Digimon Survive [Let's Play] - 31 - Family Portrait

11 days ago

Takuma sees a family photo featuring Haru and Miyuki. The professor talks with Haru as if he knew him before. Oh, and Minoru and Falcomon's sub-plot is still ongoing...

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

31 - Family Portrait

This session continues Minoru and Falcomon storyline, but adds a new one: An old family photo that shows Haru and Miyuki! A 'really old' one...

The professor who sees this photo starts talking with Haru using a cryptic language... I love how the scene tries so hard to "not" imply that the professor is an older version of Haru despite that this clearly is the implication!