The wait is starting to get long for those who are impatient to get their hands on Digimon Survive . This SRPG developed by the Witchcraft studio had its release date postponed once again from this year 2021 to next year
Announced in 2018, it's been several years now that we have waited to see Digimon Survive finally land on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
Already three postponements
Initially expected for 2019, the title was finally pushed back twice by its publisher Bandai Namco - moving to 2020 and then to 2021. The latest quarterly report from the Toei animation studio finally announces that the title will not be expected before the start. year 2022, without announcing a specific date.
This anniversary title was intended to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Digimon franchise and its eponymous digital world creatures. If the anime continues to be broadcast around the world - its eighth iteration Digimon Adventure is currently airing in Japan - the Digimon franchise is best known for the quality of its video game adaptations. But since the release of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory in 2017, many have been waiting for a concrete return to the digital world on home consoles.
One of the most celebrated video game versions of the franchise is undoubtedly the Digimon World series released on PlayStation from 1999 to 2003, and Digimon Survive follows this line with its very chibi and colorful artistic direction.
Here is the synopsis from the game's official website:
It is the story of survival in a strange new world.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Digimon anime, Digimon Survive presents an all-new adventure set in a mysterious world, with characters drawn by Uichi Ukumo and music composed by the famous Tomoki Miyoshi.
Digimon Survive features a new group of teenagers, led by Takuma Momozuka. They get lost on a school trip and find themselves transported to a strange new world populated by monsters, where danger is ever-present.
As they struggle to return home and leave this bustling world of difficult decisions and deadly battles, the choices players make throughout the game will impact the evolution of their monster allies and the ending. Of the history. The fights are in 2D, in a more classic SRPG style.