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Review: Tokyo Dark: Remembrance (Nintendo Switch)

November 11, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Cherrymochi is a Japanese development company with a unique distinction – most of the team are westerners, drawn from the UK, Europe and America, but all of them have extensive experience living and working in Japan. It’s rare that a game can be truly Japanese –…

Review: Incredible Mandy (Nintendo Switch)

November 11, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. The premise of Incredible Mandy is simple enough – it’s a 3D puzzle platformer with particular emphasis on the puzzle side of things. It comes published by Circle Entertainment and developed by developed by Chinese studio Dotoyou Games, which also made the very charming Koi. Incredible…

Video: The Outer Worlds: It’s good fun!

November 8, 2019

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Video by Matt S. The Outer Worlds is the latest big western RPG. This time it comes to us from Obsidian, and there was clearly a lot of love poured into the making of this one. It’s got good energy, a gorgeous art style, and some excellent combat. It’s not…

Review: The Outer Worlds (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 8, 2019

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Review by Matt S. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for releases, but one that I’ve been plugging away at for a while since it launched is The Outer Worlds. It’s a well-made RPG from the incredibly talented developers and storytellers at Obsidian, but unfortunately I did hit a…

Death end re;Quest 2’s opening video is a good ‘un

November 7, 2019

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News by Matt S. Compile Heart is never one to let a good property die. With the (entirely justified) success of the original Death end re;Quest 2, the company is now teasing out the concept art and opening movie of the sequel. It looks like it will be more of…

Death Stranding has been let down by the truly rancid discourse around it

November 7, 2019

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Opinion by Matt S. A fair few years ago now, I had the privilege of watching a production of Samuel Beckett’s seminal play, Waiting for Godot. It’s not the easiest play in the world to watch… in fact, very little actually happens in it, and while it can be both…

Review: The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game (Nintendo Switch)

November 7, 2019

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Review by Matt S. I know I took a playful swipe at The Lord of the Rings as a property in my first Dee Dee visual novel, but I actually really like Tolkien’s vision, and the Peter Jackson cinematic adaptation of it. What has been patchy has been the video…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, November 7, 2019

November 6, 2019

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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: Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient (PC)

November 6, 2019

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Review by Matt S. I think we’ve hit the point where we can call the Corpse Party series a massive missed opportunity. What has been created within it has been great, true Japanese horror, but as time has worn on, the poor management of the property thanks to its dōjin…

Review: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

November 6, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Mario & Sonic have been kicking around both the Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games for a fair few years now, and there’s very little that can really be said about the series at this point. It does everything that you would expect, but given this…

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