It's great when they release reviews like this and give other games scores that drop the average score and cuts the developers out of a bonus.

Looks like Metacritic removed his review.

" @larryrules138:@Zenaxzd: yes and also he said the game is so bad it's good in every way, but the combat and mechanics are genuinelygood which is why the game works so well. "

" I bet that 90% of the people that are trashing him and his review haven't even played the game. 50% of you probably didn't even read the review. "

Totally getting this game sometime just for laughs.

I used to really like Destructoid, seriously. It turned my eyes to some games I would not have seen before.
 
But...it just kept getting more and more pretentious and "IN YOUR FACE" that I just couldn't take it anymore. How many articles are written, on the front page no less, saying "You are an idiot if you think __?" Too many. 
 
I just don't care what Jim does in his reviews and I hate that he gathers so much attention. It's hard NOT to call him an attention whore at this point. To be fair, I clicked on this review and read it. He justifies it just fine. Then, after reading the thread some more, dug up some other reviews. Looks like he goes out of his way to point out little flaws in big-budget titles for the hell of it, then give it a low score to see some shitstorm hit the site. 
 
Also, don't forget that his site will now be at the top of Metacritic, getting, again, attention. If it gets pulled from Metacritic, I'll eat a dick* if he doesn't try to pull some stunt with it.
 
*Dick may or may not be a candy bar.

This review plus the $10 Gamestop credit I received for buying Darksiders on the cheap = $14 Deadly Premonition on the way to my door.
 
I'll let you know how terribly brilliant it is once it arrives. :P

I dissaprove of people's hatred for Jim Sterling.  He is the perfect lifeform.
 
Just so you know I'm not Jim Sterling.

sorry but that cutscene looked brilliant. it almost looked purposefully bad in an ironic way. i actually want to play it hah

On one hand, I know that the review is absolutely honest and truthful in the best ways possible:  he flat-out says it's a shitty game, but that it's amazing at being shitty.  On the other hand, it's fucking brilliant that he gave it a 10 to throw that stupid fucking Metacritic shit out of whack! 
 
When it comes down to it, folks...Jim Sterling just did the most brilliant and necessary thing in his life.  I'm pretty sure he just fulfilled his purpose in life.  Now he can go DIAF...and give me his Chaoseater in the process. 
 
Nonetheless, I'm going to end up playing the game...solely because it's so fucking cheap.

Why does everyone either hate him and call him a stupid attention whore, or love him?
I played the game for around 3 hours this weekend with my friends. Never before has a game made me want to shit my pants in excitement and fear one moment, then the next moment have me pissing my pants in sheer laughter and joy on how corny and awesome everything is.
 
this is a buy even if it was 60 dollars.

" I used to really like Destructoid, seriously. It turned my eyes to some games I would not have seen before.  But...it just kept getting more and more pretentious and "IN YOUR FACE" that I just couldn't take it anymore. How many articles are written, on the front page no less, saying "You are an idiot if you think __?" Too many.   I just don't care what Jim does in his reviews and I hate that he gathers so much attention. It's hard NOT to call him an attention whore at this point. To be fair, I clicked on this review and read it. He justifies it just fine. Then, after reading the thread some more, dug up some other reviews. Looks like he goes out of his way to point out little flaws in big-budget titles for the hell of it, then give it a low score to see some shitstorm hit the site.   Also, don't forget that his site will now be at the top of Metacritic, getting, again, attention. If it gets pulled from Metacritic, I'll eat a dick* if he doesn't try to pull some stunt with it.  *Dick may or may not be a candy bar. "

I thought that review was spot on,  I've have not read a lot of his stuff though before but I'll probably look at it from time to time now.

 
As far as the gameplay itself goes, Deadly Premonition won't be beating any of your AAA games on the market. However, for a budget title, everything is surprisingly competent and tight. The controls are decent enough, the combat is relatively balanced, and the action can scare when it needs to. Compared to your average budget game, Deadly Premonition is a new gold standard. The worst that can be said of it is that it is outdated. It's very clear this game was designed with the PlayStation 2 in mind, but if you have a love for old school survival horror, there is absolutely no reason why you should let age get in the way of something that would have been an utter classic several years ago.

Haven't played this game or anything but, his brand of humor grates and the comment sections of his articles are full of people tripping over themselves to be the first to "Get it."

 Yet, Deadly Premonition is the very first game I've seen that has been able to pull off that unique "so bad it's good" flavor. The fact that this game is so below standards actually works superbly. Usually a bad game struggles to maintain this ideal thanks to frustratingly awful gameplay, but since the combat is actually serviceable, this particular title can get away with being absolutely terrible in a completely hilarious way.

Oh christ...

It seems to me like the dude from IGN is the only one that doesn't like this game. I read Jim Sterling's review and I've read the posts from people on here (that have actually played the game) as well as Neogaf, and it seems pretty unanimous that this game is awesome. So yeah, I'm definitely picking it up.
 
Also, 10 years from now this game will probably sell for quite a bit on Ebay as it will be considered a cult classic at that point and I seriously doubt that they'll print that many copies of it. Probably.

Are you guys commenting on the Deadly Premonition > Heavy Rain article?  LOL.
 
It's good to know that I can get Deadly Premo for only $20 as my Heavy Rain substitute for the 360. Yeah!  :-)   Now to read the probably funny article that glorifies Deadly Premo & rains shit all over Heavy Rain...roffles.

I don't really dig that the main reason he justifies his review score is the price point....  And what if it was 60?  would it automatically become a 7...?   20 bucks to some people is nothing, to others a lot.

I don't really dig that the main reason he justifies his review score is the price point....  And what if it was 60?  would it automatically become a 7...?   20 bucks to some people is nothing, to others a lot.