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Fort Triumph: When a lack of creativity hurts a great idea

August 17, 2021

RPG/Strategy/Tactics RPG/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Fort Triumph is a brilliant idea: It’s XCOM meets Heroes of Might & Magic, and with Ubisoft having destroyed Heroes, an indie bringing that kind of gameplay back is downright noble. Unfortunately, in execution, the game hurts itself with a lack of depth and a lazy…

Review: Fort Triumph (Nintendo Switch)

August 17, 2021

Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/RPG/satire/Strategy/Switch Review/tactics game/western RPG

Review by Matt S. Heroes of Might & Magic is a dead franchise. As beloved as it is, Ubisoft now owns it, and has absolutely no interest, whatsoever, in indulging niche strategy RPG things (unless the execs can ruin it by turning it into a live service). What that means…

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August 16, 2021

Bloodrayne Betrayal/Microsoft Series X/Microsoft Xbox One/News/Nintendo Switch/PC/PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers/Wayforward

News by Matt S. BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites is a re-release of the 2011 WayForward action/platformer that is coming to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. It now has a release date: September 9. BloodRayne Betrayal was actually one of the earliest games that…

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August 16, 2021

Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. One of the books I write about in this month’s Dee Dee Zine is Kawakami Meiko’s Heaven. It is a deeply uncomfortable, nihilistic book about bullying, and certainly anyone that reads it that has experienced bullying will be challenged terribly by it (in fact, everyone should…

Interesting games on itch.io: August 16

August 16, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

List 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…

Review: Boyfriend Dungeon (Microsoft Xbox One)

August 16, 2021

Art Game/Dating Simulator/Indie/Reviews/RPG/visual novel/Xbox One/Xbox One review

Review by Lindsay M.I originally made a typo in the title of this review: “Boyfriend Fungeon.” And honestly, it’s so much fun that could be the name of the game and I wouldn’t even think twice. The premise of Boyfriend Dungeon, an action-adventure RPG, is quite simple: date your weapons…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, August 16, 2021

August 15, 2021

catch-up coffee/News

News 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)! Life…

On creating a “mix tape” of the very best arthouse games from itch.io

August 13, 2021

Art Game/Indie/Interview/Interviews/Super Rare Games

Interview by Matt S. Super Rare Games has something really cool in the works; a limited edition “mix tape” of favourite ultra-indie games from itch.io. As most readers here on DDNet know, we love itch.io. Each week we do a feature where we highlight the wildly creative stuff that ends…

The Friday Ten: Ten awesome Game Boy games that will never get re-released

August 13, 2021

Friday 10/Friday Ten/Game Boy/list/Retro/Top 10

List by Matt S. It has been such a long time since I did a Friday Ten list, but I’m feeling inspired to start them again, since they’re a fun way to get chatting about all kinds of games. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been on a kicker…

Review: Shadowverse: Champion’s Battle (Nintendo Switch)

August 13, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Shadowverse: Champions Battle is a game that I have been waiting a very long time for. To be precise, 21 years. It was 21 years ago that the Pokémon Trading Card Game was released on the Game Boy Color, and as far as I’m concerned Champions…

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