This game is great. It's also terrible. That's part of why it's great.
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Is Deadly Premonition that good?
- Thread starter Djostikk
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This game is great. It's also terrible. That's part of why it's great.
RSB
Banned
It's one of my favorite games of last gen, so I'm gonna say yes.
It's not because of the gameplay though. What makes the game so great and memorable is the story and the characters. Great music too.
Fun fact: I found about Deadly Premonition by searching for "Twin Peaks The Game" on Google. I was not disappointed.
It's not because of the gameplay though. What makes the game so great and memorable is the story and the characters. Great music too.
Fun fact: I found about Deadly Premonition by searching for "Twin Peaks The Game" on Google. I was not disappointed.
How About No
Member
It's "great", and an unforgettable experience
Shifty1897
Member
People love it because it's weird and unlike anything you've ever played.
It's not exactly good though.
It's not exactly good though.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Do you like Twin Peaks?
I loved DP. Prepare for ugly visuals and outdated gameplay though. Oh and have fun driving your car, lol.
I loved DP. Prepare for ugly visuals and outdated gameplay though. Oh and have fun driving your car, lol.
Hostile_18
Banned
Depends how much you like Green Day re:the driving lol.
BurritoBushido
Member
lol, the gameplay never held up to begin with
Deadly Premonition is ultimate B-movie game. It's hilariously bad. I still don't entirely get the fanbase behind it. I never finished it but I will say that playing with a group of friends it was pure delight to laugh at nearly every single decision that was made in this game's design.
From what I vaguely understand the story goes some insane places, and maybe that's where the larger fanbase comes from, but I never got there, so the genuine adoration still eludes me
The Illiterati
Member
It's more than the sum of its parts. It's got bad gameplay but the heart is just oozing from the seams. Some games are well designed but soulless. This game is poorly designed but has a ton of personality and appeal.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Nope. If we're all being honest with ourselves its really not. But it will be at least another couple of years before that mentality becomes the majority around here.
CelticKnight
Member
So far, it's the only Steam game I've 100% completed.
Janky as sin, though. Lost track of how many times it crashed. Save often.
Janky as sin, though. Lost track of how many times it crashed. Save often.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Gameplay was never good to begin with, but the game exudes charm, has a nice colection of characters and a crazy ass plot.
Is basically the twin peaks of gaming.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
How. I lost patience after I got to Becky's house. The lockups, the load times, redoing lost progress, the times I had to restart my computer because I couldn't alt tab when it crashed.
Militaratus
Member
I thought their latest game was Sengoku Basara released last August (2016), and they seem to be attending GDC this year. So all in all, pretty alive, but mostly out of sight of Western gamers.
CannonFodder52
Member
In my top 5 gaming experiences.
eXistor
Member
It's technically and mechanically not a good game at all, it's extremely idiosyncratic though. It's that rare one-of-a-kind type of game that manages to be much more than the sum of its parts. If you're the type that's able to look past lackluster game-mechanics and mediocre graphics and controls, you'll find a game like no other. I genuinely love the game and rank it amongst my favorite games.
intheinbetween
Member
nope, but it's unique
InsaneTiger
Member
Terrible gameplay all around, extremely fun and interesting story. Loved it.
The smallest town with the smallest population ever with the biggest hotel and hospital ever.
The smallest town with the smallest population ever with the biggest hotel and hospital ever.
Sumio Mondo
Member
God, I love this game. This game has that Japanese adventure game charm. "Clear as a crisp Spring morning."
Define "alive". They're now pretty much a porting studio. Their last original game was D4 on Xbox One at the start of this gen...
Define "alive". They're now pretty much a porting studio. Their last original game was D4 on Xbox One at the start of this gen...
HammerFace
Banned
The story is wonderful and one of the best, if not the best, stories I've seen in video games. But prepared to slog through some garbage gameplay, broken driving, and all around pretty terrible looking world. For me I didn't mind and actually enjoyed all of those aspects in spite of their flaws.
Good luck OP. Tell Zach I say hi!
Good luck OP. Tell Zach I say hi!
afternoon delight
Member
For all the slagging its gameplay receives it handles and performs at least as well as a great looking Dreamcast game.
Man with Knife
Member
It's one of my favorite games, but you should definitely read a Beginner's Guide before starting it to avoid some annoyances.
http://shshatteredmemories.com/greenvale/ is a great site if you want to learn or read up on stuff (spoilers are hidden or marked around the site)
Some tips:
-Play it on Easy, the enemies are weaker then. The combat is the worst thing about the game and you want to get through these sections as fast as possible.
-Get some items as soon as possible via Side Quests. Especially the Radio (arguably the most important one, allows fast traveling), Infinite Weapons (SMG, Wrench) and the Weather Doll
-Use the flamethrower for the Crawling Shadows, the most annoying enemies in the game
I'll copy the rest from an IGN post since I'm lazy:
- Run at doors while pressing the "open" button. This does the fast door animation and not the slow "peek around the door" one.
- Press the Back button when acquiring items and entering/exiting your car to skip said animations.
- Don't feel pressured to rush from one Main Quest to the next. If someone tells you that you have to be at a location by a certain time (say, at the Diner between 12pm - 4pm), you can totally blow it off and just show up 24 hours later without penalty.
- Use downtime to do side quests. People on your map have a notepad over their head when they have an available side quest. Not only do you get good items, more importantly you experience some deep and interesting/bizarre back-stories on the town's inhabitants. This is why you're playing the game...the utterly unique story/characters.
Have fun!
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Its bad, like really bad
but somehow i really enjoyed it
I can't believe I managed to finish it too.
but somehow i really enjoyed it
I can't believe I managed to finish it too.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
If you enjoy jank, as all people of taste do, then Deadly Premonition is amazing.
If you need your games to be polished and refined, then you'll hate it.
If you need your games to be polished and refined, then you'll hate it.
People like to say "so bad it's good", but it's not that at all. That implies that the badness is funny or endearing, and that that is why people like it.
The parts of Deadly Premonition that are good are truly, genuinely good.
The parts of Deadly Premonition that are bad are truly, genuinely bad.
The parts of Deadly Premonition that are good are truly, genuinely good.
The parts of Deadly Premonition that are bad are truly, genuinely bad.
Waldo Lydecker
Member
The atmosphere, music, characters, story etc etc are top notch.
The graphics, framerate, controls are really, really bad.
But since I am a story > gameplay >>> graphics kinda guy I really loved this game to bits.
But I wouldn't mind a PS4 60fps (or at least a stable 30 fps) remaster, especially with season 3 of Twin Peaks on the horizon...
The graphics, framerate, controls are really, really bad.
But since I am a story > gameplay >>> graphics kinda guy I really loved this game to bits.
But I wouldn't mind a PS4 60fps (or at least a stable 30 fps) remaster, especially with season 3 of Twin Peaks on the horizon...
I disagree.