Raw Danger!

Raw Danger!
Developer(s) Irem
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Kazuma Kujo
Designer(s) Maki D. Iguchi
Programmer(s) Takada
Composer(s) Tomoyuki Kawamura
Series Zettai Zetsumei Toshi
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network
Release PlayStation 2
  • JP: March 30, 2006
  • EU: May 18, 2007
  • NA: June 12, 2007
PlayStation Network
  • JP: February 18, 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Raw Danger!, known in Japan as Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2: Itetsuita Kiokutachi (絶体絶命都市2 -凍てついた記憶たち-, The Desperate City 2: Frozen Memories) is an action adventure survival game for the PlayStation 2. It was released on March 30, 2006 in Japan by Irem, and later internationally in 2007 by Agetec. The game follows six characters as they try to escape a city that is being flooded by torrential rains.

The game is a sequel to Disaster Report. Like the previous game in the series, Raw Danger was slightly modified for the Western release and to make it more suitable for the US release. A further sequel, Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta, was released in Japan and South Korea for the PSP on April 23, 2009..

Gameplay

Players must think on their feet and utilize creative survival skills to have any hope of seeing their family again. Body temperature and health decrease when players are wet or in cold weather too long. They must find places to warm themselves and gather food, and find dry clothes or make them. In the end, players must run, climb, jump, and crawl their way out of this devastated city, while constantly trying to piece together information from emergency broadcasts and other victims of the disaster.[1]

The choices that the players make within the game affects the main storyline and dialog, and ultimately the ending of the game.

Plot

The year is 2010. The underground city, Geo City (Tomisakashi in Japan), located beneath the thriving city of Del Ray, is a project put together to design the safest and most advanced city ever built in the world. The newly opened city is working great and the Mayor's Conference to commemorate the opening is going well, aside from a bit of rain outside. Joshua and Stephanie are just two of the waiters helping make the conference go as smoothly as possible. But, when the nearby levee breaks and the Hudson River begins to flood the city from above, the building the conference is being held in begins to be pummeled and destroyed by the raging rapids. The city and everyone in it are in total panic and turmoil.

Connectivity

This game is able to interface with the Konami Para Para Paradise controller. This allows the player to design their own hand movements to be used when summoning rescuers. Players may also use the controller to simulate the "fireman carry", used to move unconscious characters.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic63/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge7/10[3]
Eurogamer6/10[4]
Famitsu28/40[5]
Game Informer4.5/10[6]
GamePro2.75/5[7]
GameSpot6.7/10[8]
GameSpy[9]
GameZone7.5/10[10]
IGN7.5/10[11]
PSM5.5/10[12]
The New York Times(favorable)[13]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Agetec Store (Raw Danger)". Agetec. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Raw Danger! for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Edge staff (June 2006). "Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2: Itetsuita Kiokutachi". Edge (163): 92.
  4. ↑ Reed, Kristan (August 13, 2007). "Raw Danger". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Gantayat, Anoop (March 24, 2006). "Gaming Life in Japan (Page 2)". IGN. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ Bertz, Matt (June 2007). "Raw Danger!". Game Informer (170): 110. Archived from the original on January 14, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ Dave May Cry (June 12, 2007). "Review: Raw Danger". GamePro. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ Davis, Ryan (June 14, 2007). "Raw Danger Review". GameSpot. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ Stratton, Bryan (June 18, 2007). "GameSpy: Raw Danger". GameSpy. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ Romano, Natalie (July 1, 2007). "Raw Danger - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 4, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  11. ↑ Bishop, Sam (February 7, 2008). "Raw Danger Review". IGN. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Review: Raw Danger!". PSM: 85. May 2007.
  13. ↑ Herold, Charles (June 14, 2007). "What if You Met the Enemy and It Really Was You, and Then It Happened Again". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
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