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Strategic Combat
Huge Digimon Roster
Repetitive Dungeons
Digimon Story: Time Stranger delivers deep turn-based JRPG systems with extensive Digivolution, a huge Digimon roster, and strategic customization that make the monster-raising gameplay rewarding and engaging for long sessions. Its pacing, repetitive dungeon loops, and uneven narrative execution keep the experience from feeling consistently tight, though the core combat and collection systems shine.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger squanders its fun combat and monster-collecting mechanics with repetitive dungeons and dull storytelling.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger has a few minor hiccups, but it builds on its predecessors to deliver one of the best Digimon RPGs to date.
Just don’t expect much from your travels off the beaten path, and you should have a fairly fun time.
Time Stranger propels Digimon forward as a serious contender in the critter-catching genre.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger is a new turn-based JRPG set inside the world of Digimon. Is this title worth the time of gamers?
Digimon Story Time Stranger is a spirited, if occasionally ropey, JRPG adventure with buckets of heart and a sinewy monster taming system. Fans of the franchise will feel right at home amongst its luscious environments and intense set-piece battles. However, those wary of simplistic, earnest anime melodrama may find the narrative grating.
Digimon fans starving for a game with a proper budget can finally have their fill. Digimon Story: Time Stranger is everything that those who grew up alongside Taichi and Agumon once dreamed a game could be. The story, though it sometimes stumbles with its time-travel theme and clunky script, has a glorious conclusion, and there's nothing better than filling your roster with 400+ Digimon. However, those who are just looking for a new turn-based JRPG might not find much here to hold their attention, especially since the first hours feel unappealing for anyone who doesn't care about Digimon.
Digimon has never been a Pokemon clone, but some folks still just do not get that.
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