Late Last Year, I finished “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth” and “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory” (along with a great chunk of the Post Games for both of their respective game’s “Campaigns”)! To be a fair more transparent; I finished the main part of this bad puppy. It might be my most played title on my Steam Title in my entire library (in just the span of the past 11 Days 😳). I made an entire Wizard of Oz-style Team with my playable character (I play as the girls when I can because… if ya know me, then that’s why 😇) controlling my Starter Digimon; Palmon (growing from that to a Sunflowmon, to Lilamon, then back to Sunflowmon, and Lilamon again, before finally becoming Rosemon (only to go into “Burst Mode” at the eleventh hour of my Journey) as my “Scarecrow”). I then chose to get a Bukamon for whatever reason (growing into Syakomon for… Reasons 😛, then one of my favorites; Ikkakumon, then Zudomon, back to Ikakkumon, Zudomon, and finally Vikemon (as a “Lion”)), and ToyAgumon to make into a Guardromon, Andromon, Guardromon, and Andromon once more, and a HiAndromon to finish out with (the “Iron Soldier”/“Tin Man” here). I also needed a virus Digimon, so I got Impmon as a lil’ “Fourth/Fifth Ranger” acting as the De Facto “Toto” Growing into Bakemon, Phantomon, Bakemon, and into a Phantomon up to Level 95 (which later turned into Bakemon again, and now is a Lotosmon)!
Lineup aside; it did take me three tries to fight the final boss with my ultimate “Hail Mary” being the four aforementioned Digimon with an “11th Hour” MagnaAngemon (now Seraphimon) with The oddball addition of Monzaemon (as a Sakuyamon by the end of my journey) ultimately saving my team by the final stretch 🤭 As for the game itself; I played more hours than I admit I should be proud of (with me playing until Midnight too) and things got very intense at the near end of my fight. Were these 50+ Hours of the past 11 Days ridiculous (including two “Break Days” to avoid heavy addiction early on)? Yes, but was the journey worth it? Absolutely!! 🔥 I recommend playing this bad puppy if you want some peak interactive fiction. It was totally worth the 5 Bucks I got the generous price of for normally a 50 Dollar Game! I didn’t know that it was gonna be one of my favorite games of more recent times (as in the past decade or so), but I loved the entire thing and it got pretty emotional and touching at times. Heck, training was an endurance test for sure, but I built a solid team of ultimately 6 Digimon by my side (with at least two basically saving me in the final battle (with me learning more helping me too))! Five Bucks (from a steam sale that I didn’t know I wanted nor needed me) for a journey that could be with me maybe for years to come!!
As far as “Hacker’s Memory”, Another large sum of hours later (after playing the Postgame for “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth” and the main part of the “Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker’s Memory” Portion); and can honestly say I’ve did both Games from Start to Finish (basically), and can honestly say both titles form a union of one of my Favorite Games of All Time (and by extension, one of the best games in recent memory too (as in this past decade or so))!
Buying the 50 Dollar Game on sale while it was 5 Bucks was the best (and maybe worst for all the hours if taken out of personal life to finish it)! Well worth the purchase and you could be the next big fan of the game too!! Very much worth a play and a great storytelling experience too!! My hours of playtime since I’ve finished the main chunk of story (of the core “Cyber Sleuth” portion) went from 50 or so hours to skyrocketing up to 160+ Hours across both titles!!
Let me just say if you like Persona or whathaveyou; you will definitely get a kick outta this sugar baby (especially if you liked Digimon as a kid or whenever you were a dedicated fan of the franchise)!!
