You know those games that people describe are "so bad, they're great"? If anyone describes Deadly Premonition in this way and tries to make it the main selling point, they have no fucking clue what makes this game a worthwhile experience, and probably just follow meme shit like a mindless trog.

Yes, a lot of the game design is bizarre, and some of its presentation can get unintentional laughs out of the player, but this game would not be revered as an absolute classic if it didn't have something genuinely endearing about it. The characters are incredibly charming, especially York himself. The atmosphere is interesting, and while the gameplay is far from stellar--its the tale of murder and mystery in Greenvale that really makes you want to keep going.

Still, I'm not one to ignore the jankiness, and it doesn't take much to realize this project was something the devs were trying to get off the ground for a long time. It's a case of a past-gen game that happened to get shoved into a current-gen (at the time) console. In another world, this would've fit perfectly in a Dreamcast or PS2, but at least the framerate is better.

Xbox is still the way to go when it comes to playing this game, especially Series X.