Review by Harvard L. I think it must just be something about the latter half of this decade – we’re experiencing a revival of well-designed puzzle games. Whereas in the early 2000’s, puzzle games found it difficult to maintain its market share due to increasing budget sizes and a move…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Penny-Punching Princess represents game development when it’s at its most irritating – it’s a good idea that constantly compromises itself in the pursuit of meaningless “fun”. What we have here is a foundation that could have easily been used to great effect. It’s a game that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Square Enix has announced the release date for the hotly-anticipated Dragon Quest XI in the west; the game releases on PlayStation 4 and PC on September 4. This game is so highly anticipated because it represents the first time that a single player Dragon Quest title…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When I sit back and think on the “life sim” genre – be it The Sims, Animal Kingdom, Fantasy Life, Harvest Moon or others, I always find myself musing over why people play these games. Why would anyone want to play a game about the more…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Some people have a particular masochistic love of inflicting pain on themselves by playing games that are brutally difficult. This is fine – great even! There’s an immense sense of satisfaction that comes with knocking over a difficult game, and there’s a definite market there for…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I don’t want to be too hard on Black Painted Games – it’s a four-person team from Ukraine with a love of cats that decided to push a pulpy science-horror sidescroller out into the world: there’s something so lovely and earnest about that. The game in…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Chōjū Giga Wars is a game that’s available on the Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop. It’s not going to be released in the west – I’d bet money on that. But it will only set you back 700 yen – less than $10 – so go find…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. 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…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Publisher, Raw Fury and developer Plausible Concept, have announced a new game, Bad North. Bad North bills itself as a “real time tactics roguelite,” and while I’ve become instantly wary of any game calling itself a “roguelike” (most developers don’t seem to have actually played Rogue),…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. The Nintendo Switch has been home to many, many ports so far. Some have been great ports that has boosted the Switch library in its first year, and others not so great. Arc System Works have seen the potential of porting its Vita library to the…
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