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The Friday Ten: The ten best visual novels of all time

October 13, 2017

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List by Matt S. It has been a really good week for visual novels, with both Chaos;Child and Bad Apple Wars launching in the one week. Indeed, it’s been a really good couple of years for the genre, as localisation outfits have come to realise that there is a market…

Review: Super Hydorah (PC)

October 13, 2017

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Review by Clark A. Not all 2D shoot ‘em ups are created equal. If you’ve ever played Action 52 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, you’re no doubt familiar with that game’s penchant for taking quirky character sprites, slapping some enemies atop a generic space background, and labelling them as unique…

Review: Bad Apple Wars (Sony PlayStation Vita)

October 12, 2017

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Review by Matt C. Rinka’s first day of high school started like any other, with a combination of excitement and apprehension. On her way to there, though, something happened and she blacked out. When she woke up, she found herself being welcomed to school by a strange, rabbit mask-wearing teacher…

Review: Gundam Versus (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 12, 2017

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Bandai Namco recently brought the newest iteration of the Gundam Versus series back into the hands of the players. Having gone back to the drawing board in order to make it bigger and better, the newly titled Gundam Versus is indeed bigger and better mechanically, but…

Review: Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Nintendo Switch)

October 12, 2017

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Review by Brad L. The Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the home of many quality titles from the more powerful PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, showing that all it takes is a little optimisation to make this console sing. One of the recent examples of that is Dragon Ball: Xenoverse…

Review: Raiders of the Broken Planet (PlayStation 4)

October 12, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. MercurySteam is a Spanish studio which should be familiar to fans of Castlevania and now Metroid – it has been the one championing those respective franchises with new entries long after their original developers moved on to different projects. But MercurySteam has been less prolific in…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, October 12, 2017

October 11, 2017

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News by Ginny W., 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…

Retro Reflections: This year’s Game Boy loot from Japanese retro game shopping!

October 11, 2017

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Retro by Matt S. One of the best things about shopping for otaku stuff in Japan is the retro gaming scene. There are shops everywhere – particularly in Akihabara and Nakano Broadway – that carry a massive range of really retro games, all the way back to the NES. As…

Loot boxes are the devil, and it has nothing to do with their price

October 11, 2017

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Opinion by Matt S. Loot crates are the devil, and there’s a number of reasons for that. I’ll leave it to the Jim Sterlings of the world to rant on about how anti-consumer and exploitative they are, because it’s his shtick to talk about business practices and rant and rave…

Here’s a game on war you should actually play: In The Name Of Freedom

October 11, 2017

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Opinion by Ginny W. Games dealing with war as a subject matter saturate the market. Ghost Recon: Wildlands may have been more about foreign terrorism being enacted on Bolivia than war specifically, but it was still harrowing in its insensitivity. The latest Wolfenstein will be rearing its head soon, and…

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