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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…

The catch-up coffee: October 13, 2016

October 12, 2016

Bravely Default/Bravely Default 3/catch-up coffee monday/Creepy Castle/Criminal Girls: Invite Only/News/Touhou: Double Focus

News by Matt S and Matthew C. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. Each ‘issue’ we will bring you the best news from the previous few days that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with…

Review: Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 12, 2016

action/Action Adventure/Blockbuster/Eidos/Reviews/Rise of the Tomb Raider/Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration/Square Enix/Tomb Raider

Review by Matt S. Rise of the Tomb Raider does not get off to a good start. Utterly obsessed with hurling its infamous hero, Lara Croft, into rockfaces, having avalanches drop on her, and throwing her into perilous positions where she needs to desperately run across platforms crumbling from underneath…

Review: Dead Rising Triple Pack (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 12, 2016

apocalypse/Capcom/Dead Rising/Dead Rising Triple Pack/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Zombie

Review by Pierre-Yves L. Capcom’s Dead Rising series was really instrumental in changing the way we look at zombies in games. These once classic slowly moving undead have been given a bit more life when it comes to gnawing on the flesh of the living. Granted freedom of movement in…

Review: Slain: Back From Hell (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 11, 2016

2D platformer/Heavy Metal/Indie/platformer/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Retro/Reviews/Slain!

Review by Brad L. Heavy Metal was one of my favourite music genres growing up as an angst-ridden teenager. As time went on and I gained a family, my angst slowly disappeared and with it my love for heavy metal music. Occasionally, some sort of media will come along and…

Review: Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 11, 2016

action RPG/Ankakespa/bullet hell/hybrid genre/PlayStation/PS4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity/XSEED Games

Review by Clark A. Touhou is a franchise known chiefly for its genre-defining bullet-hell insanity. Team Shanghai Alice’s wholehearted embracement of fan-made games (“doujin” more accurately), though, has led to a bustling, open-ended franchise where creativity is bread and butter. Its characters have gone on to star in everything from…

The Goichi Suda Chronicles: On working with Suda at the start of his career

October 11, 2016

character design/DDNet Premium/Goichi Suda/Interview/Interviews/Takashi Miyamoto/The Silver Case

Interview by Matt S. Goichi Suda is a bit of a hero to many on the DDNet team. His unwavering commitment to games that are transgressive and creative, even to the detriment of their critical rating, is noble, and the fact he’s managed to build up a major Japanese development…

Review: NBA 2K17 (Microsoft Xbox One)

October 10, 2016

2K Games/Basketball/Microsoft Xbox One/NBA 2K17/Reviews/sports game/Visual Concepts/Xbox One review

Review by Nick H. In NBA 2k17, the action is smoother than ever and there are so many different modes, options and sliders that almost anyone should be able to pick up this latest release in the popular franchise and enjoy themselves. Admittedly 2K Sports has had the best NBA…

Virtual Reality is important to all the arts, not just games

October 10, 2016

Daily Review/Opinion/Performing Arts/Virtual Reality/VR

Opinion by Matt S. With PlayStation VR released this week, we are of course very excited that, finally, quality VR is available in the homes for a large majority. No longer does it require a high up-front investment (Oculus VR), and nor is it cheap and tacky (many of the…

Review: ReCore (Microsoft Xbox One)

October 10, 2016

action/Action Adventure/action puzzle/adventure/Armature Studio/Comcept/Microsoft Studios/ReCore/review/Reviews/Xbox One/Xbox One review

Review by Lindsay M. Smack-bang in the middle of my all-female protagonist month I was introduced to ReCore. I knew little about the game coming in past the basics: it’s an Xbox exclusive published by Microsoft Studios and developed by a Japanese studio (Comcept), it’s set on a distant planet,…

Review: The Bunker (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 10, 2016

adventure game/adventure games/FMV/Horror/Indie/Live Action game/PlayStation 4/point-and-click adventure/PS4 Review/Reviews/The Bunker

Review by Jim S. It’s been a while since I last played a full live action game. That was Hysteria Project as a PlayStation mini on the PSP back in 2010 it too was a horror game. For whatever reason developers like to experiment with live action in horror –…

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