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Review: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Apple iPad)

July 27, 2016

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Review by Lindsay M. When I installed Final Fantasy Brave Exvius on my iPad, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had played Record Keeper before and grown tired within days; I was just not familiar enough with every Final Fantasy game to truly appreciate it. Brave Exvius is essentially…

Review: Gal*Gun: Double Peace (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Since I’ve already covered the Japanese version of Gal*Gun: Double Peace, I won’t run through a lot of that material again for this review of the English version. You can check out my more in-depth analysis of the narrative behind the game there. I’ll use this…

Review: Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Sony PlayStation Vita)

July 26, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Traditional as traditional comes, Shiren the Wanderer was one of the pioneers of the modern roguelike Mystery Dungeon subgenre. The first game landed right back in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan, and while we see shades of that game in so many more innovative…

Explainer: What makes a rhythm game a great rhythm game?

July 26, 2016

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Explainer by Matt S. One of interesting things about games is that we often talk about “great” examples of the genre, without ever really defining what makes it such a great example of the genre. But what makes a game of a given genre great is never as simple as…

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July 25, 2016

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. The Gundam series has now been around for just over three decades, and since 1985 there have been plenty of game tie-ins. Whether back in 1985 with the original Mobile Suit Gundam, or currently with the simulcasted Mobile Suit Gundam – Iron-Blooded Orphans, the concept has…

Short ‘n Sweet Reviews: 10 Second Ninja X, Spy Chameleon, Super Mutant Alien Assault, Sword Coast Legends, Metroid Prime Blast Ball

July 25, 2016

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Reviews by Matt S and Nick H. Welcome to this week’s short ‘n sweet reviews, where we look at a number of games that we have been playing that we just haven’t got the time to do give full reviews to. These aren’t necessarily bad games – not at all!…

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July 25, 2016

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Retro reflections by Nick H. Recently we have had a few articles talking about Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. In particular I have spoken about how I fell in love with the Koei strategy game back on the NES and Matt recently reviewed the latest version of Romance of…

Catch-up coffee Monday: July 25, 2016

July 24, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…

Wonder Festival 2016 gives us some new stunning figurines to drool over

July 24, 2016

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News by Matt S. This weekend played host to the “Tokyo Game Show of figurines.” Wonder Festival, or WonFes, is a biannual celebration of the collectible figure industry, and as with TGS, it basically tells us what we’ll be spending our money on in the years ahead. Over on Twitter…

The Friday Ten: Why are these ten games not on Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition?

July 22, 2016

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List by Matt S. Nintendo surprised us all recently when it announced that its big Christmas this year was a “new” console. Although it’s less a “new” console and more a rerelease of its very first console. That’s right, we’re getting a “new” Nintendo Entertainment System. At first we thought…

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