Survival adventure posing the question: what would you do if a natural disaster struck a modern city? Exploring rubble and survival choices create unique tension. An original and touching title despite modest technical production.
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Adventure1 player12+
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A 2002 Irem survival adventure, known in Japan as Zettai Zetsumei Toshi. Players take the role of a young journalist caught in a devastating earthquake that ravages a Japanese island city, in a tense experience built around escape and helping survivors along the way.
Disaster Report review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
With no monster or supernatural, horror is born here from natural disaster. The art direction renders an island metropolis broken by an earthquake: roadways heaved and split, leaning skyscrapers, collapsed walkways, and aftershocks that, in real time, redraw the path under the player's feet. This realism of urban catastrophe, where the setting itself becomes the enemy, founds a tension of a kind rare in video games.
The story is a trial of human survival. A journalist, caught in the quake, must flee the ruined city while managing his thirst and fatigue, unusual mechanics that recall his frailty. Along the way he meets other survivors, and the game multiplies choices: share his water, help or abandon, trust or not.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Is Disaster Report still worth playing in 2026?
A survival adventure from Irem, Disaster Report drops the player into a coastal city devastated by an earthquake, where you must escape by managing thirst, crossing rubble and helping other survivors through moral choices. The tension of the aftershocks and the realistic disaster atmosphere create a singular experience, a world away from the usual action. The dated production and handling weigh. An atypical survival game to recommend for fans of original experiences and disaster atmosphere.
