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Review: Cities: Skylines (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. One of the few genres that I can get so utterly addicted to that I actually lose track of time, and don’t realise I’m getting tired until I look at the clock and it’s saying 5:00am, is the city builder. I had a powerful addiction to…

Review: Mages of Mystralia (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 23, 2017

Ed Greenwood/Indie/Mages of Mystralia/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Zelda clone

Review by Moshe R. I can imagine the conversation taking place between the two people that bother to show up at my funeral (it would be an exclusive event). “In the end, it was all that coffee that got him”, the first will say. “He couldn’t put two and two…

SMASH 2017: The cosplayers (gallery 2 of 3)

August 22, 2017

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Gallery by Matt S. One of the best things about going along to a convention like SMASH is seeing what the cosplayers come up with, and indeed the characters, anime and games that are hot that particular year. And the cosplayers came out in force for SMASH 2017; it was…

Review: White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 22, 2017

Horror/Korea/PlayStation 4/PQube/PS4 Review/Reviews/stalker horror/Survival Horror/White Day/White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

Review by Matt S. I’m speaking very broadly here, but in the world of videogames, the horror genre has really lost its way. The core principles about what makes a horror text great – that it disempowers and displaces, that it unsettles and disturbs, was once a part of horror…

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August 22, 2017

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We’re all about the retro this week on the DDNet podcast, as we chat about our favourite JRPGs, horror games, and platformers from yesteryear. Which Final Fantasy is the best, are there any good modern platformers that compare to the classic Mario games from yesteryear, and why has modern horror…

SMASH 2017: The cosplayers (gallery 1 of 3)

August 21, 2017

Cosplay/photo gallery/SMASH!/SMASH! 2017

Review: Slime-San (Nintendo Switch)

August 21, 2017

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Review by Brad L. What an odd-looking game Slime-San is. I have voiced my opinion many times when it comes to the constant barrage of too many 8-bit style games being released post-2015, but Fabrik Games describe Slime-San as “5-bit” due to the fact that it only uses five colours…

Review: Yakuza Kiwami (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 21, 2017

JRPG/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Sega/Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami

Review by Matt S. How well has the original Yakuza held up? This was a PlayStation 2 game, after all, and as great as that console was, and many of its games still are, it was also a time where developers will still learning about crafting stories and working with…

SMASH 2017: Australia’s premier Japanese entertainment and culture convention

August 21, 2017

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Report by Matt S. After missing last year’s SMASH convention (on account of it clashing with a trip to Japan), I had the opportunity to head along this year, and in just two years it’s truly incredible to see how big this thing has become. SMASH has grown from humble…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, August 21, 2017

August 20, 2017

Animal Farm/DrinkBox Studios/Guacamelee/Indie/Meshi Quest/News/PlayStation 4/Square Enix/We Happy Few

News by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…

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