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…
News by Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Sword And Fairy 6 doesn’t have the world’s best production values. It’s not the best made game, either – in fact, it’s a bit of a mess. And yet, I found it utterly compelling. Coming from China, it’s a rare example of a Chinese RPG that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the true veterans of the indie development space, Jeff Vogel and his development studio, Spiderweb Software, has been plugging away for decades now, creating ultra-low budget, fully-featured RPGs, such as Avernum and Avadon. Related reading: An interview with Vogel on DDNet, from way, way…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Not long ago, Square Enix released an in-depth developer diary, looking at Final Fantasy IX, which had just been released on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch at the time. Now, backing that up, the company has done the same with Final Fantasy VII, which was recently…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I would never have expected a game that looks like a love letter to River City Ransom, and is about school gangs beating up on one another, would offer up such meaningful insights about the existential dread that many face going through their teenage years. But…
Read MoreReview by James T. Generation Zero brings to mind a festival I once attended which was evacuated overnight due to heavy rainfall. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the memo and awoke from my tent to a scene as close to an apocalyptic event as I can imagine. An eerie, desolate landscape…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koch Media France made a little (big) mistake, sending out a tweet and video announcing the western localisation of Utawarerumono Zan. Previously unannounced, it seems likely that this is a NISA project (as Koch is NISA’s publisher in France), and that means that an announcement that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I like discovering new sports. Rarely, a video game will actually be my intro to a sport I haven’t head of. That’s happened this week, because eCrossminton introduced me to crossminton – a sport I didn’t even know existed. This is one very low-budget, niche sports…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Zanki Zero: Last Beginning wants you to believe that it’s different to the Danganronpa series, despite being made by the same narrative and creative team. It positions itself as a dungeon crawler; something a lot more active and game-y than the aforementioned visual novel torture trilogy.…
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