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Review: AeternoBlade II (Nintendo Switch)

October 14, 2019

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Review by Matt S. AeternoBlade II is much better than its predecessor, and that’s not a small thing to say. The original AeternoBlade had its heart in the right place, and, coming from a development team out of Thailand, it was something that you really wanted to root for. Unfortunately,…

Review: Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Nintendo Switch)

October 14, 2019

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Review by Matt S. I think a lot of people were surprised when a licensed crossover was announced between Doraemon, the blue robot cat of Japanese manga, anime and film, and Story of Seasons, the farming simulator that has acted as the spiritual successor to the Harvest Moon series. However,…

Hey, Aussies! There’s a neat (free) exhibition on Japanese horror starting soon

October 10, 2019

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News by Matt S. Local Aussie fans of horror are going to get a kick out of this: The Japan Foundation is putting on a free exhibition dedicated to horror in postwar Japanese manga. It runs for free from October 18 to January 24 next year, and is headlined by…

Review: Soulslayer (Nintendo Switch)

October 10, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The idea of being trapped in a time loop, in which you can use the experience from previous loops to alter the events of the new one, is not a new one. Groundhog Day is a famous example, and so too is All You Need Is…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, October 10, 2019

October 9, 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: Spirit Hunter: NG (Nintendo Switch)

October 9, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Given the number of games that I play, I have a really simple filter for figuring out which are truly special to me: They’re the ones that I remember in one, ten, or more years. It’s not a useful guide when sitting down to review something…

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October 9, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Get trash like Asphalt 9 off game consoles. Just as Apple is taking steps to mitigate against this kind of delinquent free-to-play nonsense with its Apple Arcade, the Nintendo Switch gets a high profile example of it. Opening your device to stuff like this isn’t the…

Review: Concrete Genie (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 8, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. Having recently announced that its company would be focusing less on the indie space to double down on its support of triple-A development, it’s easy to imagine that Concrete Genie as one of the last creative games to receive Sony’s support. Sony’s various subsidiaries had originally…

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October 8, 2019

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Opinion by Matt S. I touched on this in my review of The Alliance Alive HD, but I wanted to expand on it while it’s fresh in my memory. I know that I’ve talked about how games should be shorter in opinion pieces in the past, but here I wanted…

Remasters – what are the good for? Also Nintendo’s new fitness thing (Digitally Uploaded 2019, Episode #32)

October 7, 2019

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There have been a lot of great remasters over the past few years… but there have also been some horrible or misguided ones. What’s the difference, and what should a remaster do? We chat about that this week. We also muse over Nintendo’s next fitness game, which gives you a…

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