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Review: ELEX (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 1, 2017

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Review by Matt S. ELEX is a hot mess of a game. Anyone who has played a Piranha Bytes game by now (most recently, Risen 3) surely knows what to expect; clumsy combat, an attempt at open-ended gameplay that isn’t quite able to get its quests and conversation trees in…

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November 1, 2017

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Opinion by Matt C. Content warning: descriptions of torture and abuse I don’t know when torture became a selling point for AAA games. It seems like, these days, every other trailer for a blockbuster game—especially those shown at big showreel events like E3 and Paris Games Week—is full of extreme,…

Review: Always Sometimes Monsters (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 31, 2017

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Review by Matt C. Imagine a survival game, but instead of a frozen tundra or an isolated forest, the unforgiving wasteland is a city drowning in the cruelty of late capitalism. That, in a nutshell, is Always Sometimes Monsters: a game about surviving poverty and desperation in a world where…

Retro reflections: When a Game Boy Color game tried to be horrific

October 31, 2017

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Retro by Matt S. Given that it’s Halloween tonight and all, I felt like I should do something on horror games. Rather than cover one of the newer horror games (which, for the most part, we’ve already covered), I thought that I would instead go the exact opposite direction, and…

Hands-on with upcoming Square Enix JRPGs, the games of November, and Visual Novel Maker (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #36)

October 31, 2017

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So November might not be quite as busy in terms of game releases as October was, but there’s still plenty to look forward to! We also have a special guest on the podcast, Jay from YouTube channel JayRPG (https://www.youtube.com/c/JayRPGee), who talks to us about Lost Sphear and the Secret of…

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October 30, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I love strategy games that can either teach me something about history directly, or at least encourage me to learn something new about history. In that context, I love Numantia. Related reading: The very best strategy game on PlayStation 4 is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.…

Review: No Heroes Allowed! VR (Sony PlayStation VR)

October 30, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Virtual Reality is the future of tabletop gaming. The weaknesses of VR as a gaming platform – most significantly the limited ability to physically move around – are not an issue when the VR game is emulating a sit-down experience, as you would were you playing…

Armello is now on iPad and it’s a beautiful thing indeed

October 30, 2017

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Article by Matt S. I love Armello. It’s one of those rare few games that I’m still playing years after first picking it up, and it’s just so good that I can’t see myself getting sick of it anytime soon (or ever). It’s a digital board game that offers a…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 30, 2017

October 29, 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…

The Friday Ten: The ten games to play this Halloween

October 27, 2017

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List by Matt S. It’s that time of year again where everyone dresses up a little crazy and goes to some crazy parties. I’m not talking about Christmas or New Year’s of course… but rather Halloween. Halloween is also the time for horror, and naturally there are always a couple…

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