AndrewDean84xX
Banned
No. It's only worth watching via giantbombs endurance run.
I would say it's more of a mix. A lot of the game is genuinely fantastic, but stuff like "You're one crazy guy." falls under so-bad-it's-good.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.
If you have good enough taste to realize that smart quest design, pacing, storytelling, world-building, atmosphere, outside-the-box thinking, and a strong authorial voice are what make a game good rather than framerate or shooting controls, then yeah, you'll love it.
It is. It's fantastic.
Just run past all the enemies
If you have good enough taste to realize that smart quest design, pacing, storytelling, world-building, atmosphere, outside-the-box thinking, and a strong authorial voice are what make a game good rather than framerate or shooting controls, then yeah, you'll love 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.
If you have good enough taste to realize that smart quest design, pacing, storytelling, world-building, atmosphere, outside-the-box thinking, and a strong authorial voice are what make a game good rather than framerate or shooting controls, then yeah, you'll love it.
in this game?
lol
I love every one of its flaws. Sue me.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 pacing in DP is excellent. The timing onis impeccable. They're spaced out enough to get the full impact from each one, but frequent enough that you never really feel like the game is wasting your time.the murders/incidents
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!
Okay, I played it for like 3-5 hours, had some troubles at the beginning, but now it's working so far. And gotta say I'm loving it, gameplay is not that bad as I expected. I guess I need to get used to that GAF likes to exaggerate things.
The combat is worthless, was put into the game for marketing reasons, and was lifted straight out of the early 2000s. BUT, as you're okay with it after the first few hours you should be good to play the whole thing. Congratulations OP and welcome to the club.Okay, I played it for like 3-5 hours, had some troubles at the beginning, but now it's working so far. And gotta say I'm loving it, gameplay is not that bad as I expected. I guess I need to get used to that GAF likes to exaggerate things.
If you have good enough taste to realize that smart quest design, pacing, storytelling, world-building, atmosphere, outside-the-box thinking, and a strong authorial voice are what make a game good rather than framerate or shooting controls, then yeah, you'll love it.
Gameplay: garbage
Experience: one of a kind
Recommendation: Play it.
Great atmosphere, horrible gameplay, but interesting nonetheless if you're into Twin Peaks, X-Files etc...
you need to see through its absolute ugliness and clunkynessTried to play it due the gaf hype. Got as far as driving round the town and turned that shit off. Game was bad.
Yup the gameplay is more boring than outright bad.Okay, I played it for like 3-5 hours, had some troubles at the beginning, but now it's working so far. And gotta say I'm loving it, gameplay is not that bad as I expected. I guess I need to get used to that GAF likes to exaggerate things.