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July 30, 2022

Competition

LAST CHANCE! Win one of FIVE RIG 800 PRO headsets & Stranger Of Paradise (+DLC)

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…

psychological horror

Why I can’t review Martha is Dead

I don’t believe topics should be ignored in games, but I do believe that certain issues need to be handled delicately; things like mental illness, sexual assault, and war are not topics to be taken lightly. LKA is, to me, best known for approaching some very sensitive topics in The…

Review: Elex II (Sony PlayStation 5)

I’m not sure there’s ever a precisely right time to release a…

Review: Gran Turismo 7 (Sony PlayStation 5)

I really wish I loved anything as much as Yamauchi Kazunori loves…

Review: Jurassic Pinball and World Soccer Pinball (Nintendo Switch)

June 1, 2018

12 for 12/Arcade/Jurassic Pinball/Nintendo Switch/pinball/Reviews/Switch Review/World Soccer Pinball

Review by Matt S. The digital pinball space is surprisingly competitive, given how niche pinball is these days. Zen Studios and its brilliant original creations via Pinball FX 3 and Farsight Studios with its physics-perfect recreation of classic tables in The Pinball Arcade absolutely dominate the genre, and there’s not…

Well this might be the most depressing but potent life simulator ever made….

June 1, 2018

dystopian/kickstarter/News/Orphan Age/Studio Black Flag

News by Matt S. A French indie developer, Studio Black Flag, has released a Kickstarter to finish work on a game called Orphan Age… and it is an eye catching title for some pretty dark reasons. This game is being pitched as a dystopian life-sim where you play as “children…

It’s so good to see another Sonic Racing game is on the way

June 1, 2018

Kart Racer/News/Sega/Sonic/Sumo Digital/Team Sonic Racing

News by Matt S. It’s hard to top Mario Kart as the ultimate character crossover kart racing game, but that hasn’t stopped many developers from trying in the past. Perhaps the most successful of these has been Sumo Digital, whose work on Sonic Racing has been well regarded for a…

Review: PixelJunk Monsters 2 (Nintendo Switch)

May 31, 2018

Nintendo Switch/PixelJunk Monsters/PixelJunk Monsters 2/Reviews/Strategy/Switch Review/Tower defence/Tower Defense

Review by Matt S. PixelJunk Monsters was the best tower defence game ever developed. It was challenging (like the genre demands), but also beautiful, with a great sense of character and place. Distinctive and interesting thanks to its islander aesthetics, it wasn’t a game that was trying to tell a…

Review: Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Nintendo Switch)

May 31, 2018

Capcom/Fighting game/fighting games/Nintendo Switch/Retro/Reviews/street fighter/Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Imagine how you must have felt to be a Street Fighter fan and purchase Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challenge when it launched last year on Nintendo Switch. In that game package you get a single version of Street Fighter 2, some unnecessary HD sprites,…

collecting-figures-in-australia-just

May 31, 2018

Australia/figureines/figures/Good Smile Company/Madman/Miniatures/scale figures

News by Matt S. People who know me know I have a rather impressive collection of anime/ video game girl figures. Most of them (50 or so) are Hatsune Miku, but I’ve also got a few Atelier characters, Risette from Persona 4, and one or two Love Live (Honoka), Danganronpa,…

Spiderweb Software has turned to Kickstarter for its new retro-goodness RPG project

May 31, 2018

Jeff Vogel/kickstarter/News/Queen's Wish: The Conqueror/Spiderweb Software

News by Matt S. If you’re a fan of old-style RPGs, and have fond memories of the old Dungeons & Dragons games, from Eye of the Beholder through to Baldur’s Gate, then you really (really) owe it to yourself to play Spiderweb Software games. Related reading: For more details on…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, May 31, 2018

May 30, 2018

catch-up coffee/Mega Man 11/News/Nintendo Switch/Temtem/Waku Waku Sweets/Yomawari: Midnight Shadows/Yomawari: Night Alone

News by Lindsay M. and 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…

Review: Shio (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 30, 2018

2D platformer/platformer/PlayStation 4/PS4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Shio

Review by Harvard L. Shio is perhaps the most fatalistic entry in the well-populated subgenre of punishingly difficult platformers. It’s a game which isn’t interested in celebrating the player’s achievement or relishing in the player’s chagrin. Instead, it propagates a quiet melancholy aesthetic in its design – dwelling upon the…

review-yokus-island-express-nintendo

May 30, 2018

Nintendo Switch/pinball/platformer/Reviews/Switch Review/Team 17/Villa Gorilla/Yoku's Island Express

Review by Harvard L. Yoku’s Island Express is a game which I could describe as “peak Metroidvania”, or maybe even “aggressively Metroidvania”. I feel a bit guilty making that joke since two-man team Villa Gorilla are developers with a lot of heart, and after a 5-year development cycle for Yoku…

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