Aussie readers of DDNet, have we got a treat for you! (Note: this competition is only open to Australian residents. Apologies, overseas friends, but I’m sure we’ll have another contest for you soon) Stranger Of Paradise is one of the finest, and smartest, games in Square Enix’s storied series. As we wrote in our 4.5/5 review: Do you know that…
Review by Matt S. I’m reading a book on Simón Bolívar at the moment – his addition to Civilization VI caught my attention, and while I’m reading it slowly as I’ve got a million other things to do, I am finding it fascinating. It’s fascinating because while we all know…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Hades landed on my Switch out of nowhere this week – I had no idea the game was even in development, but I am immediately in love with it. What a beautifully slick, intelligent, refined roguelike it is. This is just my first impressions from the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.Tokyo Game Show 2020 kicked off last night (for Australians), with a couple of shows from Microsoft, Square Enix, and Lightning Games. There are a few full-day schedules of streams ahead now, so rather than trying to cover these announcements or interesting tidbits separately, I’m going to…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. As it did with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 trades gameplay for narrative in its remake of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, and the results are glorious. For those who were fans of the 2002 cult classic by Illusion Softworks (no, not that Illusion), Mafia: Definitive…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. At DDNet, we take great pride in being a vocal, alternative voice in video games. Across our reviews, features, videos, podcasts and visual novels, we are committed to providing a genuine resource for people who enjoy their games a little creative and artistic, love games out…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’ve never played Misshitsu no Sacrifice, a Japanese-only PSP “suspense adventure game,” but it looks great. Thankfully for me, D3 Publisher is about to make it much easier to experience, teaming up with developer Intense to announce a remake (western translation of its name and all),…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fanservicey cat ’em up (what a great term) visual novel series, Nekopara, has been a bit of a hit on console across the first three episodes and now, thanks to CFK, we have the fourth to look forward to in December. Related reading: Our review of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Naveah tries to channel the same kind of melancholic mood and challenging puzzle-platformer action that drove the likes of A Rose In The Twilight and The Firefly Diary. It’s nowhere near as robust or evocative as NISA’s own efforts, but this game is not without its…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.What an epic story this has turned out to be. Back in 2015, a couple of former NISA employees broke away to do their own thing, and that game would be called Undead Darlings – a dungeon crawling JRPG with some really cute characters. The developer has…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Video games are very good at drawing inspiration from outside of the industry. Popular authors, from J.R.R Tolkien to Tom Clancy, Andrzej Sapkowski through to Franz Kafka have all been tapped, and frequently, to inspire various video games. Popular film is a happy hunting ground of…
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