Sadly yeah. I downloaded this because the art style is amazing, and I was expecting a cute and fun v-pet experience but the game is pretty difficult and I think the competitive nature of it ruins it. The fact that the most basic resources like food are completely limited and cost money is atrocious, not mentioning the fact that the shop is "realistic" so they actually close it for three whole hours. At least in the original v-pets if the Digimon dies it actually feels like it's your fault, cuz you have unlimited food and medicine, and it's up to you to make sure that you're actually checking your Digimon and taking care of it. Instead, in this game they die because you didn't have money to buy basic food or medicine, or even if you did have money, the shop was closed. Money itself is a big issue, as in order to get money you need to win battles, but as of now the only battling you can do is pvp, which is brutal and most of the time you will end up losing because the only way to win is by having drivers, but you can't get drivers if you don't have money to begin with. The cycle then repeats.
It's such a shame cuz the artwork is what drew me to this game, but I'll have to uninstall it until things get fixed. I still have hopes for this game and I really really wish they make it more user friendly for the players who just want to play a relaxing v-pet with nice art, with all the current competitive nature as an option that you could participate in, instead of it being the only way to play the game.