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[Doom_Bringer]

haha just saw this..

Though Irem's first disaster-survival adventure game wasn't the greatest commercial success, it did draw a very loyal cult following, so it's not too surprising to see the announcement of Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2. Famitsu Weekly reports that the sequel will hit PlayStation 2 in Japan some time next year.

Released in North America by Agetec as Disaster Report, the original game challenged players to escape a near-future city ruined by a massive earthquake. The new game, subtitled "Frozen Memory" in Japanese, changes up the disaster -- this time, the city has been struck by floods -- and introduces multiple protagonists working to escape different predicaments.

In addition to keeping oneself fed and hydrated, the sequel also challenges players to find a means of surviving the cold. Characters soaked in chilly flood waters can contract hypothermia if they don't keep warm. More complex environments will also challenge players to employ new actions like hanging from ledges, straddling narrow gaps, and shouting to communicate with other characters.

Irem should debut the sequel online shortly, so we'll have more details as soon as they're available.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3134665

 

[Defensor]

crazy.

 

[DarienA]

In addition to keeping oneself fed and hydrated, the sequel also challenges players to find a means of surviving the cold. Characters soaked in chilly flood waters can contract hypothermia if they don't keep warm.

Sharing body heat is one of the best ways to keep warm... wonder if they'll implement that in the game...

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Sharing body heat is one of the best ways to keep warm... wonder if they'll implement that in the game...

hehe

 

[distantmantra]

I picked up Disaster Report last summer for $10 at Best Buy, I really should get around to playing it one of these days.

 

[McFly]

I played through it four times without playing an other game between. It had huge slowdowns, but for some reason I loved it a lot. Can't wait for number two.

Fredi

 

[brandonnn]

OK, hey, superawesome, but uh.. where's the Sakurazaka Shouboutai localization, please. Did FD18 steal its thunder?

 

[FnordChan]

Freakin' awesome. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to see how many batteries and coat hangers I can stuff into my backpack.

FnordChan

 

[WarPig]

Sharing body heat is one of the best ways to keep warm... wonder if they'll implement that in the game...

Well, it does say that they're going to have multiple characters working together in this one. Read between the lines...

DFS.

 

[Eric-GCA]

HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

I remember just recently hoping that someone would make a game along these lines, and lo and behold, Irem is gonna do a sequel. Here's hoping the can:

Fix the Framerate
Update the Graphics

It'd be really cool if they tried to set it in a real city than a make believe one like say San Francisco.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

i need to sit down and play the original. picked it up for $8 a few months back.

 

[Meier]

I got it for 5 during the CC sale and have been playing it off and on in the past week or two. It's pretty interesting but the frame rate is really some of the worst in any game I've ever encountered. Staggeringly poor.

 

[Shinobi]

I've only played it briefly since I got it. The visuals don't win a lot of points, but the concept of the game is pretty neat.

 

[Alex Anderson]

First of all... sweet! Here's hoping Agetec brings this one to the US as well. They changed the names of the characters for the US version, so if any of the same characters are in the sequel, I'd like them to have the same names.

I got it for 5 during the CC sale and have been playing it off and on in the past week or two. It's pretty interesting but the frame rate is really some of the worst in any game I've ever encountered. Staggeringly poor.

The frame rate is just fine. It's the slowdown that really hinders the experience. I still loved the game, though, in spite of the slowdown and the story becoming... odd in spots.

 

[sc0la]

I never did get to pick up the first but I always wanted to.

 

[Meier]

The frame rate is just fine. It's the slowdown that really hinders the experience.

Yeah, I guess I should have clarified that. The frame rate is fine most of the time (I assume 30 fps), but on occasion it dips to what has to be sub-10. I was pretty shocked at how badly it chugged at times. Very cool concept though and definitely worth the 5 bucks... too bad I didnt get to look up the girl's skirt on the ladder though even if I tried to convince her to let me go first.

 

[Gattsu25]

Yeah, I guess I should have clarified that

no, you were right the first time. dips in framerate = slowdown

 

[dark10x]

The designers simply chose not to drop frames when a full 30 frames per second could not be displayed. So, you would still see every frame displayed...but it would take longer for all of them to appear. The result is that the game often appeared to run in slow motion. Honestly, I would have been happier if they just dropped the frames. Sure, it would look choppier...but I'd rather have the speed.

That's a HUGE issue, though. They NEED to work on that.

 

[EmSeta]

I loved DR1. Hope they manage some better framerate (and ambient music!) for this one.

 

[Greenpanda]

Cool, still haven't gotten around to playing the first but this is nice news anyway

 

[pcostabel]

That's great news. Disaster Report was one of the best adventure games this gen. I'll definitely get the sequel.

 

[brandonnn]

http://www.zettai-zetsumei.com/zz2/index.html

The website has gone live. Bit skimpy on the screenshots, but there's a trailer at http://www.zettai-zetsumei.com/zz2/d_dl/mv1_t2.wmv.

Also, check out Irem's other TGS showing, the mech-piloting and.. uhh.. rhythm action? Bumpy Trot -- http://www.bumpytrot.com/

 

[Sho Nuff]

I got the demo at the Irem booth. You play a waiter stuck in this uber cataclysm as mega floods hit Geo City. Looks like great fun, though it's obviously using the same engine as the first game, all the slowdown is still there. Oh well, it's a cool game where I'm not killing things, so I'll most definitely pick it up to support Irem.

BTW there is no way in hell I am touching anything called Bumpy Trot

 

[JackFrost2012]

I played through the demo (about an hour) and wrote up a preview:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3134937

If you have any questions, feel free to ask...

 

[pilonv1]

I loved DR1. Hope they manage some better framerate (and ambient music!) for this one.

I thought the lack of ambient music added to the atmosphere.

 

[EmSeta]

Well I would have loved some really low profile music in the background. The silence was atmospheric IMO, but sometimes it got a bit too quiet..

 

[D2M15]

BTW there is no way in hell I am touching anything called Bumpy Trot

Your loss. Game of the show.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Is the original worth checking out? I found it for $20 CDN but passed on it, it's not going anywhere so I can still get it. QUestion is, should I?