I know that thats not what makes this game so special, but if it had a bigger budget and had those kinds of graphics and controls?  Would this actual be a contender for goty, or would it take away that deadly premonition feel?

Wouldn't put it in GOTY range for sure, still a lot of gameplay problems and weirdnesses, but it would be damned impressive.

I haven't watched videos of the game or anything, but from the screenshots people keep posting of the characters, I don't think it looks bad...

It wouldn't be Deadly Premonition without the shitty graphics.

it would remain the pile of shit that is deadly premonition, just with a shiny coat

" Wouldn't put it in GOTY range for sure, still a lot of gameplay problems and weirdnesses, but it would be damned impressive. "

" I haven't watched videos of the game or anything, but from the screenshots people keep posting of the characters, I don't think it looks bad... "

" it would remain the pile of shit that is deadly premonition, just with a shiny coat "

It would be a beautiful, still horrible game.

I think that would rip all the charm away and it would just be another crappy game that nobody cares about. Maybe I'm wrong though.

" I haven't watched videos of the game or anything, but from the screenshots people keep posting of the characters, I don't think it looks bad... "

You know, to an extent, I wouldn't mind some graphical improvements, but I also agree that better graphics would probably kill some of the game's charm. I mean, there might be a perfectly normal conversion on, but then one of the characters just does a really out-of-pace gesture that makes you laugh. Plus, I wouldn't want them to "improve" York's smile. Really, some of the "bad" aspects of the graphics are just too perfect for the game as it stands. XD

The controls would still suck balls, so it would make no difference to me.

Toss in some fluid third person controlls like Alan Wake or Uncharted 2 and it could have been pretty nice.

I don't care about the textures, just make the characters less jerky.

i re-mapped my controls a bit graphics were tolerable but fix those issues and the music it would be a good game

Then it'd have graphics like Heavy Rain or Alan Wake

If the game would be that beautiful it would cost alot of money to make.
Money = Investors = Nay Sayers = Mainstream game. It wouldn't be Deadly Premonition.
Isn't that right, Zach?

"It wouldn't be Deadly Premonition without the shitty graphics. "

" @Diamond said:

" Wouldn't put it in GOTY range for sure, still a lot of gameplay problems and weirdnesses, but it would be damned impressive. "

Yea I guess it wouldn't be in goty, but if they had a bigger budget then I bet those problems would be addressed. 
   

Better graphics would drive development costs and time up and the game would have been full priced. Peoples standards for full priced and budget priced titles are very different. Because Deadly Premonition has a small budget and a bargain price it requires less sales to be a profitable title for the publisher. People talk about Deadly Premonition because it is a quirky budget game that is surprisingly good if it had a full $60 price tag it probably wouldn't have the cult appeal it has today.

i think it would lose its charm, if  it had better graphics and controls. There probably  wouldn't be an endurance run either.

People might overlook it just because it looks like everything else. Its lackluster graphics give it that charm. Plus it'd be more expensive.

It would still be a shitty game imo.

The game would still be fundamentally broken, and it would certainly lose it's charm.

I don't think the charm comes from the poor visuals. It would be nice if the textures were easier on the eyes but I think better gameplay takes precedence. Plus, like somebody else said, the cost of the game would increase quite a bit. That may or may not have any influence on how you enjoy the game but I think it would put people off if it was full priced game with poor gameplay. 
 
I was actually thinking about this earlier. What if Deadly Premonition had excellent visuals and fantasitc gameplay to complement it's quirky take on Twin Peaks? Would people still care about the game or would it just get lost in the crowd? That's not to say that the things that are wrong with DP are what make the game intriguing (at least to me), but it's something to think about.

It would need to get a complete overhaul gameplay-wise. I think the charm would still be there, though. It'd have the same wonky dialog, the same strange plot and completely off-the-wall characters, so I don't think it would suddenly become generic.

" @RobotHamster said:

" @Diamond said:

" Wouldn't put it in GOTY range for sure, still a lot of gameplay problems and weirdnesses, but it would be damned impressive. "

Yea I guess it wouldn't be in goty, but if they had a bigger budget then I bet those problems would be addressed. 
   

I don't think that's true, a lot of the problems that game has are just bad design choices. "

" @Hourai said:

"It wouldn't be Deadly Premonition without the shitty graphics. "

This. "

it would still have all its tech and control problems and would still suck

the graphics while crude aren't really the turn off for me I think if it had better gameplay and controls it would be shit ton better

Would be kinda like polishing a turd. 
 
 Half of DP's charm is the fact that everything about the game is a couple of notches below mediocre.

As AVGN would put it, it would be " a turd wrapped in tin foil".

" @RobotHamster said:
 a lot of the problems that game has are just bad design choices. "

" If the game would be that beautiful it would cost alot of money to make. Money = Investors = Nay Sayers = Mainstream game. It wouldn't be Deadly Premonition. Isn't that right, Zach? "

then it would be better

* Someone says that DP is like the ultimate PS1 game. It´s true. The plain textures are the charm of game. The game has more soul in that way.

Yeah it has to be the perfect storm of utter shit it is at the moment to retain its charm. I'm no graphics whore so I consider that way down the list of the games problems, the hideous gameplay and controls are what makes me really glad I'm not playing it.

I agree with what most people are saying.  The shitty aspect is part of what makes it fun.  There's a certain masochistic joy that comes from playing it that would be lost with the better graphics.

Honestly, I think that I like it a lot more as-is.

" @RobotHamster said:

" @Diamond said:

" Wouldn't put it in GOTY range for sure, still a lot of gameplay problems and weirdnesses, but it would be damned impressive. "

Yea I guess it wouldn't be in goty, but if they had a bigger budget then I bet those problems would be addressed. 
   

I don't think that's true, a lot of the problems that game has are just bad design choices. "

It would be improved, but still nothing special. Also I think it's one of those games that are "so bad it's good" so its poor aesthetics are probably actually an asset. 

" it would remain the pile of shit that is deadly premonition, just with a shiny coat "