Digimon Story: Time Stranger is Looking like a Formidable Pokémon Competitor – All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025

Earlier this year, Banda NAMCO Announce Digimon Story: Strangers of the Timesits latest entry Digimon Stories The series will come in October this year. although Digimon It has enjoyed a lot of popularity in the past, and it has never reached a huge height PokémonFame. But, this won’t stop Digimon Start with a unique game.

As someone playing games with similar mechanics Pokémon, , , , , Dragon Quest: Monsterand Shin Megami Tensei Series, I’ll follow Digimon Story: Strangers of the Times. I’ve never played it Digimon Stories Game, like Internet detective and Hacker’s memoryso I’d love to know how this series will be different from its contemporaries.

It has its own twists and turns on the types that attract monsters, including flexible evolutionary systems and approachable turn-based combat. Animation News Network conducted a 25-minute demonstration Digimon Story: Strangers of the Timesit looks powerful Pokémon competitor.

The combat system is the most prominent. Instead of Pokémonit uses a 3V3 combat system. You can choose three Digimons to send on site at once. In my case, I chose Greymon, Kyubimon and Garurumon. When I had other Digimon stockpiles, I chose these three because I realized they couldn’t watch anime when they were young.

Strangers of the times Implementing a simpler weakness triangle, including viral digital proteins with strong data, data against vaccine types, and virus types are weaker against vaccine types. This is a weak point system that is easier to digest Pokémonyou can provide combat information about the target enemy in battle. That way, you don’t have to remember which Digimon type is weak.

At certain moments during the story, you can immediately visit up to five Digimons on-site. These include your own three, as well as guest Digimon and your trusted partner Aegiomon. This mysterious humanoid Digimon plays an important role in the story and has not been revealed yet. Up to five Digimons seem overkilling, but I love my control and power at my fingertips. I can easily overwhelm the enemy with powerful attacks.

But it was to distract me. The giant birds and parrots made a strong attack, pushing my team to the back foot. I have to take defensive measures such as rehabilitation and adding my stats to keep up with the parrots. Eventually, I got over it and felt satisfied. It’s not like Shin Megami Tensei Game, but the extra challenge is a welcome change in pace, especially if you are used to a more relaxed game Pokémon. Its difficulty is similar to the Dragon Quest Monsters’ friendly middle ground.

A stylish UI is a way to stand out among other RPG games. In similar games Roleflashy menus and animations can give the game its own identity. Instead of a chaotic atmosphere Role 5 Or enlightenment aesthetics Metaphor: Cute, Strangers of the timesS has a technical and stylish atmosphere that matches the digital setting.

Smooth attack animations are a treat to watch a few initial times, but when seen dozens of times, they become boring and slow down the pace of the battle. Similar to similar games Dragon Quest HD2D Remake, you can increase the speed of battle, reaching 5 times the maximum speed Strangers of the timeswhich makes round-based combat feel like a breeze. In addition, increasing the combat speed also skips attack animations, which is an additional boon.

On the graphics, Strangers of the times It won’t push the graphics limits that PCs and consoles can achieve, but it has an incredibly charming Cel Shad Art Style and carefully paints the details of Digimon you thoughtfully remember growing up. Kyubimon’s flames have an extra psychic torch that illuminates the screen when Garurumon’s claws look enough to pierce the screen. These Digimon design details make me hope recently Pokémon The game looks good.

at last Digimon The game I play is in 2022 Digimon Survivala game that combines visual novels and strategic RPG elements. My story is not well paced, and the unremarkable battles disappointed me. However, Digimon Story: Strangers of the Timesso far, its dynamic animation and approachable turn-based combat feel even more exciting. The combat system does not seem to have a type of real-time interaction Clear and obscure: Adventure 33 Or rhythm Role It’s true, but not every game needs to reinvent the combat system, I’m thankful Digimon Story: Strangers of the Times.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger is targeting PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S|S on October 2.