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We need to stop defining “progress” in games as “better hardware”

October 9, 2018

Opinion by Matt S. “Serious gamers need serious performance. Get ready for a new standard in gaming.” This ad on Twitter, by Intel, announcing some new hardware or other that it had developed, reminded me to get these long overdue thoughts down on the virtual paper: this idea that improvements…

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October 8, 2018

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News by Matt S. I don’t think anyone expected to see another Onimusha again. For all the success the series enjoyed on PlayStation 2, it looked like one of those franchises that Capcom had grandfathered. But it’s back, in a sense. We don’t have a new game just yet, but…

Review: Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 8, 2018

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Review by Matt S. It makes sense that the team behind SEGA’s wildly successful Yakuza series would be the one tapped to produce a Fist of the North Star title. Despite the blatantly obvious (and extreme) differences between both franchises they do share a common core, which makes it quite…

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October 8, 2018

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Travel by Matt S. I’m back in Australia now, so writing this piece on Japan is my way of dealing with the post-travel blues. That being said, I wanted to write about Gifu city anyway, because I visited it for the first time this year, and it made a powerful…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 8, 2018

October 7, 2018

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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…

The philosophy behind the most brilliant JRPG you haven’t played

October 5, 2018

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Interview by Matt S. Yamanaka Takuya is the perfect example of the benefit of having the director of a video game come from outside of game development. Young for a game director, and appearing more like an indie rock musician than game developer (which is amusing, because he shares a…

Bringing RPG Maker to a new generation

October 5, 2018

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Interview by Matt S. It has been a while since the last RPG Maker appeared on a home console. While there’s been a few on handheld (and RPG Maker FES on the Nintendo 3DS even got a English localisation), the last time RPG Maker has been on a TV console…

Review: Reigns: Kings & Queens (Nintendo Switch)

October 4, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. Reigns is a game about being many things at once, and it too, is a game which tries to be many things at once. It feels poetic to review Nerial’s compilation of the original and its expansion on the Switch, also a console which tries to…

Review: Armello (Nintendo Switch)

October 4, 2018

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Review by Matt S. I rarely continue to play a game for years after its release. I just don’t have the time. Even games I truly love I can never seem to find an excuse for a replay. At least, until they transition to become “retro” enough that I can…

On making the game to celebrate 20 years of Atelier

October 4, 2018

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Interview by Matt S. Atelier is special to me. I discovered it relatively late – Atelier Rorona on the Sony PlayStation 3 was my first (and I am ever so happy that I’ll have that particular title on my Nintendo Switch soon enough), but I fell in love with the…

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