If you ever played the original Digimon World and wanted a worthy successor to that game, this is it. This game pretty much improves on that formula in every aspect. The game also frequently makes callbacks to the OG digimon world and other digimon games, and the soundtrack goes hard and will awaken nostalgia like no other.

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Extremely similar to Digimon World: Re:Digitize and the original Digimon World, but with the added twist of raising two Digimon simultaneously. I'd recommend playing one of the others first, or at least being familiar with the Digimon franchise. Cyber Sleuth & Re:Digitize are much better starting points for first time Digimon gamers. You'll focus on monster raising/training for the most part with traditional RPG elements like visual novel talking with NPCs, small quests, exploration, item gathering, and upgrading your home base. Progression is slow and tedious. There's a lot of repetition as well. Honestly, the difficulty level is a bit high and there's a huge amount of traveling/back-tracking. Being patient with upgrading the tamer level/skills and the home base/village facilities is needed. Also, taking advantage of daily handouts at the village is necessary.

The graphics are serviceable, but could be better. Just like how Re:Digitize was originally a PSP game, this one was originally a PSVita game. So I can be a little forgiving. The aesthetic of the digital world is a little basic. I think they tried a little too hard to make some areas large/open, which resulted in emptiness? I vibed with it better in the original Digimon World and Re:Digitize, but I haven't finished the game yet.

The controls can get a lil bit of getting used to. Especially getting used to the different menu navigation or each individual Digimon. (I've been playing mouse & keyboard). Be aware of the mouse location when navigating menus. I wish there was slightly better camera control. I didn't find out about the zoom in/out at first (Q, E on keyboard). The game world is made up of small interconnected areas/rooms just like the other World monster raising games. The map could be more serviceable. You can zoom out all the way, but it's just boxes, although accurately placed. Getting area completion to 100% is tedious because of the discovery radius and big pixels. Not even sure what function it has either other than having a map with clean edges. Sprinting (Holding down right mouse click) is extremely necessary. The fast travel is extremely handy for navigating the village as it grows. The transportation system is very inaccessible due to cost early on in the game.