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March 17, 2021

Opinion by Matt S. As far as I’m concerned, the biggest problem that faces gaming as an art form is how easy it is proving to be for developers to use it for the purposes of pure propaganda. Whether it is an explicit recruitment tool for the army, or simply…

Review: Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch)

March 17, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I’m all for games being complex, challenging, and unforgiving. Just this week I reviewed a simulation title, in A-Train, that comes dangerously close to being a genuine degree in urban planning and an MBA, rolled into one. But, if you are going to go down the…

Getting into Saviors of Sapphire Wings: What you need to know

March 17, 2021

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Video by Harvard L. DDNet contributor, Harvard, was the one to review Saviors of Sapphire Wings/Strangers of Sword City for us. In addition to his in-depth, 2,000-word review, he’s also created this “Let’s Play” video, highlighting the early game of Saviors of Sapphire Wings, and giving you some hints and…

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance looks like an exhausting load of content

March 16, 2021

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News by Matt S. You’ve got to feel sorry for Dungeons & Dragons a little. It’s the biggest name in tabletop gaming, by far, and back in the day, with the likes of Eye of the Beholder through to Baldur’s Gate, it was also leading the way with video games.…

Review: A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism (Nintendo Switch)

March 16, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The first thing that you’ll see when turning on A-Train: All! Aboard! Tourism is a super cute anime girl batting her eyes at you as she welcomes you to the tutorial. It’s a bright, fun start to what looks like a charming, colourful little city builder…

The first person dungeon crawler turns 40; what makes this genre so enduring?

March 16, 2021

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Video by Matt S. For as long as I can remember, I have loved the first-person dungeon crawler. Whether it was getting lost in the labyrinths of Wizardry, or inching my way around a SSI Dungeons & Dragons ‘crawler, much of my enduring love for RPGs can be traced back…

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March 16, 2021

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News by Matt S. I am one of those people thoroughly exhausted by zombies in video games. I understand that they’re a convenient enemy type for developers, but there’s a point where “convenient” becomes “lazy” and, with all due respect to game developers, there is a lot of lazy ones…

Review: Saviors of Sapphire Wings/Stranger of Sword City Revisited (Nintendo Switch)

March 15, 2021

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Review by Harvard L. It did seem for a while there that the first person dungeon-crawlers might become a dead genre, but the quality of Wizardry-likes has captured imaginations anew and for the last decade or so the genre has been enjoying a real renaissance for anyone willing to take…

Interesting games on itch.io: March 15

March 15, 2021

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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…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: March 15

March 15, 2021

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News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…

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