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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

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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.…

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January 10, 2018

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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…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, January 11, 2018

January 10, 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…

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January 10, 2018

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News by Matt S. Sting’s going to be in a video game! Sadly he’s not performing Desert Rose, but still, he’s going to be a wolf, and that’s just awesome! I’d admit, I knew nothing of Good Shepherds’ Where The Water Tastes Like Wine until the press release announcing Sting’s…

Review: Fallen: A2P Protocol (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 10, 2018

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Review by Matt S. We have no shortage of stories about apocalyptic wastelands and grimy, gritty, Max Max-like action. Whether it be Fallout or Wasteland, ELEX or Mad Max itself, there’s no end of these games. It’s not surprising that Fallen: A2P Protocol wants to be one of them. Related…

Review: Tiny Metal (Nintendo Switch)

January 10, 2018

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Review by Matt S. It’s been around a decade since Nintendo allowed Intelligent Systems to produce a new Advance Wars game. Fire Emblem’s simply become the bigger and more valuable franchise, and Nintendo’s focused the developer on that series instead. Fair enough for big Fire Emblem fans like myself, but…

Review: Little Red Lie (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 9, 2018

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Review by Matt S. You’ll know you’ve played a Will O’Neill game when you find yourself feeling deflated, contemplative, or alternatively angry (or perhaps all these things at once). The creator of Actual Sunlight and, now, Little Red Lie specialises in crafting narratives that explore the way the social, cultural,…

Video: Hands on with Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]

January 9, 2018

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Video by Matt S. PQube will launch French Bread’s latest 2D fighter, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], in early February for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 (no, really), and PlayStation Vita. We’ve got a solid month before we can run a review of the game, but we figured we’d give people a…

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