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''Michigan: Report from Hell'' is a [[Survival Horror]] video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Playstation2. The player controls a cameraman of the Zaka TV news crew who are investigating the strange goings on in Chicago after it's covered by a mysterious fog along with sound engineer Jean-Philippe Brisco and one of six reporters.
''Michigan: Report from Hell'' is a [[Survival Horror]] video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Playstation2. The player controls a cameraman of the Zaka TV news crew who are investigating the strange goings on in Chicago after it's covered by a mysterious fog along with sound engineer Jean-Philippe Brisco and one of six reporters.
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Despite some graphical hiccups, God-awful voice acting and a mediocre story, the camera viewfinder perspective adds a level of immersion, and the game serves as a fairly unique experience, as expected of a Suda51 game.
Despite some graphical hiccups, God-awful voice acting and a mediocre story, the camera viewfinder perspective adds a level of immersion, and the game serves as a fairly unique experience, as expected of a Suda51 game.

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* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The "final boss" and apparent source of the outbreak turns out to be {{spoiler|a spastic, mentally challenged man who simply runs back and forth flailing his arms while you shoot him to death.}} You know this is a Suda 51 game when they use a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] for the final fight.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The "final boss" and apparent source of the outbreak turns out to be {{spoiler|a spastic, mentally challenged man who simply runs back and forth flailing his arms while you shoot him to death.}} You know this is a Suda 51 game when they use a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] for the final fight.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And you can let them.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And you can let them.
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* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Any monster bigger than a leech.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Any monster bigger than a leech.
* [[Karma Meter]]: The player can earn "Immoral Points" for actions such as shoving people, allowing the reporter to die or filming strangers in mortal peril rather than [[Quick Time Event|putting down the camera]] to help them.
* [[Karma Meter]]: The player can earn "Immoral Points" for actions such as shoving people, allowing the reporter to die or filming strangers in mortal peril rather than [[Quick Time Event|putting down the camera]] to help them.
* [[Kill Em All]]: ''No one'' survives this experience.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: ''No one'' survives this experience.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Similar to [[Dead Rising]], you can earn Erotic Points from recording [[Panty Shot|areas of interest]].
* [[Male Gaze]]: Similar to [[Dead Rising]], you can earn Erotic Points from recording [[Panty Shot|areas of interest]].
* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]]: The game implies it's genetic tampering causing the monsters, but you see several signs of the supernatural, as well.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: The game implies it's genetic tampering causing the monsters, but you see several signs of the supernatural, as well.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending|But the protagonist dies in all of them, when he's about to reveal what happened]].}}
* [[Multiple Endings]]: {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending|But the protagonist dies in all of them, when he's about to reveal what happened]].}}
* [[Mockumentary]]: A playable variant.
* [[Mockumentary]]: A playable variant.
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