"You've got that all wrong, George. That's the mark of child abuse." That's the moment that broke me, I'm dying lol.

@sinisterwombat3128

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's true. Figuratively, the whole insane tree fetishism is a mark of his abuse by his mother. The delivery of the line is delightful

@jjcoola998

Жыл бұрын

I reverse snorted Irish cream out of my nose at that point How that was never a rare meme I’m not sure

@cairax23

Жыл бұрын

Time stamp? I missed that part most likely but that sounds hilarious

@caydecontroller5186

Жыл бұрын

@@cairax23 1:09:41 onwards

@Sidecutt3

Жыл бұрын

my man spitting facts

Game: Plotting a huge story with confusing facts and charachters Also game: George's lisence plate is IAMTHE1.

@pedromiret9195

11 ай бұрын

YES

@flamingo_with_tophat296

9 ай бұрын

The license plate says SPYFCTM 35:48

@kricku

9 ай бұрын

And that's after the change to be more _subtle_

@HeavenlyEchoVirus

9 ай бұрын

FK in the coffee.

I think the English translators who were involved just were like "fuck it" and just translated mostly word to word instead of adding any type of imagery which worked AMAZINGLY

@TotallyPointlessTV

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it seems like it, a bizarre trip in the best possible way

@coralrief

5 күн бұрын

The game is obviously heavily inspired by Twin Peaks (which is incredibly popular in Japan), which has a similar awkward and "weird" tone, dialogue-wise. So, I bet the Japanese version is like that too. Maybe even more so.

I love the "Great Fantastic Amazing" everytime you land a headshot because at first it just seems dumb. Like he's complimenting himself. Then it after the game you realize he's complimenting Zack who's self esteem is horrendously low. York is just being an amazing corporeal brother the entire game.

@lewisaino

Жыл бұрын

Francis Bro Morgan

@SecondAftermath

Жыл бұрын

​@@lewisaino Francis Giga Chad York Bro Morgan is what I've discovered is his full name

@feliciabaxter6423

10 ай бұрын

york deserved to get the girl in the end

@dramallama111

9 ай бұрын

Not to mention, that every time you get a headshot, you hear the cash register "ka-ching" sound. Which I found really satisfying.

@misanthrophex

8 ай бұрын

Zach is a reference to Diane. Agent Cooper was reporting everything to her.

I feel like to prepare for deadly premonition, you need to watch twin peaks season one and two, dubbed in chinese, translated into vietnamese from chinese and then back into english.

@A_Stereotypical_Guy

Жыл бұрын

It would probably make sense if that happened

@tylociraptor8131

Жыл бұрын

@@A_Stereotypical_Guy it may we'll be authors intent, knowing Lynch lol

@A_Stereotypical_Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@tylociraptor8131 lol true. Someone should try it

@juancorzo5081

Жыл бұрын

@@A_Stereotypical_Guy why dont you try it yourself?

@A_Stereotypical_Guy

Жыл бұрын

@@juancorzo5081 because im retarded

York is a character that seems uncannily aware of what kind of setup he is in.

@willfanofmanyii3751

Жыл бұрын

Considering his first trip through hell ended with him pointing out this is the first time something tried to attack him, yes.

@brad3950

Жыл бұрын

I love main characters that act like they know they're the main character. Leon in RE4 is another one. i love the self awareness.

I absolutely love that he managed to keep his cigarette in his mouth during the entire car crash sequence lol

@wannaput10shots

Жыл бұрын

Many years ago a drunk driver thought he was driving in the middle of the road and leaned right to correct it, he was wrong and he hit a speed limit sign in front of my house, which then bent and his car went up in the air and landed on the side. Gas coming out, people running to help, they open the car door facing up and he comes crawling out with a cigarette still in his mouth. A pure comedy moment.

@when-do-we-get-a-block-button

Жыл бұрын

​@@wannaput10shots til a ciggy is the best safe guard against a car crash

@robertschnobert9090

9 ай бұрын

​@@wannaput10shotswe need to make the abuse of hard drugs like alcohol or tobacco illegal. The junkies will KILL us all! 🌈

@Sloth-tr7bd

7 ай бұрын

One thing you can be sure about smokers, is that they'll rather die than let anything happen to their cigarrette's lmao. Espiecially if it's the last one and the nearest shop is miles away

@iforgor8271

5 ай бұрын

@@wannaput10shotshe was not sugar coating ngl

The writing in this game is actually genius, York talking about B movies while driving, him casually bringing up gruesome details about past cases, it's absolutely hilarious

@brunopereira-gx7dp

9 ай бұрын

bizarrely, despite this game being bad I found its story very good, if it weren't for the flaws and the silly things I would say that compared to heavy rain it is more interesting and has plot twists a little better worked and less imprevisives.

@Ooweeeooo

8 ай бұрын

I think it’s because the style is copy pasted from Twin Peaks which has incredible writing and a unique tone

@MangasColoradas941

8 ай бұрын

@@Ooweeeooo yes but i also think the director just operates on the exact same wavelength as david lynch. they're kindred spirits

@thatguyyouhatealot

4 ай бұрын

oh yeah, this game has a way better story than heavy rain​@@brunopereira-gx7dp

@dorenjackson1166

3 ай бұрын

“Genius”? I’d say “bizarre”. Maybe I have to play it to understand it but it all just seems weird

You can't overstate how massive Twin Peaks was in Japan. It influenced Silent hill, and Deadly Premonition and so much more.

@Disconnect350

Жыл бұрын

Silent Hill was also influenced by Jacob's Ladder.

@gamerguy6990

Жыл бұрын

@@Disconnect350 wasn’t it’s map also inspired by Oregon after someone saw Kindergarten Cop

@nicklafleur7620

Жыл бұрын

@@Disconnect350 silent hill was influenced by American movies, basically out of necessity. The team that made the game was Konami b-team, so they didn't have the funds to travel to America for reference material, so they used amaerican movies as all of their reference material. The school is also modeled off of kindergarten cop.

@ellis7622

Жыл бұрын

@@gamerguy6990 lol I’ve seen that picture and they sure do look similar.

@FTZPLTC

Жыл бұрын

@@nicklafleur7620 - Even weirder: Mary and Laura's outfits in Silent Hill 2 are really similar to Nic Cage's wife and child in Con*Air.

Deadly premonition is one of the rare few cases when "it's so bad it's good" for videogames actually worked

@morkgin2459

Жыл бұрын

Along with Yakuza 1 og English dubbed version

@AsherBunnyman

Жыл бұрын

Too bad they couldn't make lightning strike twice with the sequel.

@fabian8901

Жыл бұрын

@@AsherBunnyman vi ubi

@GG256_

Жыл бұрын

It's not "so bad it's good" in the same way a b movie can be. I assume this is where you drew your example from, maybe I am wrong. A videogame is a different medium and a generally different experience. There are generally great things about this game. The dialogue, the music, the concepts, the story, the character development, etc. Even if these things all fail in execution in some spots, the game generally is a great game. Is an entertaining experience as far as "can I define this by arbitrary metrics we know that can make this medium bad or good?" No. There are objectively terrible things as well. Liking it or not of course is subjective. But b movies tend to fail at everything and are often a product of creators delusional aspirations and egos. The narcissism engrained in a person to go "yeah, this is good. No matter what I made, it's great, because I'm Neil breen." (For example.)

@Noelle_Holiday

Жыл бұрын

This is almost like Tommy Wiseau's The Room of survival horror games.

I like that even after admitting Zach isn't a real person, just a coping mechanism to a degree, York still talks to him like he's real

@KayderimGameplays

Жыл бұрын

I think it's the other way around, i think Zach is suppoed to be the real one

@forecastlotus3899

Жыл бұрын

@@KayderimGameplays ah you know what I mean

@citizenvulpes4562

Жыл бұрын

Just because you're concious of a coping mechanism doesn't mean it doesn't work :/

@PoptartParasol

Жыл бұрын

Well, the notion of "I have become self aware! Now I am cured of all mental ailments!!" is more of a Hollywood thing. If that were true to reality therapy, self help, and medication wouldn't be as big of a business as it is now. Just like physical injuries, mental injuries (such as trauma) don't just immediately disappear once you start healing. It is a gradual process

@andreasottohansen7338

Жыл бұрын

If there is one thing I have come to realize in dealing with my issues, and talking to friends about theirs, is that no matter how conscious you are of a behavior, positive or negative, it is really difficult to not default to said behavior.

"You've got that wrong, George. That's the mark of child abuse." York was so real for this

It kills how entirely unimpressed York seems with George literally transforming into a monster before his eyes. Like 'Yep, sad backstory, scary monster, are you done yet?'

@roxiep2010

Жыл бұрын

"Cool motive, still murder."

@Raeymondo

Жыл бұрын

I love it even more now that it's even kind of justified with DP2. This isn't even his first time dealing with this stuff, he's just done with it at this point.

@HappyBeezerStudios

7 ай бұрын

@@Raeymondo When you're so used to seeing that kind of stuff

@visassess8607

7 ай бұрын

​@@RaeymondoI didn't know there was a sequel

@Raeymondo

7 ай бұрын

@@visassess8607 Oh, well yeah, it came out originally on Switch a couple years back and then got ported to PC. I got it the day it came out and personally had a great time with it. It's ehh... Not really that great as a game on its own (the performance issues were ASTRONOMICAL when it came out), but as a sequel to *Deadly Premonition* it's *perfect*

I love every early 2000's horror game logic of: "Theres a monster? thats a job for the good ol' 9mm"

@avant-gardemarmalade7605

Жыл бұрын

The Ancients never took Samuel Colt into account when they were planning the inevitable invasion of earth.

@VancePetrol

Жыл бұрын

"I guess we found his weakness... bullets." - LL Cool J in 2004's Mindhunters

@simonmalmstrom9593

11 ай бұрын

Hey if it ain’t broke don’t fix it 👌

@cryomaniac1366

11 ай бұрын

9mm, safety? always off

this game freaked me out the first time i played it, because the main character talks to a voice in his head(im assuming the player) named zach, so having a character look directly at the screen and address me by my name was so odd

@lilylohmann614

8 ай бұрын

I was JUST thinking anyone with that name would have freaked tf out

@ruansasa289

5 ай бұрын

And it becomes even scarier (or funny) when you learn that YORK IS NOT THE REAL ONE

I love that it was York and Emily who actually bonded and so it was them who go to be together Zach on the other hand was just a passerby throughout their entire relationship its a really clever way to kill off a main character or two and not have it be too sad

Agent York’s facial expression the majority of the time is just: *:3*

@skydenkightgamingchannel3099

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉😢😢

@DieEineMieze

Жыл бұрын

@confusedjello7292

11 ай бұрын

the original babygirl/j

This type of writing in games is what I miss about 2000's Japanese games. They take themselves seriously, but have moments of absurdity and wackiness sprinkled throughout.

@manukau5271

Жыл бұрын

Yakuza

@Dendyaryadi

Жыл бұрын

shenmue

@MrPandarilla

Жыл бұрын

I saw this post in my milk

@Gigi-zr6hp

Жыл бұрын

Precisely why Yakuza holds up very well until this day

@inplane9970

Жыл бұрын

The OG Resident Evil games really hits the mark with this. It's a shame the remakes tuned it down so much.

York advising citizens to “stay away from any dark, dangerous, isolated places”….fantastically helpful advisement. Enlightening even.

Honestly, after all these years, the biggest mystery to me is why they decided to use monkey sound effects for the squirrels in the opening cutscene, the part of the game that the largest percentage of players are guaranteed to see

Something I want to point out is you can return to the town as Zach and people refer to you as him. It's not just a pallette swap, there's lines recorded for this. There is some speculation there that they know York AND Zach. Something to think about.

@maddogmajimaswifey3868

Жыл бұрын

York is zach the whole time when he is saying his "fbi special agent Francis York Morgan please call me York " he's actually saying Francis Zach Morgan " please call me York which is why some characters act like "yeah Right york". The channels i found this info on is Welcome to Greenvale and Deadly premonition archive s

@Alexander59059

11 ай бұрын

@@maddogmajimaswifey3868 Then why does Emily ask who Zach is?

@ThatRandomDude204

11 ай бұрын

@@Alexander59059 Well she probably heard him referring to another Zach so maybe that's why she was curious

@wotwott2319

8 ай бұрын

@@Alexander59059 she's actually asking who York is

I really love the blend of humor and horror. I think it’s actually an extremely novel blend; horror movies start to wear down and lose their fear factor when it’s constantly trying to be scary/dreadful, as people just start to get tired of it.

@dh1380

Жыл бұрын

You need to watch Twin Peaks if you haven't

@lexiwexiwoo

Жыл бұрын

It can be difficult to do correctly. It's kind of decievingly difficult.

@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus

Жыл бұрын

This game captures twin peaks better than just about anything I’ve seen.

@vaspeter2600

Жыл бұрын

It's not novel: it's just, sadly, not very common.

I. Love. This. Game. Huge fan of Twin Peaks, and this game has extra special place reserved for me. I used to play this with my best friend few times a year, to 100% completion. We owned this in every possible platform. He died in 2014, I still play this game every year, very happily, with a heavy heart. We were huge horror fans, and this had extra special place, due to the quirckiness. I installed this on my pc around 2012, I still have that untouched version and hard drive in my computer, and I play that once a year, at the start of summer when he passed away... Rest in peace friend.

@ifgezroxy

11 ай бұрын

Sorry for rambling, I just wanted to emphasize how much this wierd old game means to me. :)

@dafilmqueen556

10 ай бұрын

My condolences. May your friend's memory still remain with you..❤

@ifgezroxy

10 ай бұрын

@@dafilmqueen556 thank you! :) I carry him with me everywhere, in the form of a tattoo on my arm. :)

@MrSlendyMannn

8 ай бұрын

It’s a good thing that you still have that copy. It’s always nice to have a memory of someone that you cared for.

I like that Emily isn't just a generic love interest, but actually has things to do

@inplane9970

Жыл бұрын

Plus the game doesn't nail home that Emily is supposed to be the love interest every 10 minutes. She can be viewed however by the player, and her character development would still make sense since she was genuinely helpful.

@cwookdev

8 ай бұрын

But you can also dress her up in a cat costume 😂

@DieEineMieze

3 ай бұрын

​@@cwookdevhot

@Etrius0023

2 ай бұрын

@@cwookdev Only in the re-releases which are hot garbage. The original version is respectful.

This game had me dying of laughter in that scene where the police officers and York were eating at a restaurant and York starts describing the most horrific cases he worked on, this game really is a masterpiece! A game with soul.

@CheshireCad

11 ай бұрын

I mean, York isn't wrong. The whole 'murdering and the skull-collecting' thing was deeply disturbing and perverted. But drinking out of something that you've pissed into is just *weird*. Just... ew. Is it really that hard to keep your drinking and pissing skulls separate?

My favourite part about Deadly Premonition is how when you unlock fast travelling by doing ridiculous side quests. It's a walkie talkie to call George to pick you up and drop you off at a place you visited. The catch is, you have to hear tire screeching noises everytime you do and it's hilarious.

@MarakamiSG

Жыл бұрын

@@MadWatcher kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJqK2Kdwd9XKmLg.html

Ngl, Silent Hill 2 would be less creepy if James just whispered "amazing" "fantastic" "bulls-eye" every time he shot an enemy

As a relatively young guy with a lot of white hair, the most unbelievable part of this supernatural nightmare is actually no one asking him if his hair is naturally white.

@ibragimowbekhan0987

Жыл бұрын

Well, maybe its a universe where that hair color considered normal

@wolfgangvonriva7168

Жыл бұрын

Same man, its always "How old are you" - "No Way" - "Is that Dye or Genetic."

@ShaggyTheClown17

Жыл бұрын

I think me and my other 3 brothers all had platinum blonde hair as kids. I imagine most likely... well, maybe thats not really his hair color but a signifier that the real person is there now n not just a background character, the scar being larger now is also a pretty telltale giveaway that the perspective changed, not that the hair color really matters but that the personality is changed.

@skelebonezone

Жыл бұрын

@@ShaggyTheClown17 I always assumed his hair turned white after the incident he had as a child. (trying not to spoil it) as some kind of form of marie antoinette syndrome, due to the trauma

@ShaggyTheClown17

Жыл бұрын

@@skelebonezone I dunno, usually if a kid has very light hair it'll grow darker over time, could just be another marker for the change in personality but not real physical change, either way

This game is a hidden gem. Got the Switch version because heard of the oddities and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It's so incredibly ridiculous yet so charming. Sometimes I like to imagine everyone standing there as York is just talking to himself, nonsensically and they are like "Here he goes again."

@youtube-kit9450

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the only problem judging by this video to me is that the game seems to be completely mis-genred? It has no survival elements since you apparently have a infinite ammo strong gun a th the start and unlock more powerful weapons afterwards (which are also infinite ammo?) And the tone seems to be so farcical that calling it horror seems just fucking weird. Just to be clear, I didn't mind the tone, it seems to be an absolutely, gut-bustingly hilarious game, but it didn't feel even remotely like horror.

@wanabevideographer1613

Жыл бұрын

@@youtube-kit9450 In the time of 2010, survival horror woulda been best suited because it had "undead"/monsters, unnatural elements. Look at games such as lost planet, and Fear, it's just not as literally scary

@Germerrion

Жыл бұрын

We need the second game

@natekebab4888

Жыл бұрын

@@youtube-kit9450 pp0p

@teenie1156

Жыл бұрын

The funny thing is that there is a part 2 for the switch and the side characters do make fun of him, because of that. Shrugging to one another as he "talks" to zack. Lol xD

From the beginning I was half-expecting a quirky Noir with a schizophrenic detective using his psychosis to solve a mundane murder mystery...I definitely wasn't expecting the last minute detour into Lovecraft territory. 😳

Actually, Tommy Tallarico holds the Guinness world record for the most divisive survival horror game ever made... His mother is very proud.

@lizard8749

4 ай бұрын

I mean this in the most positive of ways, i hate you

My theory has always been that York is actually some kind of other being, not just a personality. He protects York by merging with him and he possesses special powers. He actually exists to fight against the red seeds.

@sarafontanini7051

Жыл бұрын

th sequel lends some credence to this theory

@holomatic1549

Жыл бұрын

If he were to exist to fight against the red seeds and solve the case, Zach would've had to start existing only when and after he had the urge to do so, not before and during, which is what we are introduced in the beginning of the game.

There is nothing better than a long, analytical video about some janky and obscure horror game made in the late 2000´s or early 2010´s. Great video, keep up the good work!

@youtube-kit9450

Жыл бұрын

Hope he does more like clock tower 3, Rule of Rose, Kuon, all that good janky-ass PS2-era survival horror stuff.

@MasterLink255

Жыл бұрын

Pathologic is a masterpiece type beat

@nobume8879

Жыл бұрын

ngl this kind of contents is my comfort that let me rest lol

@questionablegreg4684

Жыл бұрын

“Obscure”

@OrionDawn15

Жыл бұрын

@@questionablegreg4684 I mean, it isn't? I've never heard of it before, nobody else seems to either and nobody has ever brought it up before whenever it comes to discussions about older horror games.

I love how weird and janky it is. The weirdness hits in some uncanny way and the jankiness and uglyness just elevates it.

It’s actually so surprising and yet refreshing to see such a demonized disorder flipped on its head. The person with multiple identities isn’t some murderer with an evil alter- they’re the main character just trying to do their job, the disorder is exactly what it is in real life: a coping mechanism. Especially seeing as how old this game is, it does an pretty good job at positively portraying DID.

This game unironically changed my life. Picked it up on impulse while at GameStop getting my 3rd red-ringed 360 replaced. (It was a wild time) My wife and I settled in to play, and found ourselves completely sucked in. Passed the game around to our entire friend group, and even dressed as York/Zach that Halloween. (She was York. We even made sure to have FK in our coffee…great days)

Doing the final boss with a t-shirt that says "I AM FBI" is just so perfect

The comedic degree to which York was disobeying traffic law is amazing, I'm surprised he didn't have a silly straw leading to a bottle of Everclear

I won't lie, this story was great. I know for a fact I'd have so much trouble slogging through the gameplay, but damn this story seems like it would make everything worth it

@tetsuoakira8294

Жыл бұрын

Precisely. The story is just that good, just that weird and mysterious. You will either love it or hate it. This game is just the perfect definition of that phrase.

@notinorder9630

11 ай бұрын

exactly how ii feel. always glad to see people cover games ii can't play for one reason or another, especially when they can pull so many great gems out of them.

4:17 this is a common mistake. they actually say "time to die" or "let me die", which [spoiler] is referencing York's mother and later Emily being both infected by the red seeds. They both said that letting them die is the only way to end their misery.

Can we just acknowledge the music for a second? The happy whistle song specifically. It’s just so out of place and sounds like a generic royalty free song but at the same time also fits in because of how weird the rest of the game is.

@witheredharp

Жыл бұрын

That song is my favourite, it's in my daily music rotation

@EdwinCaldwellBills

Жыл бұрын

Also this is my second viewing now now knowing wou the fat tree guy actually is it will make this more interesting I will tell you my findings soon

@EdwinCaldwellBills

Жыл бұрын

Also pointless pls do a ryse son of Rome review it one of the best underrated gems I know

@EdwinCaldwellBills

Жыл бұрын

Harry best character

@EdwinCaldwellBills

Жыл бұрын

My findings I flipped him off each and every time

As bizarre as it is, the art direction is actually really pretty and cohesive. As you mentioned, an attention to detail definitely exists within this game. Also unexpectedly accurate dissociative disorder rep for the time?

@brennenpoffenroth4196

11 ай бұрын

It certainly seems like a lot of work was put into the story and the characters but the problem was that they were limited by the tech at the time. The story is so all over the place but it has some genuine greatness in its potential

@BWMagus

10 ай бұрын

Hard to be accurate about a mental illness that's existence is debated.

This is the first I'm hearing about Swery and Suda working on a game together. Now they just gotta get Yoko Taro Involved and we'll have a game so incompressible it'll be studied for generations

@CheshireCad

11 ай бұрын

They could spend the next two decades making a dozen critically-acclaimed games, before anyone figures out that each and every story and design choice was actually randomly generated by picking words out of a hat.

@KMS2K

7 ай бұрын

Throw Kojima into the mix too.

@visassess8607

7 ай бұрын

​@@CheshireCadLuckily they have AI for that now lol

its weird that noone is mentioning the voice actor of york, who did a phenomenal job and would love to see more of him, and ofc the glorious ost. the composer truly made something outstanding there

@ibragimowbekhan0987

Жыл бұрын

Yep This man with his skills to react COLDLY to all of this complete bullshit is God Level

@Nov-5062

Жыл бұрын

Jeff Kramer, also the voice of the legendary Seaman.

@Exel3nce

Жыл бұрын

@@ibragimowbekhan0987 huh??

"The locker was holding true to its name, it's locked", I love this man's humor.

York is amazing. Most personality for a main character ever. I feel like, a lot of the time, main characters are void of personality: Often just doing 'the right thing', for the sake of not distancing the player from empathising with the MC

@BWMagus

10 ай бұрын

That would have more impact if the entire cast wasn't the same way.

The shooting the axe to make it fly back at him made me legitimately cackle

This game almost makes it feel like it inspired Kojima in making Death Stranding. Holding your breath to avoid enemies, rain heralding danger, a man wearing a skull mask being more than he seems. All that we need is a naked Norman Reedus

@justaguyonyoutube4592

Жыл бұрын

So basically it’s *literally* the first strand-type game then. Just add in “Directed by Kojima” and people will consider it a masterpiece. Kojima, take some notes. This is how you make a real strand-type game!

@gotreddonyou2439

Жыл бұрын

A naked Norman Reedus and that freaky funky fetus.

@jackkendall6420

Жыл бұрын

Kojima wishes he could be a SWERY.

@alias7goldenletters

Жыл бұрын

OMG MUST BE INSPIRED BY KOJIMA OMG GABE NEWELLL ????? OMG REALLY GAMER ????

@rofflesvanwagon

Жыл бұрын

Suda51, swery65 and Kojima all worked together when they were younger...

Speaking of things being hidden from the very start, the license plates of everyone's cars actually reveal the secrets behind each of their characters. If you're good at guessing, you can get all the twists out of the way within the first hour of playing. For example, George's license plate is "HESTHE1", pointing at him being the killer. York's is "YZ1DRFL", which can be read in full as "York+Zach Wonderful" or, more telling "York+Zach are 1"

The story actually seems hella interesting ngl. It sorta reminds me of how yakuza games sprinkle silly moments throughout the story only to break you in the end with the plot

1:58 There's Unsafe Driving and then there's what our boy Frank here is doing.

It’s criminal that I never played this gem, what an absolute absurd monstrosity. Ugly, yet beautiful. Thank you for making this analysis, top tier work as always!

@noahhelquist8350

Жыл бұрын

so you are saying its so ugly its beautiful

@sarafontanini7051

Жыл бұрын

deadly premonition, if you're open to it, can be a damn fine game in terms of narrative and characters. York is certainly one of the msot interesting videogames characters I've seen.

@vapid6311

Жыл бұрын

play through all of SWERY's stuff, he's like what happens when you remove SUDA51's game design chops with a crowbar

1:13:15 Honestly, that camera pan is executed to perfection. I love the way it slowly shifts focus from York and the sapling to the sapling and the locket before centering on the locket. It's like the camera reflects York's thoughts as they connect.

@kara7145

Жыл бұрын

like a broken clock being right twice a day ya know? makes it even funnier

My absolute favorite thing about this game, and why it's stuck with me for so long, is the fact that you can walk around the town and do whatever after finishing the game. The sense of isolation and unfamiliarity after what we learned and saw with the ending made it really feel like i wasn't even in the same place. I wanted to rush and leave the town (ending the game) because it felt so weird

@Nov-5062

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. All of your partners were either murderous psychos or got brutally murdered themselves, and Zach doesn't need York as much as York needed Zach. It felt depressing. However if you clear side quests as Zach there are some different dialogues from if you cleared them as York. For example you can get a "sensual" car washing from Gina at the gas station if you clear her sidequest. If you clear it as York he will say it was terrible and that Zach might like it, and as Zach he'll say something like "I wonder what York would think of it". They really thought of everything.

@ergoproxy-gx2cq

Жыл бұрын

the town became a liminal space

There’s a fine line between horror and comedy, and this game exists solely on that line

This game is utter genius. Camp at its best! The low-tech engine actually serves it well. Brilliant and vastly better than most of the stuff made last gen and this gen IMHO.

Oh my god I remember seeing someone playing this on one of the public library computers what feels like ages ago and being so unnerved by the image of Becky hanging in the shower. I never got to see the ending of the cutscene only the wires and the knife. It really freaked child me out a lot and I haven't been able to forget about it over 10 years later. I've tried so hard to find whatever game this was with little success. Utterly shocked to finally solve the mystery through a random youtube recommendation. Thank you on behalf of my childhood self. :)

@alex-hc3sk

Жыл бұрын

i know what it feels like trying to find a game you have only vague information about. im happy you found it!

@iversiafanatic

Жыл бұрын

Who the hell was playing this in a public library?! As a librarian, If I saw someone playing this shit in front of kids at my library, I’d say something. Haha

@iversiafanatic

Жыл бұрын

You’re 100% allowed to use all our equipment for personal use, but not to play weird murder games in public, unfortunately. :P

@f0rfex

Жыл бұрын

@@iversiafanatic idk who that lady was but she really helped me get me into horror as a genre lol

@MrSlendyMannn

Жыл бұрын

Glad that you could find out what game it was in the end. This is the first time that I’ve ever seen gameplay of this and I’ve gotta say, despite all of its jank, I adore it already. The mixture of sheer whackiness, comedy and horror is just really funny to me and quite charming. I might need to get this myself on the Xbox 360 (I hear that the PC port is an awful port).

You know, I'd love to watch this as a movie or short TV series, or a remastered game of this, faithful to all the weirdness and strange music choices. The characters are what made this game, surprisingly, and the twists are quite great too! And all the foreshadowing is obvious to eagle-eyed players!

@HerrDerpington

Жыл бұрын

Just watch Twin Peaks.

@superfluousfreak

Жыл бұрын

if you liked this definitely go watch twin peaks!!! most of the quirks of deadly premonition are very direct references to tp

@crizmeow8394

Жыл бұрын

@@superfluousfreak as someone who LOVES twin peaks, I would not mind at all to have another series about a detective going to a quirky town, it can be it's on niche

@azuki_O

Жыл бұрын

Me too! And yeah, i watched Twin Peaks but this would be so good! I had a blast watching this video and I didn't know about that game at all! Also Twin Peaks is good but the second half of the second season is a tiny bit... Lacking....

@Andoroid

Жыл бұрын

Twin Peaks. My friend played Deadly Premonition, he had never even heard of twin peaks until I showed him some clips. I've been showing him the series and in his words, it is *literally* "Deadly Premonition the series" You can *not* overstate how many references to Twin Peaks in this game LOL it's amazing, as a twin peaks fan I love it

I like how york had a more scareed and sad reaction to the dead dog then when he crashed is car. Honestly id feel the same

The whole setup fro Zach and York was absolutely amazing

A fine recap! For anyone who hasn't played the game, there is a wealth of entirely optional side content to flesh out the quirky inhabitants of Greenvale. The barbell and rain flower quest for George is but one example - In fact, it's entirely missable, meaning you can miss out on the fast travel mechanic for your entire playthrough if you don't find George pumping iron before solving Thomas's squirrel key quest! You can find bones around town for Willie that have a spooky implication for Bryan the grave digger. You can hunt for car parts hidden in the junkyard to have the General rebuild York's original car, and then race it in time trial courses. Also make use of an underutilized peeping mechanic to catch Thomas dancing in his dress, alone in his apartment, well ahead of the reveal.

@stephens3909

Жыл бұрын

So many and they definitely add to the experience, a big part of DP's charm is the quirky characters. A few more to list is the cooking quests with emily, the delivery man Q sideline, even the darts game at the bar to get more inventory slots. Some side quests reward you with useful items such as the legendary guitar which is a melee weapon that never breaks (Melee is the easiest way to deal with enemies, one smack kill) or the infinite ammo submachinegun. I have to play this game over again on the Director's cut, I only ever completed the 360 version and I hear the Director's cut has a lot more lore as well as some improvements.

@donnylurch4207

Жыл бұрын

@@stephens3909 I played the 360 version first and I liked it so much, I got the Director's Cut on PS3, day 1. It's... slightly better looking? It does have extra cutscenes at the beginning and end that raise some questions. I haven't finished DP2, so I don't know if they even affect that game's lore. I completed that version 100% and it's still my only platinum trophy to date.

The monologues are addressed to me, so nice of these devs to think of their fans 😊

@justaguyonyoutube4592

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is nice, right Zach?

@sephthesatanist6558

Жыл бұрын

Same. I think it adds another special layer of WTF if your name is actually Zach. :)

Man, I still can't watch through those scenes at the end without crying, this game builds you up so much, then just rips you down. Hurts.

@2shadowgamer2

6 ай бұрын

Same. I didn't know how much I cared about the town and characters until shit really hit the fan.

Wasn't aware that there was a sequel to this beautiful mess, and I'm really looking forward to your coverage of it!

@kaanaydogan5130

8 ай бұрын

Sadly even though story is good actual gameplay was much much much worse than the first game. It was really boring to play unlike the first game. If they had removed all the filler in between it would be an actual good game

@NoahGooder

4 ай бұрын

@@kaanaydogan5130 the skateboarding games are pretty cancer

honestly that ending that closes up the characters is legit heart warming

you know, funnily enough, York and Zach (Zack?) are probably the best and most accurate representation of DID I've seen, and it's likely unintentional. Not mean spirited or looking to use it for horror, just a child coping with trauma in the only way his mind knew.

@lilithjade4363

Жыл бұрын

this!! very true!!!

@EveTheRaviolo

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, i was thinking that too! It really is one of my favorite aspects of this game, regardless how bad of a game it was. Like, it genuinely got that part really accurate and well done for once

@vincent67239

Жыл бұрын

DID? Detective In Distress?

@pumpkinicing

Жыл бұрын

@Vincent Yu Dissociative Identity Disorder! An often misunderstood complex trauma disorder stemming from severe trauma, where the mind forms more than one "person" to cope with it.

@vincent67239

Жыл бұрын

@@pumpkinicing Thank you for clarifying that. Now I feel terrible for making a joke of it. I personally know someone formally diagnosed with it, so I should have known better. Rereading your original comment, I can totally see what you’re saying.

Honestly I adore this game, speaking to Zach just hits home no clue why

@KayderimGameplays

Жыл бұрын

twin peaks? Like the main character spoke with Diane at the recorder

The interesting thing is, from a purely plot point perspective, this is pretty awesome. There's a lot going on and its really interesting. Execution wise its completely bananas.

@Protoman85

5 ай бұрын

I felt Kaysen wasn't 100% necessary though, George would have been enough

Deadly Premonition is honestly my favorite story in any video game. When I first started playing it, I just thought it would be a silly Twin Peaks knockoff. I definitely wasn't expecting those emotional twists at the end. Even watching this video, I started tearing up a little at Emily's fate and the reveal of who Zach really is. The game gets a lot of credit for its quirky characters and ridiculous scenarios, but I don't think people give it enough credit for how emotionally engaging it is as well. Really hope you do a video on the sequel. I'm sure not many have played it considering it was a Switch exclusive for so long. I know it recently got a PC release, but still nothing for PS and Xbox console gamers.

@sarafontanini7051

Жыл бұрын

the sequel isn't the best, but its an enjoyable continuation in my opinion. really wish we got a boss fight with WIlly though.

@Mintylight

Жыл бұрын

It's one of my faves as well. Also, the way it portrayed George Woodmans relationship to Emily, his mother and his speech in the bar if you have a drink with him. Made me cry.

@Exel3nce

Жыл бұрын

i love york and i love how his voice actor gets emotional at the end....but i really doubt its your fav. in a game, thats just silly

@DemonBlanka

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think the game does a lot right, mostly in the writing; so much so that I kind of take exception to calling it a bad game, I'd call it an extremely flawed but good game because it has so much heart and passion that shines through. It's really much more than the sum of its parts. if we can call games like Killzone and Resistance good just for being technically competent then I think we should be able to extend a little generosity to an ambitious little game like DP.

@brettvv7475

Жыл бұрын

@@Exel3nce Are you really gatekeeping favorite video games? That's dumb and you should feel bad.

Criminally underrated game. Playing this always put a smile on my face.

The scary thing about the shadows is that theyre sentient and the reason why they're leaning backwards is because they are possessed but they're bodies are trying to resist the demons influence to attack the protagonist. Feel free to respond with a nerd emoji

@zvezda4994_

8 ай бұрын

5 months too late but 🤓

@thaleusthered

8 ай бұрын

@@zvezda4994_ thank you, bout time lol

@Littlehairyratballs

7 ай бұрын

6 months too late but 🤓

@beany1229

6 ай бұрын

That's actually a really cool Observation 7 months too late but 🤓

@thaleusthered

6 ай бұрын

@@beany1229 thank you, thank you

Gameplay aside, the story connections are astounding. Everything is connected back too the first experiment :0

@TotallyPointlessTV

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, aside from corny, the game is super well written

*this game develops characters and tells a story better than most games in the last 12 years.*

@aconfusedlacroix3965

Жыл бұрын

yea sure buddy

@moezfoez

Жыл бұрын

Bffr

@nhantrungha

Жыл бұрын

have u not played any games

@Joostus

Жыл бұрын

Straight facts. York is one of the most well rounded main characters I‘ve encountered in gaming and the supporting characters rarely ever miss

@Ash-nh6li

Жыл бұрын

its true look at RE it's basically just a bunch of anime archetypes with no real personality. But essentially I don't think video games need to rely on developing characters the way a book or something does.

Ah yes Deadly premonition. The best and maybe only Twin peaks game ever made

@brunovieira3692

Жыл бұрын

PS1 Mizzurna Falls is another Twin Peaks game, and it most certainly influenced Deadly Premonition. There's also Alan Wake.

@bodhisattva-p

Жыл бұрын

Harvester

@JustSkram

Жыл бұрын

Alan wake, silent hill (to an extent)

york is an amazing character. hes just so weird. for no reason. gotta love that in a horror game protag. like if i had to choose between some idiot who doesnt know what theyre doing and just a weird guy id pick the weird guy

This game's got a special place in my heart. The first time I experienced it was in 2013. A friend brought it over one night and then a snowstorm literally froze us into the house for a week. We spent the whole week going through the game with him in the driver's seat. My friend was kind of an odd dude who was OBSESSED with old movie trivia, and my name is Zach. It was like it was literally us in the game, and that made it all the more fascinating

I loved this game immensely. At first I was really disappointed with how easy it was to figure out who the killer was, but then...well, other things happened.

My only hesitation going into this video is the knowledge that my half-memory of some of the game's themes and moments all twisted together is possibly the most "Deadly Premonition" way of remembering Deadly Premonition. I'm frankly afraid to get a more clear understanding of this video game version of being at a Denny's at 3:47AM on a chilly Tuesday morning.

Honestly, I'm very impressed with how this game handled DID

1:22:30 I almost suffocated on a chip I swallowed from laughter. What a brilliant idea. Also thanks to you exposing this gem to me, I might give sequel a chance. That ''child abuse'' burn was top peak dialogue.

I bloody loved this game. I'd take my time while driving from place to place so I could listen to York's random ass conversations with Zach. Constantly questioning 'Why' but loving every janky moment of it.

TotallyPointlessTV, please keep making video essays on nostalgic games. I hope that's what you were planning on doing, in any case. I really appreciate all the work you do.

One day i walked into gamestop and randomly picked this game out. i absolutely hated it at first, and knew i was gonna take it back but for some reason i decided i should finished before i returned it and im so grateful to my younger self because of it. this game was and still is one of my favorite games. the story was a masterpiece and this game deserved way more than it got.

If you play this game,try playing on holidays on 5-6 hour intervals, use a guide for the side missions and immerse yourself. It'll transport you to a different dimension for sure. It may be a buggy mess, but it is one of the most unique pieces of media ever created for sure

@morkgin2459

Жыл бұрын

Actually perfect on December but it ended man

@JayWolf1985

Жыл бұрын

The thing is that the original XBox 360 release does not have all the bugs & glitches that most of the later ports & releases contain.

"I love how York can't wait to tell people he's a special agent, even after they've already said they know who he is." If I were an FBI special agent in my presumably late 20's, I'd be flashing my badge at everyone too. XD _flashes badge_ Sir this is a Wendy's.

@chilliemadness6841

Жыл бұрын

Hahahah

@crazymanwerido4522

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Ace Attorney, i'd always go around showing that badge to all the characters i could.

@kefiksprite5912

Жыл бұрын

"But you don't understand Detective Gumshoe" *Shoves attorney badge in face for the 13th time* "I'm a Defense Attorney"

I absolutely love this game. I played it on xbox 360 during a tough time in my life back in 2012 and I remember sobbing by the end of it. It's just such an absolutely insane story with so many plot twists and turns. I just loved the ending so much. I got attached to Emily, so her death at the end hurt so much.

@maddieb.4282

11 ай бұрын

Why would you spoil it like that

@MrSlendyMannn

8 ай бұрын

It’s something that I never played growing up on my 360. It’s backwards compatible on Xbox One though so I may try it that way. Despite the flaws of the game in a technical aspect, it looks fun as all hell.

You are amazing! I love the way you explained everything. I never finished it, so thank you. I have a new found respect for this game.

@TotallyPointlessTV

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noemi :)

Thank you, Swery, for creating one of the most charismatic weirdos in gaming: Francis York Morgan.

Funny enough this game actually brought my friend and I closer together and is probably the reason we started podcasting together. In the early days of our friendship I would go visit him and we would play through this together. At first we did it for a laugh since it was often sited as a terrible game but then we got so invested in the story that we would play it for hours on end. The gameplay is terrible and the animation is janky but it's precisely the reason we loved it. If my coffee could talk it would say amazing video as always!

@armytrainer

Жыл бұрын

Yo, who asked?

@JustBreathe436

Жыл бұрын

No need to be rude dude....

@Makkufurai

Жыл бұрын

@@armytrainer No need for permission to share an anecdote, which happened to be both relevant to the video and quite cool. Who asked you to contribute nothing but snarky putdowns?

@zombieflesh7171

Жыл бұрын

@@armytrainer bet your real fun at parties huh

@armytrainer

Жыл бұрын

@adam burke and what value did him leaving some bs story about a shit podcast leave? None! Welcome too the Internet where nothing anyone says has value moron

god the song they used for the willie tracking scene goes HARD, that one song is what literally started my fondness for old school hip hop

The second this video started, I immediately thought of Twin Peaks. It is my favourite show ever made. The mystery and weirdness are unmatched. I have never had another show pull me in the way it does. I haven't played this game, but I think I might have to give it a shot now!

A masterpiece of a game this is. This is in my top 5 games of all time. The expansive side content, the stock sound effects, the entire Red Seed case. I technically own 4 different versions of this experience. PS3, PC, Switch and the board game that was officially made. Can't wait for your breakdown of A Blessing in Disguise

@the0skeptic

Жыл бұрын

i don't think there's a ps4 version though i really wanted to try it out too :'(

Deadly Premonition and Alan Wake are the most Twin Peaks feeling games ever made...and I love it

@sinisterwombat3128

Жыл бұрын

Mizzurna Falls might be up your alley. Cruelty Squad is basically Twin Peaks on Salvia and Ketamin.

@Cure_Hana

Жыл бұрын

It’s a lot shorter, but maybe look up Beacon Pines, a CYOA-style game where you work with the narrator to find the best possible ending that will save a town full of cute animal characters (kind of like Night in the Woods, but not as existential).

Just stumbled on your channel and can't get enough of these long reviews. You do such a fantastic job at narrating the story, I feel I could listen to you explain paint drying. Keep up the great work and amazing videos 👍🏻🤓👍🏻

Now I want to play this again. It just has such a charm that I haven't personally come across in another game, and it's clear the devs had some passion and ambition in this project that's admirable.

Dude went from clowning on Martial Farts to video game analyses and it honestly just keeps getting better every video.

I met Swery at Pax East a few years ago when he was promoting The Good Life, and he was a really kind, really funny guy, language barrier and all. It was one of the highlights of the convention for me, and I wasn't very familiar with his work beforehand.

@Nov-5062

Жыл бұрын

Damn that's great. I wish I would meet Swery one day

Your gaming content is really good. Its different from the normal videogame commentary were someone overly shits on a game or says its best thing in the world. Thank you for your content.

@nick-wy7fg

8 ай бұрын

not pretentious either, he's describing the game and his experiences in a very casual but still passionate way, while so many others like acting as if they are videogame critics or journalists, it's annoying.

@MrSlendyMannn

7 ай бұрын

@@nick-wy7fgAngry Joe comes to mind. He used to be quite enjoyable back in 2010-2014. He was fairly funny and witty. I stopped watching after he got lazier and started nitpicking a ton over dumb things.

As a massive Lynch fan this game really has a special place in my head, the absolute passion and commitment to being unapologetically weird and surreal are so prominent and i've never really seen any other game dev go as hard as Swery. The game had trouble with budget and time constraints so a a lot of stuff was apparently unpolished or unfinished leading to a lot of jank that wasn't intentional or rushed, but the game was fully intended to be insane and have bizarre mechanics (fun fact, melee weapons are way more powerful than the guns--also the shotgun is meant for stunning enemies and the guitar is the most powerful weapon). I'm really curious what a higher budget, better resourced version of this game would've looked like; I don't know if it would have the same impact and following since it's jank is so iconic, but hey even twin peaks was well made and managed to be uh, THAT, so maybe it would have been more approachable and had a bigger following, maybe had more design impact

I actually really like the idea of Harry being a focal point (even though you find out at the end). I can see why he’s have trauma after knowing what happened to the town and, upon learning he was having a son- ran away from the responsibility. Only to learn what happened to said son and feel extremely guilty. One of the games themes is trauma and how people deal/dealt with it. And unfortunately his came with a price. I just wish there were more hints of his connection with Gorge. Like a secret collectible or something. But this game is already so jam packed I understand why it was overlooked.