Deadly Premonition | Red Seeds Profile | Rainy Woods (PS3 Director's Cut in Q1 2013)

[rewak]

Play-Asia aint shipping it out to the EU either Gradon, sorry. They'll ship the region locked 360 versions though

[Gradon]

I just read on the last page that Red Seeds Profile's Asia release has ENGLISH LANGAUGE?
I KNEW ITTT.
I knew the Asian PS3 version would have the Xbox 360 English langauge and text. <3
I'm going to eBay to order mine ASAP.
But for you EU Xbox users, I hope you get your Europe release.

EDIT:
Oddddd...YesAsia says its Japanese only...
TO PLAY-ASIA!

[Carnivol]

^"There are no plans for this at present." is hardly a confirmation of anything. Like I said, no one has confirmed any plans for Heroes' Paradise yet. Reason why is probably because no one wants to shell out the costs for re-localizing the game if the rights to recycle the contents from the previous version can't be secured (or whoever owns the rights to the original English audio + the translated text assets is being unreasonable with the costs.)


I'm pretty sure Rising Star Games are well aware of "Deadly Premonition", considering how the game was funded and published by Marvelous Interactive (same company that also publishes the No More Heroes games in Japan). In case you didn't know Rising Star Games was a company funded and started by Marvelous Interactive (Japan) and Bergsala (often referred to as Nintendo Scandinavia/Nordic), to act as a European publisher for various titles (such as Marvelous' own titles). In other words; Rising Star Games = Marvelous Europe.

The problems with all the Marvelous property is that Marvelous recently pulled out of Rising Star Games a few months back, making it so that basically the highest bidder/most lucrative publisher will get to handle localization/distribution of their titles (instead of things being 110% exclusive to Rising Star Games, as they've been up till now. Meaning that if Rising Star Games doesn't take it, no one else can). This is most likely why Deadly Premonition is currently in limbo, Heroes' Paradise yet to get an international publisher and Desperate Struggle taking a while to get confirmed for Europe (although there never really was any doubt). All 3 being titles with release dates in the same period as when Marvelous pulled out of Rising Star.

[rewak]

Rising Star have said on their boards they have no plans for releasing Heroes Paradise

http://www.risingstargames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=330

They also just said "Thanks for the heads up" in regards to Deadly Premonition. Did they even know it was brought back as Deadly Premonition? Maybe the developers are shopping it around for a different published in EU regions?

[Carnivol]

Rising Star Games sucks, they haven't bothered with this and they aren't bother with No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise either! I wouldn't expect a reply from them and i hold little hope for a release as well.

Give 'em a break. They're a small publisher and they announced Desperate Struggle last month. Besides, no one has announced Heroes' Paradise for a non-Japan release.

Reason to actually chase 'em on the case of Deadly Premonition is because they several times in the past said they were committed to a release + for a while they were the only source for actual news on the game's redesign/delay.

[randomwab]

I hope they haven't skipped on either of those, though with the amount of time it's taken them to get No More Heroes 2 out over here, we probably wouldn't see them for an age anyway.

[rewak]

Rising Star Games sucks, they haven't bothered with this and they aren't bother with No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise either! I wouldn't expect a reply from them and i hold little hope for a release as well.

[Carnivol]

Okay... so still no news about a European release!
"What is this nonsense," you may ask!

Well, here's what we can (and should) do!

Rising Star Games, who've in the past (at least) been confirmed to having had the publishing rights for this game have both got a thread for the game and a "request a game" thread going on;
What games would you like to be released in Europe?
Rainy Woods/Deadly Premonition
If you want it; quickly register on the Rising Star Games forums and speak up! A solid dose of people are doing it!


Alternatively, let's try to fish for some attention towards the game (and mybe some answers?) by poking those UK Inside Xbox chaps at "SentUAMessage" about it! Send your "When is Deadly Premonition coming to Europe?" questions to:

E-mail: SentUAMessage@hotmail.com
Twitter: @SentUAMessage
Gamertag: SentUAMessage

[Carnivol]

Well, today marks the Japanese release of the game!

And the Red Room of the Japanese website has opened (containing two short edits of scenes from the game).

Spoiler:

show spoiler

I hate my life

[randomwab]

I want this game. Don't die on me just yet, thread.

[Carnivol]

Seems like the Japanese Xbox LIVE Marketplace has an entry for it now, featuring a pile of screenshots, the new cover art and the Japanese Red Seeds Profile trailer. Lovely.

Now... if we only could get news about an EU release

The general impressions on various boards seems to be surprisingly good (like, way beyond even my own expectations )

[The Ekamp]

Game is hilarious.

"Perfect."
"Great."
"Bullseye".
"Amazing."
"Amazing."

"Don't want to diiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee"

cha-ching

[GuardhouseMusic]

So I picked the game up, got the red rings, and couldn't play it. The end.

...No wait, I actually do have quite a few things to tell, if you wouldn't mind me spoiling the beginning few scenes. My interest in this game spiked and I'm pissed I can't play it right now.

Spoiler:

show spoiler

Yes, the thing is still Twin Peaks. I haven't even reached Greenvale (and if my friend isn't interested, I'm going to have to get the fucker fixed, so it'll be a while before I even do that, god damn it) and the similarities are just abundant. You even collect trading cards that look like the friggin' old promotional cards of the show's characters. Of course, it has its own narrative (ehh...), but MAN.

Anyway, the game starts with Pete Martell- I mean some old guy in overalls with twin kids. There's emphasis on the ladybug they play with, and then the kids find the girl Anna hanging from a tree with blood coming out of her abdomen.

When you take control of York, you're in a dream; the middle of a circle in a red forest. Two locked doors on the opposite side, and furniture adorning the circumference. The twins from the beginning are sitting in armchairs in the middle, and they resemble cherubs now. Throughout they're whispering something in each others' ears, and if you go up to them, one will tell you to wait a little bit. Eventually one of the doors unlocks and it cuts to York on his way to Greenvale, talking to a colleague I suppose about a sadistic but spiritually balanced relationship (you figure it out). He then speaks to Zach about the case IIRC; think of Zach as Diane, the way he addresses him. Soon after he sees the red hooded axeman and he skids off the road, crashing his car. What follows is the first playable linear level (I didn't count the dream), essentially just fixing generators, fighting zombies, and heading to Greenvale.

My impressions of it were mixed, but I was still highly intrigued. It seems like a mishmash of some shit presentation and mechanics (reviewers were not kidding; the movement, aiming, etc is nowhere near as smooth as say, RE4) but extensive and detailed features. The zombies were good enough in concept, and teleporting actually worked very well for them, but eventually they overstayed their welcome. What I loved was the interaction. The descriptions for objects is an awesome touch and detailed as hell. The menus will probably have players occupied for a while once the game sets in. Acts such as profiling distinguish the game from others. While the gripes about gameplay carry a lot of weight, this is a gem.

[Carnivol]

Still no reply, but;

Seems like AccessGames has put up a dedicated blog for the upcoming Japanese version (Which again features a thumb of the new(?) box art)

[edit]

Qty Item Price
1 Deadly Premonition
Compatible with Xbox360 US, NTSC U/C 24.90

Sub-Total 24.90
Shipping (Air Economy Box) 4.90

Total 29.80

Yay! (Too bad I can't play it, though)

[Carnivol]

No reply from Rising Star Games, yet, but the confirmation that the PS3 version being dual-language is awesome (as I may have pointed out before, all gameplay footage in the early English trailers have oddly enough been captured from the PS3 version... while the Japanese site swears to the 360 version all the way... wonder if the Japanese 360 version too will have English text. As some general "ASIA" releases, not JAPAN, but just ASIA, are often PAL compatible.)

And, aaah, they went with the Polly dinner. Saw a youtube upload of that one a few days ago. So good. (Love the fact that the dialog script is so obviously barely changed, at all, since the Rainy Woods days.)