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  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Haven't played that yet! There was that leak of a Steam release scheduled for this year, I hope it happens eventually even if the game isn't as good as the first one :sadness:

    Didn't Deadly Premonition 2 end up having some real, no-fooling offensive stuff in it though? I remember hearing discussions of both racism and transphobia

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      I can't speak for racism because I don't remember there being any beyond maybe some stereotypical depictions of Black people in Louisiana? Maybe? Then about the transphobia part, many characters are transphobic, but it's explicitly coded as a negative trait, and the main character is supportive. I believe in the original release of the game the main character misgendered a trans character tho, but SWERY went on record saying they made a mistake in translation, and I believe they corrected it. But overall I think it's not really a negative portrayal of trans people, just somewhat misguided here and there. However I'm cis so take that with a grain of salt.

      Also to speak of the quality, I haven't played or watched the first one, but the second one had some really great moments, and did have a really nice post credit scene that I found pretty memorable and charming. For the most part the game's pretty clunky but AFAIK works much better than the first one.

      • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        3 years ago

        From what I've seen of DP2 the game is a complete shambles technically in a way that the original Xbox 360 release of Deadly Premonition wasn't. It had clearly outdated PS2 graphics and was done on a threadbare budget, certainly, but it ran at a solid 30 fps, wasn't bugged out the ass and didn't crash constantly.

        Now, the later ports of DP1 are a different story entirely, all breaking the game in various ways with the PC version being the absolute rock bottom. It's a shame those are the main way people can experience the original now, and an even greater shame the same fucking company behind them developed the sequel :agony-consuming: