Digimon Survive [Let's Play] - 13

We finally get to fight Arukenimon, but apparently we're so weak she's holding back against us. Ouch!!

Digimon Survive is a Digimon Visual Novel with Turn-based strategy battles. The game follows a group of children who find themselves in another world, and their desperate attempts to find a way back home. The children find themselves involved with monsters, both as partners and enemies.

This is the darkest piece of Digimon media I ever consumed, and Cybersleuth had pretty dark stuff too. Digimon Survive fuses the concept of Digital Monsters with Japanese folklore. It's amazing how the idea of "child sacrifice" integrates seamlessly with Digimon lore. The specific Digimon they choose for this game enhance this theme.

Digimon Survive is the closest modern entry to the old school Digimon anime vibes. Though, more than the earlier Digimon anime series, the game reminds me more of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor series. In that series too, characters may die depending on your actions.

Below you can watch my playthrough of Digimon Survive, and the link to the whole playlist.

THIS PLAYTHROUGH IS MODDED: I installed the Improved Translation Mod and the Quirky Dialogue Font Mod. This playthrough should look a bit different from the official version.

Watch on YouTube:

Playlist:

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt3R7_tP1xaH9mASCoJsRIYN96RihTAtI

13 - Arukenimon

Most of this session is spent within the battle. Arukenimon had a bunch of Dokugumon underlings so we had to defeat them to make our own way to her...

Luckily our friends who were trapped in her webs managed to get free and join us mid-battle!

After we win, it turns out Arukenimon was holding back, and was only fighting to buy time. We were so weak we weren't a threat to her. Still, that only will make us stronger when we fight her again!