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Quick Look: Calling Demo

Ryan and Jeff investigate this cell phone-themed survival-horror game. DEMO.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jan. 8 2010

Cast: Jeff, Ryan

Posted by: Drew

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I have to admit, when all those creepy dolls appeared, I actually jumped. While the rest of the game didn't look great, it was just a demo. I'll be interested in how the final product turns out.@TheBrainSquid said:

" Nintendo refuses to release Fatal Frame 4 here or relinquish publishing rights back over to Tecmo to get it to fans but this shit makes it over? "
As I understand, the issue with Fatal Frame 4 is that the Japanese release had a number of rather large bugs, and Tecmo wasn't actually interested in fixing them, which is the hang up.
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Edited By crushed

*Harry Mason pulls out his cellphone*
 
"Help, police, someone is ripping off my gameplay mechanic!"
"Alright sir, can you tell me where I can find this infringer?"
"It's a Giant Bomb Quick Look!"
"Sir... I'm only seeing a demo."
"But I- this isn't right... so confused..."

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Your phones ringing dude.

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@Darknaut said:
" Gah, stupid dolls, that made me jump. To me, this kind of looks like someone set out to make The Grudge: The Game. "
Funny thing is, a Grudge game for Wii just came out this year. It looked just like this, first person flashlight and all. Ghosts would appear and you'd waggle to get them off you. I hear it it was pretty bad.
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Edited By elliottsmith001

I heart Quick Looks...

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USB of THE DAMNED! "It's free so you can't throw it away!"

It's Crimson Room FOR THE WII!!!! Awesome Quick Look.

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Edited By OllyOxenFree

VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE
 
I have played the Japanese version of this game.  It is OK but I couldn't progress through this one section as you have to call a number while avoiding 3 ghosts.  Fuck dat.

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@Romination said:
" I'm calling it. Game of the year. "
Did you ask Brad permission to call it?
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@gike987 said:
" So dose this warrant an concept page for using the wii-mote as an phone? "
I would like to believe that we already have it but lookin at the concepts bound to the No More Heroes page we might actually not have it yet.
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I almost fell of my chair after they asked themselves is this game is about 4chan when the intro started.

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Violence, Violence? that's like double the violence!

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L O L "now the demo is over here" xD

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Shake the remote to make out with the ghost lady

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Edited By SumDeus

Another horrible game for the Wii that might have been decent if made for any other platform.

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Man, those damn dolls still scared me. I read the comments beforehand and was anticipating them the whole time!

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@SumDeus said:

" Another horrible game for the Wii that might have been decent if made for any other platform. "

ahhahaa what it was made for pointing at the screen and noises coming out of the controller, dude. what exactly would have made the game less crappy if it had been made for something else?
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"AHHHHHHHH" When the doll head rolled up was hilarious.

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Edited By tumes

Not feelin too excited about this one. Unless it pulls some crazy shit, I have a hard time understanding why it wasn't just a DS game. Seems that's a better venue for schlocky text-story driven horror.

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Violence violence is my favourite rating.

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Wow. This game looks like trash IMO.

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So it's about 4chan?

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Those controls would drive me nuts in moments.

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So it's a cross between Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and The Grudge for the Wii, with a whole lot of The Ring thrown in for good measure. I'm not going to sell it short by saying they copied the mechanics of those games, because I don't know how long this game was in development for, nor anything else about its development cycle, but I will say that they must be pretty pissed that Shattered Memories shipped before they did. Not that it really would have made that much of a difference.

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Like a lot of people in the comments, when those dolls appeared, I jumped. But other than that, this looks horrible.

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Edited By Caddy

This is one of the funniest Quick Looks I have watched in a while. "Did you order a pizza....online?"

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flashlight looks pretty good there.  the end bit was funny heh

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Edited By DiscoDuck8k

Even though this was all pretty hilarious, that one moment still got me. Creepy dolls.

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gotta be honest, doesnt look that good, it seems kinda cheap

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Edited By ArbitraryWater

Is this game about 4chan? 
Best quick look line in a while. The game itself however, looks like a more lame and less refined Silent Hill: SM.

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@WrenchNinja: ..........yes. We're like brothers so we have a mental bond like that
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 I was actually pretty scared at one point, but that's because I have a horrible phobia of dolls in real life, so they bother me even in games. 
 
Seems a bit dull for it to be a compelling survival horror though.  That said, I don't necessarily think they gave it a fair shake either, they seemed pretty set on making fun of it from the start. 
 
I admit, I probably couldn't get through it though.  I had to turn off Fatal Frame when I got to the doll room, so this would probably ruin me pretty fast.

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Edited By D34dM4n

this game looks like its a cheap ripoff of the Grudge, The Ring, and feardotcom

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DEMO
DEMO
DEMO

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This is the kind of game that for some reason I'd maybe be willing to play on the DS.

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Endurance run.

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The child was nanako.

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Edited By jack_daniels

Sometimes I forget how terrible the Wii's graphics are... then I see a game like this. SC3 will bring gamers to the PC!

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It looks like the Wii is perfect for horror games,if Silent Hill is no indication for that.

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funniest QL in a while. Thanks guys!

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"Hello?" 
"Gotcha!" 
 "Oh, Got you too, Sweety. See you at home." 
This was very funny to me. I lol'd.

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This looks to be bad in a funny way. One of those games that someone will hopefully end up riffing.  
 
But apparently this is a demo so um... ya ... the real thing should be totally scary. Cus, you know, ripping off "the ring"- again- is... really creepy... I guess.
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This looks unbearable.

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Another half assed Wii game. Who knew!?

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Edited By Azteck

I jumped slightly when the dolls showed up in the crack in the door.. but that was pretty much all the exciting parts. That said. I hate survival-horror games, or horror games in general, so I'd never play this. That and it looks kinda.. ehh.

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Gonna take a shot in the dark here. The little ghost girl entered the chat room under the name Kuroneko (means black cat which is the animal she was holding at the end) and everyone in the room will be drawn into some crazy house where she tries to trap them.... now I don't feel bad not playing the game.

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Edited By squidracerx

this is PROOF that the Wii controls are not better or easier than a regular standard controller. Running away with the nunchuck or Wii remote is always clunky, Ryan would have done better with a ps3 or xbox controller guaranteed; and not just with this game - there are many games Ive played for Wii where moving with the Wii remote was plain dreadful. Plus there is no way my parents could remember all of those weird button and wiggle combination they kept throwing out there. Madworld prooved this to me as well, many times enemies had to be dumbed down or I missed them altogether where with a normal controler i would have had much more precise satisfying control..... I wish all Wii games would use the gamecube controller as well by default, the only cool thing on the remote is the tin can speaker if you ask me.... and that's a gimmick. Maybe Wii plus is better? But games don't support that!

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Edited By bryce13950

is anyone here calling rules 1 and 2 or is it just assumed that everyone on this website is a b/tard

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Edited By mesoian

Man, remember when hudson used to make good games? 
 
Where's my Wii Adventure Island?

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I admit it, I jumped at the dolls.