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Deadly Premonition Could Come to PC

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The entrancingly bizarre Deadly Premonition may finally make its way to PC, following a Director’s Cut re-release on PS3 earlier this year.

Publisher Rising Star Games has made the game available to vote for on Steam Greenlight, giving potential players the chance to decide the game’s fate. It promises better graphics, a new scene from Swery65 (Deadly Premonition’s creator), new bonus DLC and Achievements/Steam Trading Cards over the recent PS3 Director’s Cut.

If you haven’t tried Deadly Premonition yet, looks like they’re just going to keep releasing it until you do. And you should – it’s the kind of game that just doesn’t get made anymore, the deeply flawed and deeply fascinating product of one man’s vision. Wouldn’t you say so, Zach?

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Deadly Premonition Director's Cut Release Date

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The Director’s Cut of open-world psychological horror-adventure Deadly Premonition will be released on April 30.

Originally announced last October, this is the first time that the notoriously dividing Xbox 360 murder mystery (we reviewed it with a score of 2) will be available on the PS3.

IGN’s preview of the Director’s Cut revealed the addition of the ability to lock-on in combat, as well as improved driving. Additionally, this new edition introduces a graphical overhaul with HD textures, as well as a reworked, remappable control system. The most noteworthy feature, however, is the addition of an extra scenario that will appeal to both new players and hardcore fans alike.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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An Afternoon with Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut

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Hidetaka Suehiro – or SWERY, as he prefers to be known – has had the chance to do what very few game creators get to do: go back to his game after the critics have had their way with it, and make it better. Not THAT much better, admittedly, but then making Deadly Premonition too much better would rather undermine its shonky charm.

The original Deadly Premonition was at once one of the best and worst games I’d ever played back in 2010, an entrancingly bizarre suburban horror-adventure at turns undermined and enhanced by comically dreadful driving and shooting, extraordinarily weird characters and a story that’s totally compelling despite the fact that it makes almost no sense whatsoever. It’s often said that it’s the video game version of Twin Peaks, and it certainly has that destabilising, post-structuralist Lynchian thing going on. I still can’t quite decide whether it’s intentional.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Deadly Premonition Brings the Weird to PlayStation 3

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2010’s low-budget, bargain-priced, beyond-bizarre Deadly Premonition is finally heading to the PlayStation 3 in Director’s Cut form. For PS3 owners unfamiliar with the cult hit, here’s the Cliff’s Notes recap: The one-time 360 exclusive is an open-world murder mystery/ survival horror hybrid set in a Twin Peaks-like town; an eccentric FBI suit chats-up quirky townsfolk, gathers clues, combats shadowy ghouls, and argues the merits of DVD movie extras with an imaginary friend named Zach.

None of this, however, is as strange as its critical reception. It earned a 2/10 on IGN, while other scores hit as high as 100 on Metacritic. While many critics couldn’t look past its lackluster production values and clunky gameplay, its campy charm captivated others. With Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut, developer Access Games is aiming to add to that latter group by fixing what alienated the average gamer, while retaining the alluring weirdness that clicked with its modest, albeit rabid following.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games