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July 7, 2017

Blue Reflection: Sword of the Girl Dancing in Illusion/Gust/Interview/Interviews/JRPG/Koei Tecmo/Major Feature/PlayStation 4

Feature by Matt S. Koei Tecmo’s JRPG subsidiary, Gust, has been my favourite developer for a number of years now. Final Fantasy, Persona, Yakuza and Fire Emblem might be all higher profile and higher budgeted JRPG franchises, and their respective developers have legions of fans around the world for good…

The Friday Ten: Ten of the most exciting games for the rest of 2017

July 7, 2017

Danganronpa 3/Hellblade/list/Ni No Kuni II Revenant Kingdom/Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash/The Friday 10/Top 10/Warriors All-Stars/Yakuza Kiwami/Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

List by Matt S. I’ve got to say that 2017 has been one of the finest years for gaming that we’ve ever seen. NieR: Automata, Yakuza 0, Persona 5, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, God Wars, and a host of others have kept us incredibly busy in the…

The fast five with Nic Watt; the developer that convinced us to slaughter bunnies

July 6, 2017

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Interview by Matt S. Australia has such a vibrant community of game developers! We might not have any large developers of AAA-games any longer, but we have many indie developers, doing many interesting and creative things. The fast five series of interviews is designed to highlight some of Australia’s creative…

Review: Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 6, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Building robots is the dream of many kids, adults, and everything in between. Building robots so big that you can then get into them and pilot them around is a fantasy that has formed the core of more games that I would dare try and recall.…

Review: Castle of Shikigami (PC)

July 6, 2017

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Review by Matt C. Thanks to publishers like Degica, Steam is quickly becoming a bastion of classic bullet hell shoot ‘em ups, and this a wonderful thing. It’s a niche genre, but also one with a long and storied history spanning many different consoles and generations. Having as much of…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, July 6, 2017

July 5, 2017

Carnevale/catch-up coffee/Demon Gaze II/Iverness Nights/News/NISA/PC/PlayStation 4/PS Vita/Square Enix/visual novel/Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

News by Lindsay M., Matt C., 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: Defender of the Crown; the most aggravating classic strategy game

July 5, 2017

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Retro reflections by Matt S. Strategy games tend to age horribly. It’s not so much the visual side of things – because let’s fact it, strategy games have very rarely been leading visual experiences anyway. No, what makes the strategy genre one that ages horribly is a game’s ability to…

If a book store were a game store…

July 5, 2017

Animal Farm/Books/literature/Lolita/Opinion/War and Peace

Opinion by Matt S. The other day I was in a book shop (I’ll admit that, thanks to my Kindle and online shopping, I don’t support the local bookstores as much as I might like to and should), and I was, oddly enough reminded on just how completely different our…

Review: Chess Ultra (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 4, 2017

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Review by Matt S. People wouldn’t necessarily associate chess with video games that needed cutting edge visuals. After all, chess is a remarkably simple and abstract board game in design that contains a handful of pieces and a simple checkered board as the play field. Related reading: Nick’s review of…

A month of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood – Diary 3: Liberty or Death

July 4, 2017

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Impressions by Matt C. Welcome back to my Stormblood diary series! When I left you last week, I had just finished the Doma portion of the expansion and was heading into the final act of the main story. I’d been taken in by the beauty of Doma and its surrounding…

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