We’ve been saying it for a while, but City Shrouded in Shadow’s surface jankiness belies basically the best thing ever. Granzella has debuted the first ever gameplay footage from the PlayStation 4 release, and it’s every bit as stupid as we’ve been hoping. In the clip, we see the protagonist go shopping in a convenience store, before Ultraman arrives and wreaks havoc on Tokyo. There are moral decisions that you need to make as you try to survive – it’s so stupid.
One of these choices involves a flower stall, which has been damaged. You can opt to either cover the florist’s damages out of the goodness of your heart or, y’know, laugh at her. Whatever you decide will have consequences later in the game, so may want to think twice before being a total twonk. The full Disaster Report-inspired experience will launch on 19th October in Japan, with no word on a Western release just yet. Please, Bamco – please.
[source live.nicovideo.jp, via dualshockers.com]
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What did I just watch?
It's for preorder on the Japan store and you have no idea how tempted I am.
Wow, the new Yakuza is looking pretty fun!
Wait...WHAT?
This game is bonkers and I don't understand if it's a story game where you only pick choices or if there's combat...wtf is going on? I love it!
Oh, and this is the worst demo in the history of demos
@AFCC It's a survival game like Disaster Report.
Looks like fun. I'd pre-order
Those Japanese are so zany.
We are not worthy.
The readiness.
Is real.
Oh, and I also think it's wonderful to see that you can STILL have some original ideas on a game that doesn't look like it came out on a NES.
Loved disaster report. I reallyhope this comes over!
@get2sammyb Never played it, never seen it xD
That thumbnail image actually looked cool so I came in here expecting something stellar. Darn you Sammy and your sarcasm. I'll excuse it because I learned new slang (twonk...British insults are so much more fun than American ones) and bore witness to whatever the heck was shown in that GOTY clip.
You guys saw something different. It started out with a guy walking. Then stopping. Then walking. Then stopping. Then walking.. then st.. I fell asleep. When I woke up there was a big fire. Maybe I'm getting too old to watch this stuff...
Yes Bamco stop being a twonker. What is money good for except localization... and booze!
Kudos on using the word twonk, I feel the world would be a better place if more people did.
Hmmm the video doesn't seem to match up with the title of this article lol
If the florist doesn't have insurance it ain't my problem.
Timothy Spall in Red Dwarf is the only other person I've heard use the word twonk.
I'm down. I liked Raw Danger, though I never finished it. To see them come back after IREM went out of business and STILL be the only ones making this kind of "disaster" game is something I wanted to support even before they announced all this awesome licensed stuff (way to take advantage of your new publisher at Bandai Namco!). Seeing Ingrams from Patlabor running around just seals the deal - whenever this comes out, I'm getting it - theirs are genuinely some of the best classic style (twonk included) "survival horror games out there
It would be cool if, for an international release, Bandai Namco got some additional monsters like "Cloverfield thing", the MUTOs from Godzilla 2015, or various Kaiju from Pacific Rim. But that's just me wishful thinking. This is the only chance Cloverfield will get to a video game adaptation of any worth (even though Bad Robot & JJ Abrams did that weird Portal 2 tie-in level for Super 8 back in the day, they really don't seem interested in video games anymore. Anyone remember that, btw?)
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