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by ddnetadmin

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…

on-genre-and-video-games-were-talking

March 10, 2021

Game Theory/genre/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. As I was reviewing Dry Drowning – an amazing game that I very nearly missed – I was reminded of an issue that I have with the way that we talk about games, and it has to do with genre. How we organise and categories games…

review-dry-drowning-nintendo-switch

March 10, 2021

Art Game/Horror/Indie/Nintendo Switch/noir/Reviews/Switch Review/visual novel

Review by Matt S. Why did no one tell me about Dry Drowning before? It is very much my kind of experience. It’s thought-provoking, has a solid grounding in literary tradition, and weaves a gripping narrative. Looking through some of the other reviews that have popped up since the game…

Review: Steam Prison (Nintendo Switch)

March 9, 2021

adventure game/adventure games/Nintendo Switch/otome/Reviews/Switch Review/visual novel

Review by Matt S. Take a dash of Alexandre Dumas, a dollop of class warfare, and a hearty dose of Steampunk, and then make it all sadistic and you’re more or less at Steam Prison. A little like Piofiore: Fated Memories, this game does like to subvert what people expect…

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone sales top the half-million mark

March 9, 2021

Financial results/Hatsune Miku/News/PlayStation 4/Sega

News by Matt S. I don’t usually cover sales figures here on DigitallyDownloaded.net, because how well a game sells is really irrelevant to the quality of it. We’re here to talk about art and stuff, not the business of making games, but since this is about the goddess herself, I’ll…

Review: Harvest Moon: One World (Nintendo Switch)

March 9, 2021

casual game/Harvest Moon/Natsume/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/simulation/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Harvest Moon: One World is going to be trounced by Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town when the latter releases at the end of the month. It’s a pity it will be, because while it’s not of the same standard One World is, in its own…

today-we-share-first-screenshot-of-week

March 9, 2021

A Week on the Water/Dee Dee/My Time With Dee Dee/News/Screenshot/screenshots/visual novel

News by Matt S. Hello, Dee Dee visual novel fans! I’ve got some exciting news to share – at the end of the week we will have the proper announcement press release for A Week on the Water go out, and you’ll get the full first details of the game…

Harvest Moon: One World Vs Story of Seasons: Olive Town – Battle of the farms!

March 8, 2021

casual game/Harvest Moon/Marvelous/Natsume/simulation/Story of Seasons/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. What joy, for those of us who enjoy cute farming games; a new Harvest Moon AND and a new Story of Seasons released in the same month. The question is, which of the two should you go with first? In this video, I talk about the…

Review: Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection (Nintendo Switch)

March 8, 2021

2D platformer/Capcom/Nintendo Switch/platformer/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Alex Kidman. Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection is a harsh game that wastes little time in making it clear that this is entirely the point. Then again, why should Capcom’s venerated and vintage platform action series waste any time? If you’ve ever played any of the games in the…

Interesting games on itch.io: March 8

March 8, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

List 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…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: March 8

March 8, 2021

streaming/Video/Video review

News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…

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