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April 15, 2021

Clouded Leopard Entertainment/JRPG/News/Nintendo Switch/release date/Release Dates/The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

News by Matt S. If you’ve got a Nintendo Switch, then you can play the third and fourth chapters of Nihon Falcom’s Trails of Cold Steel on it. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean much, since these games are direct sequels to one another, so if you can’t play the first two…

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April 15, 2021

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News by Matt S. Nippon Ichi over in Japan has announced that Shin Hayarigami 3, the latest in its horror visual novel series will release on July 29, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. There’s no news of a western release just yet, so please do let NISA know that…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, April 15, 2021

April 14, 2021

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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)! Hitchhiker…

SaGa Frontier Remastered: Why I love this remade JRPG classic

April 14, 2021

JRPG/Square Enix/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Cult classic, SaGa Frontier, is getting the remaster treatment by Square Enix, and this game is a delight on every level. Superb characters, an excellent combat system, and some amazing art combine to create a game that is eclectic and always fascinating. In this video, I…

Review: SaGa Frontier Remastered (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 14, 2021

JRPG/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/SaGa/Square Enix

SaGa has never been Square Enix’s biggest property. The first couple were even renamed as “Final Fantasy Legends” for release in the west, and SaGa Frontier, the game being remastered here, never even got a release in Europe and Australia. It did get a release in the US, but this…

Siege Survival looks like it’s going to be one very dark simulation

April 14, 2021

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News by Matt S. When I think about medieval warfare, one of the things that I often end up musing over is what it must have been like to be on the receiving end of a siege. Not only do you know that there’s an army out there waiting for…

Review: The Game of Life 2 (Nintendo Switch)

April 14, 2021

board game/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Look, I know The Game Of Life is just a board game and so on and so forth, but in some ways it makes me genuinely uncomfortable. The way it abstracts a person’s progress through life is very much about upholding and celebrating the status quo,…

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April 13, 2021

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Article by Harvard L. If you’re a fan of RPGs, you probably enjoy a fair bit of repetition. Hopefully, that’s not a controversial statement, but if you’re inclined to disagree, I have a simple experiment for you. Load up a copy of Dragon Quest (the original) and start a new…

Reviews: Catching up with Nintendo Switch visual novels

April 13, 2021

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Reviews by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch has become a home for the visual noveLl, with more being released on the console than is easy to keep up with. It is a favourite genre of mine, though, so I thought I’d do some quick summary reviews of some of the…

The games industry’s hostility to short games is a damning indictment of gaming

April 13, 2021

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Opinion by Matt S. I’ve touched on this topic often enough in the past, but I saw a tweet this morning from a game developer that annoyed me enough that I felt like it was worth re-iterating on here, because it speaks to a common attitude towards games that are…

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