RTTP: Deadly Premonition - The Best "Bad" Game Ever.
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dolabla
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I haven't played it anymore since that post. Been on Indiana Jones this week. But it did not crash on me yet. I'll hop on it again soon and see what it does.
Donald mac Ronald
Member
I tried once to play this. But got instantly turned off after the intro section and it dumps you in the town
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I don' know if you still have the game but I would suggest give it another try. If nothing else, it'll be a refreshing change of pace compared to the recent Ubislop style glut of map vomit games.
Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
Oh, man. Don't quit on it. You can really tell Swery was flying his little budget ship apart at the seams making this game. They gave him $20 and said,"make us a budget platformer," and he went off the rails and made a budget open world X-Files/Twin Peaks/GTA.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's a great example of when high ambition clashes with a very limited budget. They did their best and the game has things that many modern games don't do now, like a fully realized city with NPC's who all have their own daily schedules and routines they do with or without your involvement.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Bumping this thread for some very important new discoveries.
For those who followed the creator's commentary post game, he had said that the publishers made him tone down some of the gore in the game, specifically one named characters death scene.
Looks like someone was able to find a work in progress version of that uncut scene, it's so old it still uses the 2007 original character models, before the game got the overhaul, new title and characters.
Putting the videos under spoiler tags just in case.
The death in the final game is kinda weird, a bunch of curtains swirl down and snap the character's neck / choke her to death.
In the un-cut version, looks like the killer has some fish hooks or something sewed onto the girl and cutting the rope makes them pull her intestines out. Pretty gnarly, unfortunately the quality of the footage is dogshit, it's also WIP so probably doesn't have the final intended gore effects.
For those who followed the creator's commentary post game, he had said that the publishers made him tone down some of the gore in the game, specifically one named characters death scene.
Looks like someone was able to find a work in progress version of that uncut scene, it's so old it still uses the 2007 original character models, before the game got the overhaul, new title and characters.
Putting the videos under spoiler tags just in case.
Original, uncut version:
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The death as they made it in the final game:
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The death as they made it in the final game:
The death in the final game is kinda weird, a bunch of curtains swirl down and snap the character's neck / choke her to death.
In the un-cut version, looks like the killer has some fish hooks or something sewed onto the girl and cutting the rope makes them pull her intestines out. Pretty gnarly, unfortunately the quality of the footage is dogshit, it's also WIP so probably doesn't have the final intended gore effects.
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SamuraiEdge
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Late to replying, but incredible topic highlighting one of my favourite games of all time (thanks for the bump above!).
Deadly Premonition is just that awesome, thanks to those rich characters making that world even more special, while the gameplay weirdly worked well enough, given the quality being all over the place haha.
Awesome game, and I'm glad it was created. Even 2 had some decent enough charm to appreciate we got one more Morgan adventure, all thanks to the community support.
Deadly Premonition is just that awesome, thanks to those rich characters making that world even more special, while the gameplay weirdly worked well enough, given the quality being all over the place haha.
Awesome game, and I'm glad it was created. Even 2 had some decent enough charm to appreciate we got one more Morgan adventure, all thanks to the community support.
ToadMan
Member
I just finished a play through of this on Switch 2, so in case anyone is interested.
I was playing from a physical switch 1 card btw and mostly docked.
1. I did get crashes and had to redo sections here and there. They started about mid way through the game, and were occasional either while driving or during QTE sections usually. Later in the game during one of the QTE sections I was getting a repeating crash. I did that part handheld and got past it. Could be coincidence, or the reduced handheld res changed something. But for the most part with crashes, just redoing got me past them without much lost time.
2. Driving controls are messed up - extremely sensitive probably because of the higher FPS. Go slowly!
3. Sounds are still a problem - sometimes gunshot sounds and footsteps were muted, no car sounds or siren sometimes. This issue was there in S1 so it wasn't just a memory problem.
4. For the most part framerate is good now. There is some slow down when driving in the city, but nothing like as bad as Switch 1.
So it's a better experience on Switch 2 - playable even - but still has some problems on top of the jank that was in the game already.
But if you're curious about it, this is a reasonable way to experience the game.
I was playing from a physical switch 1 card btw and mostly docked.
1. I did get crashes and had to redo sections here and there. They started about mid way through the game, and were occasional either while driving or during QTE sections usually. Later in the game during one of the QTE sections I was getting a repeating crash. I did that part handheld and got past it. Could be coincidence, or the reduced handheld res changed something. But for the most part with crashes, just redoing got me past them without much lost time.
2. Driving controls are messed up - extremely sensitive probably because of the higher FPS. Go slowly!
3. Sounds are still a problem - sometimes gunshot sounds and footsteps were muted, no car sounds or siren sometimes. This issue was there in S1 so it wasn't just a memory problem.
4. For the most part framerate is good now. There is some slow down when driving in the city, but nothing like as bad as Switch 1.
So it's a better experience on Switch 2 - playable even - but still has some problems on top of the jank that was in the game already.
But if you're curious about it, this is a reasonable way to experience the game.
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