Thirteen years ago on the Xbox 360 platform, there was a very peculiar game - "Fatal Premonition", which is a survival and horror game that combines adventure, action, and detective case-handling. Why is this a peculiar game? Because it received a super low rating of 2 on IGN at the time of release, and was called the worst game on the Xbox 360, but it received a perfect score on another media site, Destructoid, and even surpassed Resident Evil at one point. Therefore, this game is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, the most bipolar horror game.
And the reason why IGN is really most dissatisfied with this game is its very ugly graphics, as well as the poor handling and poor sound effects, probably the editor's first impression is that this work is terrible, so I didn't play it seriously. It's true that the picture of this work is really bad.,But in terms of plot and system, it's talked about.。 The reason why the graphics of "Deadly Premonition" were so bad was that it took too long to develop, starting in 2004 until 2007, when it was announced that it would stop development due to technical difficulties after it was published under the name "Rainy Woods", and it was not until 2010 that it was renamed "Deadly Premonition" and successfully debuted.
And then the PC version of the Steam platform is the director's cut version.,There's a slight improvement in picture quality.,And the operation part has also been optimized.,But it's actually not very good.,There will be some bugs that crash.、Jump out of the problem.。 But the overall is much better than at the beginning, at least the game can be played smoothly, IGN also gives the director's cut page more face, and the evaluation has increased from 2 to 7. So, what is the magic of this 13-year-old bad work?
The gameplay style of this game is quite similar to Alan Wake Killer and Silent Hill, and the combat aspect is somewhat similar to Resident Evil 4. The story depicts a horrific murder in a remote rural town, where red seeds are found in the victim's mouth or at the crime scene, and at 12 o'clock at night, the town is filled with a terrifying alien dimension that does not return to normal until the morning. The players take on the role of the FBI's York Morgan, who comes to investigate the case.
York is an interesting protagonist who is often fragmented, has a dual personality trait, and is able to break through the fourth wall to talk to the players, which adds a lot of comedic humor to the game's playful country music "Life is Beautiful" with a very light whistle, as well as witty dialogue.
Although "Deadly Premonition" is a horror game, the graphics are indeed extremely weird and chilling. It's a pity that the atmosphere of the game is not very scary, and most of the time the murder scene is handled more deliberately and beautifully. At best, you'll be scared by zombie-like enemies. Otherwise, this work will not deliberately scare the player.,But the atmosphere is really more depressing.。
At first, the feeling of playing is really bad, the gunplay shooting is very slow, you can't move when aiming, and the crosshair is very difficult to control. But after experiencing the first battle in another dimension, when you come outside, you will find that this is an open-world game. And because of this relationship, the degree of freedom and exploration of this work is very amazing.
The producer said he wanted "Deadly Premonition" to combine a lot of life-like elements. Therefore, many designs will make people feel very frivolous, irrelevant to the purpose of the game, or even verbose and cumbersome. For example, the protagonist's suit and clothes will be dirty, and they need to be changed and washed, and they should also be regularly cleaned up with a razor in front of the mirror. In addition to the car used for transportation, it will also drive until it runs out of gas. The premise of crashing into public objects and deducting wages adds realism and plausibility to the game, but it also makes players feel troublesome, but that's what makes Deadly Premonition so interesting.
The most difficult part is that this game has two settings: satiety and fatigue value, so if you don't eat for a long time, you'll starve to death, and if you don't rest properly, you'll die of overwork. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare some food and coffee on your body to prevent these problems from happening. The most troublesome thing is that all the details of this game are very slow, such as every time you open a door, you have to open it very carefully. When you enter the car and start the engine, you also have to play a few seconds of animation, and when the car turns off, you also have to open the door and walk down, these small details make the game extra slow to play.
And every time you finish working in one location, you have to drive a long way to the next location. It's quite boring, so you have to be prepared and patient when playing this game, be able to accept a slow pace, enter a room and have the courage to open every door to explore, so that you can successfully spend hours playing the game.
The plot is also very slow, the characters are introduced in detail, the case takes a lot of time to talk to people, and the process is more like watching a movie, the camera will shoot each link in detail, and even go to have a meal with other colleagues in the middle of the case, chat, these life-like content make the game slow like a snail. It wasn't until later chapters that the puzzles were revealed, including the protagonist's background.
There are a lot of games that are not popular with the general public, but a weird cult movie-like game like "Deadly Premonition" combines all kinds of strange powers, homicides, and leisure life in one. Coupled with the difficult controls and cumbersome small details, it is really rare to be so non-mainstream. If the graphics were a little better and the physics were a little stronger, it would be extraordinary. I believe that players with more unique tastes will definitely like this game, although it is difficult to get started, requires a lot of brain thinking, and is difficult to survive, but I believe that smart players will find a lot of surprises in this game.