Digitally Downloaded – Page 885 – Your specialist source of news and reviews for games, anime, manga, film and literature

Dragon Quest meets Minecraft. Yes, really, it’s a thing

July 8, 2015

Dragon Quest/Dragon Quest Builders/Minecraft/Minecraft clone/News/Square Enix

Square Enix really does take risks with Dragon Quest. Whereas Final Fantasy has always been carefully controlled and curated, Dragon Quest has seen MMOs, Pokemon clones, Warriors games, a board game in collaboration with Mario, an on-rails shooter, a little digital tactics game on the DSiWare platform. And, now, Dragon…

Summer Anime 2015: Six shows to survive the scorching season

July 8, 2015

anime/anime review/Charlotte/Classroom Crisis/Dragon Ball Super/God Eater/Rokka Braves of the Six Flowers/Seiyu's Life/summer anime

Summer might be prime time for relaxation and get-togethers ‘round the barbie but seldom has the season been a poor time for anime. During the last half-decade especially, a number of killer titles on both ends of the popularity scale have made their debuts, several of which rank amongst my…

Review: Her Story (Apple iPad)

July 8, 2015

crime fiction/game reviews/Her Story/iOS/iPad/iPad Review/iPhone/iPhone Review/review/Reviews/Sam Barlow

Dear readers, please bear with me. It’s been a long day. I’ve spent hours in front of an old CRT monitor at a police station watching video evidence, trying to determine… … Wait. No. That was an iPad, not a mid-90s computer monitor. There were definitely hours spent in front…

Review: Whispering Willows (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 7, 2015

adventure game/platformer/PlayStation 4/point-and-click adventure/PS4 Review/Puzzle Game/Reviews/Whispering Willows

Whispering Willows is one of the most creative games I’ve played in years. The reason I believe this is because during my playtime, I have been reminded of Resident Evil, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Telltale Adventure games, Lone Survivor, and Maniac Mansion, and somehow it all fits into this wonderful…

review-j-stars-victory-vs-sony

July 7, 2015

Fighting game/fighting games/J-Stars Victory Vs./Namco Bandai/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Spike Chunsoft

I don’t generally write my reviews considering what a game is not. After all, my job is to consider what is in front of me, rather than create a wish-list for a game that doesn’t exist. But I think with J-Stars Victory VS what the game is not is relevant,…

Review: Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 7, 2015

expansion/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward/Heavensward/JRPG/MMO/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/Reviews/Square Enix

Most people know the story of Final Fantasy XIV by now. The original game was a bomb, but because it’s Final Fantasy and Square Enix couldn’t afford to let it die the company brought its MMO superstar, Naoki Yoshida, on to the project to completely reboot it and effectively start…

minecon-brings-news-on-minecraft-story

July 7, 2015

Minecon/Minecraft/Minecraft Pocket Edition/Minecraft Story Mode/Mojang/News/trailer

Minecon 2015 was held in London over the past weekend, breaking a Guinness World Record for being the largest convention for a single video game with an estimated 10,000 tickets sold. More importantly, with Minecon came news on Minecraft: Story Mode, new features for both the original game and mobile…

Final Fantasy XIV for Mac pulled from stores, Square Enix offers refunds

July 6, 2015

Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/mac/Naoki Yoshida/News/Square Enix

The Mac version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was launched on June 23 to coincide with the release of Heavensward, the latest expansion for the game. But in the weeks since then, there has been a steady stream of complaints regarding the game’s performance on Apple computers. Now,…

Review: Aero’s Quest (PC)

July 6, 2015

2D platformer/Aero's Quest/Indie/PC/PC Review/platformer/Reviews

There are some games that are simply brilliant in their presentation, and get away with a weaker premise on that basis. Other games present amazing ideas but fall a bit short in the implementation. Aero’s Quest is the latter. It has a great concept but the implementation felt somewhat off.…

Review: Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star (Sony PlayStation Vita)

July 6, 2015

Akira Tsuchiya/Ar Nosurge/Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star/Gust/JRPG/Koei Tecmo/PlayStation 3/PS3 Review/Reviews

Within the complex dual-narrative science fiction epic structure that marks Ar nosurge’s story lies something so gentle, delicate and vulnerable that it’s almost uncomfortable to witness. As easy as it is to get distracted by the anime game tropes, frequent comedy digressions and genuinely unique combat system, this is a…

Latest