Disaster Report 4 quick and shilling the game playthrough - Disaster Report 4 or the Real Death Stranding game, Let's play through the initial parts

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First: A little bit of gaming history
Disaster Report or Zettai Zetsumei Toshi is a series of survival action games. The player must survive and escape the collapse of an artificial island usually after a disaster. Players must gear themselves up, avoid debris and hazards while looking for ways to escape, changing clothes to suit the situation (wear good clothes as to not be swept away by the flood, carry enough luggage to not get tired, but enough supplies to last) While escaping, you will find a sinister plot in the process. Well, all games in the series have a fucking Yakuza plot, even the game escaping from rampaging Godzilla, etc has a fucking Yakuza plot.

Anyway, in this game, they threw away most of the system built from the previous games, like the clothes are now just cosmetics instead of stats, weight doesn't effect much anymore... The reason for the change is the director wanted to focus on building relationships and community after a disaster, different from the previous games that are all about escaping the disaster. Also, this game was supposed to be released in the PS3 era, but delayed due to Fukushima disaster.

I am playing this game as to put perspective on the current disaster and how I feel about it. And also, to see the difference on this director's vision on making a game with connecting people than Kojima's vision. And, I am going to shill this game for free, since I feel that more people need to play this game.

So, let's have a quick playthrough of Disaster Report 4, or the real Death Stranding game. PS. despite how it looks, its a linear game, not open world. I will be playing as moral as possible, leaving the memey answers and being an asshole in the next playthrough.

Booting up the game....
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I chose to play as a girl as to follow the cover

After a few personal questions, we start the game.
It was an ordinary day, going to a job interview....
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I gave my seat to an old lady
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Suddenly.... EARTHQUAKE!!!!
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I got out of the bus somehow safe...
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Picking ourselves up, I tried to go back, but....
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welp, can't go back now... so, I change my clothes to yukata since its DLC... and head to the nearest open area.... the park....
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I found a man sitting in the park with his lunch thrown on the ground....
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It turns out, he was fired from the company he was working for a month ago. He's keeping it a secret from his family. He doesn't know what to do. For a month, he's sitting down on the bench in the park, waiting for the sundown to go back. In the end, he told me not to become like him....
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Earthquake!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Welp, I guess I can't pass through there now....
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A teacher is looking for her students.... I gladly offered my help.
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I found them hanging inside a very unstable fashion store... so I tried to tell them to go back.
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Some people tried to keep business going....
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I successfully found all the students, but the road is blocked, and the only way is to go through a upturned truck...
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We pass through a semi fallen building.....
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and have to push a truck to escape the ravaging fire
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And found ourselves in a much worse situation. lel. they gave up trying to go back to school. So, I have to keep my journey alone.
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I rest a bit, and this is the pose that is shown on the title screen....
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There's some internal monologue and choices... and after that, I pick myself up and have to traverse this very dangerous city.
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I explored and walked around and.... yeah, guys, I don't think you can save the guy....
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What can you say to a lady with her lover dying that the ambulance won't come because of the disaster?
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And there's this convenience store worker, trying to profit greatly from the disaster, charging 30000 yen (280 USD) for a bottle of water
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Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I go in the collapse building looking for survivors.
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After trying to rescue someone, I ended up on the other side of the street...
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Spiderman help!!
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poor chef, she finally saved enough money to open her own restaurant, and on the first day, disaster happens.
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still exploring the area, trying to get through and surviving....
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Has there been a murder?
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The lady murdered the jewelry store owner and is now stealing all the jewelry in the store.... will you admonish her?
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after that, I came out on a street. I encountered a singer busking on the street. And this guy is angry for the girl being insensitive, specially now because of the disaster. Do you agree with him???
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Hmmm... maybe if I find a way to get to that skyway, I can easily get to the harbor and get a boat out of here.
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WOOPS!! Never mind...
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Hmm... The Japanese are so polite that when they die, they perfectly form up a line...
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and, I'll finish my playthrough here. I hope you got interested in playing the game and play it yourself. comment if you me to keep going or just discuss the game or the game series in general.
 
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It looks boring, can you actually get hurt and possibly die? It just seems like a walking simulator which is fine I guess if you don't like the game part of video games.

I like choices in games, but I'm more of a New Vegas pick the best out of 4 differently shitty options and not the be satan or jesus meter most games use.
 
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Yes, you can die. from buildings falling and debris. Much less in this game compared to the previous game since this game is easier. This game is all about building relationships.

If you want a pure survival-action, then their other game, City Shrouded in Shadows will be up in your alley. You can get squished to death by Ultraman, stomped on by Evangelion, get burned by atomic breath by Godzilla.
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I had no idea this franchise was still going.
It looks boring, can you actually get hurt and possibly die? It just seems like a walking simulator which is fine I guess if you don't like the game part of video games.

I like choices in games, but I'm more of a New Vegas pick the best out of 4 differently shitty options and not the be satan or jesus meter most games use.
idk about the new one, but Raw Danger! (aka Disaster Report 2) is like one of the best cult classic titles on ps2. equal parts unique, hilarious, and janky.

edit- I'm looking at steam reviews comparing it negatively to the OG titles so doesn't fill me with hope.
 
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Having just beat Disaster Report 4, I can say that it is a Disaster Report game, but it's the worst one. I still had a good time with it somewhat, but unless you have a love for this franchise, it may not be worth your time. If you haven't played Disaster Report or Raw Danger, do so now (especially Raw Danger, one of the best PS2 games of all time) and if you feel you need a little more, go check out DR4. Just know that it feels pared back in every single way.

-There are meters for health/thirst/bathroom, but no penalties at all for ignoring them (this was by design, the dev wanted to let you decide how much of the game you wanted to play)
-You have moral/immoral points, but those never come into play
-You have a crafting system that gets used twice throughout the entire game (literally)
-There are no big action set pieces like the ones in DR/RD (a pier collapses at one point, but you can casually walk away from it)

At the end of the day, I still enjoyed my 13 or so hours with DR4, but that's because I love the fuck out of 1 and 2 and this had enough of that, but if that isn't you, then don't get this.

Edit: I wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite video game lines of all time, from the first DR. "You know too much...and I hate people who know too much!"
 
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Having just beat Disaster Report 4, I can say that it is a Disaster Report game, but it's the worst one. I still had a good time with it somewhat, but unless you have a love for this franchise, it may not be worth your time. If you haven't played Disaster Report or Raw Danger, do so now (especially Raw Danger, one of the best PS2 games of all time) and if you feel you need a little more, go check out DR4. Just know that it feels pared back in every single way.

-There are meters for health/thirst/bathroom, but no penalties at all for ignoring them (this was by design, the dev wanted to let you decide how much of the game you wanted to play)
-You have moral/immoral points, but those never come into play
-You have a crafting system that gets used twice throughout the entire game (literally)
-There are no big action set pieces like the ones in DR/RD (a pier collapses at one point, but you can casually walk away from it)

At the end of the day, I still enjoyed my 13 or so hours with DR4, but that's because I love the fuck out of 1 and 2 and this had enough of that, but if that isn't you, then don't get this.

Edit: I wanted to give a shout out to one of my favorite video game lines of all time, from the first DR. "You know too much...and I hate people who know too much!"
well, it won't be a fucking Zetsumei Toshi game if it didn't have a Yakuza plot. I mean, in a game where we are fucking escaping a city with Eva fighting Angels and there's still a fucking Yakuza plot.
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for me, 4 is still good, but 3 is still the best, because it has a rapist chasing you while a disaster is going on.
 
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well, it won't be a fucking Zetsumei Toshi game if it didn't have a Yakuza plot. I mean, in a game where we are fucking escaping a city with Eva fighting Angels and there's still a fucking Yakuza plot.
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for me, 4 is still good, but 3 is still the best, because it has a rapist chasing you while a disaster is going on.

I really wish 3 would get a translation patch, City as well. That being said, 4 has two rapists that actually rape at some point. Not you per se, though close if you play as a girl.
 
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I have to skip the OP as I’m partway into this game, but I’m enjoying it for what it is - a kind of fun, quirky disaster simulator. I’m playing it between sessions of Grisaia, so it’s not getting the majority of my focus right now
 
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I have to skip the OP as I’m partway into this game, but I’m enjoying it for what it is - a kind of fun, quirky disaster simulator. I’m playing it between sessions of Grisaia, so it’s not getting the majority of my focus right now

I enjoyed this game well enough as a fan of the franchise, but Disaster Report and Raw Danger are so much better to be honest. I just tried out some Raw Danger not 10 min ago and while it had that PS2 clunkiness, it still felt more vibrant and open. If you find this game interesting, Raw Danger and Disaster Report emulate just fine on PCSX2 and I can still recommend those.

One thing I'll add for Raw Danger. Make sure you get the 1.50 dev build of PSCX2 and you need to mess with offsets somewhat in the OpenGl plugin settings to remove some ghosting effects.
 
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I tried a demo of it on Switch and thought it was laughably lame.

Then it turned out YMS did a playthrough of it at the same time, that was hours long, and you know something's bad when even YMS can't make it entertaining.

This is a PS2-era game (and that's being generous) released in 2020. Pathetic game design (your character phases through all NPCs; the CORE of the game, which 100% of players will encounter. Laaaazy), graphics, and worst of all, pseudo choices. I've never seen a more linear game masquerading as open ended in my life. They put Telltale to shame.
Your choices matter so little, there are actually continuity errors if you go 'off-script'. Add in that hunger and bathroom are stats, yet you can 100% ignore them too, and indeed almost every mechanic in the game is barely even used (a fact stated by a fan a few posts above), you have the most superficial game I've ever seen.
Fuck Telltale, these developers put Naughty Dog to shame.

Rather comical when the Eshop listing for the game has it as a full price 60 dollar game and all you get for a description is "Your choices decide who survive", when there are literally no choices in this game that matter. There is so little gameplay here, I'm convinced this is either a sham or these developers are some of the most inept ever. I wouldn't buy this for 10, let alone 60.

If this is #4 and new, I'd literally hate to see the earlier ones. Lame is an understatement.


Edit: Looked up the people who released it. I thought this reminded me of something equally as lame I tried once: Ys Lacrimosa of Dana.
Now it makes sense why I hate this.
 
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