Recent reviews by Ulmeck

I love thi game so much. Although it's sort of a cross between a simple hack and slash in areas, and the world's grimmest hidden picture game, it has so much style and storytelling, it's quite the experience.

Don't care what anyone says. This game is fantastic. Space, exploration, scanning things. This scratches so many itches for me.

In the game, Deadly Premonition, the main character is recommended a sandwich consisting of turkey, strawberry jam and cereal stuffed between two pieces of bread. A few moments later, he declares it's the best. sandwich. ever.

That describes DP. It's a janky, open world game with poor controls, PS2-era graphics, the worst driving in any any game, and shooting controls that make you want to cry. The voice acting is painful (except York, the main character; I love that guy), and the character animation is so bad, I was shocked that they actually used motion capture for it. It's plot is a convoluted mess, liberally rips off Alan Wake, Twin Peaks, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and with a touch of Cthulu mythos.... and yet....

And yet it's been one of my favorite gaming experience of the year. It's a game so bad that it flips back to good, to bad again, and edges back to good again. All the pieces are so bad, yet the whole was so satisfying in a crazy sort of way.

Now excuse me, I'm going to try that turkey sandwich. Maybe it will surprise me too.