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January 15, 2018

Little Red Lie/narrative/Opinion/Will O'Neill

Article by Harvard L. Little Red Lie adds a lot of things to the narrative game genre, but throughout I was fascinated by all the tricks used by developer Will O’Neill to subvert audience expectations and drive home the game’s core themes. This is a game with a razor-sharp critique,…

The catch-up coffee: The Nintendo Direct top 5 edition!

January 14, 2018

catch-up coffee/Dark Souls/Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition/Mario Tennis Aces/News/Nintendo Direct/Nintendo Switch/SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy/The World Ends With You

News by Lindsay M., Matt C. 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 — but this time we’re supersized and all about last week’s Nintendo Direct! It was a really good…

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January 12, 2018

Roguelike/RPG/Taito/Wizardry/Wizrogue

Article by Matt S. I can’t stop thinking about Wizrogue – Labyrinth of Wizardry. It might just be my favourite roguelike this side of Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon, and that means it’s a game I’ve been itching for many years now. Related video: What makes a good roguelike? I was given…

the-sorta-forgotten-assassins-creed-is

January 12, 2018

Assassin's Creed/Assassin's Creed Rogue/HD re-release/News/Ubisoft

News by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed Rogue is the one most people – even Assassin’s Creed fans – forget about. It was released on the last generation of consoles at the same time that the first PlayStation 4 Assassin’s Creed – Unity – was catching eyes for all the wrong…

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January 12, 2018

10ton/10tons Ltd/Azkend/Azkend 2/casual/casual games/match-3/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. One of the most difficult genres to look at critically are those casual match-3 type games. There are just so many of them, and they rarely deviate from one another in any meaningful manner, that it becomes difficult to look at any individual match-3 release on…

Space Invaders Extreme is a masterpiece, and it’s coming to PC

January 11, 2018

Degica/Groove Coaster/News/PC/Space Invaders/Space Invaders Extreme/Taito

News by Matt S. I play Space Invaders – the original one – on a weekly basis. I have a $3000 arcade cocktail cabinet in my home, and it’s got something like 10,000 games on it, and basically all I play is Space Invaders (okay, I occasionally break out Pac-Man…

Review: The Escapists 2 (Nintendo Switch)

January 11, 2018

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Review by Matt S. The handheld console is the right platform for The Escapists. The clean, simple pixel art, the pick-up-and-play nature of the gameplay, and the general design of the thing works best on a console like the Nintendo Switch. The Escapists 2 was released last year on other…

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is finally coming out on PC

January 11, 2018

News/NISA/PC/release date/Release Dates/Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

News by Matt S. The PC port of Falcom’s action JRPG Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA has been much delayed. Originally it was meant to come at around the same time as the console release, but various issues that have plagued the game (an infamously poor localisation, for a start)…

Review: Planetbase (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 11, 2018

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Review by Matt S. There’s a natural synergy between the city builder, and space colonisation. The entire appeal of a city builder is taking a wide, empty space of land and then building it up by adding buildings and people so that it that nothingness can become a thriving metropolis.…

can-creative-assembly-do-three-kingdoms

January 10, 2018

China/Creative Assembly/News/Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Sega/The Creative Assembly/Total War/Total War: Three Kingdoms

News by Matt S. Wow is Total War is a busy franchise these days. Within the last couple of years alone we’ve seen the series take us to the battlefields of Attila and the fantasy realm of Warhammer (twice), and there’s a trip to ancient Briton coming in the near…

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