Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition ( German: Deadly Premonition ) is a Japanese video game developed by Access Games. It was first released on 17 February 2010 in the U.S.; the European release was made by Rising Star Games on October 29, 2010., the creative mind behind the design decisions is, Hidetaka " Swery 65 " Suehiro. In Europe and North America, only one version was released for the Xbox 360, while in Japan is also a PlayStation 3 version with the name Red Seeds Profile is available. It is one of the first survival horror games with open-world scenario.
Action
The player plays the FBI agent Francis York Morgan, who determined at a murder of a young woman, Anna Graham, in the town of Greenvale. In the city he is received by the Chief of Police George Woodman and his colleague Emily Wyatt. These explain the background to the murder, which have been found up to that point. Throughout history, the player learns more and more familiar with the city and the people. Also Zach, the second personality of York learns the players know. Often it is not sure if York with Zach appeals to his personality or the player itself. More and more secrets are raised in the game and solved finally. We learn at the end, more and more details of York's life and his destiny.
Main Characters
Criticism
Despite the poor graphics and a " control, which one always brings to despair ," Carsten Görig comes for Spiegel Online to the conclusion that there is a " terrific " game. The gameplay was a " mixture of Japanese horror films, David Lynch's Twin Peaks and a healthy dose of psychedelic dreams," the "shackles of the first minute ."
IGN believes Deadly Premonition had the worst graphic that you can have on an Xbox and are 2 out of 10 points in the IGN ranking.
GameSpot awarded Deadly Premonition 7 out of 10 points at GameSpot Core.
4players rated the title with 65 percent and the final score satisfactory.
The GamePro awarded 76 percent.
The online platform Metacritic calculated for Deadly Premonition 68 out of 100.
In Germany the game was able to increase his popularity, when it was introduced by taken from the game One- editors Wolf spear and Christian Gürnth on the game -one website in the Tough Enough. The two played Deadly Premonition by complete and publish the videos on the website. The editors criticized the imprecise control and the outdated graphics, the game praised but as unusual tip.
History of development
Deadly Premonition was developed by Access Games and published first on 17 February 2010 in the U.S.; the European release was made by Rising Star Games on October 29, 2010., the creative mind behind the design decisions is, Hidetaka " Swery 65 " Suehiro. In Europe and North America, only one version was released for the Xbox 360, while in Japan is also a PlayStation 3 version with the name Red Seeds Profile is available.
Director's Cut
On April 26, 2013 Director's Cut for the Playstation 3 was released, the new edition contains, among other things, improved graphics and controls.
In July 2013 developers Rising Star launched on Steam a Green Light campaign for the release of a Windows version of Deadly Premonition, which was successfully completed. The Windows version of the game also appears as a director's cut, but still gets other extras, such as improved textures. The release was announced for October 31, 2013. The official release was then on 29 October 2013. The PC release has been criticized for a fixed non- configurable and low screen resolution, a problem that was solved by an unofficial fan patch.