Deadly Premonition
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Deadly Premonition’s open world environment of Greenvale, Washington is defined by a pervasive dreariness – the sun’s presence is scarce, as eerie grey skies dominate. Eerie grey skies such as this are upsetting individually, but when that dreariness is paired with other sources of dreariness, spectacular – troubling – are the results. And so it
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Deadly Premonition’s central narrative is a masterful achievement, dwelling upon impossibly bleak subject matter – in this precise instance, serial murder; the butcheries exercised on the various victims are displayed and discussed boldly; the game is unflinchingly mature. Many games are bleak – darkness is common. But with Deadly Premonition, darkness is uniquely tempered by
Games With Grey 