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Digital Monsters Net Driver, a fan Digimon game

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  1. Carrow
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    Hey folks I've been pretty into this Digimon fan game the past several days! It is completely free and in open beta, on Windows and Android, still pretty new. It is the Digimon game I've wanted...

    Hey folks I've been pretty into this Digimon fan game the past several days! It is completely free and in open beta, on Windows and Android, still pretty new.

    It is the Digimon game I've wanted for ages (but Bandai doesn't seem interested in making)! The primary mechanics center around raising, gardening, and battling. No open world or plot faff, just raising my lil guy on my phone. I also quite like the art style, I think it's cool.

    However, it can be fairly opaque and feel punishing to start, but we've got a good community on the discord and we're making new discoveries daily. (I'm Carrow over there too and working on an item spreadsheet!)

    I can post some tips here later if folks like but I gotta dash for now.

    6 votes
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    JesusShuttlesworth
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    Wow this is impressive. As someone who loves digimon, I see the love and passion behind this project.

    Wow this is impressive. As someone who loves digimon, I see the love and passion behind this project.

    3 votes
    1. Carrow
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      Yeah!! I really enjoyed Digimon World 1 when it curren. I tried New Order, and it has some of the taming spice, but it ultimately feels handicapped by being a handheld game first, then ported...

      Yeah!! I really enjoyed Digimon World 1 when it curren. I tried New Order, and it has some of the taming spice, but it ultimately feels handicapped by being a handheld game first, then ported over. I started Dawn on the DS since now I'm on a Digimon kick and Net Driver limits you with a fatigue system (which is fine for me, makes it feel more like a virtual pet), Dawn is more of a dungeon diver lite without too much in the way of taming though.

      Net Driver feels like it distills the taming aspects by folks that loved that gameplay/creature interaction. The art feels like a Digimon style while being distinct. I'm looking forward to their next content drop, I'm hoping for a new egg since we've just got 1 egg (Dragons & Devices) and mutants.

      2 votes