Revamped Deadly Premonition coming to PS3

[Kirkman1987]

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...remonition_sequel_enhanced_version_teased.php

In his GDC presentation on the Harvest Moon series, Deadly Premonition executive producer Yasuhiro Wada teased two new possible installments of the series in collaboration with its director, Swery.

While Wada spent the bulk of his talk reviewing the 16 year history of the farming franchise he created, he touched, in the end, on his future plans with his new company Toybox.

While working at Deadly Premonition's Japanese publisher, Marvelous Entertainment, Wada was the executive producer of the Xbox 360 cult hit. The game was developed by the Osaka-based Access Games and directed by Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro.

The original game came out on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan, but, "We faced some challenges... We weren't able to release the full experience" that was intended, he said. Because of this, the game "was not released on the PS3 in the West."

Despite its weaknesses, he recognizes that the game has "developed a cult following."

He said he hopes to announce that this will change -- hinting at a new, enhanced version of the original game. "We're working on a PS3 release. We still have a few hurdles to overcome, but hopefully we'll be able to show you something at E3," said Wada.

He also said that at his new company, Toybox, he is working with Swery on a new title, and hopes to have news about that at E3, too. He strongly hinted that it would follow in the footsteps of Deadly Premonition without saying anything outright.

In spite of it's flaws, I found Deadly Premonition very refreshing and while I wouldn't call it the best game of the generation by any stretch it is one of my personal favorites.

I hope Swery is given the resources to go all out with this revamp. Just having more a more competent combat experience and a comprehensible map system would greatly improve the game. I remember him giving an interview where he discussed some of the quirky things left out of the original. There was supposed to be a bicycle you could ride, playable eating sequences, and other bizzare things.
Any Fans of Deadly Premonition here who are excited about the news? What would you like to see in the revamp?

I'm mostly concerned about the combat and map, but more quirks would be great as well. From the article, it looks like they are adding more sidequests or chapters to the story (which is impressive, the game already clocks in around 20 hours, 30 something if you collect everything).

It will be great to see that world with better graphics, although I fear just a bit of the charm may be lost. I do hope York returns for a sequel. If he does, they should drop combat all together and just make it an adventure game.