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

[Zombie Fred]

Deadly Premonition is definetely getting a good review from destructoid

http://www.destructoid.com/deadly-premonition-is-the-greatest-game-ever-made-164794.phtml

Holy shit, that cut scene makes it for me. Fuck the haters that think the game looks bad. It has charm and couldn't help by laugh at the music being played. You can't get moments like this these days, people should not take these things for granted.

[aris13]

Deadly Premonition is definetely getting a good review from destructoid

http://www.destructoid.com/deadly-premonition-is-the-greatest-game-ever-made-164794.phtml

Also the asian PS3 version has an english language option.

[Carnivol]

Seems like I forgot to mention that the Thomas MacLaine - Profile Video went online at some point too.

Seems like Play-Asia's not got the game in stock yet. Still waiting for my copy to ship.

Additionally, seems like some people speak of a spring/summer release for Europe via Rising Star Games. Though, this has yet to be confirmed.

*Crosses fingers and fires off another e-mail to RSG*

[randomwab]

Reading the IGN, and your responses to it, it's at this point it needs to be said there's no shame in just admitting you might have got it wrong about the game? Granted, IGN are terrible, but there must be something fundamentally wrong with the title for them to stick with a two!

And that one video has the levels on map travelling monotony only matched by GTA:SA!

I'd be willing to agee with you, but seeing every single person who has tried it over on NeoGAF say they're really enjoying it makes me think there's something else to IGN here.

Maybe it's just a case of love it or hate it.

[Carnivol]

Captain, activate the shields!

The review you see there seems to me to pretty much be the Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 review all over again (or the Just Dance for Wii review, if you want another 2/10). IGN's just "doin' it wrong!" (and they seem to be pretty good at that )


In case people don't remember the Soccer Manager one; IGN scored a 2/10 to Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009, pretty much saying it wasn't FIFA/ISS and thus it was supposed to be this instant failure of a soccer game. Of course... anyone with half-a-brain should know that a Soccer Manager game is supposed to be about as much FIFA/ISS as Sim City 3000 should play like GTA:Vice City.


Also, I love how the video they linked to in the review that's gonna show people how "terrible" the game is just features the reviewer (I presume) driving towards a far off target location, when there's a HUGE "Press A to talk" button on the screen to activate dialog to keep you occupied as you go from one spot to another.


Not pressing A and bitching about the lack of stuff going on as you go from one place to another is like playing GTA:SA with the radio off and complaining about the lack of licensed music to accompany you as you drive. If he's not pressing A because he doesn't want to listen to the dialog ('cause it's... optional?) then that's like playing Monkey Island (or any other adventure game for that matter) and bitch about there being dialog in the game. The latter would just raise the question; what the heck is he doing playing an Adventure Game if he doesn't even like the most common aspects of the genre anyway?


Also, general impressions by users on the GameFAQs boards, NeoGAF and Xbox360Achievements boards have all been surprisingly good (while also containing the expected pile of complaints about controls, graphics and recycled music, but at the same time also praising certain aspects of the graphics and the general "feel" the music gives at times... be it intentional or unintentional )

I'm especially a fan of this one guy on GameFAQs that made a hate thread and opened it with

You guys can't seriously think this game is good. Can you? This is one of the worst games I've ever played. The aiming is so horrible, just... graphics are like ps1, It's... I don't, understand.

and then a few posts later had this to say;

I don't know, I appreciate the charm and I do find it funny, but it feels like I'm laughing more at it. I just feel bad because Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2, Bayonetta, Uncharted 2, InFAMOUS, Metal Gear Solid 4, Darksiders, and numerous other games are all sitting on my shelf either half-way finished or not even started. I'm playing this instead.

It's called gameplay and unique content. Stuff like that has a bad habit of actually sucking people in. Even if it's severely flawed. That's why some of us swear to IREM's SOS and RAW DANGER. Many reviewers these days seems to be offended, estranged and alienated by those elements. It's like... as if they walked into the cinema to see the latest Summer Blockbuster 2 - More of the Same (starring Troy McTrendy and Laura Beubeeze) but got The Man From Earth instead.

[Stu]

Reading the IGN, and your responses to it, it's at this point it needs to be said there's no shame in just admitting you might have got it wrong about the game? Granted, IGN are terrible, but there must be something fundamentally wrong with the title for them to stick with a two!

And that one video has the levels on map travelling monotony only matched by GTA:SA!

[Carnivol]

The Japanese site has been updated recently with some small pics of what appears to be a new cover art and some character profile pages (w/videos) for Francis, Emily and George. The Red Room sub-page is still locked, though.

[Zombie Fred]

You can't spell Ignorant without IGN

Clearly though that was a poorly done review. He just gave the game negatives because of its presentation and mechanics for the game, using the "guidelines" (a very skepticism decision at best) they follow to what ensures a game "a score".

[Carnivol]

Behold... IGN's just not getting it.
(And I'm certainly not getting IGN :|)

[randomwab]

Fired off a formal letter to Ignition Entertainment's European office.

Something along the lines of "Taste the sadness" with a vile of your tears?

[Carnivol]

Fired off a formal letter to Ignition Entertainment's European office.

Just in case the recent events with Rising Star Games and Marvelous has made Rising Star Games pull the plug on their previous commitment to the game (since the previous mail I got from the on the subject didn't sound very promising), I figured I'd see if Ignition Entertainment might be up to saving the day (+put in general inquiries about evt. suggested retail price, featured languages, whether or not the English text would be updated, etc.)

Let's cross some fingers and see if Ignition Entertainment might be up to the task of bringing us this fantastic gem of a game!

[edit] That might not go as smooth as I hoped. Getting my mails bounced on both @ignitionent.com and @ignition-ent.com. Guess someone has a borked mail server :/[/edit]

[rewak]

Damn, that sucks

[Carnivol]

Double posting nightmares!

Sad news;
The game is not Region Free.

Sad for us Europeans, as neither Ignition UK nor Rising Star Games have said a single word about any potential UK/EU releases. A lot of general impressions people have posted of the game are amazingly positive.

[Carnivol]

Some YouTube videos seems to've popped up!

Opening Intro

Intro + Gameplay

[randomwab]

Seems like Shockya's scored the latest trailer for Deadly Premonition!

Harry Stewart and Michael Tillotson - Profile Video


I love how Michael's so overly formal in the way he addresses the main character (Mr. Francis York Morgan!)

Also, I see we have a Rainywoods scene there <3

(By the way, is it just me who gets an Adam Baldwin w/'stasche vibe from George Woodman in that trailer?)

I can't unsee Adam Baldwin now, and when George speaks, I hear Baldwin saying the lines in my head. It fits so well, what have you done!?

I also keep hearing "Mr. David Young Henning" in my head too.