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I'm just glad people are able to actually play this, seeing as it's nigh impossible to find in stores anymore...
Ah yeah, now anyone can conveniently enjoy the greatest game this gen. And still for a DLC level price.
Now I need some help on this. Everyone who knows me is aware that if they make a convincing recommendation, I will always try a game out.
I've heard both sides of the coin on Deadly Premonition. I've heard that the game is HORRIBLE, and Destructoid users spout memes from it because it's funny, and when people call it "good", it's a running joke, because it plays terribly.
I've also heard legitimate praises, and that despite playing terribly, it's hokey enough to be fun (like NMH or Shadows of the Damned).
So which is it? Should I finally take the plunge and buy this "classic"?
I've heard both sides of the coin on Deadly Premonition. I've heard that the game is HORRIBLE, and Destructoid users spout memes from it because it's funny, and when people call it "good", it's a running joke, because it plays terribly.
I've also heard legitimate praises, and that despite playing terribly, it's hokey enough to be fun (like NMH or Shadows of the Damned).
So which is it? Should I finally take the plunge and buy this "classic"?
@ lewness
Shouldn't be a problem to get an asian version. Check out playasia.com and search for Red Seeds Profile. It's he same game :)
Shouldn't be a problem to get an asian version. Check out playasia.com and search for Red Seeds Profile. It's he same game :)
@Magnalon
Buy it. Right now.
The game may not have the best production values, but the story is one of the best ever weaved in a video game and the ending will have you absolutely kicking yourself. You won't regret picking up a copy, especially as the game is now so cheap.
Buy it. Right now.
The game may not have the best production values, but the story is one of the best ever weaved in a video game and the ending will have you absolutely kicking yourself. You won't regret picking up a copy, especially as the game is now so cheap.
@ Magnalon
It looks like a PS2 game and the controlls are garbage. I would go so far to call the controlls in the driving sections über garbage.
BUT, yes it's funny. It's more than funny, it has some of the funniest moments I remember in a game and in this situations you don't lauch about the game because it's bad, but rather because it's just amazingly written and hilariously absurd.
AND it has THE most compelling open world approach I've encountered in at least a decade.
It looks like a PS2 game and the controlls are garbage. I would go so far to call the controlls in the driving sections über garbage.
BUT, yes it's funny. It's more than funny, it has some of the funniest moments I remember in a game and in this situations you don't lauch about the game because it's bad, but rather because it's just amazingly written and hilariously absurd.
AND it has THE most compelling open world approach I've encountered in at least a decade.
@ lewness
This is about the asian PS3 version, but I guess it's the same with the 360 version:
"The game has 100% English voice acting.
There is Japanese text throughout, but everything is very easy to navigate. Menus are mostly in English, and that is most important.
Most interface related things are in English as well.
Non-Japanese literate players will have the most trouble with: reading side quest info, reading the map, reading dialogue without voice acting (uncommon, all story scenes have voice acting), using the radio to quick travel, reading information regarding solving puzzles, reading information regarding inventory items. These problems can be easily worked out by using an FAQ.
The game comes with a fold-out pamphlet detailing the controls/other mechanics in English.
Overall, the game still delivers everything it needs to for you to enjoy it to the fullest. Not being able to read Japanese shouldn't pose any big problems.
It's the exact same game as "Deadly Premonition", "Red Seeds Profile" is the original name of the game."
This is about the asian PS3 version, but I guess it's the same with the 360 version:
"The game has 100% English voice acting.
There is Japanese text throughout, but everything is very easy to navigate. Menus are mostly in English, and that is most important.
Most interface related things are in English as well.
Non-Japanese literate players will have the most trouble with: reading side quest info, reading the map, reading dialogue without voice acting (uncommon, all story scenes have voice acting), using the radio to quick travel, reading information regarding solving puzzles, reading information regarding inventory items. These problems can be easily worked out by using an FAQ.
The game comes with a fold-out pamphlet detailing the controls/other mechanics in English.
Overall, the game still delivers everything it needs to for you to enjoy it to the fullest. Not being able to read Japanese shouldn't pose any big problems.
It's the exact same game as "Deadly Premonition", "Red Seeds Profile" is the original name of the game."
@Stinky: TIIIIIME TOOOO DIIIIIIIE. Yeah, they bothered me a bit as well.
A gem of a game. Worth your time in so many ways.
A gem of a game. Worth your time in so many ways.
@Lukas Over - Still a few obstacles there, huh? I'll think about it - Borderlands should keep me busy in the meantime. Good lord, this is like waiting for the PS3 Vesperia (FYI: I gave in and bought the 360 version).
worst game this gen by a large margin
dont listen to the people trying to be hip and cool praising it, its broken, just downright broken
dont listen to the people trying to be hip and cool praising it, its broken, just downright broken
@ AdamantiumHip
Why is it the worst game and how is it broken? Please explain yourself. At this point you make no sense.
Why is it the worst game and how is it broken? Please explain yourself. At this point you make no sense.
nonsensical storyline, horrible voice acting, the controls are the worst I have ever seen in a game this generation, the worst ''open world'' that has ever been commited to a disc, its total nonsense.
I know you all want to look all cool and hip and supporting a smaller budget game, but you are just lying to yourselves at this point.
I know you all want to look all cool and hip and supporting a smaller budget game, but you are just lying to yourselves at this point.
nonsensical storyline, horrible voice acting, the controls are the worst I have ever seen in a game this generation, the worst ''open world'' that has ever been commited to a disc, its total nonsense.
I know you all want to look all cool and hip and supporting a smaller budget game, but you are just lying to yourselves at this point.
I know you all want to look all cool and hip and supporting a smaller budget game, but you are just lying to yourselves at this point.
Sorry, but to look cool and hip isn't really a factor, when I play or recommend a 50 hour video game that I'm walkthrough, sitting alone in my dark room :)
to accomplish this I listen to certain kinds of music and wear trendy clothes...
to accomplish this I listen to certain kinds of music and wear trendy clothes...
I was going to buy this because of Jims review but I can't find a copy anywhere. Not buying it from Games on Demand because it's listed as €29 here, not €19.
@AdamantiumHip - Deadly Premonition is one of my favorite games from this console generation. While the storyline does get a bit ridiculous at the end, two of the twists that take place at that point completely blew my mind. The voice acting is actually quite good, for the most part, although I'll certainly admit that a bit of it can fall flat at times. The controls really aren't all that bad, with maybe the driving controls as an exception. Sure, the controls may not be as refined as the controls in AAA titles, but they're still very consistent and predictable.
I don't really understand your gripe about the open world, though. I don't know of another open world that allows you to control the flow of the storyline as well as Deadly Premonitions. If you don't want the additional details, then you simply don't take side missions or talk to people. It's very well realized. It may not be 100% realistic, but the characters are still developed.
For the record, Deadly Premonition is one of the few games that I've actually gotten all of the achievements in. I played through it three times, once on each difficulty, and I enjoyed the game thoroughly. The great thing about this game is that you'll understand certain subtleties with subsequent playthroughs, and you'll realize that the game ultimately doesn't hide as much from you as you're probably thinking it does during your first playthrough.
To me, there are a lot of people who play the game based on how other people tell them to play it, and that's a huge mistake, in my opinion. If you let other people tell you how to play the game, then I'm not surprised that so many people end up hating the game. If you discover things for yourself, however, then the game really sticks for you.
I mean, Hell, I didn't find out about the radio during my first playthrough, and I'm glad that I didn't. Had I used it during my first playthrough, I would've missed a lot of hilarious dialogue during the driving sequences, and a lot of that seemingly pointless banter really fleshes out York's character.
I don't really understand your gripe about the open world, though. I don't know of another open world that allows you to control the flow of the storyline as well as Deadly Premonitions. If you don't want the additional details, then you simply don't take side missions or talk to people. It's very well realized. It may not be 100% realistic, but the characters are still developed.
For the record, Deadly Premonition is one of the few games that I've actually gotten all of the achievements in. I played through it three times, once on each difficulty, and I enjoyed the game thoroughly. The great thing about this game is that you'll understand certain subtleties with subsequent playthroughs, and you'll realize that the game ultimately doesn't hide as much from you as you're probably thinking it does during your first playthrough.
To me, there are a lot of people who play the game based on how other people tell them to play it, and that's a huge mistake, in my opinion. If you let other people tell you how to play the game, then I'm not surprised that so many people end up hating the game. If you discover things for yourself, however, then the game really sticks for you.
I mean, Hell, I didn't find out about the radio during my first playthrough, and I'm glad that I didn't. Had I used it during my first playthrough, I would've missed a lot of hilarious dialogue during the driving sequences, and a lot of that seemingly pointless banter really fleshes out York's character.
Jims review was an utter piss take of the game. The 10 was an ironic score. It was not in any way shape or form a review that said the game was anything but broken, and he said as muh in the review its only quality is that its so bad it has to be played to be believed.
and honestly, I have a hard time believing this is anyones favourite game of ANY generation, let alone this one, the best generation of gaming yet. It has literally nothing going for it.
and honestly, I have a hard time believing this is anyones favourite game of ANY generation, let alone this one, the best generation of gaming yet. It has literally nothing going for it.
@AdamantiumHip - My love for the game has nothing to do with Jim's review, and I agree that Jim's final score for the game is questionable when you consider how "bad" he claims the game is. I'd give the game an 8/10, personally, as the game certainly has flaws, but those flaws aren't severe enough to drag the game's score down any lower than that.
And I said that Deadly Premonition is ONE of my favorite games of this console generation, not my favorite game of this console generation. Just Cause 2 is my favorite game of this console generation (although I prefer the PC version). Deadly Premonition probably ranks about third, and that's primarily because of the narrative and the personality of the characters.
And I said that Deadly Premonition is ONE of my favorite games of this console generation, not my favorite game of this console generation. Just Cause 2 is my favorite game of this console generation (although I prefer the PC version). Deadly Premonition probably ranks about third, and that's primarily because of the narrative and the personality of the characters.
@AdamantiumHip: For me Deadly Premonition does enough things really well for me to overlook many of its many faults. In many ways, you are correct. The combat mechanics are not very enjoyable to use and the driving which constitutes a significant amount of game time (provided you haven't completed two specific side quests) does not fare any better.
However the concept of this living town and the connections between the characters make them all involved in this mystery, how nearly every person you encounter has significance and their own story, these things are significant and amazing. Agent Morgan and his relationship with Zach (and, by extension, the player) serves to create a connection with the protagonist in a way that I'd never experienced and found deeply compelling. I also think it's genuinely funny when it tries to be (and, yes, occasionally at times when it probably isn't trying).
Trust me when I say that I've never been hip and I don't expect that to change any time soon. It's an interesting game and one worth examining. Clearly, you did not enjoy it and I'm sorry to hear that, but that's certainly not going to stop me from recommending what I feel is an amazing example of the narrative possibilities that games afford us.
However the concept of this living town and the connections between the characters make them all involved in this mystery, how nearly every person you encounter has significance and their own story, these things are significant and amazing. Agent Morgan and his relationship with Zach (and, by extension, the player) serves to create a connection with the protagonist in a way that I'd never experienced and found deeply compelling. I also think it's genuinely funny when it tries to be (and, yes, occasionally at times when it probably isn't trying).
Trust me when I say that I've never been hip and I don't expect that to change any time soon. It's an interesting game and one worth examining. Clearly, you did not enjoy it and I'm sorry to hear that, but that's certainly not going to stop me from recommending what I feel is an amazing example of the narrative possibilities that games afford us.
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