Disaster Report 3: A Fading City and Her Song (Part 1) [English Translated] No Commentary (PSP 2009)
4If I had a nickel where the main character wakes up in a bus after an earthquake, I'll have two, so far, which is strange that is happened twice, so far.
The next game in the Disaster Report series of games, the third one was released in Japan only and on the PSP, which means only around 3 people actually are aware of this games existence and have played it. Thank's to modders however, the game is fully translated to English.
Speaking of the PSP, the game does suffer from simply being on the PSP, as you can tell by the graphics of the world space that is not due to PPSSPP bugging out. Apart from that and some slightly off audio issues for when something "intense" is happening, the game runs and plays well with some slight options tweaking.
Instead of thirst and being cold/wet, your HP gimmick is stress where encountering stressful content decreased your max HP bar and replaces it with the stress bar. Fallout 4 would later "copy" this gimmick with its radiation meter taking over the HP bar the more you have.
Another fun gimmick this game has is real-life survival advice that pops up when encountering them in game, which is similar to the first game's manual that had tips on surviving a real earthquake/flooding disaster. Therefore, you can argue this game is educational despite how goofy the disaster report games are known to be.
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Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta (絶体絶命都市３ ─壊れゆく街と彼女の歌, The Desperate City 3: Damaged Town and Her Song) is the third game in the Disaster Report series, following Disaster Report and Raw Danger!. It was developed and published by Irem and was released in Japan and South Korea for the PSP on April 2009. It was supposed to be followed by a 2011 PlayStation 3 sequel titled Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories, though the release was cancelled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The sequel was eventually published by Granzella in 2018.
Players can choose to play as a boy (Naoki Kōsaka) or a girl (Rina Makimura), both of whom start the game trapped in a bus a tunnel after a large earthquake. Survivors the player can encounter include Saki Honjō, a nurse turned amateur musician, and Ayami Hazuki, a high school girl. The two player characters have slightly different attributes, which affect gameplay: Naoki is physically strong and self-confident, but becomes stressed more easily, while Rina is physically weak but has a calmer personality, which causes her stress levels to rise more slowly.[4]
During Disaster Report 3, the thirst and body temperature meter has been replaced by a stress meter. The meter rises after engaging in angry conversations and witnessing/experiencing various traumatic incidents.[5] The player can choose from several responses during conversations, allowing them to choose how to behave towards fellow survivors. These responses allow the player to control the character's personality, and also have occasional effects on the character, such as lowering or raising their stress levels. High stress will affect the character's movements, causing them to have trouble walking. The character's health meter will drop during hazardous situations, such as touching fire or remaining in the vicinity of a gas leak. The character's status bars can be replenished or reduced by consuming food and medicine, or completely restored by resting on a bench, which also allows the player to save the game.
A number of different outfits and compasses can be collected during the game.
2-4 players can play cooperatively via ad hoc connection, unlike the first two games, which were only single player.
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