Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is a deeply unsettling game. And I mean that as a genuine compliment. I don’t think there has been another game that has managed to shake me quite as profoundly as this one. Related reading: At the least you should consider playing the original…
Read MoreThe first two Danganronpa games are arguably the most brilliant visual novels in existence. Yes, a bold statement, but one we are more than happy to back up. The third game is on its way to North America and Europe for the PS Vita. We’ve compiled everything you need to…
Read MoreWelcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us! Life is Strange reaches milestone,…
Read MoreI don’t generally write my reviews considering what a game is not. After all, my job is to consider what is in front of me, rather than create a wish-list for a game that doesn’t exist. But I think with J-Stars Victory VS what the game is not is relevant,…
Read MoreBack when I was a child, I had a mild addiction to a little card game that came, one pack of cards at a time, with a magazine I was collecting about dinosaurs. The card game itself wasn’t much more than a Top Trumps game, in which each dinosaur had…
Read MoreSpike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa and its sequel are favourites of the DDNet team, and indeed our community. Not only did we give both games maximum scores, but the first Danganronpa was voted as the best game of all in 2014 by our readers. In that context it’s probably not going to come…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The first Danganronpa was a masterclass in narrative storytelling. Taking a series of murder mysteries, and wrapping them up in a philosophical framework that covered everything from Schrodinger’s Cat to nihilism, game theory to morality, it’s the kind of game that you could replay over and…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. At first glance, Conception II might not look like it is anything special. The story itself is as tried and true as almost any other JRPG as you assume the role of a chosen one with incredible power that will join forces with others to save…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If anyone ever again argues with me that games can’t hold literary merit, I’m going to point them to Danganronpa. Spike Chunsoft’s visual novel is very much like the original Saw film that heavily inspired it; what could have easily been a standard horror narrative reveals…
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