![]() ![]() Next Order had a lot of potential, but poor, outdated design choices kept it from digivolving to its true form. This game is for people who don’t have pets or children and wonder “am I the parenting type? Do I have it in me to take care of another living creature?” If you have to ask yourself that, I suggest getting a plant over this game. You can certainly get your money’s worth if you enjoy the grind, but I wouldn’t wish it upon you. There are over 200 Digimon, and you can only carry two at a time, so prepare to go through the raising cycle a lot in order to fill out the field guide. In this game’s case, a lot of your playtime is going to be spent reliving the growth cycle over and over. ![]() Why isn’t there an option to turn off the potty breaks or aging? Is Digimon World Next Order good value? It’s especially odd to see that they included a new difficulty option for the Switch port, but no real quality of life features to make the gameplay more tolerable. However, the overall upkeep involved is a pain in the ass, and this game can be best characterized as frustrating. There’s some randomness to the evolutions, but you can block off parts of the evolution tree to direct your mon to a desired result. Seeing your Digimon evolve is exciting the first few times, and there can be a sense of accomplishment in finally getting that maxed-out uber mon. Later on, there are ways to mitigate both of these issues, but until you reach Mega level, you’re going to need to carry some porta-potties. The worst part is that some of the mechanics like the bathroom breaks and the lifespan are simply an early game tax. There are also some occasional bugs and framerate drops. This is the Digimon World Next Order experience. ![]() Imagine going on a road trip with a small child who needs to go to the bathroom constantly. Enough of those accidents and your mon will evolve into Sukamon, the sentient fecal mon. ![]() If you do, inevitably your Digimon will simply shit itself in the gym because you didn’t see the potty popup in between the button prompts. When it comes to training, don’t think that you can just button mash your way through the gym sessions. If you didn’t grind efficiently enough to avoid getting stat checked by the next story beat, then you get to do it again. You’ll then rush through some story content before your mon’s lifespan runs out, and then it’s right back at it. The general gameplay loop is camping out at one of the grinding spots (or gym), doing encounters to crank up your stats. What could Digimon World Next Order do better? It’s a departure from some of the more common monster raising battle systems, but it works well. The Digimon do their own thing in battle for the most part, but you can give specific commands, so it feels more like you’re directing a pair of living creatures. Going into this game does capture the feeling of being a Digimon tamer. What does Digimon World Next Order do well? Despite the fact that critters in both series can be transmuted into data, it’s not unusual for Digimon to simply die. However, while Pokemon assumes that your critter will still be alive at the end of the day, Digimon is not so generous. Both series have their layers of complexity: for Pokemon, it’s mechanics like breeding, Effort Values, and Individual Values. The eternal second fiddle to Pokemon has always leaned into the monster-raising genre.
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