This game is an emotional rollercoaster ride, you laugh at first at the ridiculous scenario, the things you can say and do, and the outfit that you and your companion can wear, until a certain depressing scene hits you out of nowhere and it's made me teared up. (THIS STUPID JANKY GAME ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE IN A DISASTER MAKES ME CRY)
This game is a special game that is probably never replicated by other games. hell, even the later game in the series itself couldn't even replicate it or even improve on it and every release feels like a disappointment.
Not only that, this game changed the way I see obscure games that got mixed reviews at the time of release. I used to brush off these kinda games to play a good game and not waste my time playing these games, but after playing the first game and then this, I want more games like this and started exploring the PS2 library and beyond for more obscure games.
If you read this until this point, you might see I'm not even explaining what this game is actually about and how is the gameplay. it's on purpose because I want you to go play this game blind just like how I'm experiencing this game or play the first game "Disaster Report" ("SOS: The Final Escape" for the EU version / "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi" for the JP version) first, while it's not as good at this, you can get an overview what the game is like.
Outside of Japan both of the game is badly dubbed and have bad localization which changed the character name, appearance, and location to be more Westernized. It's funny, but if you want there's an Undub version and restored the game to be a more faithful version if you know where to search or played the JP version if you know Japanese. So yeah this game rules and you should play it once in your lifetime.
This game is a special game that is probably never replicated by other games. hell, even the later game in the series itself couldn't even replicate it or even improve on it and every release feels like a disappointment.
Not only that, this game changed the way I see obscure games that got mixed reviews at the time of release. I used to brush off these kinda games to play a good game and not waste my time playing these games, but after playing the first game and then this, I want more games like this and started exploring the PS2 library and beyond for more obscure games.
If you read this until this point, you might see I'm not even explaining what this game is actually about and how is the gameplay. it's on purpose because I want you to go play this game blind just like how I'm experiencing this game or play the first game "Disaster Report" ("SOS: The Final Escape" for the EU version / "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi" for the JP version) first, while it's not as good at this, you can get an overview what the game is like.
Outside of Japan both of the game is badly dubbed and have bad localization which changed the character name, appearance, and location to be more Westernized. It's funny, but if you want there's an Undub version and restored the game to be a more faithful version if you know where to search or played the JP version if you know Japanese. So yeah this game rules and you should play it once in your lifetime.