touch some mature topics every once in a while to show respect to its young adult fanbase.… Expand
  23. djfuts
    Oct 21, 2019
    9
    I don't get why this game isn't getting more media attention. Hardly any Critic reviews!
    This may just be the best monster raising game on the Switch right now. This platform is perfect for the game as the on the go pick up and play nature Switch suits turn based battles perfectly.
    The start of the game is a little slow as seems to be the case with nearly all JRPGs but once you actually    I don't get why this game isn't getting more media attention. Hardly any Critic reviews!
    This may just be the best monster raising game on the Switch right now. This platform is perfect for the game as the on the go pick up and play nature Switch suits turn based battles perfectly.
    The start of the game is a little slow as seems to be the case with nearly all JRPGs but once you actually get a Digimon and get battling it is great fun. I have never played a Digimon game before but am enjoying this a lot, if you like Pokemon you should enjoy this, it is so nice to play something similar but different enough to make it feel new and give me a similar feeling to when I first discovered the world of Pokemon! I'm excited to learn more about this franchise.    … Expand
  24. Zonned87
    Oct 19, 2019
    10
    Solid port of 2 solid RPGS, great games for any fan of JRPGS or monster battling games.
  25. Jdrawks105
    Jan 12, 2020
    10
    A very well developed fame in the digimon franchise. The visuals are beautiful, the digimon are numerous and all well animated, the battle system is simple and effective and the story is phenomenal. A truly brilliant game
  26. ROflows
    May 14, 2020
    9
    A great edition of Digimon that really shows the potential the series has. As a fan of the shows, I was finally able to enjoy a game of the series that after a little play felt both intuitive and rewarding to understand well. I enjoy the story quite a bit, and truly believe that it shows why Digimon was once considered the biggest competitor of Pokemon.

    For some, grinding could be a    A great edition of Digimon that really shows the potential the series has. As a fan of the shows, I was finally able to enjoy a game of the series that after a little play felt both intuitive and rewarding to understand well. I enjoy the story quite a bit, and truly believe that it shows why Digimon was once considered the biggest competitor of Pokemon.

    For some, grinding could be a little tedious, but I did not find it to be overwhelming in this game. For fans of monster catching games, the min/maxing of certain Digimon's stats to digivolve could be overwhelming, but for me I felt the payoff was very rewarding.    … Expand
  27. TrainerEstew
    Mar 10, 2021
    10
    I don't typically leave reviews, but I noticed that this game had been review bombed. it previously held a respectable 8.0 user score before suddenly being flooded with dozens of scores that didn't leave any review so that the game could intentionally be dragged down.

    It's sad, but I guess that's how some people are. Anyways, the game is fantastic. The soundtrack is one of the best    I don't typically leave reviews, but I noticed that this game had been review bombed. it previously held a respectable 8.0 user score before suddenly being flooded with dozens of scores that didn't leave any review so that the game could intentionally be dragged down.

    It's sad, but I guess that's how some people are.

    Anyways, the game is fantastic. The soundtrack is one of the best in Digimon Story history, and the Cyber Sleuth series continues to provide great gameplay with the most interesting story in the series so far. The only drawback to the game for me was that it dragged on just a bit too long at the end and the constant cyber-scenery began to get a bit too repetitive. Other than that, however, these games are truly fantastic and I would recommend them to anyone that likes JRPGs.    … Expand
  28. Phuz
    May 27, 2021
    10
    Barring maybe Stardew I have never put so many hours in to a game. I just completed Cybersleuth at 257 hours. I'm probably not gonna play Hacker's Memory as I'm all Digimonned out.

    So where do I start, poor graphics and animations, strange synth music throughout (which is good though), I don't enjoy menu turn based games and have no history with Digimon shows, games, or anything for    Barring maybe Stardew I have never put so many hours in to a game. I just completed Cybersleuth at 257 hours. I'm probably not gonna play Hacker's Memory as I'm all Digimonned out.

    So where do I start, poor graphics and animations, strange synth music throughout (which is good though), I don't enjoy menu turn based games and have no history with Digimon shows, games, or anything for that matter. The dialogue is bad, the translations worse. I rarely play anything over a 10-30 hour game. The game does not value your time but somehow, I absolutely loved this game.

    0/10 is a totally fair score as is my 10/10. This is a game you're going to love or hate. At a cost of around 10p an hour play time and a lot of fun. I absolutely loved it.

    I could not tell you why I liked a game where everything is so crap but it is just one of those things where non of it works by itself but as a complete package, it comes together perfectly.

    Give it a try, you never know.    … Expand
  29. spreyz
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    I just finished cyber sleuth after a good month and my god the game is huge.
    I liked the story a lot the royal knights but the last chapter could've been better.
    Havent had such a blast with a game in a long time and surprised to see this many bad reviews. I can recommend this game on switch, because your digimon keep levelling in the farm if your switch is tunred off. Neat    I just finished cyber sleuth after a good month and my god the game is huge.
    I liked the story a lot the royal knights but the last chapter could've been better.

    Havent had such a blast with a game in a long time and surprised to see this many bad reviews.

    I can recommend this game on switch, because your digimon keep levelling in the farm if your switch is tunred off. Neat advantage to the PC version.    … Expand
  30. BleedingJester
    Jan 22, 2023
    8
    The story is pretty good in both Cyber Sleuth and Hackers Memory and they are almost completely separate stories that interconnect at specific points you should play both to get the full story of both games I suggest you start with Cyber Sleuth and move onto Hackers Memory

    Gameplay this is a turn based JRPG and I don't you start with this game if your new to the genre but if you like    The story is pretty good in both Cyber Sleuth and Hackers Memory and they are almost completely separate stories that interconnect at specific points you should play both to get the full story of both games I suggest you start with Cyber Sleuth and move onto Hackers Memory

    Gameplay this is a turn based JRPG and I don't you start with this game if your new to the genre but if you like Pokémon and want something more challenging this would be a good choice as you can evolve and devolve and there is a rock, paper, scissors style of combat kind of like Pokémon but the game doesn't properly explain some things such as how to equip equipment or that you can teleport back to the entrance of a dungeon you will also repeatedly revisit certain locations sometimes in the same chapter which makes them really repetitive

    Characters I found some of the characters really annoying in the game in Cyber Sleuth it was Nokia and in the beginning of Hackers Memory it was Wormmon but for the most part I did like characters especially in Hackers Memory

    overall I highly suggest this game if you either love Digimon and want to get into the games or you love JRPGs and are looking for a new one to play but this isnt a game for beginners to the genre    … Expand
  31. 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
  32. Madxrabbit18
    Aug 7, 2022
    10
    Absolutely loved this Digimon game the story’s wasn’t every exciting but I loved collecting all my favorite Digimon and battling with them.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 30, 2020
    85
    Two excellent monster-taming games with something for almost every playstyle. [Issue #44 – January/February 2020, p. 70]
  2. Screen Rant
    Jan 27, 2020
    70
    It does nothing with its mechanics or story that allows it to rise to the level of RPG greats like Persona 5 but what it does do is perfectly entertaining in its own right.
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  3. GameCritics
    Jan 15, 2020
    50
    The Digimon Story titles can only blame themselves for the failure to realize the themes they seem to chase. The mechanics are unsuitable for developing a relationship between the player and the Digimon. The cliché-ridden characters and plot defeat the emotional impact of Cyber Sleuth, and poor scripting makes Hacker’s Memory feel irrelevant. What’s left is an astonishing quantity of JRPG grist. While there’s some satisfaction in grinding it down, none of it leaves a lasting impact.
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