The Backlog Check-in Vol. 280: 5/13/23: Humanity Edition
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 1:18 pm
Played: Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, Little Misfortune
Finished: Little Misfortune
Playing: Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Added: Nothing
I’ve been playing Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, and enjoying it. I’ve been a fan of the Disaster Report series since the first game, so it’s nice to be playing another game in the series since it’s been so long since the last one which was Raw Danger! back in 2007. The third game came out for PSP in 2009, but wasn’t released outside of Japan for some reason. This fourth installment originally started development for PS3 which shows as it basically looks and plays like a PS3/Xbox 360 generation game, but that’s part of its appeal IMO because we rarely get these type of quirky mid-tier AA Japanese games anymore. And while it’s less cartoonish in look compared to the previous games, it still has the same campiness, wackiness and zaniness to it.
Like the first game, you’re trying to escape a city during earthquakes. You meet people along the way that have mini-stories. It’s an adventure game with some exploration, and environment/key item puzzle solving. There’s no handholding or indication where to go, you have to figure out where to go on your own. It’s broken up into separate medium sized open-ish areas that you have to figure out how to get through before being able to progress further.
While the graphics are somewhat dated, the earthquake effects of the ground shaking and things collapsing are cool. My main complaint is that despite being able to choose to play as a female protagonist, the game was designed to be played as the male protagonist which is obvious by a lot of the dialogue choices and some of the story events. It’s a little immersion breaking and also somewhat odd considering that the female protagonist is the one featured on the box cover art, and title screen. But other than that it has been a fairly enjoyable older style off-the-wall Japanese game.
Games releasing this week
Another Fisherman’s Tale
Bunhouse
Castle of Alchemists
Cyber Citizen Shockman
Elypse
Firmament
Greedventory
Humanity
Infini
Last Labyrinth
LEGO 2K Drive
Love on Leave
Mountaincore
Nightmare Reaper
No One Lives Under the Lighthouse
The Outlast Trials
Pocket Mirror: GoldenerTraum
Rule the Waves 3
The Seven Awakenings: I Randall
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Tin Hearts
Trackmania
Trail of Ayash
Under the Warehouse
Verdict Guilty
Vividlope
V Rising: Secrets of Gloomrot
Warlander
World Championship Boxing Manager II
Zool Redimensioned
Finished: Little Misfortune
Playing: Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Added: Nothing
I’ve been playing Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories, and enjoying it. I’ve been a fan of the Disaster Report series since the first game, so it’s nice to be playing another game in the series since it’s been so long since the last one which was Raw Danger! back in 2007. The third game came out for PSP in 2009, but wasn’t released outside of Japan for some reason. This fourth installment originally started development for PS3 which shows as it basically looks and plays like a PS3/Xbox 360 generation game, but that’s part of its appeal IMO because we rarely get these type of quirky mid-tier AA Japanese games anymore. And while it’s less cartoonish in look compared to the previous games, it still has the same campiness, wackiness and zaniness to it.
Like the first game, you’re trying to escape a city during earthquakes. You meet people along the way that have mini-stories. It’s an adventure game with some exploration, and environment/key item puzzle solving. There’s no handholding or indication where to go, you have to figure out where to go on your own. It’s broken up into separate medium sized open-ish areas that you have to figure out how to get through before being able to progress further.
While the graphics are somewhat dated, the earthquake effects of the ground shaking and things collapsing are cool. My main complaint is that despite being able to choose to play as a female protagonist, the game was designed to be played as the male protagonist which is obvious by a lot of the dialogue choices and some of the story events. It’s a little immersion breaking and also somewhat odd considering that the female protagonist is the one featured on the box cover art, and title screen. But other than that it has been a fairly enjoyable older style off-the-wall Japanese game.
Games releasing this week
Another Fisherman’s Tale
Bunhouse
Castle of Alchemists
Cyber Citizen Shockman
Elypse
Firmament
Greedventory
Humanity
Infini
Last Labyrinth
LEGO 2K Drive
Love on Leave
Mountaincore
Nightmare Reaper
No One Lives Under the Lighthouse
The Outlast Trials
Pocket Mirror: GoldenerTraum
Rule the Waves 3
The Seven Awakenings: I Randall
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Tin Hearts
Trackmania
Trail of Ayash
Under the Warehouse
Verdict Guilty
Vividlope
V Rising: Secrets of Gloomrot
Warlander
World Championship Boxing Manager II
Zool Redimensioned