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Preview: Ary and the Secret of the Seasons (PC)

August 18, 2020

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Preview by Matt C. The most immediately striking thing about Ary and the Secret of the Seasons is the quality of the animation. I’m not just talking about the specific details of how character models are put into motion, but “animation” in the bigger-picture sense: how characters’ movements and expressions,…

Review: Through the Darkest of Times (Nintendo Switch)

August 18, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Through the Darkest of Times is a critically important game that is so relevant and poignant today and we should all play it (and then be terrified by its implications). It’s the kind of game that belongs in schools and museums because the points its making…

The most memorable games of the generation: Part 2

August 18, 2020

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List by Matt S. Everyone else is doing these lists at this point, and that’s probably fair enough. We’re just a few short months away from the next generation of consoles landing, and most of the big games of this generation have now been released. The few left are going…

The most memorable games of the generation: Part 1

August 17, 2020

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Sade: A My Time With Dee Dee visual novel character profile: Aisha

August 17, 2020

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Character profile by Matt S. Hello everyone! Last month we announced the development of the next Dee Dee visual novel; it’s called Sade, and it’s going to be (by far) our biggest and most ambitious project to date. Sade will also feature five characters, including two that we’ve not met…

aussie-horror-adventure-clea-to-get

August 16, 2020

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News by Matt S. “Skill-based, jump scare-free” horror title, Clea, is going to land on Nintendo Switch on October 30, courtesy of publisher Sekai Games. It’s not one we’ve actually covered on DDNet previously (it was released on PC in July of last year), but this one is the product…

Death End re;Quest 2: Why I love this game

August 14, 2020

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Video by Matt S. The sequel to Death End re;Quest 2 is a game that I have been looking forward to a great deal. The original was an amazing mix of high-tension thriller and fanservicey JRPG, and this new game looked like it would be upping the odds on either…

Review: Death End re;Quest 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 14, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Death End re;Quest was one of my favourite releases last year. Idea Factory managed to take its typically ridiculous fan service and apply it to something that was in every other way a tense thriller… and against all odds that truly oddball pairing worked. It really…

Review: Cruel Bands Career (Nintendo Switch)

August 14, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. Over the past few years of Switch ownership I’ve become a kind of a connoisseur of “bewildering” games – games which I enjoy not to play for myself, but to witness the abject confusion and frustration in the eyes of someone else playing it. The easily…

Sade: A My Time With Dee Dee visual novel character profile: Amelia

August 14, 2020

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