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March 1, 2018

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Video by Matt S. Games like Never Alone, Toren, Mulaka, Okami, and others are games that represent the core values and storytelling of the cultures that have produced them. In a sense, they are to games what “foreign films” are to films. And we should play and support them, because…

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March 1, 2018

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Review by Matt S. I bought myself a copy of Hollow because the trailer on the eShop was positively classy. The developer made something with genuine production values, what with a quality cover of “Mad World” forming the soundtrack and all. Yeah, it looked like it was a clone of…

Yay! We have a release date for Happy Birthdays!

March 1, 2018

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News by Matt S. Birthdays: The Beginning wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. The reviews and consumer response to it has been largely mixed. It’s because you don’t kill stuff in Birthdays. It confuses a lot of people into thinking a game’s no good if it doesn’t involve shelling an enemy’s…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, March 1, 2018

February 28, 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: Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (PC)

February 28, 2018

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Review by Matt C. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a game about stories and storytelling. Set amid the Great Depression, it looks at how stories grow and evolve over time: how a sweet but relatively mundane tale of long-lost siblings reuniting can morph into a myth about spirits…

Review: Zwei! The Arges Adventure (PC)

February 28, 2018

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down to Zwei: The Ivalard Insurrection (also known as Zwei II in Japan). In a pleasant turn of events, my hope to one day experience its predecessor came to pass as Falcom’s first title has now also been localised…

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February 28, 2018

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Review by Matt S. I know a game has something special about it when I’m playing, and my wife sees it in passing, taps me on the shoulder, and asks me to have a go. Moss, thanks to its achingly charming mouse protagonist, is immediately appealing and engaging. Then, the…

Review: Immortal Redneck (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 27, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Roguelike FPSers are a rather specific genre, but I do like them. If done well they’ll be fast paced, high action shooters, reminiscent of the Dooms and Heretics of old, and that random level design means that these games can be interesting to play and replay…

Review: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 27, 2018

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Review by Matt S. If Destiny and Phantasy Star were to have a baby, we’d be questioning Phantasy Star’s taste in partners… but more particularly, we’d be looking at something like Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet. Based on the popular anime that is one giant meta-discussion about anime MMO worlds,…

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February 27, 2018

DLC/Hyperdimension Neptunia/News/Senran Kagura/Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash

News by Matt S. Senran Kagura Peach Beach splash is the kind of shooter game you should play if you like your shooters non-violent. See, in this game, all you do is shoot water pistols at your opponents. Totally innocent, right? I mean, in an era where apparently gun crime…

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