In this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine, Irem Software Engineering took the wraps off Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4, a third-person action game set in a city reeling from a massive earthquake.
The game, which is due out for the PlayStation 3 sometime this winter in Japan, marks a return to home consoles for the ZZT series, which has been something of an underground success on both sides of the Pacific. The first two games in the saga came out on the PlayStation 2 and were released in the US under the names Disaster Report and Raw Danger! respectively; the third title, a PSP exclusive released in 2008, was not launched outside of Japan.
Like the other ZZTs, the game is set inside a fictional modern metropolis that, during the intro, falls victim to an enormous earthquake in the middle of summer. Your character (which is completely customizable by the player, a first for the series) survived the initial tremor, but now has to survive in a ruined cityscape, helping out victims while dodging falling debris and other unforeseen hazards.
