History VideoGame / MichiganReportFromHell

* ShoutOut: Every character's last name and even the name of the virus (Gagne) is the surname of a famous professional wrestler. The game's producer/designer Creator/Suda51, publisher Creator/SpikeChunsoft, ''and'' Suda's developer studio Creator/GrasshopperManufacture, previously were known for the internationally popular ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.

* ShoutOut: Every character's last name and even the name of the virus (Gagne) is the surname of a famous professional wrestler; the game's publisher, Spike, is best known for the internationally popular ''VideoGame/FireProWrestling'' series.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:In all endings besides Immoral, the protagonist is assassinated before he can state who was behind the virus.]]

* BodyHorror: Courtesy of the Gagne Virus.

%%* AssholeVictim: If you let them be, Ann and Debora.
* BatDeduction: Justine, a woman you're trying to save, is shackled to a billiard table, and everyone comes to the conclusion that they have to put in missing billiard balls to help release Justine; the characters have no reference for this conclusion, but it turns out to be correct.

%%* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:The High Immoral ending's cameraman.]]

%%* ActionGirl: Nina actually brags about killing a bear at one point.

%%* AnyoneCanDie: And you can let them.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Debora, who has no qualms in having her reporters film during the outbreak of a deadly virus destroying Chicago, despite losing two of them.

* FriendlyRival: Ann describes her relationship with Pamela this way.

%%* ImmuneToBullets: Any monster bigger than a leech.

* MultipleEndings: Besides the normal S, I, and E endings, you also get a special ending if your Immorality points are ''insanely'' high. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding But the protagonist dies in all of them, when he's about to reveal what happened.]]]]

* MonsterMisogyny: The monsters will only attack the female reporters, ignoring the cameraman and sound technician.

* PatientZero: [[spoiler:The final boss.]]

%%* ShootTheShaggyDog

%%* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Appears quite often, cutting in and out to justify short 'jumps' in the footage.

* SyntheticPlague: Gagne [[spoiler: is an experimental bioweapon that was developed in a consortium by the [=ZaKa=] Conglomerate, the U.S. Government, and the U.S. Military.]]

%%* TooDumbToLive: Certain characters go by B-Movie logic, so...

%%* VaginaDentata: A prominent monster type appears to be this, although some of the corpses it's attached to are male.

%%* TheVirus

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Brisco at the end.]] Also implied to be what happens to [[spoiler:the cameraman in the High Immoral ending]].

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Debora.
* DepopulationBomb: [[spoiler:The spastic, mentally challenged man (who is *supposedly* the original carrier of the Gagne virus) is a biological weapon of mass destruction.]]

%%* EatenAlive: A frequent cause of death.

* GiantSpider: A glowing, Australian-sized spider will jump on, bite, and kill the second reporter unless you knock her out of the way. If spotted early enough it will run off.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your reporter will always give up right outside the lighthouse, choosing to wait outside while you and Brisco check out the inside. That is the last time you see them, though one could imagine they might have been a target for [[spoiler:the mutated Brisco]].

%%* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Brisco at the end.]] Also implied to be what happens to [[spoiler:the cameraman in the High Immoral ending]].

''Michigan: Report from Hell'' is a 2004 SurvivalHorror video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. The player controls a cameraman of the Zaka TV news crew who are investigating the strange goings on in Chicago[[note]]Yes, we know, [[NonIndicativeName Chicago isn't in Michigan]]. The name is possibly inspired by the real life town of Hell, Michigan.[[/note]] after it's covered by a mysterious fog along with sound engineer Jean-Philippe Brisco and one of six reporters.

%%* ApocalypticLog: What the recordings can end up being if you die. [[spoiler:Not to mention you die at the end anyway]].

%%* BodyHorror: Courtesy of the Gagne Virus.

%%* DrivenToSuicide: The owner of the hotel you stay in at one point, after an infectee guest mutated and killed his wife.
%%** Also [[spoiler:[[ZombieInfectee Brisco]]]].

%%* TheFaceless: The cameraman, [[spoiler:until the end]]. Also used in one of the endings; specifically, [[spoiler:the High Immoral ending, where the cameraman's ''still'' covered in shadows]].

%%* GoingForTheBigScoop
%%* HeKnowsTooMuch: Leads to [[spoiler:the cameraman's death in all but one ending]].

%%* IdiotBall: The characters are prone to stupid moments. ''Very'' prone.

%%* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Brisco]] goes into this during [[spoiler:the secret photo shoot]].

%%* {{Mockumentary}}: A playable variant.

%%* MsFanservice: The reporters, aside from Mark.
%%* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Brisco laments this after [[spoiler:Pamela's death]].

%%* OminousFog: Which is actually what Pamela's been sent to report on when the game starts.
%%* PatientZero: [[spoiler:The final boss.]]

* PlotHole: Justine, a woman you're trying to save, is shackled to a billiard table, and everyone comes to the conclusion that they have to put in missing billiard balls to help release Justine; the characters have no reference for this conclusion, but it turns out to be correct.

''Michigan: Report from Hell'' is a 2004 SurvivalHorror video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. The player controls a cameraman of the Zaka TV news crew who are investigating the strange goings on in Chicago[[note]]yes, we know, [[NonIndicativeName Chicago isn't in Michigan]]...[[/note]] after it's covered by a mysterious fog along with sound engineer Jean-Philippe Brisco and one of six reporters.

* ActionGirl: Nina actually brags about killing a bear at one point.
* AlliterativeName: The second reporter, Ann Anderson.

* AnyoneCanDie: And you can let them.
* ApocalypticLog: What the recordings can end up being if you die. [[spoiler:Not to mention you die at the end anyway]].
* ArtisticLicenseBiology

* AssholeVictim: If you let them be, Ann and Debora.

* BodyHorror: Courtesy of the Gagne Virus.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Debora.

* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:The High Immoral ending's cameraman.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: The owner of the hotel you stay in at one point, after an infectee guest mutated and killed his wife.
** Also [[spoiler:[[ZombieInfectee Brisco]]]].

* EatenAlive: A frequent cause of death.

* TheFaceless: The cameraman, [[spoiler:until the end]]. Also used in one of the endings; specifically, [[spoiler:the High Immoral ending, where the cameraman's ''still'' covered in shadows]].

* GiantSpider: A glowing, Australian-sized one will jump on, bite, and kill the second reporter unless you knock her out of the way. If spotted early enough it will run off.
* GoingForTheBigScoop
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Leads to [[spoiler:the cameraman's death in all but one ending]].

* IceQueen: Ann. Brisco can comment that she's got "ice in her veins", due to how she's focused on GoingForTheBigScoop.
* IdiotBall: The characters are prone to stupid moments. ''Very'' prone.
* ImmuneToBullets: Any monster bigger than a leech.

* IntrepidReporter

* KarmaMeter: Do you go for suspenseful footage, or erotic shots? A meter measures how far you move in either direction. If you choose to shove people around, let your reporter die or film strangers in mortal peril rather than trying to help, you also earn "Immoral Points", turning your meter from a simple gray bar to rusty barbed wire.
** However it isn't actually a meter mechanics-wise as the ending you get depends on whichever type of point you've accumulated the most of throughout the game amd the point counts do not affect each other.
* KarmicDeath: If the cameraman allows it, Ann can wind up being [[spoiler:EatenAlive shortly after complaining about how they didn't keep filming somebody else suffering the same fate]].

* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Brisco]] goes into this during [[spoiler:the secret photo shoot]].

* {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch: Debora. At one point, your reporter and Brisco go into her office furious and mistrustful, about to make her account for sending innocent reporters to a a hellhole like Chicago, but a few chosen words later, and they're both (if not entirely on her side) at least following her orders to continue investigating. Brisco thinks she may have a CompellingVoice, but neither he or the reporters are overly bright, so it seems unlikely.

* {{Mockumentary}}: A playable variant.

* MsFanservice: The reporters, aside from Mark.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Brisco laments this after [[spoiler:Pamela's death]].

* OminousFog: Which is actually what Pamela's been sent to report on when the game starts.
* PatientZero: [[spoiler:The final boss.]]

* RammingAlwaysWorks: It's your camera guy's primary way of fighting back or taking action, since he usually can't put the camera down.

* ShootTheShaggyDog

* SnowyScreenOfDeath: Appears quite often, cutting in and out to justify short 'jumps' in the footage.
* SnubByOmission: Before each level, the name of your news reporter and sound engineer are listed. The nameless cameraman doesn't get any credit.
** Although this is a log being written by the cameraman, so he probably doesn't see the need to list his own name.
* TheStinger: Which is where the MultipleEndings come into play.

* ThisLoserIsYou[=/=]YouBastard: Used for TheReveal of [[spoiler:the cameraman's identity]], which changes based on your actions. Focus on Erotic Shots, for instance, and they turn out to be [[spoiler:a sniveling, creepy nerd who asks the viewer if they enjoyed his special footage]].

* TooDumbToLive: Certain characters go by B-Movie logic, so...
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Pamela's fate.]]

* VaginaDentata: A prominent monster type appears to be this, although some of the corpses it's attached to are male.

* TheVirus
* VocalEvolution: Inverted, the voice acting gets ''worse'' over time.

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Brisco at the end.]] Also implied to be what happens to [[spoiler:the cameraman in the High Immoral ending]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: Some people note that the characters ''just seem so aware of their surroundings'', to the point that, in a part where Justine, a woman you're trying to save, is shackled to a billiard table, everyone immediately comes to the conclusion that they have to put in ''missing billiard balls'' to help release Justine. Their course of action was ''correct''.

%%* CaptainObvious: Brisco. ''Just Brisco''.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is a level that takes place in a camping lodge on the mountains somewhere in Chicago. While it ''is'' a big city, the nearest mountain range to Chicago is a few hundred miles away, in the east parts of Ohio and Kentucky (and even there, it's a stretch).

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The reporters tend to be this way, putting themselves InHarmsWay to try and help others as well as searching for a story. {{Lampshaded}} by Brisco, who doesn't share either sentiment and would rather just get out of Chicago alive.

** Also [[spoiler:[[ZombieInfectee Brisco.]]]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Brisco grows progressively more exhausted and irritable throughout the game, and mentions feeling dizzy and sick at several points. It seems innocuous, but [[spoiler:[[ZombieInfectee guess what.]]]]

* ManipulativeBitch: Debora. At one point, your reporter and Brisco go into her office furious and mistrustful, about to make her account for sending innocent reporters to a a hellhole like Chicago, but a few chosen words later, and they're both (if not entirely on her side) at least following her orders to continue investigating. Brisco thinks she may have a CompellingVoice, but neither he or the reporters are overly bright, so it seems unlikely.

* MultipleEndings: Besides the normal S, I, and E endings, you also get a special ending if your Immorality points are ''insanely'' high. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding But the protagonist dies in all of them, when he's about to reveal what happened]].]]

* QuickTimeEvent: The cameraman can choose at certain points to put the camera down and help someone, or ignore the cue and keep rolling.

* TheUnReveal: [[spoiler:The cameraman is shot before he can disclose who's behind everything.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: If the cameraman chooses to keep filming instead of acting to save somebody, Brisco will usually call him on it. {{Inverted}} by Ann, who chews him out for ''not'' keeping the camera running. The cameraman will also receive this reaction to [[AllMenArePerverts taking erotic shots]].
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Brisco at the end]]. Also implied to be what happens to [[spoiler:the cameraman in the High Immoral ending]].

** When you get the male reporter Mark, though, the monsters go for him too.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:No matter what ending you get, the protagonist either dies via assassination (the only difference is his attitude toward the whole thing) or reveals himself to be a CompleteMonster, leaving the entire thing unexplained and information undisclosed.]]

* LipLock: The dub, ''big time''.

* WhatTheHellHero: If the cameraman chooses to keep filming instead of acting to save somebody, Brisco will usually call him on it. {{Inverted}} by Ann, who chews him out for ''not'' keeping the camera running.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted, Brisco's the last person you see die in the game. Technically ''second'' to last if you count the Player Character.]]

* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:The Evil Ending's cameraman.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:No matter what ending you get, the protagonist dies via assassination (the only difference is his attitude toward the whole thing), leaving the entire thing unexplained and information undisclosed.]]

** Also [[spoiler:[[ZombieInfectee Brisco]]]]

* TheFaceless: The cameraman, [[spoiler:until the end]]. Also used in one of the endings; specifically, [[spoiler:the Evil Ending, where the cameraman's ''still'' covered in shadows]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Leads to [[spoiler:the cameraman's death]].

* JumpScare: Appears in the [[spoiler:Evil ending]] complete with forewarning ShmuckBait: [[spoiler:"''Look closely''... It's me. It's '''me''', see?!"]]

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Brisco at the end]]. Also implied to be what happens to [[spoiler:the cameraman in the Evil ending]].

* ApocalypticLog: What the recordings can end up being if you die. [[spoiler: Not to mention you die at the end anyway]].

* DepopulationBomb: [[spoiler: The spastic, mentally challenged man (who is *supposedly* the original carrier of the Gagne virus) is a biological weapon of mass destruction.]]

* IceQueen: Ann. Brisco can comment that she's got 'ice in her veins', due to how she's focused on GoingForTheBigScoop.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: Faced with a zombifying boyfriend, Carly opts for the odd tactic of embracing him instead of shooting him point-blank. Scratch one reporter.]]

* MultipleEndings: Besides the normal S, I, and E endings, you also get a special ending if your Immorality points are ''insanely'' high. [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding But the protagonist dies in all of them, when he's about to reveal what happened]].]]

* TheUnReveal: [[spoiler: The cameraman is shot before he can disclose who's behind everything,]]

* ApocalypticLog

* AssholeVictim: If you let her be, Ann.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Deborah.

* ManipulativeBitch: Deborah. At one point, your reporter and Brisco go into her office furious and mistrustful, about to make her account for sending innocent reporters to a a hellhole like Chicago, but a few chosen words later, and they're both (if not entirely on her side) at least following her orders to continue investigating. Brisco thinks she may have a CompellingVoice, but neither he or the reporters are overly bright, so it seems unlikely.

* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]]: Earn so many Immoral points that they ''vastly'' outweigh the others, and [[spoiler:the cameraman claims '''he's''' the one behind everything]].

* ContrivedCoincidence[=/=]DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Some people note that the characters ''just seem so aware of their surroundings'', to the point that, in a part where Justine, a woman you're trying to save, is shackled to a billiard table, everyone immediately comes to the conclusion that they have to put in ''missing billiard balls'' to help release Justine. Their course of action was ''correct''.