
'Digimon Survive' review: Dull gameplay holds back a daring story
As I slumped through several hours of tedious exposition and uninteresting tactical gameplay, I asked myself, “when does this get better?”
I’m no stranger to the concept of slow burns in video games. I’ve played plenty of Japanese RPGs that promise to “get good” after the first 10-15 hours. Visual novels occupy a similar space — they are very story-heavy and gradually introduce their worlds and characters over the first several hours.
Bandai Namco’s Digimon Survive is a mix between a visual no