Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut Review | The Game Scouts

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Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut Review | The Game Scouts

Added: 06.05.2013 16:17 | 17 views | 0 comments

Tin Salamunic: Deadly Premonition is ugly, broken, confusing, dementedand also one of the most extraordinary experiences of the decade. It disregards all conventional quality standards and plays by its own rules. Its juvenile and careless, yet provoking and immersive. It fails as a traditional video game, but succeeds as a work of fiction. How much of its absurdity is intentional remains unclear, but this exceptionally orchestrated disaster has to be judged on its own merits. As one of those rare cases where the failures emphasize the strengths, Deadly Premonition achieves its individuality by being the Ed Wood of gaming its so bad (well, more like odd) that its brilliant. Originally released as an Xbox 360 exclusive, Deadly Premonition has garnered a cult following and the reviews have been amusingly split amongst critics. While many despised the near broken gameplay and nauseating visuals, others praised its unique ruggedness as the holy grail of this generation. The Directo...