Of course, you’ll also need to set aside time to discuss the importance of water pressure in hotel showers. Together, you’ll solve mysteries, punch chickarees (a kind of squirrel, apparently) that love to steal cigarettes and root beer, and harass an old woman with an alligator statue. Joining Morgan is a young girl named Patricia, the goofy town sheriff’s headstrong daughter. He also makes time for bowling and skipping stones, the latter of which occurs right after making a significant discovery in the case. It doesn’t take long for things to get weird for instance, after his car gets jacked, the agent discovers that the thieves left behind a skateboard, which he now uses as his primary mode of transportation. The sequel opens with our sickly hero recalling the details of an older case.ĭeadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise follows Morgan as he attempts to unravel a mysterious murder that he seemingly stumbles upon by accident. Apparently, it’s also an era when frame rates were stuck in the mid-teens. Soon, we’re back with Morgan in his prime, a time when he’s spewing information about movies like ‘The Island’ while chatting up his disembodied companion, Zach. However, after a bit of pushing and subtle manipulation, Morgan cracks like an egg, and the details surrounding a 2005 murder in the Deep South begin to spill out. The game opens as two FBI agents descend on terminally ill FBI Special Agent Francis Morgan at his unkempt apartment, a place that contains stacks of obscure DVDs and a few mysterious ‘sanctuaries.’ The agents have a few questions for Morgan regarding his previous cases, but he’s a little reluctant to lend a helping hand. Special Agent Morgan spends a lot of time hanging out with his young sidekick. Whether that’s an intentional part of the experience remains a mystery. But as much as I loved the game, the fun oftentimes got hung up on the technical shortcomings.
The sequel hits all the familiar beats without sacrificing its own bizarro identity in the process. Deadly Premonition, for example, has been referenced and parodied so many times that the developers probably know precisely what fans would want in a sequel.Īnd therein lies the problem: can Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise deliver the same experience without recycling everything that made the original so enjoyable? The answer, thankfully, is yes.
When filmmakers and video game developers return to a successful property, they’re often aware of the elements that made their work so popular. Crafting a sequel for a cult hit is risky business.
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