Review by Matt S. As a platform, the Apple iPad and other tablet devices are perfect for strategy games. The immediacy of interaction, through touching units and characters to direct them about, has an experiential element that helps strategy games as well, making you feel like an omnipresent commander with…
Read MoreNews by Britta S, 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,…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Most developers would dread to have someone say their gameplay “feels like work”, but the opposite is true regarding any manager simulator. Developer Playsport Games and publisher SEGA have crafted a veritable empire in the sports management genre, spanning Football, Hockey, and now competitive racing. Motorsport…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. There is so much pressure facing a manager in football, especially when you consider that in places such as England, the football teams are actually very large businesses. Some of them are even listed on the stock exhange. Their value, as companies, rests entirely on their…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, colour me very pleasantly surprised. The greatest rhythm game ever made, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone is being localised into English. Related reading: Matt’s writeup of the experience of going to a Hatsune Miku live concert. I honestly didn’t think this would happen. Future…
Read MoreRetro Reflections by Nick H. Recently, I was reflecting back on Phantasy Star II, a game that was very memorable to me despite some of its shortcomings. I would go so far as to say that at the time of its release, it was one of the best JRPGs out…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Last year when I was in Japan I had two opportunities to try out Hatsune Miku VR; first at the 2015 Miku Magical Mirai expo, and then again at Tokyo Game Show. In both cases I ended up missing out thanks to a combination of bad…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. My favourite game of all time is about to get even better. On the 15th of this month, SEGA is releasing a DLC pack for Hatsune Miku: Future Tone. Related reading: Matt’s 4,500-word review of Future Tone. No, that word count is not a typo. If…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. Last week I reviewed the excellent Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X. Releasing at the same time as the game is some paid-for DLC, and while I know this puts people off, I’m a fan of DLC in general in extending the life of favourite games. Related…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve already reviewed the Japanese version of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X, when it was released on the PlayStation Vita some months back. Now, however, the game has been released on the PlayStation 4, and in English-speaking territories, and so I figured that I might as…
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