Square Enix has dropped a ton of information about SaGa Emerald Beyond, the latest standalone title in the SaGa franchise that was first announced during a Nintendo Direct last September. The game features six protagonists in five unique story arcs; you can play the same arc two times and get two different experiences thanks to the branching plot points based…
Have you hit a wall in Final Fantasy XIV Online? No narrative left to play? Level capped at 90? The good news is that it is time to head westward in the game’s fifth expansion, Dawntrail. There’s new stuff aplenty: areas, tribes, level cap increase, core battle content, dungeons, threats……
The second game in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, Final Fantasy…
There is a moment in the original Final Fantasy VII where, after…
It’s really disappointing that Square Enix would dump the third Voice of Cards release in the middle of such a jam-packed schedule. Even from Square itself. The company has released DioField Chronicle, NieR Automata on Switch, and Valkyrie Elysium in the span of just a few weeks and it has…
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“Fire Emblem meets Baldur’s Gate” is certainly a five-word phrase that will get me to pay attention to something, and that’s exactly what DioField Chronicle is. With some incredibly gorgeous production values backing it up, this is a game that, almost by stealth, has come through to be one of…
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Babylon’s Fall had the makings of a great game. It had exceptional art direction and an amazing aesthetic. It had Platinum Games, with all their talent for combat design, giving us a new action experience with some interesting mechanics, and it had an intriguing setting and hits of what could…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I 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 news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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Little Goody Two Shoes is a blend of horror, 90s anime aesthetics, and classic fairytales. It’s also an RPG being published by the Square Enix Collective, and it might just be my most anticipated game of 2023 now. The game is being developed by AstralShift, a Portuguese studio that was…
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I know this is a nice problem to have, but there are just so many games that 2022 has thrown up that deserve awards at the end of the year. It has been a monstrously good year for video games, especially if you like Japanese games, and The DioField Chronicle…
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Square Enix has announced a reimagining of a phenomenal tactics RPG, Tactics Ogre. (DDNet did report on a leak regarding this game a couple of weeks ago.) Titled Tactics Ogre: Reborn promises beautifully converted HD graphics, fully-voiced cutscenes in English and Japanese, recreated sound effects and re-recorded background music. There…
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Aussie readers of DDNet, have we got a treat for you! (Note: this competition is only open to Australian residents. Apologies, overseas friends, but I’m sure we’ll have another contest for you soon) Stranger Of Paradise is one of the finest, and smartest, games in Square Enix’s storied series. As…
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Note: This is just a leak of information regarding Tactics Ogre: Reborn, and there has no official announcement or news from Square Enix itself. As such, you should take this with a grain of salt, however, previous leaks that stemmed from this source have proven to be valid, and it…
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In most cases, I play JRPGs for the narrative. I want to be lost in the characters, setting, plot and world. I like when it’s supported by quality gameplay mechanics, of course, but the frameworks and structures that support that narrative are less of a focus for me than that…
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