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Wii News by Robert Purchese
Nintendo plans to release Wii title Disaster: Day of Crisis in Europe on 24th October. My birthday.
Created by Xenosaga-brain Monolith, the idea is to save the world from terrorists who are cheekily using natural disasters as diversions. Raymond Bryce - a retired, traumatised, but decorated US marine who now rescues people - must achieve all this in just 24 hours. Sounds rather familiar. Blip... Blop... Blip... Blop...
Action appears to be split into two areas, combat and rescue. Survival points will be awarded for hauling civilians out of disaster zones and can be spent on upgrading various related abilities. Battle points will be gifted for shooting baddies and can subsequently be spent on relative skills.
Rescues will involve flapping the Wiimote and Nunchuk around, while combat will be played out in an on-rails fashion as you blast and pummel your opponents.
Various unlockable weapons and difficulty levels should stretch gameplay out, apparently, as will a shooting range and added Stamina campaign.
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Triggerhappytel
02/09/08 @ 12:32
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This looks pretty awful from what I've seen. The graphics are also rough for a first-party game.
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OldK1ngCole
02/09/08 @ 12:36
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Didn't they announce this game about 2 1/2 years ago. Why is this the first we've heard since then?
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Doctor_What
02/09/08 @ 12:44
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I was really hoping that this would be one of the SOS series, instead it sounds like... Well, 'not very good'. Why is there the constant need for terrorists when there are plenty of exciting dangerous situations that have no terrorists involved?
"Rescues will involve flapping the Wiimote and Nunchuk around." So, that's pretty much like every other average Wii game then? There are some good ones, but most of them seem to use gestures that can't be replicated with the Wiimote, so instead rely on vague and confusing flailing. Ho hum. Still, the SOS series is good fun, so maybe this will be okay. |
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Royal Fool
02/09/08 @ 14:06
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Oh dear... this game looked and sounded far more interesting when it was announced back in 2006, but then we didn't know a lot about it.
The escape sequences seem to be QTE-based, with you waggling the Wiimote around. The shooting scenes are supposed to be on-rails, probably similar to Time Crisis. As for the rescue stuff it might be a bit more original, but I still fear it'll just descend into the usual "collection of minigames" syndrome that plagues so many Wii games. |
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seasidebaz
02/09/08 @ 14:09
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Still, the SOS series is good fun, so maybe this will be okay.
What series? I thought the only one was the PS2 version? What other versions are there? |
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Doctor_What
02/09/08 @ 15:01
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@Baz: There was one sequel. It got reasonable reviews, but I don't think it got a release in the West.
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wingzerosys
02/09/08 @ 15:40
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SOS:The Final Escape/Disaster Report and Raw Danger (which never got released in the UK, but did in the US).
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seasidebaz
02/09/08 @ 17:46
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MY WORD I need to import the other SOS title. Played Final Escape, was possibly one of the most original and addictive games I have ever played.
If this Wii one matches up to it, I'm sold... |
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