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Review: Atelier Meruru Plus: The Apprentice Of Arland (Vita)

September 5, 2013

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Oh how I love Meruru. I discovered the Atelier series with Rorona. It became my favourite JRPG franchise with Totori, but Meruru is something else entirely; this is the perfect traditional, turn-based JRPG as far as I’m concerned. If you haven’t played an Atelier game before, then you might as…

Trailer: XCOM: Enemy Within gameplay walkthrough

September 5, 2013

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I suspect that just about all of Digitally Downloaded’s readers are looking for XCOM: Enemy Within. After a rather decent effort at changing up the tactical gameplay of the series for some shooter action in The Bureau, it is downright refreshing to know that 2K Games understands that people want…

Review: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)

September 5, 2013

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When it comes to the licensed Warriors games, how much you enjoy them depends entirely on how much you like the source material. If you’re a fan of Fist of the North Star, you’re going to enjoy those games more than someone who isn’t. This is true of One Piece…

Gone Home; when the narrative respects the player, everyone wins

September 5, 2013

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I wanted to write a brief piece to highlight Gone Home, and specifically its narrative. The way this little indie title goes about the business of creating narrative is something that every game developer should take note of, because it’s a rare example of a developer taking advantage of the…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap: 8/5/13

September 4, 2013

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The Xbox One finally has a release date, LEGO Minifigures go online, XCOM shows off its new War Machines and we take a look at Dark Horse Comics’ The Star Wars in today’s roundup. November’s going to be expensive Well, it will if you plan on getting a PS4 and…

Review: Star Wars: Force Collection (iPad)

September 4, 2013

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Having grown up a huge fan of all things Star Wars, I have played most of the related video games over the years. I am also one of the biggest collectible card game (CCG) players here at Digitally Downloaded, with everything from PC games such as Magic: The Gathering to…

Pokémon Direct: Pokémon Bank, Poké Transporter, and more detailed

September 4, 2013

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Nintendo held a Pokémon-themed Nintendo Direct event today focused exclusively on the upcoming 3DS releases Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. We’ve rounded up most of the details below. Pokémon Bank Pokémon Bank will be a cloud-based service offering cloud storage for up to 3000 of your digital creatures through 100…

Review: Madden 25 (PS3)

September 4, 2013

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Most sports titles have year releases, and perhaps none are as well-known or divisive as the Madden series of NFL titles. This year Madden celebrates 25 years of delivering virtual football to the masses, and with that kind of anniversary you are looking at a lot of expectations – and…

Review: Real Boxing (Vita)

September 4, 2013

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Real Boxing is another one of those indie games that was originally a mobile game and then remade for a handheld console. The thing is, I can’t imagine playing this on touch screens now, having played the incredible dual-stick setup of this Vita version. As a full disclaimer upfront –…

Review: Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD (Vita)

September 3, 2013

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Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims was originally a PS Mini title for the PSP, and one that was held in high acclaim. It was a unique horizontal shooter in the same vein as The Game Atelier’s Flying Hamster, but wasn’t quite as much fun as, in my view, the…

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