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November 3, 2020

News by Matt S. As long-time readers know, we do try and update DDNet 3-4 times per day, whether that be with news, videos, reviews, interviews or otherwise. You may have noticed that we haven’t done an update today. That’s entirely on me and I need to apologise. Unfortunately, I’ve…

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November 2, 2020

Dragon Quest XI/Interview/Interviews/JRPG/Square Enix

Q & A by Matt S. With Square Enix ramping up to the release of Dragon Quest XI S on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One in December (this being the remastered version that the Nintendo Switch had released earlier with that gorgeous 16-bit play mode), we had the opportunity…

Review: Clea (Nintendo Switch)

November 2, 2020

Australia/Horror/Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/stalker horror/Survival Horror/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Clea is the kind of game that you’ll want to champion, because it is clearly a labour of love deal. It’s the product of a largely one-man Aussie indie developer, and it comes with a strong vision, some lovely aesthetics, and all the right ideas. It’s…

Interesting games on itch.io: November 2

November 2, 2020

Indie/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…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, November 2, 2020

November 1, 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…

Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 30, 2020

JRPG/Nihon Falcom/NISA/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Trails of Cold Steel/Trails of Cold Steel IV

Review by Matt S. There’s no way I can write a review of Trails of Cold Steel IV that will allow me to talk about the game’s finest qualities. This is the fourth chapter of a series that you absolutely must play from the first chapter, else you’re going to…

Little Hope: Harvard Let’s Plays

October 30, 2020

Bandai Namco/Horror/let's play/Little Hope/Supermassive Games/Video/Video review

Video by Harvard L. Little Hope is Supermassive Games’ second in its Dark Pictures horror anthology. Released just in time for Halloween (of course), it’s a spooky couple of hours of classic horror fun, and if you enjoyed the developer’s previous efforts (Until Dawn or Man of Medan), then you’ll…

Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2 do have a Switch port coming…

October 29, 2020

Clouded Leopard Entertainment/News/Nintendo Switch/Trails of Cold Steel

News by Matt S. … Just not one in English yet. There’s a big “problem” with the Trails of Cold Steel series, in that they absolutely have to be played in order. Each is a direct continuation of the narrative of the one the came before, so if you haven’t…

Review: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 29, 2020

Bandai Namco/Horror/Little Hope/PlayStation 4/PlayStation 4 Review/Reviews/Supermassive Games/Survival Horror

Review by Harvard L. Supermassive Games has a house style which is immediately recognisable and comfortably niche. The team makes slasher games: just like a slasher film, but with quick-time-events and moral choices which determine who lives and who dies. After the runaway success of Until Dawn, Supermassive set up…

Trails of Cold Steel IV: The perfect JRPG… or something else?

October 29, 2020

JRPG/NISA/Trails of Cold Steel/Trails of Cold Steel IV/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S.Trails of Cold Steel IV is finally out, and it’s a brilliant, breathtaking game. We’ll have a review up on DDNet once we can figure out how to write it without delving into spoilers, but the point is you should absolutely play it (though not unless you’ve…

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