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Review: Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Nintendo Switch)

November 30, 2020

JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Roguelike/Shiren the Wanderer/Spike Chunsoft/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. It is appropriate to make the core motif of a Shiren the Wanderer game – a genuine pioneer in the now saturated roguelike genre – that of fate and fortune. The roguelike, after all, depends entirely on the metaphoric roll of the dice, to determine everything…

DDNet Awards 2020! A/NZ Game of the Year

November 30, 2020

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Awards by DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we roll out the red carpet and celebrate the best that 2020 has offered us. In a year that has otherwise been so terrible, the fact that we’ve had a steady stream of such excellent games to play has…

Interesting games on itch.io: November 30

November 30, 2020

Art Game/Hidden Object/Indie/itch/itch.io/list/PlayStation 1/RPG/Top 10/top 5/visual novel

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…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, November 30, 2020

November 29, 2020

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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)! New…

Review: Mad Tower Tycoon (Nintendo Switch)

November 27, 2020

Mad Tower Tycoon/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/simulator/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. In theory, I would love Mad Tower Tycoon. I find myself enjoying the tower builder simulators most of all. I still regularly play Project Highrise on my Switch, for example. I find the idea of little, self-contained communities within big towers fascinating, and with those really…

Review: LoveKami: Divinity Stage (Nintendo Switch)

November 27, 2020

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Review by Matt S. LoveKami: Divinity Stage loves boobs. Big, heaving, gravity-defying boobs. Boobs that burst out of whatever too-tight clothing is meant to be holding them in and yet, oddly, boobs that don’t seem to have nipples. There are a number of instances through LoveKami where the boobs are…

This is one horror game worth paying attention to

November 26, 2020

Horror/Microsoft Series X/Microsoft Xbox One/News/PC/PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5/Survival Horror/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. The horror game genre has changed over the years, and these days it’s very focused on jump scares and big action – the kind of thing that goes down well for streamers, basically. And then there’s Yuoni, an upcoming survival horror by Tricore. It looks like…

Cyberpunk 2077: Too much of a good thing?

November 26, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077/game length/Opinion/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Cyberpunk 2077 is just around the corner now, and it’s a game that people are obviously very excited for. But news emerged this week that was a little concerning, insofar as the game’s narrative and theme are concerned: a developer working on the game has spent…

Review: Planet Coaster (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 26, 2020

Planet Coaster/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/simulator

Review by Matt S. It has been a good couple of months for the simulator genre on consoles. The Nintendo Switch has had ports of Jurassic Park: Evolution, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Tropico 6 and even little indie projects like Mad Tower Tycoon. Over on PlayStation 4, we were recently able…

Review: Replica (Nintendo Switch)

November 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S.There is a lot to discuss with regards to the topic Replica covers. This is a game about Orwellian surveillance and a fascist, censorious state causing individuals to turn on one another via their digital lives. It’s dense stuff, worthy of study and debate. The problem that…

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