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Digimon World: Next Order

Expanded, international release of "Digimon World: Next Order". Digimon World: Next Order is a Digimon role-playing game. The game's story centers around two potential main characters: Japanese third-year high…

69 27 January 2017

Digimon World: Next Order is an adventure developed by B.B. Studio, released 27 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Digimon World: Next Order is

Digimon World: Next Order is an adventure game developed by B.B. Studio and released in 2017. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game's story centers around two potential main characters: Japanese third-year high school students Takuto and Shiki. Takuto was once a passionate Digimon fan in his youth, even becoming runner-up in a national tournament, but has since become more concerned with adolescent life and wondering about his future. He and Shiki are transported to the Digital World, where they meet their Digimon partners, including Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon and Palmon. They are joined on their journey by classmates Kouta Hirose, whose partner is Guilmon he nicknamed "Yukimura", and Himari Oofuchi, who is partnered with a Salamon she nicknamed "Rikka".
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 45 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Digimon series

Digimon World: Next Order is the 62nd of 85 entries we hold in the Digimon series. The next entry was Digimon Tamer Frontier in 2017. Its critic score of 69 is 7 points above the series average of 62. The highest-rated entry is Digimon Story: Time Stranger at 84.

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How it was received

Digimon World: Next Order holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4300, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Digimon World: Next Order launched on 27 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, For Honor, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Digimon World: Next Order yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Digimon World: Next Order — frequently asked questions

When did Digimon World: Next Order come out?
Digimon World: Next Order was released on 27 January 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Digimon World: Next Order?
At minimum, Digimon World: Next Order needs Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4300, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Digimon World: Next Order?
The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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