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Review: Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 24, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Nights of Azure 2 has made some meaningful changes to its combat system when compared to the first. Having finished the game I’m still not entirely sold on those, given that I really liked the mechanics the first time around, but they’re still clean and playable,…

Halloween, rediscovering classics, and adapting Lord of the Rings to videogames (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #35)

October 24, 2017

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Halloween’s getting close now, so naturally there’s a bunch of new horror game releases, and of course we take the opportunity to talk about that in this week’s podcast! We also have a good ol’ chat about Lord of the Rings, and what an awful job the new Middle-earth: Shadow…

Review: Overgrowth (PC)

October 24, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. Overgrowth, a combat platformer developed by Wolfire Games, has been in the pipeline for a long time coming. It began as a sequel to a shareware game – Lugaru – and saw a slow but consistent schedule of patches until its final release. The extended development…

Review: Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Yomawari: Night Alone was one of those games that has really stuck with me since I first played it a year ago. The game itself doesn’t look like it should be something special; it has a beautiful (albeit simple) art style inspired by classical Japanese painting…

Short ‘n Sweet reviews: Nintendo Switch catch-up

October 23, 2017

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Reviews by Matt S. There’s a never-ending stream of games coming out on the Nintendo Switch at the moment. The big ones are obvious: Fire Emblem Warriors released last week. Mario Odyssey this week. But underneath those big releases are so many games from independent developers that it’s safe to…

Review: Yono and the Celestial Elephants (Nintendo Switch)

October 23, 2017

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Review by Ginny W. Getting burnout as a consumer of games is a very real thing. You don’t have to be a games journalist to feel constantly overwhelmed by the stream of titles that gets churned out by big studios seemingly every other week. The Switch has had stellar support…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 23, 2017

October 22, 2017

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News by Matt S and Matt C. 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…

The Friday Ten: Ten amazing games that would have been even better if they were shorter

October 20, 2017

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List by Matt S. Games are getting bigger, longer, and require more time from the players. This is a basic reality, and it’s one that the DDNet team find quite grating at times. Because games shouldn’t have to be as long as they are. In fact, many major games could…

Review: Middle-Earth Shadow of War (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 20, 2017

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Review by Matt S. There are two ways that a creative person – or group of creative people – can take an existing, beloved franchise, and put a new spin on it; the first is to approach the material with real respect, take the time to really understand what the…

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October 20, 2017

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Article by Matt S. Smite Tactics isn’t really a tactics game, which was disappointing right off the bat. It’s a pure-play digital trading card game, like Hearthstone, which represents the characters in the cards on a playfield as miniatures. It’s possible to move these characters around a small grid area,…

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