Digimon Survive [Let's Play] - 12 - Unfamiliar Woman

about 1 month ago

Our Digimon friends find a Radio Tower. On the way there we find Kaito arguing with a weird-looking woman. He says she's a monster in disguise. Some of us decided to trust that woman, and behold the twist!

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.

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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

12 - Unfamiliar Woman

This session brings us back to the story. Our digimon friends, find a place they describe as big and shiny. Takuma and his friends kept asking them what it looked like and came to the conclusion: It's a radio tower!

The group split on whether to investigate the radio tower or stay in the safety of the school building. Shuuji held the position it's safer to stay, but even Aoi who was with him in that decision before decided it's better to investigate the Radio Tower as it'll allow them to make contact with outside if it's still working.

So we set our way on that hike!

On the way, we find Kaito arguing with "unfamiliar woman" saying she's a monster in disguise and that she kidnapped his sister. We didn't know who to believe, as the woman said she was just wandering normally and found herself in this area.

The group is split in their judgement, with Shuuji and Ryo believing her, but I totally agree with Aoi here: That woman's story just seems too convenient.