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Review: Hyakki Castle (PC)

November 15, 2017

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Review by Matt S. There are two ways to approach the classic dungeon crawler genre. The first is a throwback right to the days of Wizardry, with turn-based combat and, generally speaking, a focus on highly detailed, largely static sprite-based art. This is what most Japanese publishers use, and everything…

Review: The Sims 4 (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 15, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I’m going to tell you a story. It’s a story about a young girl with big dreams, who moved to a small little town to try and make a name of herself. Her name is Hatsune Miku, a beautiful girl with the most lovely green hair…

Review: Just Dance 2018 (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 14, 2017

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Review by Brad L. Just Dance titles are some of the few games that allows me to conquer my anxiety around crowds. There have been numerous times where I have taken my daughter to various expos, and it’s always the Just Dance booth that we visit. We get up and…

Nintendo Switch year 2 and Nier 3… the looking forward to next year ‘cast! (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #38)

November 14, 2017

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After such a cracking first year (Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles 2), is there anything Nintendo can do to make the Switch’s second year as massive as the first? And NieR 3 is officially happening… do we dare dream that it could be better than…

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November 14, 2017

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Article by Harvard L. With the re-release of LA Noire on the current gen of consoles looming imminent, I thought it would be a good time to go back and play Australian developer, Team Bondi’s, first and only title. LA Noire was one of the first AAA games I played…

Short ‘n Sweet reviews: Games ported to Nintendo Switch edition!

November 13, 2017

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Reviews by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch is getting an absolute deluge of games released on it each week now, and many of those games are ports of titles released on other platforms, and (apparently) easy enough to port to the new kid on the block. We’ve got reviews of…

Review: Tokyo Tattoo Girls (Sony PlayStation Vita)

November 13, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Tokyo Tattoo Girls is, tonally, one of the oddest games that you’ll ever play. From a quick glance you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s a standard fanservice-heavy JRPG. This is particularly true since NISA, which counts JRPGs as its bread and butter, is the one…

Review: Summon Night 6: Lost Borders (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 13, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Summon Night 6 has been long delayed, and the end product just hasn’t lived up to how excited we all let ourselves get about it. It’s decent enough as a traditional tactics JRPG in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics or Ogre Battle, but an incredibly…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, November 13, 2017

November 12, 2017

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News by 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 news anchor, Dee…

In a game based on World War II, shooting shouldn’t feel “wonderful”

November 10, 2017

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Opinion by Matt C Content warning: this article includes some graphic World War II photos.“This is married to a generous aim assist and assorted impact effects that, simply put, make shooting things wonderful.” [Emphasis mine] That’s an actual quote from an actual review of Activision’s Call of Duty: World War…

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