

The PS1-era was rife with these kinds of bug-ridden fairweather adventures that I had some of the best times of my life with. Having played games since the ’80s, this is jank I can deal with. There’s even a few good old fashioned vague scavenger hunts that are going to elicit myriad walkthroughs for years to come. (Thankfully, fast travel is unlocked quickly enough.) The time mechanic returns from Deadly Premonition, which means a lot of waiting around, going to sleep at your hotel, or using plenty of cigarette items to advance the clock. Riding around on a skateboard beats the hell out of driving that car in the original, but it’s still trying at the best of times. Running around the sunny (“searing light” as York calls it) Le Carré is equal parts tedium and joy. This is Swery to a tee, but I also get massive Clover vibes with Deadly Premonition 2. Like the original, this is an open-world joint (Le Carré, which is “just outside of New Orleans,” is the setting), complete with a skateboarding traversal system and minigames dotting the landscape. The reason are 2 different publishers for physical / digital.But while the story conceit takes a certain kind of patience and open-mindedness to enjoy (shots fired), the actual gameplay is much more down-to-earth. Also apparently the physical version doesn't get patches, while the digital version does.

I've also heard that the digital and physical versions of DP1 are separate, so savegames do not carry over. My Switch version of DP1 crashed about 3-4 times during 1 playthrough, while DP2 hasn't crashed at all.


Unless you got the PC version fixed, their ranking was I saw a video of someone comparing all DP1 versions. I'll definitely play through it a 2nd time Overall I am happy with the game and how it fits into the overall story. Also, I was disappointed that I could not look through windows and stalk people. Gameplay wise the framerate was no issue for me, but a few side quests felt dull, especially since the rewards are forgettable. Story wise there are a few unanswered questions I would've liked to be solved, but overall the characters are quite good and the main cast was believable to me. I will not get into details, but you can see that the cases of DP1 and 2 really changed Zach. I really liked how DP1 and 2 were connected. I had my first playthrough today and was emotionally touched at the end.
