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. One of the first things that I realised when I started playing Nostalgic Train was that I haven’t actually played any Japanese “walking simulators” before. Not that I can remember having played, at any rate. It’s a genre that seems to have either spoken to western…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M.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 Dee)! SaGa…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Admittedly it has been quite a long time since I played my last Gungrave title. That was Overdose, which was released on the PlayStation 3 as a PS2 Classic title ten years ago. For an example of how raw my writing was back then, just check…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Auteur theory, and whether it should be applied to video games, is one of those more interesting debates that we can have about this medium. Most of the time it’s difficult to identify a single person as being responsible for the creativity in a game; the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sometimes Koei Tecmo does a really good thing. A thing like bringing Monster Rancher back. The company has announced today that the first two Monster Rancher titles, Monster Rancher 1 & 2, will be getting a re-release on Nintendo Switch, PC (via Steam), and iOS, on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When you hear the term “Eurojank,” you might well assume that it’s being said as a pejorative, but no. That’s not the case at all. “Eurojank” games are, as the name suggests, titles that come out of Europe from the B-tier developers. Developers that can’t match…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M.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 Dee)! The…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been playing a lot of PlayStation 2 recently, and reminding myself of just how many great games we’ve lost. The PS2 was an era of experimentation, ideas and, more than anything else, art over monetisation. I hadn’t really played the body of PS2 games since…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been looking forward to King’s Bounty II a great deal. I love pulp fantasy, I love B-grade RPGs. This one always looked like a thing I would love. I wasn’t disappointed. This game is by no means something for everyone, but for genre fans it’s…
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