Deadly Premonition is a hard game to make a sequel for as the original was made with 0 expectations and slowly became a cult hit due to its charming/wacky story and strong characters. Originally I was disappointed with 2 because of these expectations but as I continued certain characters grew on me and the story kept me going. Technically this game falls flat but so did the previous my main gripe was the side and main missions were most if not all very tedious fetch quests or kill counters which were not nearly as prevalent in the prequel. Skateboarding is cool and I'm glad the map got reduced but traversing still takes about the same time because it's so much slower than a car. Interrogation scenes with Aaliyah are great even if I didn't like her as a character so much, patricia, york/zach are great. The ending was very strong and made me appreciate the game a lot more very pleased at how everything was wrapped up.