Developer : Nintendo
Release date : October 24, 2008
Synopsis :
Disaster: Day of Crisis is a 2008 action-adventure light gun shooter developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii. In it, the player must survive various natural disasters while also battling terrorists and rescuing civilians. According to Nintendo, the game features “cutting-edge physics and gripping visuals” to recreate the sheer terror of major catastrophes.
Similar in style to Disaster Report, the game revolves around Raymond Bryce, a former US Marine in the Gulf War, and International Rescue Team (IRT) member. When Ray and his partner Steve Hewitt were performing a routine rescue mission near the South American dormant volcano in Mt. Aguilas, tragedy struck when the volcano unexpectedly erupted. During their escape, Steve died as he fell into the magma below, having let himself go from Ray’s grasp as he knew only one of them would be able to escape to safety. During the eruption, Steve passed on an antique compass to Ray and made him promise to give it to his sister Lisa in case he didn’t make it. Shortly after Steve’s death, he resigned from the team, and was later recruited by Special FBI Agent Olson to be a liaison officer between the CMD and Blue Ridge City officials.
One year later, while Ray is still in despair from his partner’s death. he is summoned at FBI Field Office in Blue Ridge City by Olson, who reveals that the ex-special forces military organization SURGE led by Colonel Haynes; the unit previously believed to be wiped out one year ago due to the eruption of Mt. Aguilas, has kidnapped seismologist Dr. Davis and his assistant Lisa Hewitt, and later made demands to the US President Lewis, threatening to detonate the stolen nuclear warheads as retaliation for the previous US administration’s support of the tyrannical South American government they are seeking to overthrow. Ray decides to go with the team of soldiers from the Blue Ridge City Special Response Team (SRT); as they raid an abandoned office building used as SURGE’s hideout, hoping to rescue Lisa in order to redeem himself for his partner’s death. Ray finds the kidnapped victims, but is confronted by Gordon, SURGE’s third in-command and training instructor, and his men. A firefight between Ray and Gordon ensues amidst a large earthquake, concluding with Gordon evacuating the building with Davis and Lisa to Mt. Rosalia. Ray also flees the building, and loses the pursuing soldiers in a high-speed chase, although they continue to chase him across the city’s crumbling ruins.
Ray comes across and assists Blue Ridge City Mayor Townsend rescuing a man from the rubble, who tells Ray to go to West Park, which has been set up as an evacuation zone. However, once arrived, Ray finds himself and many others trapped as the fires spread towards them. With assistance from their fellow citizens, coordinated by Mayor Townsend, Ray was able to push the overturned bus out of the way, but he soon witnesses Townsend seemingly caught and burned to death by the fiery twister.
Raymond Bryce spots and crashes two armored vans, eliminates the entire SURGE’s ground unit, and wounded Gordon in a gun battle. leaving the latter to die as the tsunami swamps the area, but not before taking the nuclear detonator. He manages to outrun from the tsunami, but is being pursued on-foot by SURGE’s combat pilot, Gregory, and both of them got caught by a tsunami, although they survive. Ray was able to put Gregory down, but is carried away by the current once more, losing his consciousness until he wakes up at the mountainside park, where he finds that Mayor Townsend has survived the fire.
Under instructions from the radio Ray stole from SURGE’s ground unit before the tsunami hit, he travels to an old geothermal plant at Mt. Rosalia for an exchange with the detonator for Lisa’s life, but their negotiations were interrupted when Mt. Rosalia erupts. Ray fights his way through the abandoned geothermal plant before finding Lisa and Davis, but was stopped by deputy leader & SURGE’s second-in command Major Evans. Ray speedily outruns from the pyroclastic cloud, but he is eventually caught inside it. Iris, a 13-year-old girl; who was waiting for her parents, finds Ray collapsed in the volcanic ash and saves him. Knowing that Iris’ house might not be safe because of the volcanic debris flow, Ray decides to bring Iris and leave the area to find their way down the mountain. During their trek down from Mt. Rosalia, Ray kills an aggressive grizzly bear and two SURGE helicopter pilots, and he also rescues Iris as she is swept away by the lahar.
After Ray was able to call Agent Olson on his satellite phone, Iris and Ray part ways, as the former is taken away to the safe place while the latter continues to pursue SURGE as he is flown to Bainesville, the town that is already inundated with floods due to heavy rainfall stemming from the approaching hurricane, Ray fought his way through SURGE soldiers and the elements before making his way to the waterway and commandeers a boat towards the church, where it is used as SURGE’s another hideout. Meanwhile, Lisa tries, but fails, to escape from Evans’ grasp, and Professor Davis is killed while attempting to buy Lisa time to escape.
Raymond Bryce fights against Banks, SURGE’s boorish, mercenary soldier, ending with the latter fleeing. Once arrived, he is surrounded by Colonel Haynes, Evans, and Banks, and is locked in the basement. However, Colonel Haynes – already swayed by Raymond Bryce’s words, and after ordering the men to save the children, refuses to detonate the nuclear device set up in Miami, and kills Banks and several soldiers, but was gunned down by Major Evans. Ray frees Lisa and swam out to safety as the entire church is flooded, but Lisa is taken away by Evans, and escapes to Port Alex. After battling SURGE’s troops amidst the strong hurricane, Ray finds Evans, Lisa and a massive battalion of SURGE’s troops at the Seafront Highway in Port Alex., and despite Ray’s best efforts, he was cornered. Just then, military reinforcements sent by Special Agent Olson arrives, and they are able to eliminate the soldiers with ease. Ray chases Evans towards the Ferry Terminal.
Ray enters the ferry as it was just about to depart, leaving him to fight the last resistance of the SURGE on his own, eventually finding Evans on the boat deck, turning into an intense conflict, such as Evans commandeering an experimental attack machine and a brutal hand-to-hand combat; both were defeated by Ray. However, Evans activates the nuclear warhead, which is located in one of the vans inside the ferry car deck, but was shortly killed by Haynes, who is revealed to be alive; although wounded. Despite Evans had thrown the detonator in the sea, Ray was able to manually disable the warhead before it explodes. Ray and Lisa boarded the lifeboat to escape, while Colonel Haynes stayed behind, who dies as the ferry sank beneath the waves. Ray and Lisa was later rescued by Special Agent Olson.
In the post-credits scene, Iris is finally reunited by her parents at the stadium in Blue Ridge City. Ray; having able to come to terms with his partner’s death and rejoined the International Rescue Team, and Lisa visits Steve’s grave, asking him to watch over them. In the alternative ending, President Lewis receives a report that an asteroid is approaching the planet of Earth, threatening to destroy all mankind.
Source : Wikipedia
