Is Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Worth Playing? Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Review

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is a nicely crafted love letter to Digimon fans that succeeds in many areas, going beyond the series' usual standards and setting a new bar. This Learning To Love Playstation review covers the PS4 version of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth.
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[@AVAL2775]

"Theres no insentive to go down a level and restart at 1" This is somewhat false since the reason for it is that there are certine moves that can only be learned at lower levels This actually allows for highly customized attacks

[@MykonosFan]

That's definitely a mistake on my part. Just before Hacker's Memory came out, I returned to this game to tackle the post-game bosses with some of the recommended Digimon (like UlForceVeedramon) and realized the value behind dedigivolving. I still miss the great stat gains you could get like in World DS, but it's still something. My bad. lol

[@Hynotama]

That's not all. Degenerating and digivolving increase ABI which is a requirement for some evolution trees. Beelzemon for example has some obnoxious ABI requirements. And Beelzemon Blast Mode has a ridiculous requirement of 100 ABI if I remember correctly. I even had to play around with degeneration and re-digivolution a couple of times to get the ABI requirements for my Cherubimon(s). Fortunately, PlatinumSukamon-> Etemon-> PlatinumNumemon and Tactician USBs are a great way to grind heavy amounts of exp in short periods of time.

[@scottishboy112]

@@MykonosFan Forget the great stat gains, in World DS Leomon kinda drew the short stick. There you could degenerate from Monzaemon into Leomon but you could also immediately digivolve back if you already met the friendship requirement I think it was. So you digivolve again and degenerate... only to find Leomon has LESS stats than he started with. Rinse and repeat and you can actually have a Leomon with 1 in every single stat. I actually did this and I don’t recall there being any other Digimon in that game with such a fatal loop. XD

[@MykonosFan]

@@scottishboy112 That's incredible. Next time I pick up DWDS I'm going to have to try that!

[@jigzyonline2]

Never played a digimon game or ever got into it but decided to buy this on Vita. Gonna give it a proper go at some point, I wish I looked at Digimon earlier as it's more interesting than Pokemon.

[@Rein377]

This game is honestly really great. It made me explore other Story games, such as Digimon World DS, and I love that one, too. Didn't know about the stat boost, though! Good to know.

[@mattcarter6158]

This was another Digimon game I played a bit of but then stopped for a while. It's on the list to get back to and I think I will appreciate it more since it has locations in Tokyo I've been to like the Tower records which always stood out for me in the game and when I was in Shibuya

[@MykonosFan]

I'm sorry that this took so long, everyone. Fund The Charity Room came and became my main priority. The event has passed and was successful, however, so I'll be focusing on things here more intently than before. Next up will be Sly 2, thank you for your patience.

[@RealKengeki]

My main issue with this game is all the blue featureless dungeons rather than a rich digimon world or environment like in the older games.

[@jakelionlight3936]

I really enjoyed, the fighting mechanics, evolving and unique dialog with digimon and was hoping they would expand on this... they did the mechanics really well...the tournament was really fun... the multiplayer took away from the game... never should have been put in the game.

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

how does it "take away from the game" when you expected something thats development heavy and adding a multiplayer isn't? if it wasn't there you still wouldn't get your pipe dream we are talking about new voice recordings and tons of additional text for a game franchise that required a petition to even come to the west, some of us actually have friends and want to play with them

[@skullzyoutube]

The graphic and character design enough make me want to play it.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

The whole Summer Wars aesthetic was actually a digimon thing to begin with.

[@marcellXcatalyst]

And Summer Wars takes cues from Digimon Our War Game, coming full circle.

[@B-rex395]

Those movies are directed by the same person. The director had a vision for our war game, that clashed with the restrictions and constraints set by Toei. Summers wars represents his original vision of the movie, and is essentially what our war game would have been without those constraints and restrictions.

[@AppleGreenmusic]

The OST is made by Masafumi Takada, btw. He made the Danganronpa and Catherine OST's

[@MykonosFan]

Ah, not familiar with their work outside of this game. Good to know for the future though!

[@fugin9405]

fuck you stupid

[@SharinganVizard07]

I really loved playing through this game, i didn't preorder it so i missed some exclusive digimon, Plus, i know why they aren't there, but i kind of wished you could have gotten the Protagonist digimon from Digimon Frontier (Season 4), the ancient warriors and all that. You can get the main villians from that season but not any of them

[@DAIHIMECHANNEL]

I'm not a Digimon fan but this game is cool because of that Tekken reference.

[@MykonosFan]

It's pretty sweet, next to Club SEGA for "last thing I expected to see in this game"

[@RS-yk7xh]

I'm so glad you mentioned about the digimon stats, because it was something I discovered in cyber sleuth that I was very disappointed of. It made leveling up beyond its required evolution level pointless, unless you wanted to learn new moves.

[@gabbo7101]

mykonos saying "its weird hearing digimon characters say hell or damn" and implying dark themes being abnormal in digimon really confused me at first, as the digimon anime was filled with all sorts of dark themes and cussing, but then I remembered that most people grew up with the dub. Its so weird knowing my first experience with digimon is so radically different then other people's purely because I watched the sub instead.

[@MykonosFan]

Yeah, I’m used to my Digimon characters throwing out a bunch of dumb jokes haha. Not that it being darker is a bad thing of course! It was a bit of a shock for me at first but was weirdly normal soon after.

[@gabbo7101]

@@MykonosFan I guess I get that. The digimon anime (atleast the sub) can get suprisingly mature and complex and dark. Even in adventure and 02, darker and more personal themes were explored in the sub, especially regarding ken. I recomend checking out the subs if you want to see the original interpretation of the stories and such. Its suprising how much was changed in the english dub. btw, when are you going to review world 3? thats like, the best one

[@TheGoldenBolt]

...Was that Pac-Man at 6:25? This game gives me a LOT of SMT vibes, I can't put my finger on why though. Probably the whole cyber-theme reminding me heavily of Tokyo Mirage Sessions. I'm not a Digimon guy by any means though, so I don't know if I'd be able to pick it up and fully enjoy it, sadly. Also, congrats on braking 400 subs man! Looking forward to your thoughts on Sly 2.

[@MykonosFan]

I wish! I think the character designer/artist this go round was the SMT guy, so that influence might help explain what you're thinking. If you ever do give the game a shot I hope you enjoy it. And thank you!

[@TheGoldenBolt]

That would make sense. It's tough with Digimon, I've just never had any interest whatsoever in the series lol. If I can find it new somewhere I might try to pick it up just to help forward the series a bit. As a fan of many canned franchises I don't want to see another one go under (even if only stateside).

[@ultimateshadeofwar]

I agree with what you say about the game, it's fun, it has the same mechanics as the Story series, it shows that, it was made with love, and the story is one of the best of the franchise in general, and while the story takes a long time to get to the interesting point, i think that this decision was made on purpose, to get us more engage with the characters of the story... The problem is that, it makes you want to make the main Protagonist have his own personality because of how the story is manage. I also miss the reward for de-digivolving your Digimon, of having bonus stats, it got to the point in which i asked "Why im bothering other then getting new moves? When in the others i got as a reward more then just new moves to basically begin from zero". Before going allow me to give you a fun fact, this is the first Digimon material to use words like hell, outside of Japan... In Japan, they begun to use this words since Digimon Tamers, heck at the beginning Yamaki(the man in charge of goverment agency hypnos in Tamers), he was a machine of saying hell... You can thanks subtitles for this little fun fact.

[@MykonosFan]

Ah, figures that those words are common in the Japanese versions, haha. I kinda hope they stick if the series continues this tone. I'm happy that the other things I said struck a chord with another Digimon fan, too. Thank you!

[@christiangillego6313]

Digimon Story Sunburst/MoonLight(World Dawn and Dusk) from DS is canon to Cyber Sleuth because Sayo the Female Playable character from those games appeared in CS

[@Atmatan]

Summer Wars is just digimon without digimon.

[@lokephoenix1039]

The guy who wrote the Cyber Sleuth soundtrack also wrote the Danganronpa OST and DAMN it is obvious. Love them both

[@zeroliger128]

Man I love both cyber sleuth games and the music is on point

[@george746]

Timestamp :45 looks way better then today games and prefer the older art over the new one. I wish they would keep that same style instead of moving to today-looking art.

[@AVAL2775]

Regaurdless of things wrong with it, it is leagues better then pokemon

[@jonathansoko1085]

And in this modern day you're still Right this game destroys every Pokemon game ever made. And I'm not happy to say that because I love Pokemon but they don't even try with the Games

[@Leon14344_]

What interesting timing; I was considering adding this to my JRPG collection (my primary genre). Although... looking at mechanics, I may pass until a good sale happens. doesn't look like it mechanically does anything new or interesting, and hey, i've already played the best monster-catching JRPG out there, also known as Final Fantasy 13-2 (I kid, but its mechanics are wonderful despite the baggage from the first game). I may play this, but it'll probably be far down the backlog, sometime after Megaman X Command Mission. That said, thanks for your review. Bad as it is to say, I had almost forgotten about Digimon. I never played any of the games, just watched the original two seasons (before the cast change). Digimon anime > Pokemon anime, tho.

[@MykonosFan]

No problem! I've seen the game as low as $20 on Amazon a lot recently, might be a good price to consider it at if it's not wowing you.

[@demonic_myst4503]

yea i wish it was open world in some way but its good for what it is

[@gerrylaksono1222]

Gonna be honest. If only the overworld doesn't suck, it might be one of best digimon game I have ever played.

[@trainerredcharizard7982]

I loved this game..gotta try And get it 100 completed though.weird thing IS that Even though i cleared The game IT seems to still Keep me on The almost The last fight in The game after end credits

[@youtubesucks1821]

I love your outro song

[@newbiesama]

I started playing this and was dissappointed. It's really text heavy, a messy story, no digital world and a lot of back tracking the feel I get is that this was a detective game that was turned into a digimon game. Also, if you drift of in the story, you can get lost. You will miss where to go to and nowhere can you find it again. In chapter 5 there were a couple of choices, in which there were 3 options, but it was just one full one sentance. The good thing: THe digimon. I love finding out new digi-volutions and trying to get them. But I miss a reall world to walk in. I game is just a bunch of quests that make you go from A to B. And sometimes even teleport you there. WHy do we get teleported there in some and need to find the person in others. And when it started of with the key-word thing, I had high hopes: O maybe I can get something later with a key-word. Yeah no, just find the correct person of the 3-6 people with a lock and it's done.

[@MoreLikeDanny]

I also signed that petition.

[@funcamp_ltd.]

For an episode, you should do Pac-Man World on PSX

[@MykonosFan]

If I come across a copy I'll consider it!

[@funcamp_ltd.]

MykonosFan It's a great game. I really hope you find a copy.

[@jigzyonline2]

@@funcamp_ltd. that was an awesome game

[@peppermintbutler8205]

Played this but didn't get to finished it. I didn't mind level grinding your Digimon but what turned me off was the story, I agreed it was a dragged. There's this one chapter (forgot what number) and there was sooo much dialogue, I keep spamming x because I just gave up reading and it still took a lot of time. By later chapter I got fed up and stop playing.

[@AVAL2775]

The vita versions looks better, but thats understandable since it was a game designed for the vita

[@R0B0Gamer]

I'm a big digimon fan but this game was kinda boring. It's tough to stay interested in it. I'm also not a fan of main characters who don't have voices either.

[@MykonosFan]

I can see that. And yeah, it's a drag. I think it's okay when a game doesn't act like it's main character is talking a lot, but in this game the characters constantly talk to the main character, and then act like there was actual dialog, and it's just like...c'mon guys. lol

[@undercroft95]

Did you ever played Digimon world data squad for the PS2? I would like to know your opinion about it.

[@MykonosFan]

I actually haven’t, but at some point I’m planning to cover it in a video. How do you feel about it? I’ve never heard much about the game.

[@undercroft95]

@@MykonosFan I played it when it came out for the PS2, and I loved it. I revisited the game recently and even it has some major flaws, it still holds up.

[@MykonosFan]

@@undercroft95 Interesting. A lot of Digimon games have big flaws, so I'm sure I can look past it some lol. Excited to check it out now!

[@porgielewis124]

I think I'm gonna pick this up on Vita later this month. Loved digimon but stopped after Tamers

[@MykonosFan]

Let me know how it is on Vita if you do! I've really only heard/read things about the PS4 version.

[@porgielewis124]

+MykonosFan Its quite good I've been focusing on a Geogreymon and MetalGreymon Stat raising right now.

[@MrValgard]

thats what i think of when i saw this hub 2:16 - looks like from summer wars :D

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

This game sucks. You get constant fights walking down generic hallways looking for keywords to advance the conversation with npcs that block your progress.

[@Salty010]

8:49 but the problem it's end game breaking.... it's become more heavy grinding game(turn off most people).. thus break the game on online battle... honestly im prefer they remove it and change it for abi system...

[@stardustdragonx3612]

I know this is a old bideo but you're wrong about the booster stats if it was in the game it would break it.

[@MykonosFan]

Due to it being old, just to check, was that me talking about the dedigivolution stat boosts? If so, yeah, I think a few people had mentioned that to me over the years. I was certainly able to break Digimon World DS due to that haha. I spent way too much time just grinding a team of Digimon to insane stats in that game.

[@eluukkanen]

You're going to review digimon survive when it comes?

[@MykonosFan]

Probably! I've been intending to get back to the Digimon series this year.

[@lenobeano835]

Oh no my speaker is broken 😢 will you come repeat this entire video to me in person, I'll give you my address ;)

[@reijiorochi]

I drifted away from Digimon because the games just kept being too different from one another, Digimon World 1 is so different from 2, DIgimon World 2 feels like a side-game to me than an actual main line title, and only Digimon World 3 feels like a Digimon Game but I missed the town making mechanic from Digimon World 1 :( Kudos to them for trying new things than sticking to the same cookie cutter and adding more sprinkles

[@weirdotzero7065]

It's been 3000 years......

[@MykonosFan]

"Why are you crying?" "Digimon..."

[@GoldStorm07]

This game really, really reminded me of Persona in the way that it's laid out, but I'd honestly say the plot is better than that of Persona 4's meandering mess. Might get this for the PS4 if I can ever tear myself away from Xenoverse 2.

[@MykonosFan]

This makes me even more interested to get to P4G at some point.

[@GoldStorm07]

Don't bother, the story is kinda bland and the characters could not be more boring. Persona 5 is a better option when it comes out since it'll be a more evolved game, plus the main group looks very fun.

[@evidescent8350]

@@GoldStorm07 I can't even tell if this bait or not

[@akiradkcn]

@@evidescent8350 sounds like he is serious, hes wrong

[@antoniokralj842]

I am playing complete edition right now, and one thing i would say they should have made top down or 2d like on ds, and only battle in 3d, that alone would speed you grind 2x time, thats huge mistake that pokemon games keep doing after gba era..

[@bigbang8739]

Short Awnser: YES

[@lucianorizzicura8933]

My opinion: The game is not worth it. Source: I've been a digimon fan since I was a kid. Played every game (including Hacker's memory). This one was the best of them all. Loved the animations, the roster and some of the mechanics. But even then, Cyber Sleuth was just a plain anime with an awful ending. Can you enjoy them? Totally, indulge yourself. It's just that Digimon games can't compete with other games from the same generation. Graphically or mechanically.

[@MykonosFan]

That's the biggest issue I have when trying to talk about Digimon with people who really enjoy games. I grew up with the PS1 games, enjoyed Cyber Sleuth and eventually enjoyed Next Order, etc. As a fan I like aspects of a lot of these games, but stepping back and removing that...a lot of them aren't very good. Or at least are obtuse or grindy enough to have too much friction to recommend to non-fans. I still need to finish Survive but even so far I'd have trouble recommending it to non-fans.

[@CristianLopez-mz1ru]

🤨 Cyber Sleuth is a perfectly solid JRPG, I've seen many people outside of digimon fandom loving it

[@jamiekosch2562]

I hav for the switch