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the-opening-movie-for-legend-of-heroes

July 31, 2020

JRPG/News/Nihon Falcom/The Legend of Heroes/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Nihon Falcom has released the opening movie sequence for The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki and… it’s inspiring stuff. All anime games need a good opening movie to set the tone and get players good and inspired and this one will certainly do that for…

Review: Tiny Racer (Nintendo Switch)

July 30, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. Tiny Racer by IceTorch Interactive is not a great game, nor even a good game. But I’m going to try my best to meet it on its terms, and find some positives as much as I can. If you’re interested in racing games there are dozens…

“Hands-On” with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered

July 30, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Square Enix’s next big release is a remaster of the GameCube classic, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Unfortunately thanks to COVID-19 there weren’t hands-on preview sessions for this title, but Square Enix did send us plenty of B-roll, unedited footage to get a feel for what to…

Fairy Tail: Why I love Gust’s latest

July 30, 2020

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Video by Matt S. (Footage in this video captured on Nintendo Switch) Gust’s latest effort is Fairy Tail, its first licensed game. It’s also an excellent JRPG with plenty of spirit, charm, humour and fan service. In this video, I show you some of what to expect from the game,…

Review: Fairy Tail (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 29, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I have been looking forward to this. Gust, the developer behind the Atelier series and Blue Reflection, might operate on shoestring budgets, but the developer understands the classical JRPG form and delivers, without fail, every time. Meanwhile, Koei Tecmo, Gust’s parent company, has a long history…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, July 30, 2020

July 29, 2020

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News by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…

5d-chess-with-multiverse-time-travel

July 29, 2020

5D Chess/5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel/Chess/Features/Major Feature/PC

Feature by Harvard L. This is an unexpected opportunity to delve into a backburner project of mine which I never thought was going to come to light. A few months ago I was having fun with 51 Classic Games for Nintendo Switch (which I’m just going to call Clubhouse Games…

Subscriptions are not good for video games

July 29, 2020

Financial results/Opinion/subscription services

Opinion by Matt S. There’s a great piece over at Gamasutra, titled “are platforms devaluing games to gain market share?” It looks at how, between free game giveaways by the likes of the Epic Game Store, and subscription-based services such as what Microsoft’s doing, people are accumulating more games that…

finally-best-mortal-kombat-character

July 28, 2020

Free-to-play/JRPG/MMO/News/PC/Phantasy Star/Phantasy Star Online 2/release date/Release Dates/Sega/Steam/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. No more changing settings on consoles. No more buying US cards for the premium in-game purchases. Phantasy Star Online 2 will finally be available in Australia itself, for PC via Steam, on August 5. One of the most popular free-to-play MMOs, Phantasy Star Online 2 has…

are-transgressive-games-really-that

July 28, 2020

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Video by Matt S. There’s been a couple of big “transgressive” games that have had movement in recent weeks – Succubus and Lust From Beyond had new trailers, demos, the works. In this video, we look at transgression as a theme. In video games we often talk about it as…

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