Review by Matt S. Ever since Dark Souls landed on the scene, people have loved calling any game with a high difficulty curve that demanded patience and practice “the Dark Souls of XXXX”. The “Dark Souls of shooters”, the “Dark Souls of rhythm games,” and so on and so forth;…
Read MoreNews by Brad L., Lindsay M., and Britta 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…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Italian neorealism” is a phrase you’re not likely to hear unless you study film at university, or are among the most hardcore of film buffs, but it was an enormously influential movement in European cinema that informed a lot of its future development. Also known as…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. I haven’t played Dead or Alive 5 for quite some time. Not because I’m sick of it by any means (indeed, it’s incredible how much this game has stuck with me from when I first played it on the PlayStation 3 in 2012), but just that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Genuine 4X games are hard to come by on consoles, and I’ve never been quite sure why. Civilization 2 ran just fine on the original PlayStation, many years ago now, and Koei (now Koei Tecmo) has been producing games like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Virtual Reality requires an entirely different approach to game design, and it’s going to take some time for developers to truly start to master what VR can do. Remember back on the PlayStation 1, where developers had access to the right kind of hardware to easily…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. When it rains, it pours. After years of missing out on Nobunaga’s Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms games entirely, Koei Tecmo has now localised three hardcore strategy games in just two years. Hopefully they’ll prove successful, because this is a trend I can see…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. World of Final Fantasy is some of the best work to have been achieved in the franchise. Ever. Both deeply rooted in series tradition, and yet overwhelmingly modern in approach, the game is a love letter to the series for fans, created by a team that…
Read MoreReview by Mikhail M. Duke Nukem 3D is a very special game. I’ve played it multiple times across the original release on DOS and the Megaton edition on PlayStation Vita from a few years ago. Duke Nukem 3D has been released once again in the form of Duke Nukem 3D:…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Picking up the rights to make games based on Rally driving is smart. Most racing games require complex AI to represent the other cars on the track, as well as physics to handle collisions between cars. But Rally doesn’t have any of that. Rally’s all about…
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