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 Harvard L. It’s no faint praise for a game to be compared to the early Legend of Zelda titles, but there is no easier way to express the feel and mechanics of Heart Machine’s indie masterpiece Hyper Light Drifter. This is a top down action RPG which values…
Read MorePreview by Lindsay M. It’s the misty morning of October 11, 1964. I’m in what is labelled as the Wellington Underground, but appears to be a bunker of sorts. There are construction chests scattered about; they each contain a handful of scrap parts. There’s a television set to a live…
Read MoreReview by Mikhail M. Kerbal Space Program is one of the few Early Access games that I bought on Steam to actually release and impress me throughout the development cycle. I was elated at the thought of it coming to PlayStation 4, as it would help more people to experience…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Matt S. I’m going to talk about Final Fantasy in my retro reflections this week, because Final Fantasy is a game that is slowly slipping out of people’s thoughts. It’s almost never listed among people’s favourite games of the series any longer, and very few talk about…
Read MoreList by Matt S. In the fall out from the quite horrible trailer for The Great Wall, in which a film about a Chinese cultural icon is instead led by Matt Damon, a guy with no Asian blood in him at all, there’s been quite a lot of debate around…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I know I’m prone to hyperbole, but I think ABZÛ is actually the most gorgeous game I’ve ever played. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that it’s the brainchild of Matt Nava, the art director for Journey and Flower, but he’s outdone himself yet again.…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. On the surface, Bird of Light is a cute, light-hearted, fun little game that seems to draw its inspiration from Old MacDonald, but don’t be fooled by the cutesy farmyard presentation—it made me think of Animal Farm more than anything else. Bird of Light tells the…
Read MoreReviews by Matt S. Welcome to this week’s short ‘n sweet reviews, where we look at a number of games that we have been playing that we just haven’t got the time to do give full reviews to. These aren’t necessarily bad games – not at all! But rather they…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Last week, a teaser trailer was unveiled for the upcoming film The Great Wall. Now, before I get on with the rest of the opinion piece, I want to make it clear that I fully expect that this will be a great film. One of my…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
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