Sword & Fairy is one of the biggest properties that we in the West barely notice. As Taiwan’s answer to Final Fantasy the JRPG (CRPG?) series offers some excellent production values and gameplay systems, and it’s a pity the series continues to exist in obscurity outside of its homeland, because…
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This month’s podcast is a simple one: we rank all the JRPGs! Yep, that’s right, we go through all the major series, old and new, and class them according to the tiers we think they belong to. We assume some people are going to yell at us over our picks!…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I 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 Dee)!…
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DigitallyDownloaded.net has signed on to be a major sponsor of one of Australia’s most important dancesport championships. And because of that, we have something amazing to give to our incredible readers! Related reading: Where are the Dancesport video games? At the end of September, Sydney will host the Oceania Dancesport…
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Like most people, I grew up with Disney being a real part of my childhood. So, while I find the content of modern Disney to be little more than a corporation demanding money, the classic hijinks of Mickey and Donald and co will always tap into deep nostalgia. Case-in-point: Next…
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Monster taming/catching games, like Pokémon, are often turn-based in nature. Adore is a little bit different as it features real-time combat instead. The developer, Cadabra Games, is based in Brazil; it makes sense that a Brazilian publisher, QUByte Interactive, would publish Adore. Th game has been in development since 2018,…
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Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life originally launched as Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life for GameCube and PlayStation 2 back in 2023, before all of the naming rights hubbub began. It’s been one month since its remake launched; in his review, Matt described it has having “heart-meltingly warm good-naturedness” and…
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I guess I like PC gaming now. For context, I’ve never actively disliked PC games, of course. It’s just that I spend so much time working on PCs that I struggle to enjoy them as gaming devices. Perhaps it’s a mild form of OCD, but I compartalize my devices. If…
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I’ve been hyped for The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood since it was announced. Matt’s preview of the game definitely fuelled that, but it also helps that it’s from the developer behind The Red Strings Club. There’s also a supernatural/occult/witchy element to it, which immediately draws me into just about anything. I’ve…
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Given that Koei Tecmo won’t do anything with its Uncharted property (no, not the Sony one), Sailing Era was something worth paying attention to leading up to its release. With some truly beautiful character art, this promised to be a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas, combining JRPG mechanics with…
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