This week let’s have a chat about game difficulty; specifically, how much challenge do you like in your games? While people generally criticise the games industry for games getting easier and easier, there are still plenty that will offer up a stiff challenge – especially if you consider the “hard”…
Read MoreHere at Digitally Downloaded, we take our games seriously. One of the debates that has been going on for years in the industry is “graphics vs. gameplay,” but that’s a silly debate, because the graphics and the gameplay aren’t like jelly beans – you can’t pull the black ones out…
Read MoreAt the moment we’re running our end-of-year awards voting for the best games of the year (be sure to vote if you haven’t yet!) But let’s also talk about those games that you were so keen on, but disappointed. Games that on paper or in videos sounded like the best…
Read MoreFinal Fantasy vs. Skyrim. Resident Evil vs. Call of Duty. Atelier Meruru vs… well, nothing can compare to that game. Ahem. This week’s discussion is all about whether you prefer Japanese or Western games. The differences between the two approaches to game development is huge, so most people prefer one…
Read MoreMountain Dew and Doritos. Just about every gamer I’ve ever met loves a good local multiplayer session. Whether it’s the classics such as Goldeneye, some fast-and-furious Smash Brothers, or even sitting around a digital board game like the brilliant Fortune Street or trivia games like Buzz!, getting a group of…
Read MoreAs the games industry has become further legitimised as a creative outlet, some very creative people have been drawn to it. From Miyamoto to Suzuki, from Molyneux to Swift, the games industry is now filled with artistic minds of the equal to their counterparts in the worlds of film and…
Read MoreThis week, let’s talk about online multiplayer! Almost every game features it now, sometimes there’s no point to including it, but there it is. Usually though, it’s a great way of adding competitive depth to the game. Obviously it’s the FPSers that are the most popular for multiplayer, but as…
Read MoreMusic is the often-forgotten but crucial part of the game experience. Whether it’s soaring orchestral epics in an RPG or a complete absence of music in a tense horror game without an appropriate score, a game will never be able to engage with you on an emotional level. So this…
Read MoreIn honour of Tokyo Game Show we’re going to focus this week’s weekly discussion on games that come from the spiritual homeland of games, Japan. Much has been said about how the Japanese games industry is struggling (yeah, right), but one thing is certain, there are still a lot of…
Read MoreThe dust has settled (well, more-or-less), and we now know almost everything there is to know about the Nintendo Wii U – when it will launch how much it will cost, what games will be available on it. There’s been controversies, of course. I’m not entirely sold on the console…
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