10 Amazing Games (With ABYSMAL Combat)

10. Deadly Premonition

Like a raging fever that induces the sweetest dreams, Deadly Premonition is a manic trip that will have you cackling with delight and howling in anguish until you emerge on the other side, sweat soaked and desperate to tell others what you've seen. Unfortunately, it is also like a bad fever in that it's first few minutes will have you begging for it to be over as quickly as possible. 

Deadly Premonition puts its worst foot forward in a combat-heavy opening section that feels like it was created by a developer whose sole experience of game design was watching a friend play Resident Evil 4 and thinking "I could do that!". As a result, combat apes Capcom's masterpiece while misunderstanding everything that made it great - the guns feel weak, enemies are woefully unresponsive to being shot, and there isn't a single memorable fight in the entire game (bar the barkingly mad boss battles, where the bosses' outlandish designs help paper over the kludgy combat). 

Fortunately, once the opening is dealt with Deadly Premonition unravels a yarn so compelling it becomes impossible not to follow it. Developer SWERY's love letter to Twin Peaks successfully emulates the beguiling eccentricity of its inspiration, resulting in a mystery so compelling you'll be more than happy to put up with a few naff firefights to see how it ends.

Our advice? Switch the difficulty to 'easy', race through the combat and immerse yourself in one of gaming's most enthralling tales.