Best Digimon game to start with for someone who knows nothing about the series

[TruxtonTatsujin]

For me Digimon has always been that weird Pokemon copycat. I know that's not a fair assessment but that's how I've always seen it as a child. Anyway I finally wanna give the series a chance with one of the games. I don't really know how any of them play, but a turn based RPG similar to the old Pokemon games would be ideal for me.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Most Digimon games are self-contained stories, just start with whichever catches your fancy. There is rarely any relation to the anime series (outside of having fan favorite digimons).

Since you said turn-based, maybe try Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, or, if you wanna start with the old ones, the first Digimon World which was the first Digimon game, it has some quirks but its an ok starting point.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Yeah, Cyber Sleuth is good for a turn-based one:

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth (USA) VITA – RGT Repository

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There's also a fan translation for one on PSP based on the original Digimon Adventure Anime:

Digimon Adventure (English Patched) PSP ISO – RGT Repository

Digimon Adventure (English Patched) PSP ISO Game ID: NPJH-50686. Languages: English Patched. For Sony PlayStation Portable.

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Although, that might be better if you're familiar with said Anime

 

[Rorisu]

For me Digimon has always been that weird Pokemon copycat. I know that's not a fair assessment but that's how I've always seen it as a child. Anyway I finally wanna give the series a chance with one of the games. I don't really know how any of them play, but a turn based RPG similar to the old Pokemon games would be ideal for me.

As a digimon fan i would say that time stranger is probably the best choice for a new player, but if you want a more economic solution you could start from this version of digimon world 2003 https://retrogametalk.com/repository/psx-iso/digimon-world-2003-ntsc-hack/, i would say that cybersleuth is good too but in a similar way to digimon world 2, so they are more for "digimon fans" and not for new players to me, but still you can definitely give cybersleuth a shot if you want, it's definitely a great game even if it have it's own problems here and there.

With that said, those are for a gameplay similar to the one you asked, if you wanna see what digimon origins really are like, the gameplay will be a lot different, with games like digimon world 1, digimon world next order and digimon world re:digitize decode being the best rappresentation into a videogame of it

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

As a digimon fan i would say that time stranger is probably the best choice for a new player, but if you want a more economic solution you could start from this version of digimon world 2003 https://retrogametalk.com/repository/psx-iso/digimon-world-2003-ntsc-hack/, i would say that cybersleuth is good too but in a similar way to digimon world 2, so they are more for "digimon fans" and not for new players to me, but still you can definitely give cybersleuth a shot if you want, it's definitely a great game even if it have it's own problems here and there.

With that said, those are for a gameplay similar to the one you asked, if you wanna see what digimon origins really are like, the gameplay will be a lot different, with games like digimon world 1, digimon world next order and digimon world re:digitize decode being the best rappresentation into a videogame of it

Time Stranger looks really good and is partially the reason for my recent interest, but I haven't given any of the older games a look so I'd rather start there, and of course, cheaper too.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Time Stranger looks really good and is partially the reason for my recent interest, but I haven't given any of the older games a look so I'd rather start there, and of course, cheaper too.

I'd be playing Time Stranger now myself, but I'm waiting on my local retailer to get stock in For the cost of the game brand new, I'd prefer the physical option

 

[Don Patch]

Another Vote for the Cyber Sleuth series.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

Cyber Sleuth looks to be the most approachable so I think I'll start with that. Will also give me a reason to dust off the ol'Vita. World 3/2003 looks interesting too, I like the art style.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Cyber sleuth.