Review by Matt S. Over a number of years now, Japanese developer, Rideon, has steadily built up a quality little property for itself in the Mercenaries tactics series. Mercenaries Blaze is the fifth in the series, and while it’s still not of the standard of the premium examples of the…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Experience Inc is one of the most under-appreciated developers out there. In addition to being behind the finest horror visual novel series out there (Death Mark, Spirit Hunter: NG), the company also creates some incredible, beautiful, classical Wizardry-style dungeon crawlers. If you haven’t played Stranger of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Last week Nintendo localised the original Fire Emblem into English for the first time, to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon first released in Japan-only way back in 1990, and playing it in 2020 has been some real nostalgic joy. A lot of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Haven is the first “traditional” RPG to land on the PlayStation 5, and it’s an absolute delight. It’s a non-violent turn-based RPG about two lovers that left their entire world behind so that they could be together, in tranquil isolation. It’s a truly beautiful, heartfelt game,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We’ve already reviewed Dragon Quest XI twice – once on the original release on PlayStation 4, and then the enhanced version on Nintendo Switch. That second, enhanced version, is now on PlayStation 4. It doesn’t do much more, so this is going to be a short…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Shiren the Wanderer has finally landed on Nintendo Switch, and brought with it the very most classical interpretation of the roguelike genre that you can imagine. It’s turn-based, procedurally-generated, tough-as-nails and unforgiving stuff. I love it. I’ve done this video to look at the expanded way…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It is appropriate to make the core motif of a Shiren the Wanderer game – a genuine pioneer in the now saturated roguelike genre – that of fate and fortune. The roguelike, after all, depends entirely on the metaphoric roll of the dice, to determine everything…
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)! New…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It is one of Square Enix’s most enduring properties, and yet, for the longest time the company has resisted doing more than a single game in it. That’s all about to change, however, with the company announcing NEO: The World Ends With You. Related reading: Our…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I liked the Souls games before they were cool. In fact, I loved them before they were even Souls games. Way back on the PlayStation 2 (and earlier) FromSoftware had a series called King’s Field. It wasn’t particularly popular, because it was brutally difficult (the PlayStation…
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