Digimon World 3 Review - The RETROspective

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Жыл бұрын

It's time to put a 20-year journey to close as I finally beat Digimon World 3 for the PS1! This is a game that's long been on my mind ever since I first bought it way back in 2002. Join me for this look back at the first PlayStation game I ever bought!
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@yuanyuan2352 Жыл бұрын

i want DMW3 remake!

@Neston64 10 ай бұрын

I am doing a remake from Digimon World 3. Take a look at my channel and you will find some trailers and videos. Hope you have enjoy!!!

@kelvinsmith6812 10 ай бұрын

Same

@johjoh9270 2 ай бұрын

Same, although I wish we had a few more training and caring to do, personally I'm loving Digimon World: Next Order precisely because od that, plus I'm liking the semi automated combat, gives digimon and mind of their own making you more the tamer, wish there were even a few more things to do both in combat and care/training wise for evolutions and such

@akiotatsuki2621 3 сағат бұрын

Were getting a GEX "remake, or remaster" so DMW3 is def possible!!!

@chuckshirley1227 9 ай бұрын

THE GRINDING SUCKS, THE RANDOM BATTLE MADE ME WANT TO TEAR MY HAIRS OUT, THE FETCH-QUESTS ARE RIDICULOUSLY TOO FAR APART, AND THE UNDERGROUND CIRCUIT WAS A NIGHTMARE TO TRAVERSE, BUT BY GOD WE LOVE IT ANYWAY!! And the Card Battle, OoOoOoh it is *chef's kiss* SCREW YOU TRICKY GUILMON!!

@TheKpa11 Жыл бұрын

That whole synopsis sounds like a Pokémon plot, with the big final fantasy boss at the end

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

That's an incredibly good way to sum it up!

@probablydepressed9900 Жыл бұрын

Digimon Art Online is my favorite of the ps1 games. Unlocking different evolutions made the grind a lot more bearable, but I don't think I'd have the patience to play it to the end today.

@garynaccarato4606 10 ай бұрын

The thing with the counter crest is that a large portion of the opponents would quite often use physical attacks quite liberally and would not really using magic attacks as often so that part of the reason why the counter crest was so capable of helping the player beat opponent who they would otherwise never have any fighting chance against.

@tonyyoung1991 5 ай бұрын

but counter crest only op in us version tho

@haysen123 3 ай бұрын

Counter crest chance is only 100% on US version

@abyss0void Жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video. You summarised one of my favorite RPGs greatly. All the pros and cons. I wish BANDAI released a similar Digimon Card Battle game.

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks and I agree! The card battle system has a lot more depth than I remembered considering it was a side part.

@profesorteto1 Жыл бұрын

that story about your memory card and rpgs is so painful it should be classified as a horror story

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

I remember being pretty depressed back when it happened. I think the only one I'd actually beaten at the time was FFVII.

@ThatGuyThai 7 ай бұрын

Ah yes many of our first gambling experiences through training 😂

@mattjvr6189 10 ай бұрын

I also played this game as a kid, but couldn't finish it when our PS1 broke. I later played it on an emulator and was having lots of fun, it was great to switch off my brain and just play. That being said, the grind is long and the story did eventually get lost on me with all the fetch quests. All in all I have fond memories of it.

@kanchomerocks12 10 ай бұрын

Something that should be said is that the European version improves upon this game. The counter crest isn't nearly as broken and it gives you post game content. I don't know if it had more changes, but those are the main ones

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say 2003 is outright better but it does feature that extra content for players that want it.

@wellconversation5406 9 ай бұрын

Digimon world 3 is my favorite game for its light and detailed features. Digimon world 2003 changes too much, although I would recommend it to people who are interested in platinize games. Mainly difference is in: 1) It's fast-paced music. 2) Methods of gain experience which is altered and in post games. 3) A) Some items B) skills have been changed. 4) The possibility of virtually infinite tamers appearing to continue playing cards with various deck possibilities. 5) It will also be possible to win legendary armor for one of the 3 expanded digimons, Monmoon, Kumamon and Kotemon. 6) The camera is more moving, showing more angles 7) The life bar is mirrored. 8) When fishing and releasing the cursor on the yellow bar, it produces a sound that indicates a confrontation with an aquatic Cardmon. 9) Correction in the lines of the INN NPCs (which have no plot in the original version). In short, the game becomes more challenging, more difficult to level, as well as nerfs to attacks and items, but you will never "finish" the things to be done, but the feeling of doing EVERYTHING is more satisfying, especially in terms of making the most of it and the limit of your Digimons (But this will cost a lot of time). The Digimon World 3 version, on the other hand, is more relaxing in every way and you will focus more on the story and honestly it's not even worth going after the legendary weapons, since the game after the final boss is over and at most you will use it in it.@@FiresideGamingReviews

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'm not a complestionist and prefer to only play through the main story in many games. If I do extra stuff I want it to be because I wanted to and not to say I did everything. That's why DW3 is better for me than 2003.

@wellconversation5406 9 ай бұрын

Me too

@SorventTV 11 ай бұрын

iirc Cardmon was a pretty solid exp grind. Especially when you got the multiple cards Cardmon.

@FiresideGamingReviews 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, they were solid. The only problem is they have a higher chance of running away, which was annoying. Still worth it though.

@ethanwasme4307 7 ай бұрын

Glad I got to play this game as a kid, today I find it really difficult to play games with random encounters. Music in this game really makes me wanna play this again

@FiresideGamingReviews 7 ай бұрын

I personally still like random encounter but I love when a game let's me have some control over them. Like how Bravely Default let's you turn them completely off or double the number of them.

@kelvinsmith6812 10 ай бұрын

This game def needs a Remake/Remaster.

@ray5330 Жыл бұрын

wild story about magnets and memory cards

@TheKpa11 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know magnets could do that to your memory cards

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

I've heard arguments that they can't because memory cards use flash memory, which isn't supposed to be affected by magnets. But I've got no other way to explain why the data was there before the magnets were on the card and why it was gone after.

@CronicasDeGisthia 10 ай бұрын

I remember how good it felt at the beginning, when I finally managed to defeat Seiryu's Tamer which was difficult as fuck but manageable. Then the tiring backtracking quest for the Blue Card in order to get to the East Sector... just for every single wild digimon there one-shot every single one of my digimon. Game's tough.

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

The difficulty spike at that part of the game is really bad.

@Skadi.- Жыл бұрын

in dire need of a remake

@Neston64 10 ай бұрын

I am doing a remake from Digimon World 3. Take a look at my channel and you will find some trailers and videos. Hope you have enjoy!!!

@robertooregon3612 9 ай бұрын

Great video - I’m going through a similar odyssey of finally beating it myself now. Even with an emulator and cheats to make the game faster; THERE IS SO MUCH WASTED TIME BACKTRACKING. This game would be great if there was less grind and less wasted running around. Or AT LEAST a fast travel system

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Thanks and I wish you luck on your own playthrough! The grind and backtracking really is insane. Submarimon and Digmon help a little with the latter but it's still too much, lol.

@kernium 10 ай бұрын

*3:10* Yeah, magnets have a tendency to wipe memory from anything that holds data. There's a reason you should *never ever* put a magnet near you PC in the off chance to goes near your hard drive and kills it.

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, younger me was quite careless, lol.

@garynaccarato4606 10 ай бұрын

Even though I loved this game I think that there was at least some room for improvement.

@garynaccarato4606 10 ай бұрын

I don't care what anybody says I was a definitely sucker for this game.

@gabgallant 10 ай бұрын

Really great vid. I loved this game as a kid. I never made it past the factory part in the desert though. The grind is definitely intense on this one. I want to re-play it with 2x as a cheat. Seems really fun and nostalgic.

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I know some people that say emulating it with fast forward makes it a much better experience. Haven't tried it yet but I bet it would help with the grind.

@Deejaylal 29 күн бұрын

I was wondering why the long story. Once I heard the magnet thing I understood. Ouch.

@sergimon9595 Жыл бұрын

There needs to be a remake/ROM hack of thos wonderful game

@Logetastic 11 ай бұрын

Magnets on the TV... you're lucky the memory card was the only thing lost.

@FiresideGamingReviews 11 ай бұрын

Lol. Yeah. There was at least a layer of wood between the two from the entertainment center but I get what you're saying.

@FinalFrantasy 7 ай бұрын

Just finished this game today! The backtracking is absolutely atrocious.. That being said, overall I had a pretty good time and it introduced me to new digimon I had never heard of like Hououmon being a standout favourite to use! About halfway through the game I decided to only use my Renamon and that improved things so much for me. I didn't have to grind a single time after that and Sakuyamon/Hououmon solo'd the whole adventure pretty much!

@FiresideGamingReviews 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations on getting through it! Especially with all the backtracking. I've heard running a single Digimon is a good way to play but I was greedy and wanted lots of different ones on my team, lol.

@renatozdravac7385 2 ай бұрын

After 20 years and many, many failed attempts (almost exclusively facilitated by my lack of will to do so much grinding and backtracking), I can finally say that I've finished this demon of a game. It has been taunting me and evading me for far too long, and it is now almost a year and a half since I did it. And I've finished it with Beelzemon, Diaboromon and Imperialdramon PM as my squad to face the big boss. The carcass pile of purple Numemons in the Jungle shrine (if we imagine one) was... Astonishing. I've put approx. 150 hours into it, and I don't regret a single minute of it. Why? - you may ask. Well, by doing it that way I'm not in danger of the most vile gaming-perfectionist thought - maybe I could've done it better. Maybe my Digimon could've been even stronger, maybe I could've had better cards... No. Every single thing was as strong as it could be. And now it is laid to rest. It is by far the most satisfactory thing I've done gaming-wise, and I've done stuff like finishing RDR2 with 100%. My 10yo-self and I thank you for reminding us that we don't need to ever - EVER! play this heroin-addiction-equivalent of a game again.

@FiresideGamingReviews 2 ай бұрын

Oh man you really went all out on that! While I love this game I don't think I could ever put that much time into it. Congrats on getting through and even mastering Digimon World 3! And thanks for watching!

@tcrobot Ай бұрын

Rumble Arena was sweet.

@RealCutieMutie 9 ай бұрын

Although it wasn't as bad as your accident, I also didn't finish DW3 in the past because of a save problem. Buuuut it was my fault, the save is so slow that one day I just wasn't up to wait to be able to turn the game off, then I just did in the middle of the save. I was a dumb kid 😋

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Ouch. Yeah, I can understand that. It's slow enough I remember going to grab snacks while saving.

@saravelasco5807 10 ай бұрын

As someone who likes doing side quests before the main story, this game is actually exactly to my playstyle without me even realizing it. 😅 I can see how it’s mediocre for everyone else though.

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

Just a bit too much grind is the biggest thing for me. Otherwise it wouldn't be that much of a problem.

@marccos007 10 ай бұрын

Who wants to play the complete version, should choose Digimon World 2003.

@ivannierez7731 Жыл бұрын

I don't think I will ever neat this game. Only ever make it to the dessert. Glad to know how it goes. Are you aware of the EU release "digimon world 2003"? this version has post game missions, you get to log back into the digimon world. Boost up the exp, tone down the random encounters and change the 3D battle to have Cyber Sleuth graphics. Perfection!

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

Yeah. It lets you do the server champ battles after the story. But from my understanding it's got some weird things where if you don't collect all of the ultimate weapons before Galacticmon then you can't do all the post game and I didn't want to even risk that. Plus, the game is plenty long as it's and finishing with Galacticmon just feels better for the story.

@The_Bromodo Жыл бұрын

@@FiresideGamingReviews Speaking as someone who played 2003 twice through (once without the Epic Items and once with), yeah, it's painful. You need mons at level 40 to even start unlocking the smiths needed to create the Epic Items , so that means Patamon to level 40 as well as Renamon just for the ultimate wand. And then 2 out of 3 from Agumon, Guilmon, and Veemon. Plus you also need specific and very easily missed items in order to upgrade those Epic Items too. It's not a fun time, but at least the blue Numemon in the Jungle Shrine in South Sector makes for a good grinding spot.

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

That does sound like a pain. I'm glad it's not the version of DW3 we got in the U.S.

@SpergusonAutismo Жыл бұрын

"my odyssey is over" like hell it is, you still have to play the european version that has a post-game scenario where you fight the tournament to become world champ. it also has a new circuit board filled with bosses (both regular and card-game bosses).

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

I don't think I have it in me, lol. I'm happy with my playthrough here and would rather leave it at that.

@SpergusonAutismo Жыл бұрын

@@FiresideGamingReviews emulating and speeding up helps

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

That's fair. Maybe one of these days I'll give it a shot but it wouldn't be for a long time.

@kanchomerocks12 10 ай бұрын

"We take her out without a problem" *Looks at Bastemon* Excuse you!

@xXLuckyJeroXx Ай бұрын

The grinding was REALLY bad at some point but it goes the other way as well: Once you make sure you rather train Speed than Strength, the game suddenly gets TOO easy again since you dodge most attacks AND have 2 turns of attacking💀combine it with Counter Crest and the game gets way too easy REAL quick!

@yoariku1 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a grandia review?.. wait I'll look it up Editor Note: i played it myself and just want people hear talking about this gem

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

Grandia is one I definitely plan to cover some day. I've considered trying to squeeze it in this year but can't say for sure. If I did it would probably be a longer review akin to my Wild Arms one.

@KnightYoshi Жыл бұрын

Did you pronounce gondola as gone-dola? LOL. Heard that, couldn't move past without commenting 🤣

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

If you enjoy hearing mispronunciations of common words then your gonna love my channel, lol. Seems like I do it at least once per video.

@santosmurilo Жыл бұрын

The Bearmon is the name of the Digimon you pointed and the Digimon from Frontier it's called Chackmon in the original JP dub. I live in Brazil and that's the translation we used here.

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

We had some weird name change things happen in the U.S. Bearmon was originally named Kumamon like his Japanese counterpart, but it was changed to Bearmon later and what is called Chackmon in your region is called Kumamon in the U.S.

@ceecee6521 Жыл бұрын

@@FiresideGamingReviews Fuck me, I remembered that! It was years later that I learned "Kuma" was the Japanese word for "Bear" and that Bearmon's name was pilfered by Chackmon! And Bearmon was my favorite Digimon!

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

@@ceecee6521 There was so much confusion among my friends when Frontier came out with the "new" Kumamon and it didn't look at all like the one we knew.

@dman8662 Жыл бұрын

I thought you were going to destroy a ride at the fair or something with those magnets. I would say what really happened is worse.

@baddragonite 11 ай бұрын

I remember finding a specific spot around half way or more into the game where you could grind levels easily where without fail every battle would give you at least one level up. Used thta to get a bunch of the megas. Kinda sad you can't really even get to one just by playing the game naturally

@FiresideGamingReviews 11 ай бұрын

It really is. And it sucks that a lot of Digimon games have a similar system with heavy grinding. I love Digimon but its games have never really been the best.

@Neston64 10 ай бұрын

I am doing a remake from Digimon World 3. Take a look at my channel and you will find some trailers and videos. Hope you have enjoy!!!@@FiresideGamingReviews

@xbon1 9 ай бұрын

Yo, that rattlesnake story is the same as mine, except mine fell on my ps2, was fine but dented the fuck out of it.

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Those things were definitely chonks. I can easily see that happening!

@primajayasleepwear2882 Жыл бұрын

the problem i found is this game is no teleport or auto pilot that can save time, and repetitive and meaningless random encounter

@FiresideGamingReviews Жыл бұрын

Fast travel would help. I like the underwater and underground stuff but it can be easy to get lost with all the different paths.

@joseecadequeiroz3190 9 ай бұрын

Huh, I also had lost a save file back around that age while playing the same game and it discouraged me at the time as well 😭

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

We have a shared pain! Lol

@joseecadequeiroz3190 9 ай бұрын

@@FiresideGamingReviews yes sir. Even had those same magnets! (fortunately that wasn't the reason behind my pain, it was just me being dumb) Your complaints are... well, those are indeed the issues with the game. Yet I love it, weird how it goes About the tcg, I'll be picking RB-01 tomorrow 😅

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

That is funny and yeah I've got a soft spot for the game despite it's flaws. My local hobby shop is bad about only ever ordering a Digimon set every two or three releases. So while I'll no doubt pick some up it'll probably be a couple weeks down the road when the wife and I visit a shop further away from us.

@tegridytom8826 9 ай бұрын

Wow good thing you went into great detail about that story with your memory card otherwise this review wouldn't have made any sense....

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Tone can be hard to understand through text so while this comes across as sarcastic I'm going to choose to believe that isn't your intention. In that case, thanks for checking out my review.

@mitchreich5849 9 ай бұрын

Try playing digimon world 2003 , same game but more contents 😊

@FiresideGamingReviews 9 ай бұрын

Thanks but I'm good. The post-game content never appealed to me personally.

@garynaccarato4606 10 ай бұрын

There was alot in Digimon world 3 which made me sort of get stuck and say to myself how the heck was anybody supposed to actually figure that crap out?

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was more than just vague at times. I still have all the nostalgia for it, but dang if it didn't frustrate me at certain points.

@garynaccarato4606 10 ай бұрын

@@FiresideGamingReviews I think that trying to navigate the Mobuis desert in order to get to the mirage tower and retrieving the digi egg of sincerity in order to cross the ocean were the two things in the game which got me stuck for the longest.

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

Mirage Tower is the kind of thing that sells strategy guides. But then again, I got stuck in Protocol Forest, lol.

@lopez37 6 ай бұрын

Enjoyable? YES. Not a good videogame? That also.

@Bunni89 10 ай бұрын

Man I played this so many times as a kid and only once got further than the 8lue Card debacle. It was such a good game but soooo heavy on the backtracking fetch quests!

@FiresideGamingReviews 10 ай бұрын

That blue card search is one of the most annoying things in the game but I can forgive it, lol.

@RaineyDaysStudio 5 ай бұрын

Did you play DW1 as a kid?

@FiresideGamingReviews 5 ай бұрын

Not as a kid. I gave it a shot when I was a bit older but it never appealed to me all that much. Though I think I'd like to give DW2 a chance sometime and see how it is.

@johjoh9270 2 ай бұрын

I spent way too many hours into this game, btw, there's technically a bit more story than Galactimon, after all your dream was to become world champion yea? there was a touenament for just that after galactimon, I could never complete it because I sucked at cards and it was a requirement to have some card battles buuut eh there is that

@FiresideGamingReviews 2 ай бұрын

Ah. yeah. That's in the European and Japanese releases of the game. U.S. didn't get that extra stuff. I'm actually fine with that since it looks like a lot more extra grinding as padding over anything else.