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Review: Farpoint (Sony PlayStation VR)

May 25, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I once, many years ago, went to a corporate recruitment session (hey, we’re all desperate when we’re just out of school), and I remember a couple of things from that session. Firstly, I quickly learned that I haven’t got the temperament to make it in the…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, May 25, 2017

May 24, 2017

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News by Britta S. and Lindsay M. 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…

Review: Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 24, 2017

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Review by Matt C. In 2015, Arc System Works released Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, and fans of the series rejoiced. This was a long-awaited new game in a franchise that had been collecting dust for many years, and it lived up to every expectation: it kept the series’ trademark depth…

Review: Regalia – Of Men and Monarchs (PC)

May 24, 2017

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Review by Ginny W. I had the chance to play this game when it was in beta a little while back, and now that it’s come time to set pen to paper for the finished product, I consider my past experience with it both a blessing and a curse. I…

Australia’s game’s industry would like for arts minister, Senator Mitch Fifield, to finally pay attention, please

May 24, 2017

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News by Matt S. One of Australia’s major games industry bodies, iGEA, has published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the person who’s meant to be in charge of initiatives to support and grow the local game development industry. He is the Arts and Communications minister, after all, and…

Review: Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Nintendo Switch)

May 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I have played a lot of music games in my time. Some have been brilliant. Some have launched me into an entirely new hobby and fascination (yes, I’m talking about the Hatsune Miku games there). Some I find to be wonderfully like hearted and entertaining, like…

Review: Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 23, 2017

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Review by Matt S. I wasn’t all that keen going into Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, truth be told. I love Samurai Warriors with an absolute passion, but the Sanada aren’t high on my list of favourite samurai from those games (or history itself), and I was almost certain that…

Tactics RPGs, and we complain a whole lot about long games (Digitally Uploaded 2017, Episode #19)

May 23, 2017

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Let’s get this disclaimer out of the way from the outset; we really like our JRPGs, RPGs, and other games that take dozens and dozens of hours to play though. But. But is it possible that these games are just too long, and unnecessarily so? Wouldn’t it be better to…

The catch-up coffee: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

May 22, 2017

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Review: Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 22, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Back on the PlayStation 3 there was a rather interesting little game that came and went without garnering too much interest; but I found it utterly enjoyable. That game was Tears to Tiara 2 – a cross between visual novel and tactics JRPG, which in so…

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