Digimon World 4 Review - HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!? - Casp

[@Minatex]

The opening is Actualy from a Full length Movie callded Digital Monster X-Evolution japan only but not bad

[@xDinomanx]

Digital Monster X-Evolution was a pretty good movie, set outside of the anime and within its own canon.

[@cathycrow7158]

Luke Mitchell i feel digimon is at it's best when they distance it from the anime.

[@VictorFactor94]

@@cathycrow7158 I disagree. The anime made it as popular as it is. The stories shown in them are awesome, and it defines better what evolution lines should be, without being too strict.

[@save_zawarudo]

always love the opening

[@TheMaxCloud]

@@VictorFactor94 sadly it depends... "Evolution" in the anime series (all of them) are just power ups that the characters have because they are special. The actual canon of evolution is like pokemon, they just mature to the point of evolution. And thats permanent. The reason the evolution that the anime has is temporal, its because the characters one way or another have a special skill that only they have that lets them "force" the evolution to a higher state, temporaly.

[@ferasamro9735]

This game was my dark souls when I was 11 years old

[@lambdadelta7327]

he's right you know^

[@runerocker3194]

Dark Souls is a walk in the park compared to the beginning of this game.

[@agentphoenix8409]

Same here

[@chanceadvanced8135]

Same...this shit was garbage to me but I refused to give up and kept playing....then lent it to some friends of mine. They actually beat the fucking game...I was bewildered.

[@lulamuniz7605]

@@runerocker3194 so true i played this with my cousin until apocalymon

[@TheSlinja]

I love Digimon, but I feel like half the time Digimon doesnt love us

[@Caspicum]

+TheSlinja Agumon has no love in his heart for anyone.

[@VSpoodle]

Thats how Digimon Rumble all-stars made me feel

[@ZabuzaCazal]

True

[@leeiif]

Honestly, this game is one of my guilty pleasures. Even I have no idea why I actually like it though.

[@Caspicum]

I feel the same about Alundra 2. It's bloody horrible, and I have no idea why I enjoy it.

[@imaadqureshi9643]

at least its not like harry potter and the goblet of fire (GC). thats my guilty pleasure.

[@OmegaExalted]

I feel the same way.

[@alexgomez-vera3922]

Yo same. This and Fable 2 are mine

[@mewkoamew6940]

Same

[@ripedroxx]

I know it is a little (a lot) late for commenting but well This game was actually a promotional game for the digimon X evolution movie (the game was named digimon world X in japan), bandai basically asked the developers to rush it in less than a year so they could release it along the movie release and that is why the game feels so bad and incomplete. Funny enough the game actually sold really well in japan (mostly because the movie was a hit) and its one of the responsibles for saving the franchise as the movie its "based off" was planned to be a kind of a goodbye for the digimon franchise because it was performing really bad and the anime had like 0 ratings at the time. And what did bandai do about it? they just localized the game for a quick cash grab renaming it to world 4 and didn't even bother to bring the movie to the west, the result? it basically killed the franchise fanbase in the west resulting in all future games selling poorly here and finally they lost all faith in the west after Dawn/Dusk performance. Luckily Cyber Sleuth revived the franchise in the whole world after almost dying again due to Re:Digitize Decoded for the 3ds selling really bad and it only got localized because of the project decoded fan petition (almost the same as the reason we got xenoblade,pandora's tower and last story in the west) fast forward to today and digimon games are enjoying huge sells and while they are still kind of mediocre, they are actually getting better over time so we can just hope they keep up the pace and don't fuck it all over again

[@Caspicum]

It's been a while, but I still check and appreciate the comments! It's tough to find info on this shit, so thanks!

[@Astraldymensions]

As someone who kinda stopped following Digimon after Data Squad (both game and show) this was really informative.

[@haruglory6409]

Bandai Namco really ruin everything. cyber sleuth okay but so short in story.. too much talking. too short dungeon. i can beat the game with 30hours gameplay. i rather play digimon adventure PSP. i hope they release digimon adventure 02 same style as season 1 PSP game.story and fighting playtime is balance. i know psp already stop reproduction. it can still be pc game or other console.

[@Mike14264]

@@haruglory6409 you call a 30 hour game a SHORT game??? Are you mental??? I mean, how is a mostly story-focused RPG too short in story? And honestly, if the dungeons are designed after Dawn and Dusk's dumb maze dungeons and dumb maze _hub world,_ I'd definitely appreciate smaller dungeons. I sure hope they're better than that tho. On another note, how good is the Digimon Adventure PSP game? I mean, for you to prefer it over the more consistently liked game in the franchise, it's gotta have some real good stuff innit.

[@Mike14264]

Very curious... Which ones would you recommend? To both a newcomer and a seasoned player, I wanna see both points a view.

[@DrMecha]

The opening cinematic have scenes lifted from "Digital Monsters: X-Evolution"; a cgi movie created to promote the Pendulum-X line of V-pet.

[@rogerfvb]

Was going to say this.

[@kappayokai6113]

That movie kicks so much ass

[@SandLion]

The movie is great, but this game isn't so great for solo-play... I guess the great part about this game is it's possible to play the story with friends...

[@shafaf0]

I personally love the game though deep down it might get boring at some point (well when grinding skill points that is) but still I have place for it in my heart , and from time to time I play the hell out of one particular digimon to it's fullest like for instance, grinding skill points of every single task blunt.stab.crush,bash and slash until they blink red after that I continue on with the game , and that is all

[@alfianteguh8622]

we need Digimon World 3 Remaster

[@jens3945]

4*

[@Vigriff]

DW 2.

[@dracompb966]

*DS

[@Donutgames00]

Digimon World 3 part 2

[@ragingsaviorkami9862]

All I see are people fanboying about their favourite digimon game, blinded by nostalgia. Tbh, digimon world 1 and 3 are actually somewhat good. 2 and 4, not as much. We already got a remake for 1, now we need a remake for 3.

[@CoryShirey]

This game took up many hours of my childhood. To me it’s very nostalgic and one of my favorites. I will agree that this game is very hard and sometimes confusing. Most of my time was spent grinding.

[@DarkOmegaZero]

I quite enjoy this game, I think it's a lot more fun when you play with other people...I had my brother so that was a plus

[@lonniethewaffle]

so true not a one player game I always played with 2 or 3 other friends

[@Raylightsen]

Is good only with friends. Agreed.

[@alfiyanisbored5766]

Same

[@hu6284]

yeah played with my brother and we had so many good memories

[@MrTwenty6point2]

I played with my brother when we were young, otherwise it would have been too tedious.

[@caleer8567]

A nice review, really cracked me up with that "getting donkey konged so hard" line.

[@yak601]

Used to co-op it with my younger brother, always ended in crying, nigh pissing ourselves or physical confrontations even.... Now it's all nostalgia tinted.

[@redwanur]

😂

[@Blizzardfire]

The opening cutscene is mostly scenes from the CGI Digimon X-Evolution movie that came out around the same time. I agree, the game is a trainwreck.

[@dionbagheri6121]

original name is Digimon World X, was promoted with movie in Japan...

[@nauka7565]

It's hard and I like it

[@megakoni1]

Now that you mention the flaws of the game, i remember that they were really annoying. But i fuckin loved this game, despite its flaws and clunky controls, eventually i just got used to it and got good in this game. I played it so much, with my cousin, cousine and my brother. I even bought the multitap just for this game, so i can play with 3 other players together. But i had even fun playing it solo, and then afterwards pulling my low level brother through the high level dungeons so he can catch up. And i think the train minigame is not as random as you say, you just have to remember the paths, i don't like it when the game is always telling you where to go or what to do, it often takes away the challenge and the thinking. And even if i had to grind so much to catch up with the evolutions, i had fun since i could visit with my new low level digimon high level areas and get so many level ups at once. EDIT: there are some things i forgot to mention. The ingame trading card system was so much fun too. Stealing the cards from my brother and vice versa, and competing in collecting was awesome. Same for the weapon grinding. Sometimes so good weapons drop. And you could trade it with other players if it didn't fit your needs. Upgrading them was fun too. Pretty addicting to farm these rare weapons. Also the music was so good. They make you feel like you're in an adventure for real

[@retrostorm15]

megakoni1 i also got a multitap for this game and recently replayed my old file and did a boss rush to unlock my signiture weapon for wargreymon :3 its still fun af but after having grinded up to level 128 the normal mode was too easy 😂👌🏼

[@kaizen_A]

Good for you mate, me and my brothers played this for almost thousand hours and it was still rocking... Digimon series was the ideal game of my childhood and I still miss it.

[@mitchellsiemens5378]

This game has lots of replay value

[@megakoni1]

lol never thought that so many people would agree with me

[@suredawg8882]

This game was my shit back in 2010.

[@suredawg8882]

Squirtle Master Some 11 year old thinking hes tough by telling people to kill themselves...

[@N0rlight]

Are you saying to someone who has an opinion to kts? Seriously fuck off. Some had fun with it. I enjoyed it, mostly because it was my first digimon game.

[@saifors]

Question: have you tried the multiplayer coop? Because I too thought it was a piece of shit until I decided to show a friend how shit it was and decided to try out multiplayer with him for the heck of it and... we ended up having fun, we actually had fun, I was using the pistol weapons and he used slash weapons and the combat became way less tedious.

[@Caspicum]

+saifors I didn't want to put a friend through that. At the top of the list of "Best ways to lose friends" rests Digimon World 4 co-op. For reals though, I didn't really get a chance. Any time I have mates over for local co-op, we end up playing Rocket League or Smash or something that we know we'll enjoy. I will try to have a go of it at some point, and I might aim for the Gamecube version, because 3-4 players.

[@justicependragon4848]

@@Caspicum we made a drinking game out of it, every loadingscreen drink. We did beat the last boss this way but it was pretty difficult at the end

[@ZabuzaCazal]

They should remake this game, the concept of the game is so good. A Remake we would love im sure.

[@waynejulian277]

yeah with light and heavy combo attacks that actually let you use every digimon's signature attacks like blackwargreymon's terra destoryer and the option to fight barefisted and let your level reflect all of your stats

[@jarodtate3451]

I always played this game with my dad, and he and I were in the 60 to 70 range at the end

[@SilverAegis39]

This game has me and my half bro sitting together grinding our asses off while chatting. It may not be diverse gameplay wise, but once you reach the very hard difficulty everything you achieve feels sooo good

[@lonelygamerinspace548]

It's shitty, yep! I got so salty at the game once because the battle is very unfair. But I spend a lot of time with this game with my little brother... and the time we spent together was so much fun they cancel out the shitty nature of this game. So I really enjoy this game when I play this with my brother no matter how shitty, and I still will play this game again with my lil bro if we ever get the chance. That's it from me, nuff said~

[@azumarill1403]

Lonely Gamer in Space Same here, i have a friend who knows almost nothing about Digimon in general, but the game can be really fun when you play it with a friend, also i believe that when you play with a friend more enemies spawn.

[@nauka7565]

@@azumarill1403 yeah. It's hard and I like it.

[@azumarill1403]

@@nauka7565 I hate it's loading times tho, and how few stages the game has, not many digimon to fight against. I would love a remake of it with so much more content.

[@mattwo7]

I want to know how this happened too. I hope one day DidYouKnowGaming can do an episode on it.

[@NimhLabs]

Digimon World 4 is not a Digimon game--it appears to be some kind of poorly made Rogue-like. Though, that is better than Digimon World 2 being a clear reskin of Dragon Quest Monsters.

[@Caspicum]

DQ Monsters is a game that I've missed somehow, despite my love for monster collecting games, and Dragon Quest. Worf playing?

[@turkeysandwich3133]

Casp I would say it is. I loved it

[@Blazikenpwnsyou]

Its somehow made to ape Gauntlet in my opinion.

[@SSJ491]

@@Blazikenpwnsyou sigh, Digimon games went up and down over the years. That's why Pokémon games are a lot better than Digimon games, though I did grew up both of them from my childhood years (including Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Sailor Moon). Digimon World was a fresh start by starting with Tamagotchi Virtual Pet aspect. It was fun and exciting to see what Bandai can do for the Digimon World videogame franchise. Unfortunately, in the following year of 2001, Bandai released Digimon World 2. It became a tedious and less fun as you played as a member of the Blue Falcon, and you get on a tank and get inside of a crawling dungeon filled with wild Digimon. The digivolution sequence in that game is unbelievably bad. After you reach the high level for your rookie Digimon, and you getting excited for getting a champion level, ultimate level, mega level, or a DNA digivolution level if you have 2 Digimon has their level matched each other. But however, your Digimon will devolve back into something weaker...ugh. Anyway, move on to Digimon World 3, the game is based on JRPG style like Final Fantasy, Pokémon, or Dragon Quest franchises. You have 3 packs of Digimon that you can choose. A pack: Patamon, Kotemon, and Kumamon. B pack: Agumon, Rena-whatever, and Monmon. C pack: Kumamon, Kotemon, and Guilmon. You can digivolve or fusion during battles that is a cool feature in the game. You can fish by quickly level up your Digimon, just like I had been doing to get megas. And speaking of level up, the game is a lot longer as grinding for getting/unlocking a powerful Digimon. Digimon World 3 is my childhood favorite Digimon game of all time, but it can get tedious to get Omnimon/Omegamon for Agumon (my 1st childhood favorite Digimon of all time), or Imperialdramon/FM/PM for Veemon (my 3rd childhood favorite Digimon of all time), and Gallantmon for Guilmon (my 2nd favorite Digimon of all time). Digimon World 4...absolutely horrible. You see that is why the Digimon franchise here in the United States did not do any good in the early/mid 2000s. Until they got right for Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth (2015/2016), Digimon World Next Order (2017), and Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Sleuth: Hacker's Memory (2018) after the success of Digimon All Star Rumble in November 2014 when the Digimon games returned to the West after its departure in the summer of 2008. Now Bandai Namco Entertainment is still working on Digimon Survive as of today, waiting for an announcement release.

[@greenmario3011]

Why in God’s name did they call pepper breath “petty fire”? -6/10

[@tythetyrantt4979]

It is first called petty fire but it gets different names as you upgrade them

[@farhansyabibi170]

infinite fire lul

[@farhansyabibi170]

i did go around lvl 140 genuinely, in hard/very hard i forgot, the i cheated to 999

[@Ziko577]

It's the Japanese name I think and that means that the thing wasn't even translated properly.

[@YustinJ420]

It's closer to the Japanese name "Petit Fire" (プチファイア). Petit is French for "little/small"

[@tonytestosteroni2273]

I never made much progress but I do agree with most of your points. I would, however, like to add that the music is WAY too catchy (even if it is super repetitive).

[@Caspicum]

You're not wrong about that.

[@daltynlamb4179]

+Casp O'saurus I'm guessing your either gonna do digimon championship or digimon cyber sleuth...DO CYBER SLEUTH!

[@Caspicum]

I just completed Cyber Sleuth! The fucker took me 70 hours. Needless to say, I'll pen the script over the next few weeks, and try to have it out before August!

[@daltynlamb4179]

+Casp O'saurus 70 hours! I just finished the 3/4 point in 34 hours

[@Caspicum]

I think I left it idle for about 10 hours, give or take, but I also played around with the Digivolution tree quite a bit, and did all of the side quests until the last chapter, where I got fed up. It's a chunky game.

[@SSJ491]

I think the Digimon World videogames that has poorly received reviews for 18 years, some are good Digimon World videogames including "Digimon World", and "Digimon World DS." That is the main reason why the Digimon franchise struggled in the early 2000s back when Pokémon was gaining huge popularity and gain momentum into a juggernaut success thanks to Nintendo in the '90s and onwards. While the anime series of Digimon was amazingly good (except season 3/Tamers...let's not talk about the last saga). Anyway the recent Digimon World game was "Digimon World Next Order", the game is a little bit good, but the game was tedious and difficult to complete the game. It start where you get your Digi-eggs and raise your Digimon from In-Training up to Mega, if you complete the requested requirements for the stats to be completed, if not then your Digimon will die and you have to restart the whole process over again.

[@Caspicum]

I actually enjoyed Next Order quite a bit! I have videos on pretty much every other game, and I'm working on a Data Squad one as I type this.

[@RedMountain486]

I disagree with tamers. From all seasons, this one was the best written and executed one. Also Dukemon or Gallantmon.

[@Danbu1988]

@@RedMountain486 Yeah Timer was quite nice. I remember that I happen to dislike it when it was first aired, probably because it was so completely different from the first two seasons. When I gave it another try a few years later I liked it a lot.

[@SSJ491]

Its Tamers not Timers. That's the third season of Digimon's name that was created by Toei Animation.

[@SSJ491]

I like Tamers too, but I just don't like horror things on Digimon Tamers that I cannot stand it that gave me my worst nightmares.

[@SneakerBiscut]

I loved this game as a kid, BUT it is one “HELL” of a grind fest. I’m glad I found the money loophole with the odd saving system. It made purchasing items I needed so much easier since the game nickles & dimes you while making armor and equipment expensive for no real reason. The Digivolution system was a huge disappointment. I agree

[@Whirlwhind1]

I actually love this game a lot, but it really isn't for everyone. There's A LOT of grinding in this game, especially if you want to get more powerful spells. A lot of digivolutions are locked behind higher difficulties as well as other oddities. The most egregious requirement being signature weapons, which require you to pretty much clear all of the main story dungeons in one sitting, which is ridiculous and I only did once. In spite of all that, I played this game to hell and back because I just couldn't put it down. I've got a level 154 Wargreymon and plenty other forms that I just keep grinding away at for seemingly no reason. I don't know what it is, I guess I got addicted to the grind.

[@azumarill1403]

Whirlwhind1 I also did that once, i got Veemon's signature weapon even though i had equipped a weapon that was even better than that! I was like... Why...?

[@Diox990]

I honestly really enjoyed this game. The only issue I had with it was that it was too grindy.

[@marcelvastolorde652]

there's never too much grind :D

[@MACZ2021]

Is it weird that, despite being aware of most of the issues you brought up in the video prior to watching it, they never really bothered me before? I originally played it about 11 years ago and managed to get halfway through before I lost my save data and enjoyed it for the most part. When I finally got my own copy of the game a few years ago, I started it up again and, while I wouldn't say I had as much fun as I did the first time I played it, it was still enjoyable for me to play in short bursts. I only just recently got someone to do co-op with and it was more enjoyable for me that way compared to playing alone. In regards to the points you made, I completely agree that it wasn't designed well and I think it definitely could have been done better or something. Really solid video, keep up the good work :^)

[@Caspicum]

If you can accept flaws and still love a product, I think that is a testament to just how much you love it.

[@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo]

yea most of the issues didn't bother me either...but then again I never really experienced those issues. im not going to say the game was good, but some of those issues i felt was just his personal experience.

[@Sheevo]

This was one of the first console games I ever played, I still play it once in a while to this day. One of my favorite PS2 games ever. While his points made sense, as a kid I was able to look past all of that while playing and just have fun beating the same enemies over and over again. (BTW, while you CAN play this game with up to 4 players, I don't recommend going higher than 2, because it can get a little confusing since more enemies spawn the more players you have, and it gets cramped FAST). But honestly, I LOVED this game.

[@Caspicum]

More power to you, my friend. I'm glad some people enjoy it!

[@Sheevo]

And I can honestly see why some people wouldn't like it.

[@Caspicum]

_Edit from 2019 Casp:_ I don't know why my broad reply to people was so hostile, I think you've all posted some quality criticisms, and given my time again, this video would be very different. I'll leave the original comment because it's a great reminder of the mistakes of the past, and how getting firey on the internet is cringelord strats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear butthurt Digimon World 4 fans: "It's fun with friends" doesn't invalidate anything I've said. If you've got a real criticism of my video, or I got something wrong, by all means let me know. It doesn't happen often, but I am capable of being incorrect. However, adding more players to a game doesn't fix inherent issues. Everything is fun with friends. That doesn't excuse it, or anything else from the problems they have.

[@darkheart273]

Dude come on just try medieval torture it's fun with friends

[@Caspicum]

You make a good point.

[@Caspicum]

That's also fun alone though :^)

[@Caspicum]

That's probably the most disappointing part. Lack of proper digivolution in a Digimon game. Why bother calling it a digimon game?

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

Re:Digitize, i am on it´s 3rd lap and i´m not even halfway through evolutions....

[@evemars]

Great review. Really put the game into perspective for me, as I only played it when I was a kid. I always had the feeling that it could have been better than they made it. If there was anything good to come out of it, it would be the Menu and Hub themes; the rest if the music is okay to really bad.

[@Caspicum]

+Immovable Gonzalez Yeah, that seems to be the case with a lot of Digimon games. Lacklustre gameplay, and pretty big flaws, but the music is generally amazing.

[@kaidoo1874]

they must remake it on ps4

[@Caspicum]

That'd be interesting

[@Ivanno4317]

but i hope in another way. What digimon world 4 needs: longer story more weapons more chips and boads bigger maps a multiplayer online other digimons better mp techs I liked digimon world 4 because i played it with my brother and my cousin.

[@Thisispow]

Ivanno4317 LESS GRIND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! XDDDDD

[@Mrcheesestk]

Luffy187 I’d be happy if they just made a Digimon game of similar style but not based off of a movie only released in Japan and with more characters, features, digivolutions, etc.

[@hudsonbailey9475]

That would be dope

[@youngbrayden8582]

When I was a little kid I used to rent this game from family video all the time and my and my brother could never figure out how to get passed the base and into the levels

[@bast963]

I remember playing digimon world 4 on the gamecube with my friends back in freshman year of high school. We had 4 controllers and the game supported 4 man co-op. Having never played the first 3 DW games but looking at the footage in this video, I can immediately tell some of them are roguelikes (like the pokemon mystery dungeon series). DW 4 isn't a roguelike, and for sure the 4 player co-op would play like complete shit in a roguelike. Make another review after you experience 4 player co-op in DW4, it's absolutely amazing. Although I do agree the weapon system seems dumb given it didn't exist in the first 3 games, and the weapon system effectively replaces digivolving (although digivolution still exists, you have to start from level 1 making it complete shit because there is too much grind). That's my only complaint, that I can't play as a mega or ultimate.

[@faecarnifex2641]

I love this game. I hated right till you get through the boat area. Once I got past that the game really opened up for me. It's super worth spending the time on other gear slots and digivolving your character. I was having the time of my life running around as clavis Angemon when I beat the last boss. He was still a bit hard when digivolved but not nearly as impossible as in the first form though. This game was definitely intended to be played multiplayer. Especially in the early part of the game where it's almost impossible. It's definitely not a game for everyone that's for sure.

[@Guzuma]

i don’t know why but i love this game. it’s one of my favorite digimon games. i guess it’s cuz there really aren’t any other games where you actually play as the digimon, besides the rumble and battle spirit games. and i also love hack and slash and 3d platformer games from that era. i do agree that it’s objectively not very good. i wish they’d make a new game in the same style as it but obviously with all improved mechanics. i want to try out the 4 player sometime because that apparently makes it less tedious, but i don’t think i can coax 3 friends to play this with me lmao.

[@Birdmaster92]

You had almost the exact same game experience as me (i didnt google how to properly digivolve, so i always stayed the rookie digimon, but aside of that, exact same thing) I also went until the endboss, getting to him was not an issue , so far the game was pretty easy in terms of the fights. But that boss was just outrageously painful so i decided to just stop playing that game altogether. I wished they stayed with the overall game design of digimon world 1 to be honest. I liked training my digimon, seeing it digivolve, eventually reach champion and then in 90% of the cases crumbling to dust because until this day i apparently dont know the requirements for ultra lvl digimon.

[@Caspicum]

Yo, I fucking love Digimon World 1. Could not agree more.

[@Simmisc]

It's funny to watch cause this is one of my favorite games of all time,so much so that I've begun digging into speedrunning because I think this game is amazing. I see where you're coming from but I love this shit to death

[@Caspicum]

+HaroldTheSeaOddur Nothing wrong with having shit taste, bro. Nah, that's great. When people say they actually liked it, it makes me happy in a sense. What kind of shitty world would we live in if everyone agreed with me? I like games that plenty of people shit on as well. I'm quite the fan of Dead Island and Risen 2. I also like Alundra 2. Some things just click with people.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

How did you feel about the other digimon games?

[@blue_rose789]

I love the game so much as well. This game was basically my childhood. Finished the game multiple times, went through new game++. Tried different evolutions and stats builds. I think you'll like this game more if you come from a jrpg background where grinding is commonplace. It might also be the reason why the game did better in Japan.

[@BalsticMaker12]

The game was made when Phantasy Star Online 1 cloning was the current hype in Japan at that time. FF Crystal Chronicles, Monster Hunter, then this Digimon game. It made me thinking that this game was initially not a Digimon game, but an original IP. Many elements are very not Digimon-like. Weapons? Understandable. But where is my Pepper Breath, for heck’s sake? It got rushedly converted to a Digimon game just for marketing.

[@Caspicum]

See, that makes a lot more sense than it just existing one day. Thanks for the informative comment, my dude.

[@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo]

yea i agree, which is actually why i got both ff and dw4 cause it reminded me of PSO. but i do agree, i was expecting and disappointed i could not use actual moves.

[@codecoderr7495]

I agree. I think even if they rebranded this game as digimon 2 plus , it'd have been better. So the players would be aware of the game they'd be playing. Because this is digimon 2 (with platforming).

[@TheGamesterShow]

Dude, I really like your reviews. Keep up the good work

[@mattwo7]

Honestly the idea of digital lifeforms that aren't digimon is interesting but Tamers did it better.

[@gorge464]

Dunno if you'll ever see this or have heard if before, but apparently the cinematic of this game were actually from a Digimon movie. I didn't think it was that bad but I'm not a big film critic either. The movie was called "Digimon X-Evolution"

[@eyewarsx]

This is one of my favorite games :( And you didn't even mention that the game is multiplayer.

[@Caspicum]

I've seen this statement a lot. "I really like this game." or "This is my favourite game." usually followed up by some sort of disappointment. All 4 of my Digimon World videos have been overly-negative, so if you've come from the other 3, I'm not sure what you were expecting. Now, that's fine that you enjoy this game. My opinion shouldn't impact yours in a great deal if you enjoy it. I like a lot of games that are terrible, and I know they're terrible, but I still enjoy them. I think it's disingenuous to be blind to flaws, however. Also, I didn't mention the multiplayer because I would never ask another human being to sit through that trash, and I find that even terrible games can be fun with friends, so it would've skewed my view of it as a whole, or prompted a second playthrough.

[@TheDeadlyBlueWolf]

I will never forget how I spent an entire summer grinding to max level 113 as Veemon. Truly worth it.

[@Caspicum]

you're insane, but that's what makes you special

[@mayasandioriva]

The Only Digimon I enjoy is The First Digimon World

[@billy-waynejeffcoat4828]

1 is my favorite as well but you can't hate 3. The third game is easily on its heels. About to try Digimon world next order here soon. I also need to get a pstv and hack it to play the psp Digimon games that only came out in Japan that got fan translated.

[@azumarill1403]

DW3 is awesome though.

[@Danbu1988]

What about re:digitize? It felt a lot like the original one in my opinion. Only bad thing is that the growing city feature was missing.

[@MrJjjakey]

I had this game when I was a kid. I'd always play multiplayer with my sisters, this game's multiplayer is impossibly hard. The difficulty scales with the number of players. I had 4 players try to start this game, only to all die immediately to the first enemy because of the scaling difficulty.

[@zwingler]

you are aboslutely right this game sucks in singleplayer but if you play with 3 other guys this game is a fuckin blast

[@Caspicum]

You could say that about most terrible games. Friends make everything fun!

[@Caspicum]

It was a joke, lad. :)

[@Caspicum]

I wish I could make speedrunners look bad.

[@Nagatem]

To make a correction the digivolution requirements are hidden yes, but you are NOT LOCKED out of a digivolution by not completing a quest correctly, you just have to redo the quest and fulfill the requirements

[@Caspicum]

did I say locked? It's been a long time, video's like a billion years old. My bad.

[@nightwishfan1991]

Wait did they seriously use scenes from the X-Evolution movie for the opening cinematic? Seriously!

[@olmomoreno9972]

This game is actually based on X-Evolution. The original title for Digimon world 4 is Digimon world X, so yeah, is the game adaptation of the movie.

[@nightwishfan1991]

Olmo Moreno Ok that makes sense.

[@LuckyCrust]

I remember as a kid I was so hyped to play this. When I finally got it I got stuck very early on. My neighborhood friend also had it and we both ended up returning it rather fast.

[@Badbufon]

i liked the game at first, the weapons were a weird thing... but you can equip weapons in digimon rpgs so i give it a pass... but then i realized that there wasnt much content in the game... no digi-evolutions, no more characters, no interesting dungeons, i just stop caring,,, the loading times on ps2 also help me in that decision.

[@Caspicum]

+I'm a Martian from Mars The load times were so long! I just finished playing Bloodborne before I finished up with DW4, and I honestly think they're worse in DW4.

[@nightshroud9671]

+I'm a Martian from Mars I like the fact it was a hack and slash and I wished they make another one BUT it fixes all the problems DW 4 had and is much better..

[@Tiger9194]

LOL clearly none of yall have played the game, Digievolutions exist, you have to complete quests for most of them, and their are other dungeons you can go to by talking with the different digielves

[@ilucasz]

A fun fact about the intro cinematic is that they're scenes from the Digimon X Evolution movie (a typical 2000 early CGI movie, but with an interesting plot).

[@Undeadwolfy_]

Hope you review Digimon Digital Card Battle, Digimon Rumble Arena and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.

[@Caspicum]

+Undeadwolfy I'll definitely do Cyber Sleuth. Rumble Arena isn't really on my list, because it's not an RPG, but I *may* do Digital Card Battle in the future, as it was one of my favourite games growing up.

[@Undeadwolfy_]

+Casp Osaurus fair do's. Card Battle was such a great game. Great video BTW. Love the humour and the concise reviews. I wish they were a bit longer though (maybe because I enjoy it so much) but I know that's probably what is going to keep my subscribed :)

[@Caspicum]

I could've ranted for much longer, but I try to keep stuff around 10~ minutes. That way people who enjoy long videos can watch the whole thing, and people who don't can still watch a sizable chunk!

[@ambermoon2326]

Fun fact, the opening sequence is actually clips from an old movie that was never translated into English, called Digital Monsters X-Evoultion

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

......I clicked cause I saw Leomon, the only digimon that ever made me reconsider my feelings towards furries by just existing. As for the game, I forgot it existed because once I figured out how digivovling works I gave up as fuck you Bandai.

[@Caspicum]

Never reconsider your feelings toward furries. They should be mocked and attacked with bayonets. or just mocked

[@yuripetrovic7606]

I harassed my mom into buying me digimon world 1 as a kid and remember being utterly bewildered and enchanted with it as I played. I was expecting a mature pokemon game, instead I got Tomogachi Shenmue. It was awesome.

[@tohdohsibir]

Good to know I'm not alone in remembering how hard, frustrating, and clunky this game was. Still, I played it a lot because I was so determined to get Blackwargreymon X.

[@Caspicum]

I gave up at regular WarGreymon. Grinding that shit up again from scratch? nty

[@tohdohsibir]

Casp O'saurus Haha I just wanted that 1 evolution. Much as I love Digimon, no way was I gonna try getting all of them. I don't have that kind of time and skill. I also found that guerilla/hit and run tactics was pretty much the only way to survive this game smh.

[@Caspicum]

Yeah, it's a shame that you can't just chug MP discs and spam abilities. All the good ones cost too much.

[@weedysis5879]

that one thing actually the reason so many kept on playing it, i wanted susanomon which u only get after u beat this game 3 times on every game mode as soon as i got him i dropped this shit but yeah dope memories

[@MarcoGCL]

I agree with almost everything you said. The game has many flaws and sadly messed up a lot of the core features that a Digimon game should have, but you know what, I still had a ton of fun with the game. I loved a lot of the ideas and concepts the game has, and they're aren't many other games I can think of with a similar system. I would never call this a great game, but I probably put over 100 hours into it and enjoyed every second of it.

[@Caspicum]

That's great! I'd hate to see a comment section full of agreement, and I'd hate to think that there's nobody out there who enjoys this. I like a lot of iffy games as well. I completely get it.

[@felipeaguena5289]

Seeing Agumon using weapons feels gross

[@Caspicum]

tru dat

[@Entei9000]

While I did love playing it when I was younger, I think that's mostly just due to being a big Digimon fan, so if it were for pretty much any other franchise I wouldn't have bothered with it. That said, it had potential to be an amazing game if it weren't horrendously rushed. Who knows, maybe one day we'll get a version with a proper story, more varied battle style and a proper Digivolution system

[@psyche1295]

I think this game, much like Final Fantasy 13, has to be overlooked as being in its own series to be enjoyable. Although this game mostly needs a controllable camera angle.

[@Caspicum]

TELL ME ABOUT IT

[@kanatabass]

Summer of 05 our friends all worked at a McDonald's mornings we would bring an Xbox in and a TV to the break room and play it on our breaks and grind after work

[@Caspicum]

that's legit.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

Dude I loved Digimon World 4 as a kid. Was hard as shit and the death penalty added a level of urgency to your actions. I remember finally beating the first stage as one of my favorite accomplishments in gaming. I also figured out a way to save scum and duplicate money so that made things a lot more fun too.

[@我妻選]

Zukkoke Pirate Members song!! OMIGOSH, I miss my childhood!!!! I instantly went to khinsider to double check, only to realize you DID credit it in the description. '3 This singlehandedly made my day so much better, thank you!! :3 Should replay Alundra at some point. Cursed doll / clockwork aesthetic is such a trip. Also I spent way too much time re-entering that starting house in Paco Village where Alexia first meets you, only to smash that piggy bank over and over again to farm coin. '3 I'm a dummkopf.

[@Caspicum]

Classic tune, I used to use it for every video. It's kinda crazy, I got another comment about Alundra like an hour before this one, and I'd consider that a sign from the universe, so thank you for that, all I needed was an excuse to start those videos. I remember doing the piggy bank and then also doing slide kicks into the bushes just to spice things up.

[@user-uf2gl5ls9j]

I used to love this game as a kid, and had many fond memories of the game, but it looks like nostalgia is a hell of a drug. I was actually going to go back and play it again until I saw this review, so I think I'll just let memories be memories

[@Feirisu]

For me , This is one of the best Digimon game ever after Digimon World 2 :)

[@omnibeta1876]

I do accept the points that this review has... But seriously, you definitely did NOT know how to play it for shit. I get that you said "oh, I'm not one for grinding", but isn't that a requirement for EVERY Digimon game? Grind until you lose your sanity. Getting new weapons in the game WAS rewarding because not only each Digimon there has a bonus if you equip their right type of weapon (like Agumon with the Axe/Blunt type, or WarGreymon X with the Claws/Crush type), but the more you progress through the game via LEVELING, the more and better items you will get to not have an issue while fighting. I do commend you for somehow reaching the Final Boss at Lv27, that's actually amazing... But your equips were so pitiful that it was painfully obvious you would get steamrolled there. I don't even expect anyone to accept what I said other than maybe some of those who dared to play this game to a high point (as a total completion is impossible). And for the record, you should be thankful that the pitfalls only lead to a 1HP left instead of an instant kill and return to the base.

[@Caspicum]

I should be thankful for an element which had no business being in the game at all? I'd have taken like... a 10% hit to your health. I think it's fair, and not overly-punishing. Putting you on 1 health is stupid. As for the weapon types, I did know about them, but the axes suck. They're slow and don't do enough damage to justify the wait times between attacks. Whatever weapon I used could stun-lock most enemies, and I found it to be objectively the best way to attack. I think you actually make quite a good point about every Digimon game being about grinding until you lose your sanity, I don't disagree with that at all. Where I think Digimon World 4 differs, is that I got to the final boss with relative ease, and then was handed my arse on a silver platter. It wasn't the requirement to grind that ultimately stopped me from playing, it was the fact that I was pressed against a brick wall for a credit sequence I didn't care about obtaining.

[@DragoRidley17]

I have to agree with OP. It was plain as day that you had no idea what you were doing in this video to the point that it was somewhat frustrating to watch. Sort of like a DSP video. Axes got faster the more you leveled up your Blunt skill, which was easier with Agumon because that was his forte. You apparently chose to spend 5 seconds on a weapon before ditching it for a weaker one and spamming items to get you through fights you shouldn't have needed one in, like Blossomon (or I'm assuming Mammothmon). The charge attack was not meant for attacking, but running away, as it allowed you to go through enemies and keep running without worrying about being blocked. The spin attack was mostly useless, but it worked well in Ogre Fortress. You could also hold shield and double tap in a direction to push enemies away from you while blocking. It wasn't explained to the player, so I won't get on your case for that. Despite your clear lack of combat skills (in this game), I will agree wholeheartedly on two points. 1. The level design is horrid, especially with that godawful camera making even the easiest tasks annoying. Fuck Venom Swamp as a whole with a passion. 2. Digivolution in this game is absolute garbage. How the actual fuck was I supposed to figure out that I needed to beat this sidequest with 1 HP left? Nothing even hinted at that. Or that I needed to drop off this exact weapon (with this exact level) at the shrine? Even with DMW2's terrible DNA mechanic, this is by far the worst evolution system in any Digimon game.

[@Thisispow]

Jose Ruiz Lobato Never have I seen a game where the grind is so intense as Digimon World 4. I've played and finished Dark Souls, Bloodborne, other digimon games, and many more time consuming games. But none have had such an intense grind as Digimon World 4. EVER!

[@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo]

PSO was a tougher grind that DW4. maplestory was an awful grind. as for dark souls, I've only heard from my friends, but it's not so much grinding so much as the game is hard so you keep dying over and over again.

[@Thisispow]

youtube_myspace_and_i_will_google_your_yahoo PSO?

[@MrChristianDT]

I think the biggest issue is trying to play it at all. Was I supposed to get a weapon before the first mission, or something?

[@SamuraiSam]

I was actually thinking of getting this. Thanks for sparing me a purchase! Nice review as always, with nice details and humor.

[@Caspicum]

+SamuraiSam luv u boo

[@Ndoelicious]

+SamuraiSam I hated it the first time playing it around 10 years ago, I played it again 3-4 years ago, multiplayer, and it's a lot of fun since they brought their own memory cards(relic lol) and their own digivolution.

[@KingHearther]

+SamuraiSam You should actually try it, it's my favorite game tbh

[@beastvicious8672]

This game is one of the best co-op games for ps2. You should seriously reconsider! It's so fun to lvl up and beat the bosses. There's also different classes depending on which weapon you use. As you lvl up, you'll get cooler weapons. The soundtracks are great too. Just don't expect to be able to digivolve.

[@Sheevo]

Pika Bob, dolphin emulates the Wii... Do you mean PCSX2 by any chance???

[@joshhoward3185]

You haven't even scratched the worst aspects the game has too, Hard Mode and Very Hard Mode. To sum it up, they're basically the same game in Normal Mode but everything has higher numbers. Higher health, higher damage and a cluster fuck of grinding. Its even more evident when you need to aquire "Signature Weapons". They're like the most optimal weapon for each specific digimon you play with. Problem is, the method of obtainment is convoluted and borderline insanity. You have to finish Hard mode without dying and without closing your console. Its easy on emulator, but how the fuck did people do that back then? After that whole mess, congratulations, you got 1 signature out of 24. And bear in mind you have to finish the whole game on hard mode on the desired digimon that has your desired signature weapon. Meaning if you want another one for another digimon, you would have to go through that tomfuckery over again.

[@DrCaesarMD]

I can't believe I liked this trash when I was a kid. It was awful!

[@oracle3761]

Not sure if anyone knew or was aware, but the opening cinematic is from a Digimon movie called x evolution.

[@SuperPiposaru]

i'm so happy to see more casp!

[@Caspicum]

+SuperPiposaru Me too, tbh fam.

[@rogerfvb]

+Casp Osaurus Do any DS game (Digimon World DS/Dawn/Dusk/Lost Evolution) or Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth for the Vita. Maybe the japanese PSP Digimon Adventure RPG?

[@endymio]

Played this game for countless hours as a child on gamecube, i never saw it as a terrible game but one that could definitely use some work and the soundtrack was amazing

[@LeadVultures]

I remember this game being a massive disappointment as a kid and thought it was my fault for being bad at the game. Glad it wasn't just me.

[@Caspicum]

So many people have bitched about it since I made this video. I like to think I'm the voice of everyone in the world.

[@Lee-sf7nw]

Casp O'saurus so, you think the idea of the game is good? Just the lack of story, character progression, and overall mechanics suck ass

[@Caspicum]

The idea is pretty solid. It's new for the Digimon series to control the monsters themselves, and it could've been an amazing ARPG, similar to Diablo 2. There's a lot of potential here. It's a shame what it became.

[@kyon2221]

LeadVultures it's actually your fault for being bad at this game..

[@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo]

im not sure if you are a troll or not, but i kinda agree with it in literal value...i beat the game easily...

[@stefanos1679]

I never made it past the first stage I kept dying to those orcs when I was kid

[@tatsuyaorimura]

I think the opening Cinematic is just clips from a Japan only film called Digimon X-Evolution. Hell, I'm pretty sure the whole game is based off the movie.

[@Caspicum]

+Otaku Tatsuya Truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Dat?

[@cesarrivera8626]

What do you think of Digimon Cyber Sleuth? A lot of people seem to really like it.

[@Caspicum]

Funny you should say that! I actually beat it last night. I won't give away too much, because there will be a video inbound when I stop being lazy, but I had a pretty good time with it.

[@Caspicum]

xD game still bad

[@Caspicum]

I did all of the main content, sans the final boss, and a large chunk of the side quests. The only reason DW4 is long is because of the grind, fam.

[@proloser6878]

One of the few things I've dropped, the framerate and shit music was bad enough, but the sheer amount of grinding you need to do is unspeakable, I accidentally sold off some guns I got in a drop and WHOOPS THAT BOAT IN THE FIRST AREA REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A RANGED WEAPON and after 4 more fucking hours I finally got it and found out I was too shit to deal any meaningful damage. I give it a circumcised while conscious out of 5

[@Caspicum]

+BraveBoner BreakerBatter That fucking rating got me. 11/10.

[@irou95]

the game gives you a ranged weapon in the beginning for free in your inventory. if you selled it it's your own fault. you just don't sell shit without knowing. plus the game even let's you buy back immediately the things you just sold so your just shit at playing an rpg made for kids.

[@Caspicum]

he mad about video games

[@YamatoFukkatsu]

I don't think you're even able to sell the starter weapons. The four specialty skills of the starter Digimon (Blunt, Slash, Stab, and Bash) have starter weapons (for which you only get one based on who you pick) as well as basic Alpha weapons that can be equipped at skill level 1. Crush and Shot, however, only get their starter weapons, with the weakest basic weapons of those categories not being equippable until you have a skill level of about 90. I dunno why they did it this way, but as a result, not having those starter weapons would make it impossible to raise those stats on a new Digimon, thus they were made unsellable and untradable.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

I'd give it circumcisied while you're unconscious in a Subway train out of 10

[@Sensei1477]

I actually have something like 200-300 hours logged into this game from playing it from my childhood and it is one of my favorite games ever. Although I do see where you are coming from in your complaints, I had most of them myself. There was just something about the game that I liked and the over the top challenges it gave me hooked me. Like the fact that you can unlock ultimate weapons specific to each digimon playable in the game if you can defeat all dungeons, all bosses, and the final boss in a single playthrough on hard or very hard without saving and turning off the PlayStation.

[@Caspicum]

+Sensei1477 Wait, what? Is that a thing? Beating in its entirety without a break? Oh god why.

[@Sensei1477]

Yea. At the end you have to replay the first level and a super powerful numemon apears that drops the weapon. I've done it about five times, and my fastest time was just a little over 4 hours, but that's using my almost level 200 dorumon. There's a channel called TerryTheDesignated, that has a video that shows each weapon if you're interested.

[@Caspicum]

I might have to check taht out.

[@Sensei1477]

I've found myself rewatching his sig weapon runthrough a few times as well

[@snomangaming]

This game looks bad, Casp.

[@Caspicum]

+snomaN Gaming Please stream it. Digimon month when?

[@rennawilliams25]

When i was little babby, we didnt hate the weapons. But we did hate not digivolving and the insane difficulty spikes at times. Sadness

[@Thisispow]

This game is my childhood and you're right it's shit. But I've played so much of it and there's so many stuff to do and improve which made me play this game a lot. AND OMG! The game was hard as shiet and you had to grind SO MUCH!!! towards the end. Seriously for very hard etc etc you need to grind so much it's extremely irritating. But I still somehow loved this game ad got myself so many new evolutions and many of my digimons were over the level of 110. (It was fucking hell) But I still fucking played it.

[@Caspicum]

If you can love something, and also accept that it's bad, it just means you love it that much more, lad.

[@Thisispow]

Casp O'saurus I mean I enjoy the game and it hits me with nostalgia even though it's a bad game. I don't even know what I feel lol.

[@Seecretlare_Drof]

no joke I love this game but recognize its bad. I just started replaying an emulator for it on my comp and still enjoy it but every concern Casp made is really valid. except the getting new weapons often. when you get to hard mode you get new weapons but wait a good bit of time before being able to equip them so weapons stick around longer. overall great review

[@Thisispow]

Robert D YES! A person that has played the game before! Tell me about your best characters? Skills and shiet. Was I right in what I said about the game?

[@Seecretlare_Drof]

well I was a big fan back in the day of Beelzemon so i know i had him. not sure what level. I am working on getting him right now so I have a level 73-74 dorumon. nothing impressive yet but I just started playing it again recently. I definitely agree with you though. as you play this game and figure out all you can do it starts getting more fun.

[@MuhammadHammadAshraf]

Halfway through evolving my Weregarurumon to level 100 made me question my life...

[@Caspicum]

+Muhammad Hammad Ashraf At least you actually did it. My Wargreymon hit level 7 or something before I quit.

[@MuhammadHammadAshraf]

+Casp Osaurus I played for hours like crazy. And this game is just too much work. Just like another game I'm playing these days :p "Asphalt 8" - You might want to do a review on that, shit's crazy in that game as well :D Your videos are awesome! Keep it up. There you go I'm subbed now ^_^

[@Caspicum]

awwww babe

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

DW1 > DW3 > DW2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DW4. As much as I hate DW2 for being a shitty maze explorer... DW4 is just not even digimon world anymore.

[@Caspicum]

Yeah, that's my order too. A few more arrows before DIgimon World 4 though.

[@KnightCrown]

Haha it's wierd because I actually enjoyed this game alot when I was a kid. I would spend hours with my brother on coop jumping around and celebrating after beating each boss fight. Good times

[@Caspicum]

+Polokpva It looks like a decent co-op experience, sort of like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Those games aren't *great* on your own either.

[@KnightCrown]

Your points are mostly valid but i would argue for this PS2 era game the jank kinda just makes this game more suitable for coop cause you just laugh at all the annoying things you encounter. That's this game's wierd charm.

[@Caspicum]

Oh, definitely. The roughest games are usually the most fun with friends.

[@thinusary1]

funny thing is digimon world 4 is the one i spend most hours on playing. easily over 3000 hrs. and i completely stoped playing when i got metal garurumon. i was disapointed in its design and the diffrence in look from the strategy book and ingame model

[@jens3945]

It took you 3000 hours to get metal garurumon? lmao

[@thinusary1]

Jens701 not exactly. I wanted metal garurumon but I liked my weregarurumon I got it to lv 999. Why it took so long to get metal was that I didn't know I had to kill last boss of the quest with 1hp

[@jens3945]

thinusary1 ahh i see

[@weedysis5879]

that is 125 days man i feel with ya

[@ossameidireza]

I played it w/ my junior high friend and exactly when I found out after hours of grinding with the shitty gameplay I could only digivolve to Dorumon, I put the controller down and that's the end of it. No regrets. P.S.: That's a really beautiful name for the Agumon.

[@nero1784]

It's supposed to be difficult,and the bosses are supposed to be randomly difficult it's kinda like dark souls cause dying has a penalty too

[@Caspicum]

But the difficulty isn't fun, or challenging, and the bosses are all over the place with no consistent difficulty curve. Some die extremely easily, some are pains in the arse which have stupid gimmicks. Most games have a penalty for dying, and comparing it to Dark Souls doesn't make it any less shit.

[@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo]

difference being, dark souls is hard and DW4 was casual right?

[@zordxros]

I remember playing this as a kid. I play it everyday just to get my wargreymon to lv 300... yeah I never achieve that after I got my hands on the ds

[@DynoSkrimisher]

This game was actually fun. You got your opinion. A dark souls in this similar fashion would be awesome.

[@roybucket4169]

I remember playing this in 4 player co op at a sleepover as a kid. I really enjoyed it but that was probably because I was having fun with friends.

[@mightypancake2211]

I remember this game - Yes old video. But the best grind places - The fort in the first level, and surprisingly the dungeons in the second world where the mummymon keep respawning to a point. Its like after 50-100 mummymon... Anyways the way to grind is just get to level 20 at the fort in world 1 and go to world 2 for the dungeons and just grind the mummymon. And this is viable to level 100, after you need to do the second playthrough so that you get more exp. And it is just world 2 till you need to up the difficulty again then playthrough 3 so that the exp keeps rolling in. and I think you can max out level easily in this grind method

[@BarokaiRein]

Honestly I absolutely loved this game back in the day,now I will agree that it's pretty clunky and it just doesn't feel like a digimon game,but I played the hell out of it anyway,I recall just wrecking shit as Wargreymon being pretty fun.

[@Abcdefg-fh3fb]

i know old video but i remember renting this (when that was a thing lol) cause i saw "digimon world" on it. i thought this would be like that first game right?! i loved the first digimon world game so much! i was so excited to play it. when i started walking around simply killing things i stopped playing it immediately and shut off the console. i was so disappointed as a little girl holy shit lol. games like that with that type of top down close combat also just stressed me out as a little child so that was a huge no. i grew up and just assumed world 2 and 3 were nothing like world 1 as well so i never played them. like that even the turn based combat would be gone. obviously they arent as bad as this at all so im playing dusk on ds right now and want to play world 3 soon. yeah this game killed my interest in digimon games until i played cyber sleuth which thanks to the web i knew was more normal. edit: OKAY i freaking found out im supposed to play the first ds one. ghjgjhg i already got lekismon ahhh ill play dusk later again i guess.

[@BingBangPoe]

The idea behind Digimon World 4 is very solid: a beat'em up Digimon game you can play with up to 4 friends. Too bad the execution was awful. Double Rapier with ClavisAngemon was pretty darn fun, though. After I unlocked him the entire game became a breeze. It is such a shame that 90% of the Digimon games are pure garbage and fundamentaly broken. At least the latest ones are pretty darn good with that Persona-esque gameplay and style.

[@magronorph5029]

It's a pretty rushed-feeling game with not enough content to accomodate the style of game it is. It certainly doesn't cater in the slightest to any casual players. And the thing is, for the most part, its enemies, and characters are generic enough you could replace them with equivalents from another IP and it would be basically the same game. Not to mention how boring and forgettable the story was. HOWEVER, I personally really like the game despite its many flaws. It has very few glitches, fewer of which are game breaking, and things at least make some sense when they happen gameplay-wise. It's a game centred around taking one of the 16 digimon and training them into beefy killing machines. If you set yourself a long-term goal, then break it down into smaller goals, then have something on the side to listen to like a podcast or music, the game can be somewhat enjoyable. I think you'd have to be someone like me that actually enjoys making progress on an on-and-off grind that takes days, weeks or months (depending on how frequently you get on). I understand why so many people hate this game, but it has its appeal.

[@CivilizedWasteland]

I remeber playing this when I was too naive to know games can just be not playable

[@JetZV]

FUN FACT: The opening cinematic actually comes from a movie: Digimon X-Evolution. It was a Japan exclusive that explains Dorumon, one of the choices in this game, and actually isn't that bad all things considered. It's not great, but it's better than this.

[@ViNncentSmith]

to me This was the downfall of digimon world series with 3 being the best game in the series if not the best game ever still cant believe they havenot done a digimon world 3 remake yet !