Deadly Premonition finally coming to the PS3 in the US/EU as Directors Cut
Remember the Bayonetta 2 controversy? I bet you haven't forgotten, but we have yet another scenario where Xbox 360 users get's the big middle finger as an updated version of the cult classic Deadly Premonition coming out in the US and EU and only for PS3 owners.
Called Deadly Premonition Directors Cut, this updated title is coming April 30th in America and April 19th in Europe. Your probably asking what is in this updated title and that's been answered. I found this info on Kotaku mind you, so these updates are presented from the writer's point of view (mostly in reference to how the game worked).
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The game now has a new prologue, which introduces the story as a frame-narrative being told by someone else. I asked Swery if the narrator would pop up from time to time throughout the story, and he said yes.
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The game also has a new epilogue, which Swery said would be more or less what fans of the game might expect. Of course, he wouldn't go into much more detail past that.
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The controls have been overhauled to make the game play much better. I didn't have a chance to try them out, but from what I saw, you can now assign the buttons however you like, and the camera is, as far as I could tell, permanently fixed to the right thumbstick. No more insane stairwell-navigation or combat tank-controls. It now controls like you'd expect a third-person action game to.
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The difficulty has also been tweaked. After hearing that many people didn't finish the game while others just put it on easy and blasted through the combat sections, Rising Star has tweaked the game to only have one difficulty, which they said was somewhere between Easy and Normal.
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The map is hugely improved. This was probably the thing I was happiest to see, given that the map in the original Deadly Premonition was so incredibly difficult to use it almost felt like a practical joke. Now, the game includes a GTA-style mini-map that can be expanded in-game to show more or less of of Greenvale. I never thought I'd advocate for a mini-map, but in this game it could only make things easier. Swery did acknowledge that the first game's terrible map forced dedicated players to become more intimately familiar with the inner workings of the town, but it's hard to imagine the game really being hurt by having a better map.
This does suck as the updates only apply to the PS3 Version, but the upside is PS3 owners in both America and Europe can now play the game on the PS3. However us 360 owners are left in the dust, which is a real shame. What are your thoughts g1s?
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
Ferret75
I don't see how 360 owners are left in the dust. Wasn't the game out on the Xbox 360 for multiple years already? Anyways, this is good news for PS3 owners I suppose.
Dark Queen
I dont really care what platform its on if its deadly premonition, sewwww seik'd!
Drag0n92
why do devs do this; release a game exclusive, then later release it way better on other platforms
Barry the Awesome
probly cause they initially have some sort of agreement for exclusivity for a certain period of time. after it expires, you can do whatever you want.... maybe
Board_games_r_evil
and then 2 hours later, everybody stopped caring
chrisat928
Nothing like being a fanboy, huh?
Zetra3
I own every console, so not to worried about events like this. Though it does suck completely and horribly
Tom the Iron Man
I am not concerned about this as I have it on the 360, and my worry is with all this new changes will ruin what made the original game what it was. Not interested, moving on.
LousyTactician
Um...As someone who loves the 360, and considers Deadly Premonition the best game of this console generation, I don't think the fact that this is exclusive is worth getting worked up about. I personally wish we saw more exclusive games this generation.
I'm a little worried about the changes being made to the intro and the controls though. The intro to the original Deadly Premonition was FUCKING PERFECT, I can't see them topping it, and I still stand by the claim that the stiff controls, whether intentional or not, improved the atmosphere and horror experience of the game.
I'll still probably be buying it though.
Kaibaman41
As someone who never played this game I am a little worried what awaits in the new prologue and epilogue