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Review: Dragon’s Crown Pro (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 9, 2018

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Review by Matt S. I don’t generally like brawlers, but I do like Dragon’s Crown. In fact, I’ve ended up enjoying it a whole lot more than I thought I would. Back when I reviewed it on the PlayStation 3, I called it a “bit of multiplayer fun,” but not…

Review: Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time (PC)

May 8, 2018

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By Matt C. I’ve spent literal hours agonising how to approach this review, because Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time is a game that defies description. On one level, it’s a surreal comedy reminiscent of light novels and anime like FLCL, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Eromanga Sensei (indeed,…

Nintendo’s paid online service is a joke

May 8, 2018

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Opinion by Matt S. It’s been a while coming. Before the Nintendo Switch was even released Nintendo was promising customers that at some point down the track its online services would transition to become a monthly subscription service, much as Sony and Microsoft have done. And now, a little over…

Review: TurbOT Racing (PC)

May 8, 2018

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Review by Harvard L. I genuinely feel bad reviewing this game – it embodies everything I love about the indie development scene: it’s a re-imagining of a well-known genre with imaginative mechanics that feels different to anything else you might play. It’s an uncompromised vision as well, featuring some excellent…

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May 8, 2018

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News by Matt S. Natsume has released a trailer for its upcoming Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, the latest in that venerable franchise, and the first to be released on both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. After a fair few years of resting on the 3DS and other mobile platforms,…

Fire Emblem, retro games… and this podcast goes places (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #16)

May 7, 2018

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Note: While Digitally Uploaded tries to be an all-ages podcast, we do get a little silly on this particular episode. So apologies in advance for that. There may have been something in the water this week. But anyway, in between all the nonsense (and there is a lot of nonsense…

cheap-does-not-mean-good-value

May 7, 2018

Opinion/pricing

Opinion by Matt S. Thanks to the ongoing devaluation of the games industry (no, really, keep telling me how something that cost millions to make and can occupy weeks of your time is “too expensive” at $Aus100 or $US60 or whatever), we’ve arrived at the point where being “cheap” is…

Review: Timberman Vs. (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2018

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Review by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch doesn’t need games like this in its library. An “enhanced” port of a PC port of an iOS game, Timberman is shallow, limited, pointless “entertainment”, with a ridiculous grind thrown in that tries to stretch the ten minutes of “fun” that you’ll get…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 7, 2018

May 6, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. and Matt S. 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…

Review: Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 4, 2018

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By Matt C. You wake up in the entrance hall of an elegant, old-fashioned manor, with no memory of how you got there or who you are. Your confusion and disorientation soon make way for fear when you find yourself attacked by a strange, minotaur-esque monster. As you flee, you…

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