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Review: Disgaea 5 Complete (Nintendo Switch)

May 17, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Disgaea 5 is one of my favourite tactics games. Nippon Ichi managed something truly special with that game; it took the whacky, zany nonsense (though nonsense with a purpose) that we had become accustomed to over the previous Disgaea games, and then leveraged the PlayStation 4’s…

Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (PC)

May 17, 2017

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Review by Nick H. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd manages to do something very important for those who are fans of the series: it offers, finally, a satisfying conclusion to a believed story but takes some changes along the way as well. It would have…

Review: Block’hood (PC)

May 16, 2017

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Review by Lindsay M. If you want to make me mad, tell me that global warming is a myth. Nothing stirs anger in me quite like someone arguing that scientific fact, proven time and time again, is actually a lie. Next time somebody starts that fight, I’m going to direct…

Review: Akiba’s Beat (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 16, 2017

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Review by Matt S Spare a thought for the poor development (and localisation) team behind Akiba’s Beat. To find out too late that you’re working on a game so similar in thematic tone to Persona 5, on a fraction of the development time and budget, must have been crushing. Related…

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is the best Final Fantasy done even better

May 16, 2017

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Feature by Matt S. Across the three most modern PlayStation consoles – the PlayStation 3, 4, and Vita – there are just two Final Fantasy games that are currently not available for play in some form: Final Fantasy XI, the effectively defunct MMO, and the greatest game in the series,…

Review: The Surge (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 16, 2017

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Review by Matt S. The #1 rule of game development is that if something is really popular, dozens of imitators are going to follow. And why not? Games become popular for a reason, and if there’s money to make in giving fans more of what they like, then it’s a…

Games of the year (so far), the PlayStation Vita’s best month in ages, and more! (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #18)

May 16, 2017

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Whoo! The podcast recording technology worked this week, the technical demons have been squashed, and we’re back after a week’s forced hiatus! Because the DDNet awards cycle runs from December to November, we’re actually six months in to the “year” this month, so we thought we’d look back at the…

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May 15, 2017

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Interview by Matt S. The next Warriors game from Koei Tecmo is another Samurai Warriors game, but it’s a very different one from what we’re used to from the developer. With most Warriors games, the story of dozens of different characters is told at once. For the upcoming Samurai Warriors:…

Review: Period: Cube (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 15, 2017

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Review by Britta S. Period: Cube is a visual novel for people who don’t have quite enough time or patience for a mammoth title with all the trimmings. It certainly feels a little shorter in total, and individual story arc, length than other Otomate titles, such as Amnesia: Memories or…

Retro reflections: I have an arcade cocktail cabinet and my life is complete!

May 15, 2017

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Retro reflections by Matt S. There’s an event on in Sydney every year; the Royal Easter Show, which is a massive event run, in the main, to showcase Australia’s agricultural produce and culture to the city (and state). These days it’s also about a range of general attractions, of course,…

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