With the party consisting of 11 – 16 year olds, the game is at times, heartbreaking, and at times, lighthearted and wholesome. To see a group of children trying to survive in a foreign environment where almost everything wants to kill them is horrifying, and the game encapsulates this with its atmosphere perfectly. The children present themselves as flawed individuals whom I can deeply relate to. This isn’t Danganronpa where the main cast are all students who are the best in the country at something, the children in this game feel exactly like the kind of friends that I had back in school. I came in with the expectation that characters will fall into the typical anime archetypes, but no. Survive portrays the main cast of children so realistically and naturally that I was blown away.

In fact, I’d even go a step further and claim that this is one of the best visual novels of all time. Now, despite being a Digimon game, I dare say that the game’s story, characters, atmosphere, and basically every aspect of it so well written, you can replace the Digimon with other random creatures, and it’ll still be an extremely good game.

Follow plays an integral part in visual novels, perhaps more so in this genre compared to other games.

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