Disaster Report

by Agetec

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• ASIN: B000083DZV
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,672 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Amazon.com Product Description

Disaster Report is an original title that defies easy classification, including as it does elements of action-adventure, survival, mystery, and puzzle-solving. The game places you in the role of a newspaper reporter stuck on an island that is being continuously hit with severe aftershocks from a major earthquake. The objective is not only to escape but to do so with as much of the story as possible behind the destruction of Capital City. Considering the government would like to keep the truth to itself, you'll soon find out that the wrath of nature may be less dangerous than upsetting the government's determination to maintain the status quo.

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This is the game Disaster Report for the Playstation 2. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Survive an earthquake!, March 15, 2003

By 

A. Griffiths "Adrian" (London) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Disaster Report (Video Game)

"Disaster Report" is a variant of the survival horror genre, but in this case, you are trying to escape from a natural disaster rather than zombies or monsters.
Playing as a new reporter arriving on the huge island city, you begin the game stranded on a long bridge as the first tremor strikes the island. What follows is a precarious attempt to make your way throught the destroyed city to find a place of safety.
The most impressive thing about the game is the sense of scale. The city is genuinely huge, towering buildings can be seen stretching into the distance, as well as raised freeways and public spaces-all of which can shake and crumble away at any time! The excitement of playing comes when a tremor suddenly hits as you are teetering across a narrow ledge, or running under a swaying office block, and the game designers have thought of many novel ways of putting your character in jeopardy, often springing cruel surprises on you when least expected. As the main character you have a variety of moves, although there is no way to attack, but as the danger is purely a natural one, there would appear to be no use for this...until the last third of the game when you suddenly find yourself under threat from armed thugs, and an element of stealth and avoidance joins in with the general escape mission. This last part of the game is by far the best, and the tension really mounts up in the climax as what remains of the city starts to sink ever more rapidly into the sea, and time begins running out. It makes up for the initial parts of the game, where some of the trials and puzzles can get a little repetitive.
You also meet various characters along the way, and the choices you make with them can lead you to any of 7 different endings.
All in all, this is a game to be recommended. It's certainly a new slant on the survival adventure type of game, and, despite being rather short, its an entertaining enough experience to warrant a purchase, as well as a couple of replays to see what you missed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loads of fun, great characters, and top re-play value., June 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Disaster Report (Video Game)

Amazing game, great effects, wonderful draw distance, amazing areas of the city to explore including a fun park, residential areas, business areas, huge bridges, shopping centers, high rise offices, parks, and so on. The city island is huge and wonderful to explore!

Interesting story with a branching story line and multiple endings, great puzzles, and a real sense of fear which builds up over the course of the game.

Deal with earth tremours, flooding, and the realisation that someone wants to kill you because of what you know.

A must have game for the PS2, what I wouldn't give for a sequel! 5 well earnt stars! The best sleeper hit on the PS2 asides from the incredible Ico.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Survival Horror Without the Horror, February 23, 2003

By 

Dan Norbury (Gibbsboro, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disaster Report (Video Game)

I am a big fan of Survival Horror.

I have managed to find everything from Resident Evil to Clock Tower to Silent Hil to be immersive, engaging, and entertaining. I have come to learn that it is all in the blend. You need just the right mix of visuals and story, of camp and chills, of puzzle solving and adventure. But never would I have expected to find these traits in a game as unique as Disaster Report.

In this unexpected title from Agetec, you play the role of Keith, a 20-something reporter on his way to his first day of work with the leading paper of Capitol City. As you stare out the window of the train at the Sky Scapers of this city perched upon a narrow man-made (read experimental) island a huge earthquake shatters your day dreams and brings you back into reality; but a twisted reality where huge buildings can fall on you at any second, where explosions send city buses hurdling at you, where you must climb, crawl, and run through a disaster zone so unstable that virtually everything is either a threat or a tool. As you run from area to area, collecting survivors and information you quickly discover that not all earth-quakes are what they seem.

There are times in this game where the earth shattering rumbles alone send you into a panic. There are other more subtle touches where mysterious characters or events draw you in. But every visual, every sound, and every effect will have evoke the same type of chills as a good Survival Horror game.
A good story, with interesting characters, and a perfect blend of puzzles and action round the game out quite nicely. The only flaws: occasional slow time, B Grade voice talent, and some odd load screens, are quickly forgotten when you are monkey-barring it two stories above a fiery pit on a ladder that broke while city buses teeter threateningly above your head or when the building you just left falls off the side of the bridge, plunging into the surrounding water and douses you with a huge spray of foam. Heck, just the feel of the dual shock rumbling along with the unbelievable sound will surpass most of the games shortcomings!

If you have ever wanted to play a disaster movie, now's your chance!