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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…

God of War: the debate! Also the games of May and cutscenes (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #15)

May 1, 2018

cut scenes/Digitally Uploaded/digitallydownloaded.net/god of war/podcast/The games of May

You may have noiced there wasn’t a podcast last week. Apologies for that; technical issues got in the way. But we are back now, and we’ve got a cracking podcast for you! This week we kick things off with a discussion about God of War. Then we also chat about…

One of the most underappreciated roguelikes ever to be re-released on PC

April 30, 2018

Compile Heart/Ghostlight/JRPG/News/PC/Roguelike/Sorcery Saga/Sorcery Saga Curse of the Great Curry God

News by Matt S. Compile Heart’s Sorcery Saga has got to be the more underappreciated roguelikes. That comes with being a PlayStation Vita exclusive, I guess. For the most part a very traditional take on the genre, with its top-down perspective, just like Spike Chunsoft’s Shiren the Wanderer (the torchbearer…

Review: SkyPeace (Nintendo Switch)

April 30, 2018

Arcade/arcade games/endless runner/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/SkyPeace/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. This is going to be one of the shortest reviews I ever write, because there is so little to this game. But then again it’s going to set you back $Aus1.50 (or equivalent in other parts of the world), and as the saying goes, you get…

Dark Chronicle: My first play through (part 4)

April 30, 2018

Dark Chronicle/JRPG/Level-5/PlayStation 2/PlayStation 2 Classics/streaming/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. And on we venture in Dark Chronicle! A lot happened this week; we met a new character, fought yet another clown-themed boss, met the seven dwarves – or whatever they’re called in this game, and then started exploring a new dungeon. See? Lots! It was a…

Review: Sky Rogue (Nintendo Switch)

April 30, 2018

action/Arcade/dogfight game/flight sim/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Sky Rogue/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Well, here’s something I didn’t expect; a roguelike that actually got me excited to play a roguelike. With a ridiculously high percentage of indie developers deciding that randomised levels are a clever way of padding out the amount of “content” in a game, and “roguelike” being…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, April 30, 2018

April 29, 2018

catch-up coffee/documentary/God Eater/God Eater 3/KURSK/News/Nintendo Switch/PixelJunk Monsters/PixelJunk Monsters 2

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…

Learning history through Samurai Warriors! Mitsuhide Akechi; Samurai Judas

April 27, 2018

history/Japanese History/Koei Tecmo/Mitsuhide Akechi/Samurai Warriors/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Mitsuhide Akechi is well known as being the one that pulled off the biggest blindside (i.e. betrayal) through the Sengoku period, ultimately leading to the death of his lord, Nobunaga Oda. This video looks at who Akechi is, and why he was willing to do such…

Review: Saturday Morning RPG (Nintendo Switch)

April 27, 2018

JRPG/Nintendo Switch/nostalgia/Reviews/RPG/satire/Saturday Morning RPG/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Nostalgia’s a tricky beast. Not only do you need to tap into the memories and emotional response that people have to the thing you’re waxing nostalgic about, but you need to do so in a way that doesn’t also capture all its problems. And when you…

review-eat-beat-deadspike-san-nintendo

April 27, 2018

Arc System Works/Eat Beat Deadspike-san/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/rhythm game/Switch Review

Review by Tyler T. While the name might sound like total nonsense to those that aren’t intimately familiar with the Novus Orbis Librarium, Eat Beat Deadspike-san is actually a rhythm game spin-off of the BlazBlue fighting game series. The game takes advantage of the Nintendo Switch’s touchscreen, and has players…

A Chinese developer is creating a love letter to 90s anime in Eastward

April 26, 2018

China/Chucklefish/Eastward/JRPG/News/Pixpil

News by Matt S. Chinese developer, Pixpil, is teaming up with publisher, Chucklefish, to bring us Eastward, a gorgeous retro-style JRPG that is a love letter to anime of the 90s. In development for PC and Mac, this gorgeous-looking little adventure has some serious pedigree around it, particularly in terms…

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