E3 2013: D4

Swery65 (or Hidetaka Suehiro to his Mum) follows up the Lynch loopy Deadly Premonition with D4, an episodic murder mystery that seems to involve time travel and rhythm action slap sequences. Swery's games have a tendency to be rich in incidental interaction and character detailing, but hamstrung by basic mechanics best enjoyed as a meta-text commentary on action banality. Hopefully Swery's partnership with Microsoft Studios means players will no longer have to jump through critical hoops to have some fun with his latest title.