Having been released back in ye olden tymes of February, memory of this game isn't exactly fresh in our minds. Just a heads up that when game of the year category discussions start, we'll even have to consider the wonky but priceless gem that is Deadly Premonition. I can easily see it as a serious contender for best narrative, what do you think?

I don't think so. Maybe it deserves some kind of "Best worst game of 2010" award.

You know what? I would accept best narrative. Except that Mass Effect 2 and HEavy Rain came out this year and actually deserve that award.
 
So no, I would not accept it as a winner. I would accept it as a nominee. 

pretending deadly premonition was good stopped being funny this summer, guess you didn't know

" pretending deadly premonition was good stopped being funny this summer, guess you didn't know "

It probably deserves the title of BEST BUDGET TITLE

No it isn't.

In 2005, it would definitely be worth something. In 2010, not so much. 

If there was an award for "most heart", I think Deadly Premonition would totally be in the running.

i would nominate it for "nice try, keep trying" award, not a goty

I tried really, really hard to forget about Deadly Premonition after I played through it THREE TIMES....and I tried even harder to forget that I actually bought it. As much as I enjoyed the games narrative and quirky charm, it really sucked to actually play it.

Just had a friend pick it up with no context to the internet sensation of  Deadly Premonition.  He was looking up survival horror for 360 on the internet and had a $20 amazon gift certificate burning a hole in his pocket  combined with a lack  games on his brand new 360 when he found this game. He absolutely loved it. Nothing to do with the ironic hipster thing people had going during the summer.

" @keyhunter: I don't believe that it was a budget title in Japan though, so that's not really fair... "

" @nintendoeats said:

" @keyhunter: I don't believe that it was a budget title in Japan though, so that's not really fair... "

But if it is a budget title in the region the Game of the Year is being awarded in, surely it would count. We wouldn't exclude titles that were released in Japan the previous year, so why would a title be excluded from another category for a similar reason? "

No. Best music, though? Sure.

Does Giant Bomb have some kind of guilty pleasure award? Because Deadly Premonition would definitely win that.

 @SBYM said:

" No. Best music, though? Sure. "

The Surprisingly Competent Storytelling Award, A.K.A. the 'FK Award'.

Deadly Premonition for GOTY?  That's a stretch, but there are things that the game definitely nails despite the flaws in its gameplay.
 
@nintendoeats said:

" You know what? I would accept best narrative. Except that Mass Effect 2 and HEavy Rain came out this year and actually deserve that award.  So no, I would not accept it as a winner. I would accept it as a nominee.  "

Christ... It was fun to watch and see it get attention but in no way is it GOTY worthy! 

i remember I made it a few minutes into one of the videos they had on this site, it turned out to be good?

" I don't think so. "

I would accept it as best narrative. 

How about best Inner Monologue? 
 
Really though, it's no contender for Game of the Year.

No its not, the only reason most of us got a found feeling towards it is because we watched it being played by the awesome GB crew with all the craziness that those guys can unleash.
 
If I was to play this game on my own before having watched the ER I would have hated it, even though the story has it's charm the rest of it falls flat, it controls horribly(its one of those games where the challenge comes only from the horrid controls), looks like a early ps2 game, has some very dubious design choices in many occasions(wall ladies anyone?), so all in all it's nowhere near GOTY material, not even close.

The only award this piece of shit game is deserving of is the Tobias Bruckner award.

Best narrative, best direction, best setting, or best character (Francis York Morgan) for me. As for the game mechanics, they're not nearly as broken as people describe, although they are quite retro.

The only people who take GotYs seriously are the game publishers.
It's a rather vague award and, all-in-all, a bit silly.

I played and loved this game while on the front end of the hype snowball and I still wouldn't say that it's worthy of any official commendations. Personal ones, sure, but nothing from any organized media. Yeah, it's a charming peace of work and is the only game I've played this year that's left a real, lasting impression on me, but there is enough objectively wrong with this game to give it any type of award. 
 
Deadly Premonition was luck. Swery got lucky in making a game that was so-bad-it-was-good. I don't think we should award that because it ultimately lowers the bar for games as a whole. Yes the story was great and yes the characters were beyond endearing, but you can't call something "Game of the Year" when the actual game part is not very good.

" The only people who take GotYs seriously are the game publishers. It's a rather vague award and, all-in-all, a bit silly. "

" @chrissedoff said:

" pretending deadly premonition was good stopped being funny this summer, guess you didn't know "

People have their own opininons you know. "

" Deadly Premonition for GOTY?  That's a stretch, but there are things that the game definitely nails despite the flaws in its gameplay.
 
@nintendoeats said:

" You know what? I would accept best narrative. Except that Mass Effect 2 and HEavy Rain came out this year and actually deserve that award.  So no, I would not accept it as a winner. I would accept it as a nominee.  "

I haven't played Mass Effect 2, but after watching the Endurance Run for Deadly Premonition and playing Heavy Rain, I have to say that I enjoyed Deadly Premonition's narrative more.  Heavy Rain's narrative has some goofy flaws that threaten to take it down.  Deadly Premonition's narrative can get batshit crazy at times, but the tone of the game is such that even when something bizarre happens, it never feels out of place. "

It's least going to rank pretty high for my top 10 games for 2010 list.

Starcraft II, Halo: Reach, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake... these are games that come to mind when I think of GOTY. Seeing Deadly Premonition even nominated alongside such games would just be wrong.
 
But hey, I haven't played it.

It's better than alan wake and Heavy rain, but Mass Effect 2 and RDR are both superior.

"Best coffee simulator with zombies" ?

Guilty Pleasure Award, Best-Worst Game Award, whatever you feel like you need to give it. It's not a GOTY contender. Those would have to excel in probably every field, and DP doesn't have the gameplay to stand up to all those other games. 

actually, no it isn't.

It's worth keeping in mind that GOTY awards typically don't just have a single competition for best game, but a multiplicity of categories. No one is asking that Deadly Premonition be hailed as the best game this year.

It's a shitty-ass game and the only thing going for it is the story, music and hilarious characters. But we have to remember it's GAME of the year, and the "game" part of DP is fucking terrible compared to other games released this year.

it's barely a contender for best characters or best story, myself. Nier, Strange Journey, Resonance of Fate, Fallout New Vegas, Metro 2033.....

I could see it winning best story or characters. Nothing else though, as much as I loved DP, it was pretty shitty. But, I can't recall any characters as memorable as York or Zack from this year.

" The only people who take GotYs seriously are the game publishers. It's a rather vague award and, all-in-all, a bit silly. "