{"id":6439,"date":"2015-09-13T07:27:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T07:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_gv_new\/?page_id=6439"},"modified":"2016-10-18T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T19:54:51","slug":"about-the-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shshatteredmemories.com\/greenvale\/about-the-site\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”full-width-section” css=”.vc_custom_1437509666403{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #5e5e5e !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”1″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full-width-content” css=”.vc_custom_1441583045796{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6714″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1458003231017{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full-width-section” css=”.vc_custom_1437509335281{background-color: #b5b5b5 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”.5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text font_size=”16″ line_height=”24″]So why make a Deadly Premonition<\/em> website? It\u2019s not the best looking and controls like something relea\"york_about\"sed back in in PSX era but in what it lacks the game makes up with a lot of charm and one heck of a story!<\/p>\n

I bought the game shortly after its release in February based on what I saw in an article<\/a> on Kotaku.com from November 2009. I\u2019m a fan of the survival horror genre and an even bigger mystery fan so a game about catching a serial killer terrorizing a small town seemed like a title I could really sink my teeth into.<\/p>\n

I played the first chapter with some friends and we were quite bemused by the dramatic sobbing by several character in the opening and by the off his rocker protagonist who talked to an imaginary friend named Zach. Just from our brief play through of the first level we could tell this was definitely going to be a unique gaming experience.<\/p>\n

Even though the game\u2019s plot and characters quickly captured my interest the controls really bogged down the gaming experience. At the time I just didn\u2019t have the patience to deal with the old school survival horror controls and the horrible map that wouldn\u2019t zoom out didn\u2019t help my situation either! I often ran in circles looking for where I supposed to go because I couldn\u2019t get a bearing on where I was<\/b> in Greenvale. I left Deadly Premonition unfinished at the start of the hospital Other World due to my frustration.<\/p>\n

The game sat untouched for weeks and stayed that way even though two of my friends raved about the story (they bought a copy of their own shortly after our initial sit down)\u2026 I just wasn\u2019t in the mood to deal with the controls to see it unfold for myself.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I found\"gb_er\" Giant Bomb\u2019s hilarious Deadly Premonition Endurance run<\/a> and was able to watch the game\u2019s amazing plot\u00a0unfold without the downside of dealing with the gameplay. The MST3k style commentary on Greenvale\u2019s more bizarre attributes by the two Endurance Run teams: Vinny\/Jeff and Brad\/Ryan\u2019s was just an added bonus!<\/p>\n

When both Giant Bomb teams completed the game I was blow away! I couldn\u2019t believe I let something like outdated controls and a wonky map stop me from completing such an rich and engaging game. I was left unsatisfied by the amount of side missions both endurance teams left unfinished so I dusted off my own copy and took another crack at the game.<\/p>\n

My play though was tough going at first, especially since my previous game save was in hard mode difficulty, but I quickly got used to the controls and went hog wild. I was so enthralled I became determined to reach 100% completion and finished the game within just a couple days![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

So Why a Website?<\/h2>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text font_size=”16″ line_height=”24″]\"sign\"In the end I had such a nice time with the game I figured that there must be others online eager to discuss the title. I searched for any Deadly Premonition fan pages but was disappointed find that besides some active forum discussions on various game sites and somethingawful.com<\/a> there really weren\u2019t any dedicated fan sites.<\/p>\n

I thought this was a real shame. Despite, in my opinion, the gameplay faults, Deadly Premonition really is good title. I\u2019ve been on a site creating kick as of late and had the time so I figured what the heck\u2026 and started a fan site of my own, \u201cWelcome to Greenvale.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Designs<\/h2>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6444″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”link_image” hover_effect=”img_zoom_effect”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text font_size=”16″]Version 1 \u2013 Welcome to Greenvale<\/strong>: August 2010 \u2013 November 2012<\/em><\/p>\n