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8/10

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise Review - IGN

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise isn’t so bad that it’s good, it’s just average and technically rough.

www.ign.com

5/10

Review: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise - A Fun Game, In Disguise

That game you like is going to come back in style

www.nintendolife.com

7/10

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise Review (Switch) – Call Me by Your York - PowerUp!

How do you even begin to review a game like Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise? This is the kind of sequel that exists almost entirely in spite of the critical reception of the first game, which remains an adored cult classic regardless of its harshest critics. Frankly, it’s easy to...

powerup-gaming.com

4.5/10

Deadly Premonition 2 Review: What Year Is This, Zach?

Unabashed enjoyment of something shouldn't be at odds with an unflinching assessment of its faults. I believe that's something that diehard fans of the origi...

www.usgamer.net

1/5

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise Review

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise is a welcoming return to its strange and absurd world, but feels diluted and missing many of the flavor notes that defined its predecessor.

www.gamespot.com

5/10

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise Review

We're not in Greenvale anymore

www.well-played.com.au

8.5/10

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise Review — Always Trust the Pizza, Zach

Deadly Premonition 2 marks the return of Francis York Morgan and his brand of weirdness. He can also skateboard now. It's rad.

www.dualshockers.com

9/10

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise Review–Twin Peaks and Valleys

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise wants to revel and self-praise its own absurdist nature, but at the end of the day the actual game attached to all the strange dialogue, mechanics and gameplay is painfully frustrating.

www.criticalhit.net

4/10




"Look, what I’m trying to get at here is that if you didn’t like Deadly Premonition, you won’t like Deadly Premonition 2. It won’t win anybody new over, but it will please the growing fanbase that the original cult classic has accrued. As with that pseudo-masterpiece, get over the technical issues and you’ll find a true diamond in the rough: A bonafide contender for the most memorable game of the year. Like father, like son. Isn’t that right, Zach? "

"Deadly Premonition 2 delivers exactly what fans have been craving for years. More of that iconic style, more of its downright kooky cast of characters, and more of its dark and twisted paranormal horror. If you’ve played the original game, you owe it to yourself to play this as well. In fact, it’s absolutely bonkers how much this game resembles its predecessor – for better and for worse. "

 

[mejin]

Worse than the original? That's a pity, but I'll play it anyway.

 

[Astral Dog]

Solid reviews can't wait until friday

 

[Terenty]

Retarded monkeys roll out their "reviews"? Gonna be entertaining

 

[Mr Hyde]

A 1/5 for a Deadly Premonition game is actually a 10/10.

 

[Naibel]

5/10s mixed with 9/10s...

Yeah, this is Deadly Premonition, alright.

 

[Northeastmonk]

It must be amazing if you’re already a fan of the first game

 

[M1chl]

Holy shit this looks dated, when I saw that game from 2010 and nowadays, it does not looks nearly as good, asi I would expect. Because how was the Xbox exlusive was called? D40? Or something like that, it was not so bad and it ran fine. I am not saying that game is trash, it's probably fun, but that technical side of things seems less than ideal.

 

[Caffeine]

This is gonna be a cult hit this is only good if your a fan of this series, but if your casual and just hopping on your probably gonna hate it.

 

[Stilton Disco]

So it's janky, confusing and divisive?

Deadly Premonition is back, baby!

 

[Roman Empire]

Mixed reviews by most gaming journos? That is the Deadly Premonition that I love!

 

[DKehoe]

Sounds great!

Swery just retweeted this lol

 

[Gavin Stevens]

Saw that video earlier, yeesh... That's some performance ok. Reminds me of the old nokia games that you used to get on phones back in the day, they would look rough and run like arse. Man, what happened here...?

 

[Elpidio Valdés]

This takes me back to 2010! The first game got awful reviews and yet I loved it. That being said, I'm going to wait for a PS4 or X1 version later down the road since I don't have a Switch. Hopefully they can refine a few of the issues and fix the frame rate by the time those versions release.

 

[whitesugar]

Mixed scores as expected. You had to look over a lot of flaws to love the first game, and a lot of people can't, and that's fair.

Will play this after a couple of patches

 

[Bog]

Sounds great!

Swery just retweeted this lol

Oh no, the guy who runs “RPGSite” doesn’t like it? I better cancel any preorders.

 

[Birdo]

Cis-Phobia!

 

[DKehoe]

Oh no, the guy who runs “RPGSite” doesn’t like it? I better cancel any preorders.

Just to be clear, personally I'm absolutely on board with Deadly Premonition 2 and loved the first one. I just thought it was funny that Swery retweeted it.

 

[jaysius]

Dtoid reivews oddball/indie darlings way too soft, I guess it's how they keep their clicks.

 

[Shadowstar39]

Saw that video earlier, yeesh... That's some performance ok. Reminds me of the old nokia games that you used to get on phones back in the day, they would look rough and run like arse. Man, what happened here...?

Doesn't seem that bad, and surely a patch or two can fix up the rough spots. That being said I ran crysis on max settings with a 8800gts and core2duo back in the day and was fine with 17 to 18fps in sub 1080p resolutions. I ran tons of games in the quake and unreal days where when you go outside the fPS tanks to 5 to 10 fPS, even with a voodoo graphics card. That didn't change until I got a sound blaster live to move cpu power back to the cpu. Was using a cyrix 200mhz cpu which was advertised equal to a pentium 2 at 266mhz... It wasn't even with over clocking. A pentium 3 fixed that for me.
I ran wolf3d, doom in a small window screen for more fPS on a 386sx 16mhz pc. And played real-time 3d games stunt driver and Ultima underworld in sometimes slow MO.

My point is people nitpick today about a few fPS. Back in the day we got by on 18 to 20 fPS and were happy for seeing new technology or an amazing experience. As far as I'm concerned if it's single player a few fPS dips won't hurt.

 

[Raven117]

Sign me up man. The first one was great, and this looks to be another big ol scoop of crazy and flies in the face of what the industry thinks games have to be.

 

[Woffls]

Going from gaming on a 144Hz monitor to this is going to be... rough... but it's Deadly Premonition so whatever. Nice cinematic frame rate won't kill me.

 

[Bog]

Just to be clear, personally I'm absolutely on board with Deadly Premonition 2 and loved the first one. I just thought it was funny that Swery retweeted it.

Yeah I love the idea of leaning in to the critical response.

 

[GrayChild]

So... still better than TLOU2? I'm on board!

 

[Hostile_18]

What happened to the Nintendo seal of quality? (Re: Frame rate)

 

[Kreen101]

It looks like it's really a carbon copy of the original in terms of writing, performance, gameplay and everything, and I'm 100 % happy with that. I feared they would change too much.

I especially enjoyed, in the original, the way they handled sidequests : you had to be at a certain place at a certain time to do the quest; if you missed your chance, because the character left town, for instance, the quest was gone forever. I loved that aspect of it, as it created the feel of a real, living town where people had their lives and were not just NPCs standing in place.

 

[Jooxed]

Xaero Gravity dies inside

 

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[Hydroxy]

Damn that's a shame. Now i dont feel too bad thats its exclusive to Switch.

 

[GodParticle]

Fuck that frame rate. The original was bad, but not THAT bad...or my memory is failing me

 

[Skifi28]

I can tolerate many things and have fun with bad games, but that framerate is just intolerable.

 

[J3nga]

How can anyone pay $60 for this.

 

[Roman Empire]

Fuck that frame rate. The original was bad, but not THAT bad...or my memory is failing me

It was that bad on the PS3

 

[Skifi28]

How can anyone pay $60 for this.

If I was filthy rich I'd get ten copies full price and gift them to people I hate.

 

[ROMhack]

I reckon they've made it bad on purpose, at least from what I can see from Swery's reaction on Twitter.

Also Swery's games are fucking weird. DP was hit and miss. D4 was absolutely awful (remember that). The MISSING was amazing.

 

[J3nga]

If I was filthy rich I'd get ten copies full price and gift them to people I hate.

What a sinister idea, I like it.

 

[GodParticle]

It was that bad on the PS3

Ah, I was on the xbox. Maybe it was better there

 

[Shifty1897]

I may just wait for the PC release, that frame rate hurts my soul.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

“A blessing in disguise” is basically what Deadly Premonition is all about, isn’t it?

I’ll be very interested in seeing if the tune changes when the game gets ported to other platforms - if it gets any attention at all by then.

 

[Astral Dog]

Not recommended for framerate afficionados

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Fuck that frame rate. The original was bad, but not THAT bad...or my memory is failing me

The rumour is that it's just a timed exclusive.

 

[Zephir]

What if the bad framerate is actually a clue to identify the killer and after the final boss everything runs at 60fps?

 

[Raven117]

How can anyone pay $60 for this.

It’s 50 bucks, so, not many people.

 

[NeptuneCL]

A 1/5 for a Deadly Premonition game is actually a 10/10.

true as f*ck

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Cant wait, loved the first.

 

[Revolutionary]

Holy crap, I had no idea it was releasing so soon. Pre-ordered and pre-loaded immediately!

 

[kittoo]

Doesn't seem that bad, and surely a patch or two can fix up the rough spots. That being said I ran crysis on max settings with a 8800gts and core2duo back in the day and was fine with 17 to 18fps in sub 1080p resolutions. I ran tons of games in the quake and unreal days where when you go outside the fPS tanks to 5 to 10 fPS, even with a voodoo graphics card. That didn't change until I got a sound blaster live to move cpu power back to the cpu. Was using a cyrix 200mhz cpu which was advertised equal to a pentium 2 at 266mhz... It wasn't even with over clocking. A pentium 3 fixed that for me.
I ran wolf3d, doom in a small window screen for more fPS on a 386sx 16mhz pc. And played real-time 3d games stunt driver and Ultima underworld in sometimes slow MO.

My point is people nitpick today about a few fPS. Back in the day we got by on 18 to 20 fPS and were happy for seeing new technology or an amazing experience. As far as I'm concerned if it's single player a few fPS dips won't hurt.

I cant imagine how, but I finished HL2 and Doom 3 on laptop with Intel integrated graphics...in 2005! Yeah. Probably ran at 3-4 fps I suppose lol. And I still have nothing but good memories. Nostalgia!

 

[J3nga]

It’s 50 bucks, so, not many people.

50 is still a lot for the quality it presents, bottom price in my eyes for something like this is $5.

 

[stranno]

What if the bad framerate is actually a clue to identify the killer and after the final boss everything runs at 60fps?

That happened a lot with disc drive consoles years ago. Reading noise spoiled every single AI encounter, it was crazy on loud consoles like Dreamcast.

 

[CatLady]

This is Deadly Premonition after all. A high MC score would have been horrible and absolutely detrimental to the mystique and quirky, janky charm of this cult classic.

Hope you Nintendo guys enjoy and it's as much fun as the first one.