

On a fundamental level, it's a mess - a groaning slab of technical shortcomings and design deficiencies that would usually be enough to sink a game without a trace - and it's a game that's often dismissed, unfairly I think, as bit of a joke, a so-bad-it's-good experience worthy of a chuckle on YouTube and nothing more. Trying to talk about the original Deadly Premonition is complicated. When violent acts are shown in the adventure sections, it's often in service of the story - and the violent acts are often more alluded to (shown with phantom figures or camera angles disguising the details).A characterful, frequently charming sequel that doesn't quite match up to the original - and somehow performs worse. There is a bar in the game, where alcohol is served, and the investigation (in the past) centers around a murder case - but the violence is rarely realistic. Soon after, a man is shown sitting in a chair smoking marijuana in the first circa 10 minutes, described as being for medicinal use, and legal in Boston (the sequence of smoking is not controlled by the player). In the earliest stages of the game there is In the earliest minutes of the game you see:Ī naked body of a woman, preserved in an ice block, not realistically or explicitly shown. There are horror elements in a fantasy setting and the main character (a detective) uses a gun as well as a fantasy weapon against enemies.

There is what can be considered (unrealistic) violence against enemies, be it fantasy creatures or sometimes animals. Deadly Premonition 2 is for the larger part an investigative adventure title - there are also action parts interspersed.
