Review by Harvard L. The Church in the Darkness stars you as Vic, the sibling of a member of the Collective Justice Mission cult. In a revisionist 1970’s, the cult’s enigmatic leaders took exception to America’s policies and relocated all its members to an agrarian compound in South America. As…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. With over 700 monsters to collect and battle, Siralim 3 is the game that you should probably be playing if you are one of those that is disappointed by the limited Pokedex that the upcoming Pokemon titles will offer. Beneath Siralim’s humble presentation is a deep…
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 MoreReview by Matt S. Chocobo Mystery Dungeon was my very first Nintendo Wii title (I came late to the party with that console). I bought it second hand, at a ridiculous price (I assume it was a rare release in Australia), but it was worth every cent. The game epitomised…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You could call Rico a kind of reverse Payday; where Payday was a co-operative shooter that let you play as the robbers, Rico is a shooter that encourages co-op play and lets you play as the cops. It’s nowhere near as well made as Payday and…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. RemiLore is a game that unfortunately I do not have the patience for. South Korean indie outfit Pixellore brings to the table a top-down beat-em-up with a JRPG flavour, that weighs a little too heavy on the grind and a little too light on the substance.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “Roguelikes” are dime a dozen these days. Any game that takes a procedural approach to the level design (i.e. the level is randomised) is proudly broadcast as a roguelike, and it’s easy to understand why; random levels means unlimited replay value, or something. If that’s not…
Read MoreWarGroove, the independent-developed Advance Wars “clone” is the flavour of the week this week, so we chat about that. We also discuss the state of the Nintendo eShop (it ain’t great), and discuss one of the most over-used genre tropes – the roguelike. Gosh roguelikes are awesome when they’re at…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. Space is considered the last destination in humanity’s journey to conquer its environment, and there’s romance and drama in that. Consequently, this final frontier has been tackled by many game developers with their own spin on what space is, means, and must be like. Some focus…
Read MoreReview by Lee F. Mech Rage is a neat arcade title that seems at home on the Nintendo Switch. It’s a top-down shooter with responsive controls where you move from room to room clearing out baddies to progress to the next, collecting currency along the way to change and upgrade…
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