Fun Fact: The world record speedrun of this game is around 17 hours. That should be the first flag about the nightmare hellscape that is Digimon World 2.
Can't agree more!! I used to love this game as a kid. I'd play this as soon as I go back home from school until evening. But right now as a working adult, I am hesitant whether if I have enough time to finish this game 😅
My father addicted with this game. I remember he spent almost 3 years (from 2002-2004) to finally finish this game. English is not our native language and iirc theres no tutorial to catch new digimon. So my father using only ninjamon and defeat the kuwagamon gesomon syakomon trio after hundred tries (it consume weekly iirc) He always think the next level of 99999999999999 in level 13 can be reached. Until one day he frustrated because the progress stuck. So i try his progress until I realized we can press square and throw the toys (Im still 8 years and english is not our native language, I play with dictionary in hand). When he come home from work, I excitedly said "Dad, you never know we can do this, we can catch other digimon and fight with 3 of them and then we can dna digivolve so they can leveling more than 13!" His face is so bright then and our progress continues until we beat gaia the last boss, defeat last colosseum opponent jijimon, magnadramon and sherapimon. What an experience we have 😁😁😁
Thank you for putting yourself through hell for our entertainment. This may be a small donation but I deeply appreciate your dedication to a game built to disrespect your time.
@@2N3mo001 lol that was either not a thing at my library OR the librarian just didnt give a shit.. which may have been the case because i barely remember ever speaking to him lol
@smulligan lolz nice. Yeah our library had the printer by the librarian's desk and they would flip out when seeing like 50+ pages from gamefaqs or the forums that predated it (can't remember its been awhile).
A fantastic video. I grew up with the game but never beat it myself, and that's with owning a gameshark. I think the digibeetle and its heavy customization is an interesting concept. If the act of using it and understanding its functions weren't so bad, it could be really fun and different from other games. I think a remake of this game with tighter pacing, actual running, smoothed out load times, and less oppressive grinding requirements could be very fun. I think of Monster Rancher 4 on the PS2 sometimes with this game. You spent the week training your monsters, feeding them, bonding with them, etc. Then, on the weekend, you would choose to go to the city, go to a tournament to have one of your monsters compete, or go dungeon diving with a select group of your monsters. I think something like this mixed with Digimon World 2 would have made a world of difference. Kudos on surviving this game and going further than I ever could. I can't wait for the Digimon World 3 review, though I know I'll have to. And I look forward to when you catch up to Digimon Survive. It's my favorite of the franchise.
I can't believe I was able to finish this on an actual ps1 in high school, AND grinded to get Omegamon. I tried playing it again, and realized how slow and grindy it was, I had to use fast forward just to not fall asleep playing it. I think it helped that I had a strategy guide to plan my DNA digivolutions and prepare for bosses.
@@Zanji1234I don't think I understand what you mean? People have not changed no matter what the media says. Remember when people said that the kids in schools were getting distracted all the time sending messages to each other with their heads down, and being disrespectful towards their teachers. I think that was the 1700s with red pieces of paper and novels. Yeah the teachers tried to ban fictional literature, because it "was a negative influence on the minds of the young generation". In 1845 a french doctor tried to ban theater plays, non-approved literature, and imagination. Yeah he tried to ban a bodily function. Why? He said it increases suicide rate. People are and will continue to grind. And some people will not. Just like it has always been.
@@Zanji1234 It probably didn't help that i'm sure there were many people like myself where if you got this game, this is the only game you would be getting for that month so you just needed to kinda deal with it. Now it feels like it's the perfect game to play while i do 3D modeling. Select to do an attack, make a entire sculpt. Then by the time the attack animation finishes for each 'mon, my sculpt would probably be rendered lol
Somhow DW1 being the oldest game, actually have way more QoL and less time consuming than 2 and 3. Imagine 3 asking u to walk between cities + having random encounter while DW1 can let u walk past battles and have few fast travel options like autopilot and birdrmon. Keep replaying DW1 every few years or so. Playing normally can finish the game around 10 hours or so. Game really ahead of its time.
Same here. At that days we were more simple. We don't rush, get pumped everytime music battle start playing, and enjoy watching every design and the animation.
Growing up as a kid this was my siblings and my collective favorite game, but we were much more forgiving of the grindiness and dead ends as kids because it was discovery. Our real challenge came from the youngest of us leaving the disk out, resulting in it getting scratched and often just...not loading. Sometimes we'd put the disk in and walk away, and come back if we heard the theme, or check in a few hours later to see if we missed it. In hindsight, I can definitely see that it's not a game to play when you're an adult with a job or even just access to the internet, but back in the 90s, if you're a kid in a small town and you can't be on the dial-up internet because your parents are waiting on a phone call...it's great way to spend your time, and I will always love it for that.
I don't comment on TH-cam videos. But this is a special case. Your game retrospectivetook me back to my childhood where I didn't even finish any of the 3 Digimon World Games. Seeing you persevere and make a video on it finally answers the questions I have with the story. Fantastic work! I'll be sure to watch the other videos you made!
Everything you said about this game is true. The game is very complex and satisfying at times, but the motivation to beat it is a pride issue, not because the game is fun. Thank you for making great videos.
Yay!!! I have been waiting for this since you announced it! This, along with Monster Rancher 2 and Digimon World 3, were the key games that made up my childhood. It's very grindy and Syusup's guide helped me through this for sure! Along with Renachan's Digivolution guide! This was a huge blast to watch and go back to. Much love from the Philippines. ❤
In terms of gameplay, Digimon world 4 is much faster, but it has a very weak story imo, and way too easy in the late game. I finished it as a child, and even back then I thought it was easy.
I feel you. This is my favorite digimon game ever! I bought it with my own money and someone broke it... Almost 18 years later I bought it for almost the same price!😂
been mad depressed the past few days and ur vids (especially the digimon ones) have been helped me distract myself. 10/10 vid. Cant wait for digimon world 3. Thanks bro keep up the good work
This was absolutely fantastic. It's been awhile since I've been able to sit down and enjoy some truly long form obscure video game deep dives but there is just something comforting about both Digimon and your approach. It's got an earnestness that I really appreciate. Congrats and I'm already looking forward to World 3!
Thank you so much! I've seen some of your work as well and greatly respect the fort you put into your videos! The Parasite Eve retrospective was my introduction to your channel and I really enjoyed your perspective! Thank you for giving my content a watch!
@@Wayneisboss yes, i will agree the areas inside each domain(floors,treasure boxes and items within are rando) but i found a way to circumvent all this.. i dont know if theres a guide online or anyone who took the needed time to do what i did: i draw pictures of each domain(Drawn Exact pictures of each floor Within a domain.. check this out) for small maps theres no need to do this.. but for bigger,larger and longer domains this was a must have display(web, bios,median domains in the very beginning youll notice the floors are random(the first floor and the third to last floor can switch at times, the second to last floor normally is the one highly booby trapped with mines,swamp floors,electro spores etc.. than the boss floors also can change.. but the way the boss floor changes is traps,treasure boxes and electro/magnetic spores that can damage your digibeetle.. you can also.. its very rare/uncommon digibugs they either drain your digibeetle battery,dump party members, or damage parts/gears.. or do all three if the digibeetle doesnt want to leave but eat evERYTHING.. which is the most annoying part of this game..)... back to what i was saying/implying about drawing floor maps of each domain(the floors can flip what they look like.. so flip your drawings around,and you can out quicker) easy peasy.. i hope it helps future playthrough players of this game,took me hours to figure this out..
Digimon World and Digimon World 3 is a lot better than Digimon World 2. I don't what Bandai thinking by letting our childhood favorite Digimon to DNA digivolve a whole bunch of times to gain DP points, and level up to digivolve into a higher stage. Horrible idea by Bandai.
Seriously. DW2 takes so much time now that we're looking at this video, but I totally enjoyed listening to the music while traversing the tunnels. DW3 had some of those hidden parts that makes it interesting.@@SSJ491
@@SSJ491 I play this game as kid years ago, and not gonna lie... Its actually enjoyable. Although it takes around one year to complete it, but for me it worth it. As for kids back then, the longer the game the better. And I don't even know how do I understand all the game mechanics back then eventhough my english was soooo bad at that time😅.
As someone who loved this game as a kid and finally beat it a couple years ago (on an emulator with speed up and save states) I feel so much for you. Know that you've made me very happy today and I hope your day is going quite well.
Digimon world 2 is the type of game that you have to be born to that 90's era to enjoy it, I remember spending stupid amount of time grinding my djgimon and getting an ultimate digimon to stomp their digi teams, ahhahaha. Its slow now but when youre a kid in the 90's you dont worry about those things.
Tried playing this game over and over again as a kid. I could never get passed more than a few dungeons. Even coming back as an adult on emulator with gameshark codes, couldn't do it. Big props
Great video, for real, I loved your points made, I've played through this game start to finish so many times, Challenge runs, Speedruns and modded roms, so when I say I understand this game and I really appreciate you taking such an amount of time to talk about it, I hope it holds some weight cos MATE, you went hard here, great coverage, honest and fair, I still love the game but man, it does everything it can to not be loved!
Thanks so much for meeting the video on its own terms! This is definitely the result of someone's first experience with a title where I tried not to let outside frustrations work their way I to my critique but I know they found their way in there somewhere For what it's worth. I'm glad I played this. There was a lot of interesting stuff going on under the hood but I do wish I had gotten a chance to play this one as a kid where I think I could have had a more positive experience with it
First video I have ever seen of your stuff, and I can say I'm a fan! I love DW2 despite the major flaws, and replay it every few years. Your journey was something very relatable, and very VERY well written! Thanks for making it!
The wait was worth it! DW2 is a proper mindfck and seeing you on the downward spiral all of us were trying to make sense of this game is just amazing. This little gem deserves the spotlight for being such an addicting, sadistic playthrough, but definitely worth it to get our favourites completely and utterly massive at the end of the game for massive benefits AND able to beat the endgame content/secret stuff. DW2 isn't for everyone and this video shows exactly why, and even though I still think the game almost actively tries to drive people away with its difficulty curve, I just love it more than any other Digimon World game. I don't know why they made these Digimon games so complex in comparison to... well, Pokémon but still, I'm glad it exists. Good stuff, Wayne!
Happy to see someone advertising the game. Love it myself despite it's flaws but will retort a few things and add to a few others: (Kudos to those that read it all haha) 01. Missing the Daycare-mons is a huge derp-moment on your part haha; All the mons from Numemon for Megadramon trade onwards are incredible assets. 02. The LAG was REAL. As I've gotten older I DO appreciate how far they pushed the game specs, including as much as they could BUT still doesn't make it easier to play haha 03. The 'not moving' damage from mines only becomes an issue when there's other mons on the map to approach and battle you 04. Wish item loadouts were a thing back then when sorting out inventory T_T 05. Autopilot can sadly be damaged haha 06. Digivolving was horrible at first cause nothing in the game TELLS YOU they can become Champion at Lvl 11 and so you miss out on their skills cause they can't level up =( 07. First real disagreement - Attacks missing a defeated opponent makes sense as that's the orders that went out. Got to imagine they're fighting like in the opening; can't sudden retrace your steps and go somewhere else on the battle field. Makes judging your own mons and the enemy mons more involved in planning attacks. 08. The game does spend a lot of effort immersing you into the world and I honestly loved that fact BUT I fully agree being stopped for my I.D Badge for the 500th time was painful 09. 'FAST' levelling was HORRIBLE T_T Really wish they could just of had them level up multiple times. It's not like they'd have missed out on skills at that point!! 10. Comparing Dragon Warrior's battles isn't a fair comparison. Shin Megami Tensei, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy and other JRPGs is fairer. Refer to point 02 too 11. THAT LEVEL WAS A DICK MOVE @DEVELOPERS (Soft Domain F16 with the Red Acid) 12. Some Ultimate mons NOT having Megas did suck big time 13. The 99 Floor area was the only place to find and catch a Kimeramon for self reward sake haha (can also encounter Omnimon and Diablomon) 14. YOU NEVER GOT THE METALGREYMON?! DUDE!!! Between this and point 01, NO WONDER you had a harder time lmao (How though? It literally gives you a Toy Plane to get him?! lmao) As a whole, despite it's flaws I will hail this games as a GOLD standard as the world building was great (serving future games), had a huge amount of content even taking out the tedious grinding and was a game made back in 2001. Most games TODAY don't put in this level of effort or work. If this type of game was redone with quality of live mechanics (item loadouts, easier evolution system, a console that could actually process it all xD, etc) then that game would be a contender of game of the year, no matter what else came out.....in my opinion haha Fun watch Wayne.
I endlessly played this game as a kid, I still love it to this day. I sure I would have problems with the game if I were to play it today. But man the nostalgia is so strong with this one, costumizing the beetle or catching and evolving different digimon all that plus me barely understanding english as a kid. I don't kno1w I just have so much fond memories with my cousin playing thos on weekends until late at night trying to figure out how to capture certain digimon or what's the best two types to mix and so on I remember keeping a list of what digimons to mix to get what and I would share it with my friends in school the next day it was like a cheat sheet. My excitement was through the roof when I got a veemon since he was my favorite. I feel like the difficulty and hard to understand mechanics of old games is part of the charm of these games, many games felt like a puzzle that you needed to solve, and once you solve it you can start enjoying the actual game. It reminds me of that tomb raider game it had the worst most atrocious controls yet people loved it because if you figure the controls out you can do some crazyu jumps while shooting twin pistols and killing dinosaurs, it made you feel like a badass but the controls would still give you an aneurysm.
I was chewing on this as some background noise gaming, and got so happy in a good way hearing Balue's tower. Gotta love a fellow Klonoa appreciator as well as liking Digimon!
honestly grab some clearagumon early on and you can mitigate a lot of the need for HP and MP recovery items. Get some more members of that line and you can have some solid healing. got nothing for status items.
お疲れ様でした。Amazed at your effort and dedication. As someone who loved the first Digimon World but never played any of the sequels, I feel like I maybe dodged a bullet with this one at least but I really enjoyed your in-depth look into it here. Well done!
I loved your first digimon world video and so excited to watch through this. Your video making skills- commentary, editing and humour is quality. Please never stop
Thanks so much! Honestly one of my favorites things about working on this project is this is where I got to flex some new assets and editing styles too
I have no history with DW2, but I was a big fan of the original, played a lot of Re:Digitize and beat the hell out of Next Order, so I was always very curious about how the formula deviated right after the first one and was hella excited about this video ever since I found out about your channel because of your video on DW1!! Can't wait for the next ones, and I'll be here for whatever else you upload man. In the meanwhile, I'll rewatch the other Digimon videos for the 5th time each, since they're my favorite ones. Keep up the great work, man!
Some other tidbits that i don't remember being covered. Counter attacks have a -1 priority in move order, in other words they will always go last, unless they are attacked in which case they'll hit immediately after. Interrupt attacks can be used to circumvent counter attacks. Waiting for a countering digimon to attack and interrupting them and not activating their counter. But if their counter is activated, it cannot be interrupted. Interrupts can also be used to circumvent confusion as well, a confused digimon will never attack itself or an ally while using an interrupt. But the trade off is that as long as you're using one, your digimon will never snap out of confusion. 3rd in regard to interrupts, they can be used to preview which of your digimon will get attacked, if you choose to interrupt an enemy attack, if you've paid attention to your digimons hp, you'll see it's lower, that means it's the target of an attack. So you can strategically choose which attack to interrupt. It might preview status effects, but i might be misremembering that.
Thanks for the awesome video, DW2 was my favourite of the ps1 DW games, so I always like it when I can hear someone talk about it... despite people usually not liking this one as much.
your digimon world videos are literally some of my favorite digimon content around. I still go back and rewatch this and the original video a lot, it's amazing stuff. I really really really hope you'll grace us with a DW3 video in the future, keep up the good work
Great video! Digimon World 2 has always been one of my favourite games, completed it when I was 10, then replayed it a couple times on emulator and once on a improved mod. The emulator speed up and save states really mitigates all the terrible things, ie 10x speed makes battles go fast, save states lets you guarantee catches on a lower heart or reset generated maps, but most importantly, saves you from return bugs
Hey man, just wanted to say you're an immense talent on screen and off. You clearly know what it takes to properly review a game and you're damn good at it. Your comedy lands every time. I'm immensely impressed, subbed for sure. Looking forward to more and seeing your older uploads.
I remember renting this game at a Family Video when I was little. I recall loving it, but never even got close to beating it within the week. And watching you go through the equivalent of hell to make this video... I think I'll stick to that memory. Amazing video! I can't wait to see more!
digimon was such a big part of my childhood. i'm 34 years old now. and spending 1 hour watching ur video. really made my day. thank you so much for going through all the trouble of playing it from start to finish. amazing video. amazing commitment. you sir, are an amazing guy. thank you. love from Malaysia!
orang kuantan sini same bro umur kite membesar dgn digimon. teringat main game ni sebelom g skolah dulu2. 2 3 kali jugak complete kan game ni memang terbaikk 👍👍👍
@@syedothman8058 let's goo!!! Kuala Lumpur sini!! Ye dooh. Aku Ngan adik Aku abis skolah je Digimon. Pastu jeles sebab budak skolah ade bawak Digimon gi skolah. Best doh Zaman takde tiktok. Hahahahha
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Thank you for all your work on this one. Digimon World 2 was a big part of my childhood even if I never got very far at all. I also appreciate your on screen music notices (keeps me from wondering what some of the bops are)
Fantastic work Wayne. I played Digimon world 1 and 3 during my childhood, but I never did get Digimon world 2. Thanks for playing it so I don't have to, and I'm looking forward to seeing how you like Digimon world 3
Digimon World 2 is hand down my favorite Digimon game. Getting through the 99 stages at the end and beating the final final boss was so worth it....after grueling hours of gameplay it felt so good.
At this point I'd settle for re-releases. PlayStation has a bunch of psone classics on their service with rewind features, save states, and trophies. If they added a speed boost it would make Digimon world 2 SO much more playable. Digimon as a whole doesn't really seem like they do any kind of remakes, they're more all about making sequels and spiritual successors. You want them to remake THIS game? Go play Digimon World on the DS or better yet the Cyber Sleuth games.
to bad digimon never got as popular as pokermon there should be more digimon games out there, sure the ps 2 had the digimon game where they had weapons like swords, claws and this, i loved this game
I always did like Gaia's face being right there in the intro movie, always made me wonder before I was finally able to get to it. DW2 is definitely extremely tedious though, and there really is a reason people recommend a fast forward button. I wish there was rom hacks or other things that reduced the grinding, but I can't imagine there is anyone that would want to do that anyways.
ITS FINALLY HERE!!!! Ahhhh been searching up the channel everyday to see if it’s been uploaded, thank you SO much for your hard work! Love your content!
I've had people recommend this game to me and I just know I really wouldn't enjoy it. This was a great review and thank you for going through this game to make this review! I hope the next review doesn't put you through as much turmoil as this one did.
The sad part is that the game is actually fun if you're not going into it with the intention of finishing the game. Around the section where you can access the other two Digimon types the game really opens up. I have multiple save files where I just kept training and catching more Digimon and never even continued with the story
This just confirmed what I already knew. DW1’s story and mechanics are by far the most engaging in the DW series and the only way for a sequel to be good is to revamp them. On that note, can’t wait till you review Next Order in a decade or so!
As a guy who played most of digimon game, i agree. 1 maybe the only game i keep replaying every few years or so. Its indeed best digimon game, played redigitize but dont like it that much as 1, bit different feeling. Wil try next order when i have time.
I completed this game as a teenager and it took me ages. It brings me so much nostalgia that I love Digimon World 2 though. Thanks for breaking it down! It's great to see you revisit all of my memories (especially the painful ones).
I actually have a way around your Digimon being confused being uncontrollable. Always give them an interrupt attack. BTW, Interrupt Attacks are cool. Why? Because those attacks can also tell you which Digimon your enemy is gonna target AND if you get a status effect or not! Also, you can still attack while Confused...ONLY if it's an Interrupt attack. Saved me a ton during the Gekkomon debacle.
I still play this game at least once a year, As much as i love it, the criticisms are very much valid lol if we ever got remasters of the ps1 era world game with QOL updates, i think would help it tremendously
First video of yours that popped up on my recommended, you're super entertaining to watch, this was well made and I love the positive energy, can't wait to go through the backlog haha
Loved digimon world 1 as a kid and currently playing the third one for the first time and enjoying it immensely. Never touched this title and don’t think I ever will especially after seeing your mental breakdown lol. The third one seems to me like they learned what went horribly wrong in the first two games and improved on those parts a lot. While not a perfect game I still think you’ll have actually a good time instead of what happened with this one :D You’ve put so much effort and hard work into these videos while having a job on the side too that’s incredible. Looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts on retro games!
Yea im replaying 1 a lot. Did 3 once few years ago....but just dont enjoy it as much, too much time travelling without much travel QoL, tho i did finish it, maybe i wont replay it anymore unlike 1. Did play 2 back when i was a chiid, never finished it either. Tbh i dont see playing it again coz how grindy it is.
I'll admit I'm a long time fan of Digimon. So much that I play Pokémon till the next Digimon came releases. But what you said is true.. thus is a game for grinders and "sadist" (which I am a grinder) for the casual gamer.. please God no skip this game for your own sanity. Watch a playthrough and be OK with it. Great job and welcome to the club of grinders that beat this game
For Casual? Even Vets of this game hates this game's grindy simulator. It kills Casuals easy and makes Vets vomit out of spite. This was probably the most grindy RPGesque game in the PSX due to how mandatory its Level System forcing you to grind. The fact that you need to fight to Level Up once in an already limited enemy type dungeon makes you grind to Level Up even with the EXP met the requirements.
"People like Veemon" more so people who watched Digimon Adventure 02 in Japanese, he's so much more annoying in the American dub. Still not as bad as how they ruined Davis/Daisuke's character in the dub rewrites to the point of making the English dub of 02 near unwatchable.
This is an emulator friendly game. It is NOT fun without the ability to just use save states and speed up. And honestly, today you have both Cyber Sleuth games, that handle all of this much better. But the game has charm, if you are willing to emulate it. I am probably going to play it again, with an emulator, since I would not play this game without it. Digimon World 3 also has a similar experience, though it is way more tolerable without an emulator than 2. Great video ❤👍
This is the most complete video about Digimon World 2 that i've ever seen, congratulations my dude. Digimon World 2 has a special place in my heart because it was the very first digimon game I played in my life. I reallly like the freedom it gives to us when it comes to building your team and choosing your digimons. I remember when my brother digivolved a Betamon and it turned into a Dark Tyrannomon and that was the first time I saw that digimon in my life and since I used to love dinosaurs when I was a kid (90s kid lol) I got completely mind blown and, to this day, Dark Tyrannomon is still my favorite digimon. I played it again on my PSX when I was a teenager, got pretty far but didn't finish (actually I never finished it). I'm waiting for a Steam/Xbox release of a Digimon HD remaster collection to play this one again :D
So, do you have a complete physical copy of the game? IIRC the manual had A LOT of necessary information in it. It IS in fact old enough that expecting you to read the manual was a thing. But this one is DEFINITELY an ideal target for an HD remake that'd fix the performance issues and add some QoL improvements. Even just an in game digivolution flow chart (even if unobtained digimon were blacked out and specifics weren't mentioned until you unlocked them) would go a long way. Like, the second you see that something can't digivolve further you can abandon that dead end... or power through it. Pretty sure the maximum level cap is far higher than what you need to beat the game.
if only namco bandai would even consider doing that :( sadly they want digimon to fail and wont bother. still remember the blue balls they gave us when they showed all the old digimon game trailers and made ppl think they were remaking them for us for their digimon con and then were like nope we are not :(.
I watched this video without any background of this game. You did an amazing job in explaining the mechanics, showing the potential that's there and still also showing why... it just is not worth it unless this is the game you plan on playing exclusively. It was an amazing video. Thank you!
24:10 Yep, the auto-pilot can be damaged, you just had luck. If it's damaged, you have to walk in circles until your EP runs out to exit the dungeon. Love this game.
Can confirm. Made me always stock 2 parts fix at least when I enter a domain. Least of my priorities though since I remember some layouts block you from progressing if you can't clear obstructions which is way worse than not being able to go back
Love the dedication you put on this video. This game was really important in my childhood. I almost beat it as a kid, but my memory card broke after I defeated the Dark Masters and I lost all my progress. Seeing this I realize I was SO CLOSE to beat it!!!! It will remain as one of my incompleted life goals as a gamer. I am now 33 years old and I think I will never finish this, I do not have the mindset anymore for this kind of game and that depress me a little, but well that is part of growing up I think. Thank you for showing me how little I understood the mechanics of the game! My English at the time was not the best... and I played the game with a dictionary Spanish-english at my side. Curiously the English I learned in this game started my journey to learn English and now I am a lawyer who works doing contracts both in Spanish and English when My coworkers ask me where I learned English I tell them from "Digimon world 2": Again love your edition and video, keep up the good work!
Return bug oh, last floor before boss. I´m so nostalgic about this game, learn how to catch, 2000 money after 0 EP and understand to not fight with digimon after level cap. I love this game so much. Great video.
In a big deep dive of the Digimon games (DW/DW2/DW3 etc) and this is a GREAT retrospective and review. Thank you for all the time you spent on one of my favorite childhood games (that I'm still emulating and trying to beat today)!
Awesome video! One interesting thing to note is that the slowdown that occurs when selecting your moves mid battle happens specifically when playing the game on a ps3. I've never figured out why it does this, but it keeps me from going back to the game on a ps3 for that reason. So not only did you beat thr game, you beat it with your battles taking a small chunk longer than usual. Not that the game is much shorter without that one instance of slowdowns.
Lol, this reminds me of soooo much!!! Thank you for taking your time to do this full review!! I really liked this game because I'm sure that I'm some sort of a masoquist, but even when I was at the brink of finishing it I never did due to something that happened (can't recall what) that was frustrating enough for my little self and leaving it behind (maybe I had only about 5-10% left to do, I never went to the moon, but I can recall some of the last bossses in your video). Sometimes I thought of retaking the challenge of finishing it, but I didn't remember much of it, so I knew that it would be a pain to recall once again the convulated story or what I was suppossed to do. I loved your video because it reminded me so much about the game. Though this wasn't your case, I recall that the game would lag in a digimon's attack animation and I would leave the game running for minutes or even hours until the animation would play out, otherwise the long progress up to that point would be lost; other times that would not even work and I would have to restart the game console and start over again. Mind you, that happened many many times. That's why I'm sure that I'm some sort of masoquist for almost finishing the game. It did have its charm back then, and many other games also had problems, so I'm sure that we were kind of used to that. But today, as you said, I would never recomend this game. The first Digimon Game I would, I still love a lot from it that you don't like, for example the mechanic of rebirth and taking care of a new digimon line, not knowing how it all works due to hidden mechanics but having to learn from your own gaming experience, I really LOVE that!!! But in Digimon World 2, I really dislike the Hidden mechanics and unintuitiveness the game has. As you mentioned, when my digimon reached the level cap, I thought the game had been tampered with and didn't undertsand that it was a mechanic on of itself. I had to repeat the game for at least 3 times to understand that it was a mechanic. Recruiting was also painful to understand and many many other things, specially for someone of my age range (9-13), I'm sure of it. Anyway, I do want to thank you again for the full review, because it did allow me to FINALLY take away that iching at the back of the mind I had for a long time of never knowing how it ended. I can die in peace now.
Man that japanese artwork for DW1 looks insanely cool! Nice job on being able to add that to your collection, if the NA version is anything to go by it was probably hard to find or expensive at the very least. (NA version is 110$ on Amazon) Also MAD respect for wanting to make your review/retrospective as authentic as possible by playing the original disc version in your PS3. Dude, that takes guts because this game broke me as a teenage kid. Yeesh, still kudos man we the audience appreciate you so much! Seriously authenticity is the #1 commodity on YT right now so i'm glad to see you peddling in it. :)
I loved this. Your outro speaks volumes - sitting in front of the TV on a weekend and just grinding it out as a kid was the ultimate fun experience back then, because all we had was time. I re-visited the game in my 20s and felt very similar frustrations to you, with the slow and tedious movements, but this game holds a special place in my heart and will always be my favorite Digimon World game. I could not agree with you more, though, that this isn't a game you can recommend - it really does take a certain kind of person to grind and enjoy this game for all that it has to offer. Thank you for this video. I wish you the best for the third!
I've been waiting for this video since seeing your last Digimon World review. I love your thorough explanations about the mechanics. It really helps me understand how the games work. Its also really really entertaining
If you think you'll be revisiting this game on an emulator as you said towards the end, might I recommend Digimon World 2 Alternative? A rom hack that doesn't change too much of the base game in terms of the dungeon crawling etc but overhauls the systems within: Like how every digimon can go from rookie to mega, no Triceramon shenanigans. A lot of the digivolution routes change , and the documentation for that is pretty good, it even includes a matrix for DNA digivolutions so you can plan out the route you want to take to get your favorites (Also Omnimon is only on average 10 DP instead of 20, which is actually doable). The variety of encounters is also way better, and the game is overall more challenging, which now that you've found out some of the tips and tricks to the game, you may crave the challenge. The increased challenge also paradoxically reduces the grinding required, since the wild digimon are higher levels, you can increase your "Digimon A's" level cap really easily when you have a Digimon you like. Give it a shot!
Such an amazing video!!! Good job slogging through this. As a kid I was always lost in all the complexities and maybe digivolved once or twice and couldn't understand how to progress. This just fulfilled so much curiosity that was just sitting idle.
Hats off to you Wayne for tackling this game. I am really looking forward to your DW3 video but very much understand that I have to wait until next year. Look after yourself first and foremost mate. Keep up the great work aftera well deserved rest mate
Great video man. That kind of grinding really built my perseverance at a young age, beating Gaia on the original PS1, man. You HAD to do the work. Also maybe already someone pointed it out, but did u know that, when on confusion state, your digimon can still perform an interrupt attack at your command? That's why i always kept an interrupt skill at hand for EVERY digimon. BTW get ready for 3 if you hate grinding!
Honestly, as a huge Digimon fan... your review is so good. It has some charm, but it's so tedious. It has bright spots, but you really gotta dig. And if you enjoy that, you'll love this game. It really wants a remake or sequel that sands down the rough parts.
Thank you so much for playing this game. I happened upon it at my cousin's house, and loved what I saw of it. I played it years later as an adult and came across the same mess that you did. I really loved the DNA digivolve mechanic, thought it was cool as hell, but the actual amount of time that you spend interfacing with the actual fun mechanic of the game was FAR too short. If any of the digimon world games need to be remade, it's this one.
Fun Fact: The world record speedrun of this game is around 17 hours. That should be the first flag about the nightmare hellscape that is Digimon World 2.
this is not the WR? ( th-cam.com/video/gXLXofw8CVw/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUlZGlnaW1vbiB3b3JsZCAyIHNwZWVkcnVuIHdvcmxkIHJlY29yZA%3D%3D )
It's that type of game made to last haha, did more than 10 replays, never finished it
Lmaoo no way 😂
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2:07 😅
This slow time consuming, yet enjoyable game made me realize just how much free time we had as a kid compare to as an adult right now.
Right? It just took me 5 days to lose a round of civ 6
Can't agree more!!
I used to love this game as a kid. I'd play this as soon as I go back home from school until evening.
But right now as a working adult, I am hesitant whether if I have enough time to finish this game 😅
I think kid back then have way more patience than everyone today...
Probably becoz we're not spoiled with choices of entertainment we have today
loading screen time is the nightmare
1000%
My father addicted with this game. I remember he spent almost 3 years (from 2002-2004) to finally finish this game.
English is not our native language and iirc theres no tutorial to catch new digimon. So my father using only ninjamon and defeat the kuwagamon gesomon syakomon trio after hundred tries (it consume weekly iirc)
He always think the next level of 99999999999999 in level 13 can be reached.
Until one day he frustrated because the progress stuck. So i try his progress until I realized we can press square and throw the toys (Im still 8 years and english is not our native language, I play with dictionary in hand).
When he come home from work, I excitedly said "Dad, you never know we can do this, we can catch other digimon and fight with 3 of them and then we can dna digivolve so they can leveling more than 13!"
His face is so bright then and our progress continues until we beat gaia the last boss, defeat last colosseum opponent jijimon, magnadramon and sherapimon.
What an experience we have 😁😁😁
Thank you for putting yourself through hell for our entertainment. This may be a small donation but I deeply appreciate your dedication to a game built to disrespect your time.
It's very much appreciated! We'll see how the Digimon World 3 video goes later this year!
Not only did i use that GameFAQs guide i printed it out at the public library and stapled it together for easy reference at home
I remember those days. So many kids got kicked out of the library for excessive printing.
@@2N3mo001 lol that was either not a thing at my library OR the librarian just didnt give a shit.. which may have been the case because i barely remember ever speaking to him lol
@smulligan lolz nice. Yeah our library had the printer by the librarian's desk and they would flip out when seeing like 50+ pages from gamefaqs or the forums that predated it (can't remember its been awhile).
Watching Wayne slowly lose his mind is very nostalgic as it reminds me of when I also lost my mind trying to beat this game.
My demidevimon evolved into an icedevimon and that was about it for me, that's when I gave up.
A fantastic video. I grew up with the game but never beat it myself, and that's with owning a gameshark. I think the digibeetle and its heavy customization is an interesting concept. If the act of using it and understanding its functions weren't so bad, it could be really fun and different from other games. I think a remake of this game with tighter pacing, actual running, smoothed out load times, and less oppressive grinding requirements could be very fun.
I think of Monster Rancher 4 on the PS2 sometimes with this game. You spent the week training your monsters, feeding them, bonding with them, etc. Then, on the weekend, you would choose to go to the city, go to a tournament to have one of your monsters compete, or go dungeon diving with a select group of your monsters. I think something like this mixed with Digimon World 2 would have made a world of difference.
Kudos on surviving this game and going further than I ever could. I can't wait for the Digimon World 3 review, though I know I'll have to. And I look forward to when you catch up to Digimon Survive. It's my favorite of the franchise.
I can't believe I was able to finish this on an actual ps1 in high school, AND grinded to get Omegamon. I tried playing it again, and realized how slow and grindy it was, I had to use fast forward just to not fall asleep playing it.
I think it helped that I had a strategy guide to plan my DNA digivolutions and prepare for bosses.
we had more time and were more tolerable back then. I also can't play DW3 for that reason without any fast forward.
@@Zanji1234I don't think I understand what you mean? People have not changed no matter what the media says. Remember when people said that the kids in schools were getting distracted all the time sending messages to each other with their heads down, and being disrespectful towards their teachers. I think that was the 1700s with red pieces of paper and novels. Yeah the teachers tried to ban fictional literature, because it "was a negative influence on the minds of the young generation". In 1845 a french doctor tried to ban theater plays, non-approved literature, and imagination. Yeah he tried to ban a bodily function. Why? He said it increases suicide rate.
People are and will continue to grind. And some people will not. Just like it has always been.
@@Zanji1234 It probably didn't help that i'm sure there were many people like myself where if you got this game, this is the only game you would be getting for that month so you just needed to kinda deal with it. Now it feels like it's the perfect game to play while i do 3D modeling. Select to do an attack, make a entire sculpt. Then by the time the attack animation finishes for each 'mon, my sculpt would probably be rendered lol
Somhow DW1 being the oldest game, actually have way more QoL and less time consuming than 2 and 3. Imagine 3 asking u to walk between cities + having random encounter while DW1 can let u walk past battles and have few fast travel options like autopilot and birdrmon.
Keep replaying DW1 every few years or so. Playing normally can finish the game around 10 hours or so. Game really ahead of its time.
Same here. At that days we were more simple. We don't rush, get pumped everytime music battle start playing, and enjoy watching every design and the animation.
Growing up as a kid this was my siblings and my collective favorite game, but we were much more forgiving of the grindiness and dead ends as kids because it was discovery. Our real challenge came from the youngest of us leaving the disk out, resulting in it getting scratched and often just...not loading. Sometimes we'd put the disk in and walk away, and come back if we heard the theme, or check in a few hours later to see if we missed it. In hindsight, I can definitely see that it's not a game to play when you're an adult with a job or even just access to the internet, but back in the 90s, if you're a kid in a small town and you can't be on the dial-up internet because your parents are waiting on a phone call...it's great way to spend your time, and I will always love it for that.
The nostalgia in this comment is over 9000!!!
Fuck yea dude😂
I don't comment on TH-cam videos. But this is a special case. Your game retrospectivetook me back to my childhood where I didn't even finish any of the 3 Digimon World Games. Seeing you persevere and make a video on it finally answers the questions I have with the story. Fantastic work! I'll be sure to watch the other videos you made!
the only digimon game that i will never revisit ever again. thank you for all of that hardship and pain for doing this video mr youtuber.
Everything you said about this game is true. The game is very complex and satisfying at times, but the motivation to beat it is a pride issue, not because the game is fun. Thank you for making great videos.
Yay!!! I have been waiting for this since you announced it! This, along with Monster Rancher 2 and Digimon World 3, were the key games that made up my childhood. It's very grindy and Syusup's guide helped me through this for sure! Along with Renachan's Digivolution guide!
This was a huge blast to watch and go back to. Much love from the Philippines. ❤
Thanks so much for your generosity! And yeah I do think one day I'll need to take a crack at the Monster Rancher games as well!
As a Digimon World 2 fan, watching the dissent into madness was a thing of beauty
I can't wait for Digimon World 4
In terms of gameplay, Digimon world 4 is much faster, but it has a very weak story imo, and way too easy in the late game. I finished it as a child, and even back then I thought it was easy.
@@drakewiz also the fact that the game is grindy as HELL
@drakewiz WHAT. I barely got past the beginning of this game as a kid, no idea how you beat it.
I cant even explain how much im anticipating this video.
I feel you. This is my favorite digimon game ever! I bought it with my own money and someone broke it... Almost 18 years later I bought it for almost the same price!😂
Agreed
Mee eens
been mad depressed the past few days and ur vids (especially the digimon ones) have been helped me distract myself. 10/10 vid. Cant wait for digimon world 3. Thanks bro keep up the good work
This was an incredible trip. Thank you for your hard work 🎉
This was absolutely fantastic. It's been awhile since I've been able to sit down and enjoy some truly long form obscure video game deep dives but there is just something comforting about both Digimon and your approach. It's got an earnestness that I really appreciate.
Congrats and I'm already looking forward to World 3!
Thank you so much! I've seen some of your work as well and greatly respect the fort you put into your videos! The Parasite Eve retrospective was my introduction to your channel and I really enjoyed your perspective! Thank you for giving my content a watch!
@@Wayneisboss yes, i will agree the areas inside each domain(floors,treasure boxes and items within are rando) but i found a way to circumvent all this.. i dont know if theres a guide online or anyone who took the needed time to do what i did: i draw pictures of each domain(Drawn Exact pictures of each floor Within a domain.. check this out) for small maps theres no need to do this.. but for bigger,larger and longer domains this was a must have display(web, bios,median domains in the very beginning youll notice the floors are random(the first floor and the third to last floor can switch at times, the second to last floor normally is the one highly booby trapped with mines,swamp floors,electro spores etc.. than the boss floors also can change.. but the way the boss floor changes is traps,treasure boxes and electro/magnetic spores that can damage your digibeetle.. you can also.. its very rare/uncommon digibugs they either drain your digibeetle battery,dump party members, or damage parts/gears.. or do all three if the digibeetle doesnt want to leave but eat evERYTHING.. which is the most annoying part of this game..)...
back to what i was saying/implying about drawing floor maps of each domain(the floors can flip what they look like.. so flip your drawings around,and you can out quicker) easy peasy.. i hope it helps future playthrough players of this game,took me hours to figure this out..
Digimon World and Digimon World 3 is a lot better than Digimon World 2. I don't what Bandai thinking by letting our childhood favorite Digimon to DNA digivolve a whole bunch of times to gain DP points, and level up to digivolve into a higher stage. Horrible idea by Bandai.
Seriously. DW2 takes so much time now that we're looking at this video, but I totally enjoyed listening to the music while traversing the tunnels. DW3 had some of those hidden parts that makes it interesting.@@SSJ491
@@SSJ491 I play this game as kid years ago, and not gonna lie... Its actually enjoyable. Although it takes around one year to complete it, but for me it worth it. As for kids back then, the longer the game the better. And I don't even know how do I understand all the game mechanics back then eventhough my english was soooo bad at that time😅.
As someone who loved this game as a kid and finally beat it a couple years ago (on an emulator with speed up and save states) I feel so much for you. Know that you've made me very happy today and I hope your day is going quite well.
Digimon world 2 is the type of game that you have to be born to that 90's era to enjoy it, I remember spending stupid amount of time grinding my djgimon and getting an ultimate digimon to stomp their digi teams, ahhahaha. Its slow now but when youre a kid in the 90's you dont worry about those things.
Tried playing this game over and over again as a kid. I could never get passed more than a few dungeons. Even coming back as an adult on emulator with gameshark codes, couldn't do it. Big props
omg same same
Great video, for real, I loved your points made, I've played through this game start to finish so many times, Challenge runs, Speedruns and modded roms, so when I say I understand this game and I really appreciate you taking such an amount of time to talk about it, I hope it holds some weight cos MATE, you went hard here, great coverage, honest and fair, I still love the game but man, it does everything it can to not be loved!
Thanks so much for meeting the video on its own terms! This is definitely the result of someone's first experience with a title where I tried not to let outside frustrations work their way I to my critique but I know they found their way in there somewhere
For what it's worth. I'm glad I played this. There was a lot of interesting stuff going on under the hood but I do wish I had gotten a chance to play this one as a kid where I think I could have had a more positive experience with it
Modded ROMs? 👀
@@thesnax9177 yeah i wanna know about a modded rom on this
@@spacenoid341 i just got the modded ROM recently. It's INCREDBLE. Google Digimon World 2 Alternative
Out of 1, 2, and 3, 2 has always been my favorite. I don't know what it is but it feels SO good for a Digimon game.
Same and I don't know why
Really? 1 felt like being a tamer.
@@cyberwarlord7363 1 feels like having a tamogachi pet that is supposed to listen to you but never does, and it dies every couple of hours.
I think two of you are masochists and don't realize it
good music, plus the digimon themselves carry any digimon game hard for a fan
First video I have ever seen of your stuff, and I can say I'm a fan! I love DW2 despite the major flaws, and replay it every few years. Your journey was something very relatable, and very VERY well written! Thanks for making it!
As an adult, with a full-time job, I can NOT take time to play this... but growing up, this was my favorite game. Above anything else I ever played.
Keep up the great work! Been waiting for this video since the last!
The wait was worth it! DW2 is a proper mindfck and seeing you on the downward spiral all of us were trying to make sense of this game is just amazing. This little gem deserves the spotlight for being such an addicting, sadistic playthrough, but definitely worth it to get our favourites completely and utterly massive at the end of the game for massive benefits AND able to beat the endgame content/secret stuff.
DW2 isn't for everyone and this video shows exactly why, and even though I still think the game almost actively tries to drive people away with its difficulty curve, I just love it more than any other Digimon World game. I don't know why they made these Digimon games so complex in comparison to... well, Pokémon but still, I'm glad it exists.
Good stuff, Wayne!
Digimon say the skill word that not like today
wow, what a fun video to watch, I hope you get to make videos like this for a very long time!
Happy to see someone advertising the game. Love it myself despite it's flaws but will retort a few things and add to a few others: (Kudos to those that read it all haha)
01. Missing the Daycare-mons is a huge derp-moment on your part haha; All the mons from Numemon for Megadramon trade onwards are incredible assets.
02. The LAG was REAL. As I've gotten older I DO appreciate how far they pushed the game specs, including as much as they could BUT still doesn't make it easier to play haha
03. The 'not moving' damage from mines only becomes an issue when there's other mons on the map to approach and battle you
04. Wish item loadouts were a thing back then when sorting out inventory T_T
05. Autopilot can sadly be damaged haha
06. Digivolving was horrible at first cause nothing in the game TELLS YOU they can become Champion at Lvl 11 and so you miss out on their skills cause they can't level up =(
07. First real disagreement - Attacks missing a defeated opponent makes sense as that's the orders that went out. Got to imagine they're fighting like in the opening; can't sudden retrace your steps and go somewhere else on the battle field. Makes judging your own mons and the enemy mons more involved in planning attacks.
08. The game does spend a lot of effort immersing you into the world and I honestly loved that fact BUT I fully agree being stopped for my I.D Badge for the 500th time was painful
09. 'FAST' levelling was HORRIBLE T_T Really wish they could just of had them level up multiple times. It's not like they'd have missed out on skills at that point!!
10. Comparing Dragon Warrior's battles isn't a fair comparison. Shin Megami Tensei, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy and other JRPGs is fairer. Refer to point 02 too
11. THAT LEVEL WAS A DICK MOVE @DEVELOPERS (Soft Domain F16 with the Red Acid)
12. Some Ultimate mons NOT having Megas did suck big time
13. The 99 Floor area was the only place to find and catch a Kimeramon for self reward sake haha (can also encounter Omnimon and Diablomon)
14. YOU NEVER GOT THE METALGREYMON?! DUDE!!! Between this and point 01, NO WONDER you had a harder time lmao (How though? It literally gives you a Toy Plane to get him?! lmao)
As a whole, despite it's flaws I will hail this games as a GOLD standard as the world building was great (serving future games), had a huge amount of content even taking out the tedious grinding and was a game made back in 2001.
Most games TODAY don't put in this level of effort or work. If this type of game was redone with quality of live mechanics (item loadouts, easier evolution system, a console that could actually process it all xD, etc) then that game would be a contender of game of the year, no matter what else came out.....in my opinion haha
Fun watch Wayne.
This is one of my most favourite video games ever. The grind was so cozy to me.
I endlessly played this game as a kid, I still love it to this day. I sure I would have problems with the game if I were to play it today. But man the nostalgia is so strong with this one, costumizing the beetle or catching and evolving different digimon all that plus me barely understanding english as a kid. I don't kno1w I just have so much fond memories with my cousin playing thos on weekends until late at night trying to figure out how to capture certain digimon or what's the best two types to mix and so on I remember keeping a list of what digimons to mix to get what and I would share it with my friends in school the next day it was like a cheat sheet. My excitement was through the roof when I got a veemon since he was my favorite. I feel like the difficulty and hard to understand mechanics of old games is part of the charm of these games, many games felt like a puzzle that you needed to solve, and once you solve it you can start enjoying the actual game. It reminds me of that tomb raider game it had the worst most atrocious controls yet people loved it because if you figure the controls out you can do some crazyu jumps while shooting twin pistols and killing dinosaurs, it made you feel like a badass but the controls would still give you an aneurysm.
I was chewing on this as some background noise gaming, and got so happy in a good way hearing Balue's tower. Gotta love a fellow Klonoa appreciator as well as liking Digimon!
honestly grab some clearagumon early on and you can mitigate a lot of the need for HP and MP recovery items. Get some more members of that line and you can have some solid healing. got nothing for status items.
Also piddomon, they have megaheal.
お疲れ様でした。Amazed at your effort and dedication. As someone who loved the first Digimon World but never played any of the sequels, I feel like I maybe dodged a bullet with this one at least but I really enjoyed your in-depth look into it here. Well done!
I loved your first digimon world video and so excited to watch through this.
Your video making skills- commentary, editing and humour is quality. Please never stop
P.s: I have no idea how you don’t have more views and subs, the effort that goes into your videos is top notch
This is such a high quality video, i love it. Anyone talking about Digimon is on a cooler level of TH-camr than most.
Thanks so much! Honestly one of my favorites things about working on this project is this is where I got to flex some new assets and editing styles too
I have no history with DW2, but I was a big fan of the original, played a lot of Re:Digitize and beat the hell out of Next Order, so I was always very curious about how the formula deviated right after the first one and was hella excited about this video ever since I found out about your channel because of your video on DW1!!
Can't wait for the next ones, and I'll be here for whatever else you upload man. In the meanwhile, I'll rewatch the other Digimon videos for the 5th time each, since they're my favorite ones.
Keep up the great work, man!
Some other tidbits that i don't remember being covered. Counter attacks have a -1 priority in move order, in other words they will always go last, unless they are attacked in which case they'll hit immediately after.
Interrupt attacks can be used to circumvent counter attacks. Waiting for a countering digimon to attack and interrupting them and not activating their counter. But if their counter is activated, it cannot be interrupted.
Interrupts can also be used to circumvent confusion as well, a confused digimon will never attack itself or an ally while using an interrupt. But the trade off is that as long as you're using one, your digimon will never snap out of confusion.
3rd in regard to interrupts, they can be used to preview which of your digimon will get attacked, if you choose to interrupt an enemy attack, if you've paid attention to your digimons hp, you'll see it's lower, that means it's the target of an attack. So you can strategically choose which attack to interrupt. It might preview status effects, but i might be misremembering that.
Thanks for the awesome video, DW2 was my favourite of the ps1 DW games, so I always like it when I can hear someone talk about it... despite people usually not liking this one as much.
your digimon world videos are literally some of my favorite digimon content around. I still go back and rewatch this and the original video a lot, it's amazing stuff. I really really really hope you'll grace us with a DW3 video in the future, keep up the good work
Great video! Digimon World 2 has always been one of my favourite games, completed it when I was 10, then replayed it a couple times on emulator and once on a improved mod. The emulator speed up and save states really mitigates all the terrible things, ie 10x speed makes battles go fast, save states lets you guarantee catches on a lower heart or reset generated maps, but most importantly, saves you from return bugs
Hey man, just wanted to say you're an immense talent on screen and off. You clearly know what it takes to properly review a game and you're damn good at it. Your comedy lands every time. I'm immensely impressed, subbed for sure. Looking forward to more and seeing your older uploads.
I remember renting this game at a Family Video when I was little. I recall loving it, but never even got close to beating it within the week. And watching you go through the equivalent of hell to make this video... I think I'll stick to that memory.
Amazing video! I can't wait to see more!
digimon was such a big part of my childhood. i'm 34 years old now. and spending 1 hour watching ur video. really made my day. thank you so much for going through all the trouble of playing it from start to finish. amazing video. amazing commitment. you sir, are an amazing guy. thank you. love from Malaysia!
orang kuantan sini same bro umur kite membesar dgn digimon. teringat main game ni sebelom g skolah dulu2. 2 3 kali jugak complete kan game ni memang terbaikk 👍👍👍
@@syedothman8058 let's goo!!! Kuala Lumpur sini!! Ye dooh. Aku Ngan adik Aku abis skolah je Digimon. Pastu jeles sebab budak skolah ade bawak Digimon gi skolah. Best doh Zaman takde tiktok. Hahahahha
@@Mrfaisalariffin89 auto download epsxe brooo hahaha standby nk grind level kaw2. Aku ntah berape banyak habis duit dekat buku stiker digimon tu shitttt scam !!
Thank you for all your work on this one. Digimon World 2 was a big part of my childhood even if I never got very far at all. I also appreciate your on screen music notices (keeps me from wondering what some of the bops are)
Keep it up and don't lose hope my friend!
Thank you so much! I'll keep working hard!
I was so sad i bought this game as a kid, nothing like world 1
gettin 99:59 is pretty common in this game, I got it playing as kid and in the time did just discover File island.
I really hope to see a sequel to this game. A modernised version with improved systems and design could be amazing for a dungeon crawler.
digimon cyber sleuth is pretty similar
@@CrumpetsNBiscuits without the digi beetle :d
@@gaiadrazeryeah we need to hear "SHOOTER GUN"
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Cybersleuth is more like the DS games(which take after Digimon World 3) than Digimon World 2
@@westonmeyer3110 You sure about that? I played the DS games and I dont feel that at all with CS.
It felt like a fusion of DW2 and Persona to me.
Fantastic work Wayne. I played Digimon world 1 and 3 during my childhood, but I never did get Digimon world 2. Thanks for playing it so I don't have to, and I'm looking forward to seeing how you like Digimon world 3
Digimon World 2 is hand down my favorite Digimon game. Getting through the 99 stages at the end and beating the final final boss was so worth it....after grueling hours of gameplay it felt so good.
This is my favorite of all digimon games, it was the best ever!
Digimon World 1/2/3 could use some true remakes, mostly 1 though.
At this point I'd settle for re-releases. PlayStation has a bunch of psone classics on their service with rewind features, save states, and trophies. If they added a speed boost it would make Digimon world 2 SO much more playable. Digimon as a whole doesn't really seem like they do any kind of remakes, they're more all about making sequels and spiritual successors.
You want them to remake THIS game? Go play Digimon World on the DS or better yet the Cyber Sleuth games.
Yes, updated and finished. It was missing chunks of the game and was still great.
to bad digimon never got as popular as pokermon there should be more digimon games out there, sure the ps 2 had the digimon game where they had weapons like swords, claws and this, i loved this game
I always did like Gaia's face being right there in the intro movie, always made me wonder before I was finally able to get to it. DW2 is definitely extremely tedious though, and there really is a reason people recommend a fast forward button. I wish there was rom hacks or other things that reduced the grinding, but I can't imagine there is anyone that would want to do that anyways.
ITS FINALLY HERE!!!! Ahhhh been searching up the channel everyday to see if it’s been uploaded, thank you SO much for your hard work! Love your content!
I've had people recommend this game to me and I just know I really wouldn't enjoy it. This was a great review and thank you for going through this game to make this review! I hope the next review doesn't put you through as much turmoil as this one did.
The sad part is that the game is actually fun if you're not going into it with the intention of finishing the game. Around the section where you can access the other two Digimon types the game really opens up. I have multiple save files where I just kept training and catching more Digimon and never even continued with the story
It's a hard game to recommend to anyone.
Dude, well done👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I know this was a lot for you. You've made all of your followers proud we're excited to see what you do next, but rest up.
This just confirmed what I already knew. DW1’s story and mechanics are by far the most engaging in the DW series and the only way for a sequel to be good is to revamp them. On that note, can’t wait till you review Next Order in a decade or so!
As a guy who played most of digimon game, i agree. 1 maybe the only game i keep replaying every few years or so. Its indeed best digimon game, played redigitize but dont like it that much as 1, bit different feeling.
Wil try next order when i have time.
I completed this game as a teenager and it took me ages. It brings me so much nostalgia that I love Digimon World 2 though. Thanks for breaking it down! It's great to see you revisit all of my memories (especially the painful ones).
I actually have a way around your Digimon being confused being uncontrollable. Always give them an interrupt attack. BTW, Interrupt Attacks are cool. Why? Because those attacks can also tell you which Digimon your enemy is gonna target AND if you get a status effect or not! Also, you can still attack while Confused...ONLY if it's an Interrupt attack. Saved me a ton during the Gekkomon debacle.
Also, always dog pile gekkomon or platinum sukamon. Confusion sucks in this game big time.
Just stumbled onto your Digimon World 1 Video a few days ago so to find this right after is amazing! Loving your content :D
I still play this game at least once a year, As much as i love it, the criticisms are very much valid lol if we ever got remasters of the ps1 era world game with QOL updates, i think would help it tremendously
First video of yours that popped up on my recommended, you're super entertaining to watch, this was well made and I love the positive energy, can't wait to go through the backlog haha
Loved digimon world 1 as a kid and currently playing the third one for the first time and enjoying it immensely. Never touched this title and don’t think I ever will especially after seeing your mental breakdown lol. The third one seems to me like they learned what went horribly wrong in the first two games and improved on those parts a lot. While not a perfect game I still think you’ll have actually a good time instead of what happened with this one :D You’ve put so much effort and hard work into these videos while having a job on the side too that’s incredible. Looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts on retro games!
You're missing out then. I loved the 2nd and 3rd ones.
Yea im replaying 1 a lot. Did 3 once few years ago....but just dont enjoy it as much, too much time travelling without much travel QoL, tho i did finish it, maybe i wont replay it anymore unlike 1.
Did play 2 back when i was a chiid, never finished it either. Tbh i dont see playing it again coz how grindy it is.
I'll admit I'm a long time fan of Digimon. So much that I play Pokémon till the next Digimon came releases. But what you said is true.. thus is a game for grinders and "sadist" (which I am a grinder) for the casual gamer.. please God no skip this game for your own sanity. Watch a playthrough and be OK with it. Great job and welcome to the club of grinders that beat this game
For Casual? Even Vets of this game hates this game's grindy simulator.
It kills Casuals easy and makes Vets vomit out of spite.
This was probably the most grindy RPGesque game in the PSX due to how mandatory its Level System forcing you to grind.
The fact that you need to fight to Level Up once in an already limited enemy type dungeon makes you grind to Level Up even with the EXP met the requirements.
i feel bad for you in advance about making a review of DW3, it will take triple the amount of hours...
Glad somebody has taken on the task of going over these games nobody has the time to play today. Really enjoying your content. Keep up the good work!
"People like Veemon" more so people who watched Digimon Adventure 02 in Japanese, he's so much more annoying in the American dub.
Still not as bad as how they ruined Davis/Daisuke's character in the dub rewrites to the point of making the English dub of 02 near unwatchable.
Oh god, i forgot about how annoying the english dub veemon is
I honestly believe that you are bringing digimon back with your videos. I love your content and rewatch them just to relive the good times
This is an emulator friendly game. It is NOT fun without the ability to just use save states and speed up. And honestly, today you have both Cyber Sleuth games, that handle all of this much better. But the game has charm, if you are willing to emulate it. I am probably going to play it again, with an emulator, since I would not play this game without it. Digimon World 3 also has a similar experience, though it is way more tolerable without an emulator than 2. Great video ❤👍
Those BlocNotepad Walkthrough and cheats truly take me back to the REAL hussle of gaming back in the day. Nice.
now play the REAL digimon world 2: Next order.
playing this now currently on an emulator and thank the stars for speed up and better graphics lol. Its still a grind!
I love digimon
This is the most complete video about Digimon World 2 that i've ever seen, congratulations my dude.
Digimon World 2 has a special place in my heart because it was the very first digimon game I played in my life. I reallly like the freedom it gives to us when it comes to building your team and choosing your digimons. I remember when my brother digivolved a Betamon and it turned into a Dark Tyrannomon and that was the first time I saw that digimon in my life and since I used to love dinosaurs when I was a kid (90s kid lol) I got completely mind blown and, to this day, Dark Tyrannomon is still my favorite digimon.
I played it again on my PSX when I was a teenager, got pretty far but didn't finish (actually I never finished it). I'm waiting for a Steam/Xbox release of a Digimon HD remaster collection to play this one again :D
So, do you have a complete physical copy of the game? IIRC the manual had A LOT of necessary information in it. It IS in fact old enough that expecting you to read the manual was a thing. But this one is DEFINITELY an ideal target for an HD remake that'd fix the performance issues and add some QoL improvements. Even just an in game digivolution flow chart (even if unobtained digimon were blacked out and specifics weren't mentioned until you unlocked them) would go a long way. Like, the second you see that something can't digivolve further you can abandon that dead end... or power through it. Pretty sure the maximum level cap is far higher than what you need to beat the game.
if only namco bandai would even consider doing that :( sadly they want digimon to fail and wont bother. still remember the blue balls they gave us when they showed all the old digimon game trailers and made ppl think they were remaking them for us for their digimon con and then were like nope we are not :(.
I watched this video without any background of this game. You did an amazing job in explaining the mechanics, showing the potential that's there and still also showing why... it just is not worth it unless this is the game you plan on playing exclusively.
It was an amazing video. Thank you!
24:10 Yep, the auto-pilot can be damaged, you just had luck. If it's damaged, you have to walk in circles until your EP runs out to exit the dungeon. Love this game.
Can confirm. Made me always stock 2 parts fix at least when I enter a domain. Least of my priorities though since I remember some layouts block you from progressing if you can't clear obstructions which is way worse than not being able to go back
Love the dedication you put on this video. This game was really important in my childhood. I almost beat it as a kid, but my memory card broke after I defeated the Dark Masters and I lost all my progress. Seeing this I realize I was SO CLOSE to beat it!!!! It will remain as one of my incompleted life goals as a gamer. I am now 33 years old and I think I will never finish this, I do not have the mindset anymore for this kind of game and that depress me a little, but well that is part of growing up I think. Thank you for showing me how little I understood the mechanics of the game! My English at the time was not the best... and I played the game with a dictionary Spanish-english at my side. Curiously the English I learned in this game started my journey to learn English and now I am a lawyer who works doing contracts both in Spanish and English when My coworkers ask me where I learned English I tell them from "Digimon world 2":
Again love your edition and video, keep up the good work!
Return bug oh, last floor before boss. I´m so nostalgic about this game, learn how to catch, 2000 money after 0 EP and understand to not fight with digimon after level cap. I love this game so much. Great video.
In a big deep dive of the Digimon games (DW/DW2/DW3 etc) and this is a GREAT retrospective and review. Thank you for all the time you spent on one of my favorite childhood games (that I'm still emulating and trying to beat today)!
Awesome video!
One interesting thing to note is that the slowdown that occurs when selecting your moves mid battle happens specifically when playing the game on a ps3. I've never figured out why it does this, but it keeps me from going back to the game on a ps3 for that reason.
So not only did you beat thr game, you beat it with your battles taking a small chunk longer than usual. Not that the game is much shorter without that one instance of slowdowns.
Lol, this reminds me of soooo much!!! Thank you for taking your time to do this full review!!
I really liked this game because I'm sure that I'm some sort of a masoquist, but even when I was at the brink of finishing it I never did due to something that happened (can't recall what) that was frustrating enough for my little self and leaving it behind (maybe I had only about 5-10% left to do, I never went to the moon, but I can recall some of the last bossses in your video). Sometimes I thought of retaking the challenge of finishing it, but I didn't remember much of it, so I knew that it would be a pain to recall once again the convulated story or what I was suppossed to do.
I loved your video because it reminded me so much about the game. Though this wasn't your case, I recall that the game would lag in a digimon's attack animation and I would leave the game running for minutes or even hours until the animation would play out, otherwise the long progress up to that point would be lost; other times that would not even work and I would have to restart the game console and start over again. Mind you, that happened many many times. That's why I'm sure that I'm some sort of masoquist for almost finishing the game.
It did have its charm back then, and many other games also had problems, so I'm sure that we were kind of used to that. But today, as you said, I would never recomend this game. The first Digimon Game I would, I still love a lot from it that you don't like, for example the mechanic of rebirth and taking care of a new digimon line, not knowing how it all works due to hidden mechanics but having to learn from your own gaming experience, I really LOVE that!!! But in Digimon World 2, I really dislike the Hidden mechanics and unintuitiveness the game has. As you mentioned, when my digimon reached the level cap, I thought the game had been tampered with and didn't undertsand that it was a mechanic on of itself. I had to repeat the game for at least 3 times to understand that it was a mechanic. Recruiting was also painful to understand and many many other things, specially for someone of my age range (9-13), I'm sure of it.
Anyway, I do want to thank you again for the full review, because it did allow me to FINALLY take away that iching at the back of the mind I had for a long time of never knowing how it ended. I can die in peace now.
Man that japanese artwork for DW1 looks insanely cool! Nice job on being able to add that to your collection, if the NA version is anything to go by it was probably hard to find or expensive at the very least. (NA version is 110$ on Amazon)
Also MAD respect for wanting to make your review/retrospective as authentic as possible by playing the original disc version in your PS3. Dude, that takes guts because this game broke me as a teenage kid. Yeesh, still kudos man we the audience appreciate you so much! Seriously authenticity is the #1 commodity on YT right now so i'm glad to see you peddling in it. :)
This is mainlining nostalgia and I thank you for your sacrifice. I remember the grind in this one. Didn't finish coz I got busy
Fantastic video, love your channel!
I loved this. Your outro speaks volumes - sitting in front of the TV on a weekend and just grinding it out as a kid was the ultimate fun experience back then, because all we had was time. I re-visited the game in my 20s and felt very similar frustrations to you, with the slow and tedious movements, but this game holds a special place in my heart and will always be my favorite Digimon World game. I could not agree with you more, though, that this isn't a game you can recommend - it really does take a certain kind of person to grind and enjoy this game for all that it has to offer.
Thank you for this video. I wish you the best for the third!
I've been waiting for this video since seeing your last Digimon World review. I love your thorough explanations about the mechanics. It really helps me understand how the games work. Its also really really entertaining
If you think you'll be revisiting this game on an emulator as you said towards the end, might I recommend Digimon World 2 Alternative? A rom hack that doesn't change too much of the base game in terms of the dungeon crawling etc but overhauls the systems within: Like how every digimon can go from rookie to mega, no Triceramon shenanigans. A lot of the digivolution routes change , and the documentation for that is pretty good, it even includes a matrix for DNA digivolutions so you can plan out the route you want to take to get your favorites (Also Omnimon is only on average 10 DP instead of 20, which is actually doable). The variety of encounters is also way better, and the game is overall more challenging, which now that you've found out some of the tips and tricks to the game, you may crave the challenge.
The increased challenge also paradoxically reduces the grinding required, since the wild digimon are higher levels, you can increase your "Digimon A's" level cap really easily when you have a Digimon you like.
Give it a shot!
That mod is sooo good, so much better than original. literally wish they did that with digimon world 3
Such an amazing video!!!
Good job slogging through this. As a kid I was always lost in all the complexities and maybe digivolved once or twice and couldn't understand how to progress. This just fulfilled so much curiosity that was just sitting idle.
the dedication for you to play this game, I love it! You got a sub!
Hats off to you Wayne for tackling this game. I am really looking forward to your DW3 video but very much understand that I have to wait until next year. Look after yourself first and foremost mate. Keep up the great work aftera well deserved rest mate
Just found this video due to the almighty algorithm. Gonna binge all your digimon videos cuz your editing and eye for detail is suberb. Well done.
Really glad you found my little corner of rambling here! Hopefully you enjoy your stay!
Just found your channel and I'm loving the content! I loved Digimon World 1 so I'm excited to see that video next!! Keep it up!!
Thankyou for playing this game, My 10 y/o self playing this game without knowing English was an experience
Great video man. That kind of grinding really built my perseverance at a young age, beating Gaia on the original PS1, man. You HAD to do the work. Also maybe already someone pointed it out, but did u know that, when on confusion state, your digimon can still perform an interrupt attack at your command? That's why i always kept an interrupt skill at hand for EVERY digimon. BTW get ready for 3 if you hate grinding!
Honestly, as a huge Digimon fan... your review is so good. It has some charm, but it's so tedious. It has bright spots, but you really gotta dig. And if you enjoy that, you'll love this game. It really wants a remake or sequel that sands down the rough parts.
Thank you so much for playing this game. I happened upon it at my cousin's house, and loved what I saw of it.
I played it years later as an adult and came across the same mess that you did. I really loved the DNA digivolve mechanic, thought it was cool as hell, but the actual amount of time that you spend interfacing with the actual fun mechanic of the game was FAR too short.
If any of the digimon world games need to be remade, it's this one.
Well done video! Criminally underviewed. Liked and comment for the algorithm. Your hard work shows!