I have a sneaking suspicion that Monark will be one of my favourite games of 2022. It is, of course, very early to be calling that, but the talent behind it is sublime: you’ve got the deep-thinking creator Hayashi Fuyuki, who turned a silly concept (“power-up by crying”) into a…
Read MoreList by Matt S. We’re through the bulk of the year now, and certainly, all the major JRPGs of 2021 have been released. As a whole, this year has been absolutely incredible for the genre. Indeed, I’d even go as far as to say it’s one of the best ever,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The amusing thing about BloodRayne 2 is that the game was very much less favoured on its original release… but the ReVamped edition shows that it has held up better. When you consider what the first BloodRayne was trying to achieve – to be that grimy,…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M.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, Dee Dee)! New…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The Kids We Were is a beautiful, artful and emotional little arthouse experience, which comes to Nintendo Switch and Steam very soon indeed. We have a review on DigitallyDownloaded.net, but in this video, we talk about the way the game handles nostalgia for youth, and why…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. The warm aesthetics will warm you while the emotional narrative will often chill you. The Kids We Were is a pixelated Life Is Strange, or an animated Stephen King coming of age story. There’s a dash of Back To The Future, too,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really should give this game a 5/5 score and be done with it. After all, it checks off just about everything I like. It has a vampire (sorry: half-vampire or dhampir, lore nerds) that leans heavily into the sexual motif in vampire tradition. It has…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We’re being spoiled for excellent adaptations of board games on the Nintendo Switch. Late last year the magnificent Wingspan landed, and instantly became one of my most-played games on the console (well, not instantly, but I kept playing it until it did… you know what I…
Read MoreList by Matt S. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Unpacking always looked lovely, but the game really hit something on something special and became one of the most beloved and talked-about games in 2021. In many ways it was a repeat of the runaway success that fellow Aussie game, Untitled Goose Game, achieved late in…
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