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The Eternal Castle: Difficulty-as-Art

May 18, 2020

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Video by Matt S. I really didn’t think I’d love The Eternal Castle. Nothing about it is a “me” kind of game. And yet… This thing is so damned artful in everything that it does that it’s one of the smartest and most interesting games I’ve played in quite some…

Review: The Eternal Castle [Remastered] (Nintendo Switch)

May 18, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I’ll never finish The Eternal Castle. The level of skill that it demands of the player is so far beyond what I’ll ever be able to do that I know, right now and without a shadow of a doubt, that it would be simply impossible for…

Did you miss any of our streams last week? Catch up here!

May 18, 2020

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Article by Matt S. Last week we drove on with Final Fantasy II, delved into ancient Chinese history with some Dynasty Warriors action, went swimming with our favourite Blue Reflection girls, and embarked on a quest to kill zombies and look good doing it in a school uniform. If you…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 18, 2020

May 17, 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…

Review: What The Golf? (Nintendo Switch)

May 15, 2020

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Review by Matt S. It claims to be a “golf game for people that hate golf,” and that is a good summary of the kind of irreverent humour that What The Golf? aims for. It’s not really golf at all though. Rather it’s a silly little physics puzzle game, good…

Crusader Kings III gets its release date

May 15, 2020

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News by Matt S. I do like games based in real-world history that actually respect the history, and Paradox Interactive’s strategy games have been some of the more respectful out there. Europa Universalis IV is great, for example, but as great as it is, there are a lot of people…

Nintendo announces a new Paper Mario with an imminent release

May 14, 2020

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News by Matt S. “It’s not a good look, Nintendo!” wrote one pundit just a few days ago when Nintendo outlined its 2020 content strategy recently, and there wasn’t that much on it. Nintendo was lazy and in trouble for not releasing an endless stream of new content for its Switch…

Just a friendly reminder: Hatsune Miku Project Diva Mega Mix is out now

May 14, 2020

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News by Matt S. We jumped the shark a little with this one, but like I wasn’t going to import a Hatsune Miku game the moment it released in Japan. And like I wasn’t going to review it the moment after I imported it. I love this game, and it’s…

Nintendo Switch gets a Japan-only Hanafuda game, and it’s the perfect import

May 14, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Hanafuda cards – particularly the Koi Koi game that is played using those cards – might just be my favourite Japanese traditional game – I like Shogi and Kendama too, don’t get me wrong, but there’s a beauty about Hanafuda cards that has always drawn me…

Unreal Engine 5 is going to add nothing of value to the artistry of video games

May 14, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. Recently, Epic Games showed off an “in-game” demo of what would be possible with its new Unreal Engine 5, as the engine that will be pushed onto the next generation of console hardware as the next step forward. And you know what? Meh. Nothing about that…

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