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Video: Star Ocean is remade: Great Galactic JRPG action

December 4, 2019

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Video by Matt S. I’m a big fan of Star Ocean – have been since the third game was released on PlayStation 2. However I had never actually played the original, so with Square Enix releasing the remake of it on PlayStation 4 and other consoles, I jumped at the…

Game of the Year 2019! Arthouse game of 2019

December 4, 2019

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Awards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…

Review: Simulacra (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 4, 2019

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Review by Lindsay M. If you found a lost phone on the ground, what would you do? Would you pick it up? Would you actively try to find the owner, or passively wait for someone to ring it? Now what if that phone was left at your doorstop, and when…

Review: Amazing Brick Breaker (Nintendo Switch)

December 3, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Amazing Brick Breaker is shovelware, just so we’re clear here. This is a game with no fresh ideas, it’s not presented in a way that could be called “interesting”, and it probably took around a month to make. But on the other hand it works and…

Review: Lost Ember (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 3, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Damn it, I so badly wanted to love Lost Ember. It’s a beautiful and heartfelt project that weaves together concepts of ancestry and memory, nature and preservation, and does so in a completely non-violent manner. It’s a game of exploration and discovery, and it is truly…

Game of the Year 2019! The Best Narrative Of 2019

December 3, 2019

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Review: Decay of Logos (Nintendo Switch)

December 2, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Setting out to make Dark Zelda: Breath of the Souls, and then throwing a dash of Princess Mononoke in there, is certainly a brave and bold move. Portugese-based developer, Amplify Creations, is probably better known within the industry than it is within the gaming community, as…

Review: Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts (Sony PlayStation 4)

December 2, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Yes, I’m reviewing a shooty shooty bang bang. Perhaps an even bigger shock is that it is one that I genuinely enjoyed. Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts is not even the most high profile or critically lauded in its genre this year, but then given that so…

Game of the Year 2019! The Art Direction award

December 2, 2019

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Harvard Let’s Plays: Absolute Drift – Zen vroom vroom

December 1, 2019

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Video by Harvard L. When you’ve had a tough week, you need to just zen out sometimes. You’d never think that a vroom vroom racing game would be the tool to do that, but as Harvard explains in this Let’s Play of indie masterpiece, Absolute Drift, that’s exactly what you…

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