Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (Japan)
Nintendo Switch
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Reviewed in 2020
55
✪ Reviewed on May 22, 2023
55
A deliciously bizarre Swery thriller, brimming with ideas and unforgettable moments. Sadly the execution is a disaster: collapsed framerate, empty world, no polish. Genius drowned in technical misery.
Your verdict
Category
Open-World1 player16+
Description
Agent York investigates a string of murders in the humid town of Le Carré, Louisiana, mixing coffee with the supernatural. Published by Rising Star Games, released worldwide in 2020. An open town roamed by skateboard, hunger and sleep to manage, interrogations, an uncanny mood and a jazzy soundtrack.
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Steering York's investigation through Le Carré is as much an experience as a game: exploration, combat and driving stay rough, sometimes tedious, yet the languid pace and writing give every action meaning. You don't play for tight controls but to follow a singular thread. Worth it for anyone who values atmosphere over polish.
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
The investigation moves through small-town routines: profile a crime scene, then skateboard off hunting for clues, juggling the detective's hunger and sleep between offbeat conversations. That investigative loop, punctuated by side goals and eccentric characters, keeps you chasing 'what happens next.' The singular mood, both absurd and touching, is what truly holds you. Its wobbly charm endures, but repeated travel and technical hiccups can pad the playtime artificially.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Strange, endearing and talkative, this open-world thriller deliberately slows the tempo: you drive, fish and chase oddball side quests between investigation phases, and the town of Le Carré invites you to wander. That embraced slowness, paired with a surreal story that takes its time, stretches the experience well past the main plot. It's this offbeat charm, rewarding patience, that keeps the curious coming back.
Technical info
💾8 GB📅10/07/2020
Published by Rising Star Games
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
True to Swery's strangeness, Deadly Premonition 2 distills its standout confrontations more through tone than pure mechanics. Surrealism, a swerve between comedy and unease, and foes torn from a dream-like nightmare forge a singular atmosphere. It is less the precision of combat than its embraced absurdity and disorienting staging that etch these encounters into memory.
An underrated gem
Technically clumsy, sluggish on a skateboard and visually dated, this entry hardly won over critics, and it's easy to see why. Yet beneath its visible seams beats a singular auteur's heart, a clammy atmosphere and unpredictable writing no polished production would dare. It's precisely that embraced strangeness that earns a second chance. Reserved for lovers of weird, endearing oddities.
A questionable morality
Investigating a string of sordid murders doesn't stop this eccentric detective from cruising the small town on a skateboard, chatting with an imaginary friend and reading the future in his coffee cup. We accept without blinking that solving macabre cases runs through methods as zany as they are off the books. The gap between the gravity of the crimes and the hero's cheerful nonchalance creates an endearing strangeness, more funny than truly disturbing.
