>>42024186Evolution lines are a fucking mess, no digimon is unique due to this. They all can digivolve into whatever other shit, like Renamon evolving into gallantmon which should be Guilmon exclusive.
No transfer between games
They usually don't have a huge selection of characters.
The digimon themselves aren't all charming unless you like their forced personalities.
All the games have differing styles, which makes them a fucking mess, compared to the familiarity of pokemon games. Yes the formula is stale, but it works. With digimon you never know if you will like a game until you have beat it completely.