Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut
TLDR Review:
I recommed this game for it’s wonderful story and characters BUT ONLY buy this game when it’s on sale. This PC port is EXTREMELY buggy even with patches applied and depending on your PC your experience may vary from only experiencing minor crashes now and then to being completely unplayable right from the get go. The hassle to get the game to properly run is not worth the $30 price tag.
Review:
Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is a 2013 HD upgrade of the “Most Critically Polarizing survival horror game ever made ” Deadly Premonition.
– Real player with 898.4 hrs in game
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“Deadly Premonition” is an open-world murder mystery with horror elements. It features an interesting story with bizarre characters, action sequences that play like a slow third-person shooter, occasional easy puzzles. and a fairly large map to explore. Unfortunately the PC port is barely playable due to technical issues.
The game successfully creates a “US small-town” environment with many characters who have their own schedules, and have different things to say depending on the current state of affairs. The murder mystery is exceptionally well designed - lots of people are suspect in one way or another, but there is no obvious culprit. You always feel that there is more to the murders than you already know, and the story ends in a chain of revelations that definitely surprised me. The main plot is very linear, but the game also offers 50 side quests, and you are usually free to decide which tasks you tackle next. The side quests are, however, often completely nonsensical and feel tacked-on.
– Real player with 72.3 hrs in game