Hi Guys! I got the chance to play a bit of Deadly Premonition Director’s Cut at the end March. It was a lot of fun and definitely has me even more pumped for the game’s release later this month!

One thing that really stood out for me was the game’s new camera. In Director’s Cut it is no longer locked in place giving you the option to move it all around York and zoom into game details without having to aim a weapon! This definitely comes in handy if you want to get a good look at all interesting details of Greenvale. I had fun reading all the Engrish posters in Greenvale Hospital myself!

Driving in Greenvale is really improved compared to the 2010 release as well. The steering is a lot tighter overall making it easy to keep the car on the road and not drifting into hills/bushes/buildings etc!

As for the over all controls…well admittedly I had some difficulty with the new control scheme but I blame that on the original controls being banded in my mind (it probably also didn’t help I was playing the original the night before too!). I was definitely the only one with this problem as everyone else I observed were mowing down Shadows without a hitch!

Besides trying the game for a bit I was also able to to get some confirmations on a few things:

• There’s no leaderboards 🙁
• The game map doesn’t zoom out at all.
• Story/dialogue remains unchanged between the 2010 original release and the Director’s Cut.
• Added content can be found only in the new prologue, epilogue and 10 new cut scenes found in between chapters of the game. Swery originally wanted to add some more diving conversations but this idea was nixed… but there’s a chance we can see these new conversations up on his blog after the game’s release!
• All DLC that is being offered as pre-order bonuses will also be available for sale on PSN so you won’t miss out on anything!

New Screens!
I love the new details added to the Shadows! They look more like the undead now with their gashes and bruises don’t you think? 🙂