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{{Short description|2004 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Michigan: Report from Hell
| image = Michigan Report from Hell cover art.jpg
| caption = European box art
| developer = [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Spike (company)|Spike]]|EU|[[505 Games|505 GameStreet]]}}
| director = [[Akira Ueda]]
| producer = {{ubl|Maki Kimura|Yasu Iizuka|[[Goichi Suda]]}}
| programmer = Tetsuya Nakazawa
| artist = {{ubl|Tatsuji Fujita|Katsuyoshi Fukamachi}}
| writer = {{ubl|Nobuhiko Sagara|Ren Yamazaki}}
| composer = {{ubl|[[Masafumi Takada]]|Jun Fukuda}}
| platforms = [[PlayStation 2]]
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|5 August 2004|EU|30 September 2005}}
| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure game|Adventure]]|[[Survival horror]]}}
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}
'''''Michigan: Report from Hell'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Michigan'''''|ミシガン|Mishigan|lead=yes}}.}} is a video game developed by [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]. It was published in Japan by [[Spike (company)|Spike]] in 2004, and in Europe by [[505 Games|505 GameStreet]] the following year. Alternately described as [[Adventure game|adventure]] and [[survival horror]], the game follows a news crew investigating [[Chicago]] after a mist covers the city following a plane crash in [[Lake Michigan]]. Gameplay features the player as a cameraman guiding the reporter through different scenarios, with the ending influenced by what the player captures on film.

The game was developed during a period when Grasshopper Manufacture was staying in business through contract work. Company founder [[Goichi Suda]] created the initial concept, and acted as a producer. The director was [[Akira Ueda]], while the music was composed by [[Masafumi Takada]]. The Japanese version included promotional material featuring Taiwanese model [[Yinling]]. The game was not released in North America due to its minimal gameplay. ''Michigan: Report from Hell'' saw generally mixed reviews, with several Western journalists noting its unique premise but faulting its gameplay and presentation.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Michigan RfH gameplay.jpg|left|thumb|Gameplay of ''Michigan: Report from Hell''; the player, as cameraman, can direct the characters and focus on different objects.]]
''Michigan: Report from Hell'' is a video game−alternately described as [[Adventure game|adventure]] in Japan and [[survival horror]] in Western reports−where players take on the role of a television crew cameraman.<ref name="MichiganSpike"/><ref name="Michigan505"/><ref name="HC101"/> The game is split into levels dubbed "Scenarios", with the player able to save between each scenario.<ref name="ManualMichigan"/> The player, as the cameraman, is limited in interaction to moving through the city streets and building interiors, focusing the camera on different in-game elements, giving instructions to the reporter, solving puzzles found during exploration, and kicking objects such as doors. Some enemies can be killed by solving an environmental puzzle, while others must be avoided by sending warnings to the reporter.<ref name="ManualMichigan"/><ref name="XPlayReview"/><ref name="IGNplaytest"/>

The reporter can die during a level, which skips a section of the game and replaces them with one of seven other reporters.<ref name="IGNplaytest"/><ref name="Dates"/> The camerman has a limited amount of film for each level, which is used to capture different elements or scenes.<ref name="ManualMichigan"/> These scenes fills up different points related to "Suspense", "Erotic" and "Immoral", with the final point total for each altering the ending.<ref name="Dates"/> The game ends if the cameraman is killed, or the camera runs out of film, forcing the player to restart from the beginning of a scenario.<ref name="HC101"/><ref name="ManualMichigan"/><ref name="DesInfo"/>

==Synopsis==
After a plane crashes into [[Lake Michigan]], a fog covers the nearby city of [[Chicago]]. Media company ZakaTV sends in a crew to cover the incident; lead reporter Pamela Martel, a rookie cameraman, and sound engineer Brisco. Upon arrival, the crew is attacked by monstrous creatures that have killed most of the city's population. Pamela is soon killed and reanimated as a monster. Joined by a new reporter, the crew learns that the fog and monsters were created by a virus designed by unhinged scientist Dr. O'Conner. Intended as a weapon against enemies of the United States, and developed in collusion with ZakaTV, the virus escaped containment following the plane crash and infected the city's population. The group finds O'Conner, who transforms willingly after revealing the existence of a vaccine in the city.

Failing to find the vaccine, the crew attempts to escape via an airport, running into a mentally-impaired man who is revealed to be O'Conner's initial test subject for the virus. Upon being killed, the fog vanishes and the rest of the monsters die. On orders from the military, the crew reaches a lighthouse evacuation point, but before they are rescued Brisco mutates into a monster and kills himself to keep them safe. The ending shows the cameraman making a final video; in three endings he tries to reveal the truth behind the incident and is shot by an unseen assassin, while in a fourth he is corrupted and claims responsibility for the disaster. Secret movies found through the game reveal potential reporter Paula Orton as the assassin, silencing anyone who uncovers ZakaTV's involvement.

==Development==
''Michigan'' was developed by [[Grasshopper Manufacture]], then known for their work on ''[[The Silver Case]]'' and ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]''.<ref name="ANNsudaInfo"/> During the early 2000s, Grasshopper Manufacture undertook contract work for other publishers to stay solvent during a difficult period, with ''Michigan'' being one of those projects.<ref name="MoeInterview"/><ref name="NoclipSuda"/> [[Spike (company)|Spike]]'s president Mitsutoshi Sakurai contacted company founder [[Goichi Suda]]  about working together on a game project.<ref name="ANNsudaInfo"/><ref name="SudaComplete"/> Suda created a game concept around the theme of "mist", taking inspiration from [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Mist (novella)|The Mist]]''.<ref name="SudaComplete"/> Initially planned to be a game where players explored a mist-covered Chicago and with the mist itself being the threat, the team were unable to make it work, and during a meeting Suda and Sakurai reworked the design.<ref name="SudaComplete"/> This reworking resulted in the inclusion of monsters to make the game more frightening, and the mechanic of guiding a female reporter as a cameraman.<ref name="ANNsudaInfo"/><ref name="SudaComplete"/>

Due to his commitment directing ''[[Killer7]]'', he worked on ''Michigan'' as an uncredited producer;<ref name="SudaComplete"/><ref name="SudaMichigan"/><ref name="MichiganCredits"/> the credited co-producers were Maki Kimura and Yasu Iizuka of Spike.<ref name="MichiganCredits"/><ref name="Iizuka"/><ref name="SpikeInfo"/> The director was [[Akira Ueda]], who had previously directed ''[[Shining Soul]]'' and its sequel ''[[Shining Soul II]]''.<ref name="CVGakira"/><ref name="MichiganCredits"/> The scenario was co-written by Nobuhiko Sagara and Ren Yamazaki, who worked on later Grasshopper Manufacture projects including the ''[[No More Heroes (series)|No More Heroes]]'' series.<ref name="MichiganCredits"/><ref name="Sagara"/><ref name="Yamazaki"/> The staff included main programmer Tetsuya Nakazawa, art director Tatsuji Fujita, and character designer Katsuyoshi Fukamachi.<ref name="MichiganCredits"/> The music was co-composed by [[Masafumi Takada]] and Jun Fukuda in their first collaboration, going on to work on ''Killer7''.<ref name="StaffTokyoo"/> Suda remembered production as difficult and having "twists and turns".<ref name="FamRetro"/> Morality was described as a core gameplay theme, with the team wanting the player's moral choices to alter the game's outcome.<ref name="GamaInterview"/> ''Michigan'' is one of the few Grasshopper Manufacture games to include horror, as Suda is not a fan of the genre.<ref name="DesSuda"/> Speaking in 2018, Suda felt the company was too inexperienced to properly realise his design goals.<ref name="SudaComplete"/>

==Release==
''Michigan'' was announced in January 2004.<ref name="MichiganAnnounced"/> The Japanese version included promotional material featuring Taiwanese model [[Yinling]],<ref name="Yinling"/> with [[New Game Plus]] content featuring Yinling as an in-game character.<ref name="Dates"/> The game was released in Japan on 5 August the same year, titled ''Michigan''.<ref name="MichiganSpike"/> A strategy guide was published by [[SoftBank Creative]] on 16 August,<ref name="Guide"/> and a soundtrack album was published by [[Scitron Digital Contents]] on 20 October.<ref name="Album"/>

''Michigan'' was released in Europe, something that Suda was not aware of initially.<ref name="CGVsudaNMH"/> The game was published in the region by [[505 Games|505 GameStreet]] on 30 September 2005 as ''Michigan: Report from Hell''.<ref name="Michigan505"/><ref name="Dates"/> It was dubbed into English, and featured subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.<ref name="Michigan505"/><ref name="HC101"/> The European release cut Yinling's content, and had a number of bugs.<ref name="HC101"/> In an interview with Suda for ''[[Gamasutra]]'', journalist Brandon Sheffield revealed he had proposed a North American release to a publisher, and been told that [[Sony]]'s North American branch blocked it due to its minimal gameplay content.<ref name="GamaInterview"/> Both Suda and Sakurai have voiced their willingness to revisit ''Michigan'' in some form, with Suda stating he would like to either remake the game or create something new around the gameplay concept.<ref name="MoeInterview"/><ref name="GamaInterview"/><ref name="SilSakurai"/>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 53/100<ref name="MC"/>
| Fam = 30/40<ref name="FamScore"/>
| XPlay = 2/5<ref name="XPlayReview"/>
}}
During 2004, ''Michigan: Report from Hell'' was among the top five hundred best-selling titles in Japan according to [[Media Create]], selling over 31,600 copies.<ref name="Geimin"/> Japanese gaming magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave it a score of 30 points out of 40.<ref name="FamScore"/> The game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]], with a score of 53 points out of 100 based on four reviews.<ref name="MC"/>

Justin Speer, writing for ''[[Xplay]]'', noted its unconventional mechanics and presentation, but felt uncomfortable with its erotic elements and either poor implementation of its mechanics or points when the control is taken from the player without warning.<ref name="XPlayReview"/> In an import playtest for ''[[IGN]]'', Anoop Gantayat echoed these complaints, and did not recommend the game despite being interested in the concept.<ref name="IGNplaytest"/> In a hands-on preview article, British magazine ''[[Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine]]'' noted the unusual premise, but failed both the gameplay experience and the lack of advertised erotic elements, summing it up as "a watered-down" survival horror with "ropey" voice-acting and a "terrible" plot.<ref name="PSM2preview"/>

John Sczepaniak of ''[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]'', writing in 2012, felt that the game was bad due to its unpolished mechanics and lack of interactivity, but nevertheless called it a "genuinely unique experiment, since there really is nothing else even remotely like it in the grand history of video games".<ref name="HC101"/> Jeff Cork, writing for ''[[Game Informer]]'' for the website's "Replay" video features in 2014, felt the game could have become a cult classic if released in North America.<ref name="GIreplay"/> Nick Thorpe of ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' highlighted the game's unique approach to the genre and passive gameplay style, noting that it was becoming a collector's item due to its rarity and Suda's growing reputation.<ref name="RGmichigan"/>

In a feature on Grasshopper Manufacture, ''[[1UP.com]]''{{'s}} Ray Barnholt was not very positive about the game, noting both its erotic elements and limited interactivity.<ref name="1UPgrasshopper1"/> ''Michigan'' was featured in a 2011 ''Game Informer'' article on games not released in North America, with writer Joe Juba comparing it to other Grasshopper Manufacture games that featured unique style and presentation despite lacking engaging gameplay.<ref name="GIlocal"/> In a small piece on Suda's history, gaming magazine ''[[Play (UK magazine)|Play]]'' noted ''Michigan'' as having an "interesting twist" on the horror genre.<ref name="PlaySuda"/>

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<ref name="IGNplaytest">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/17/import-playtest-michigan|title=Import Playtest: Michigan|author=Gantayat, Anoop|website=[[IGN]]|date=17 August 2004|access-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105423/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/17/import-playtest-michigan|archive-date=7 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="GIreplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/30/replay-michigan-report-from-hell.aspx|title=Replay – Michigan: Report From Hell|author=Cork. Jeff|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=30 August 2014|access-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011233653/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/30/replay-michigan-report-from-hell.aspx|archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="GIlocal">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/18/import-only-oddities.aspx|title=Top 10 Import-Only Oddities|author=Juba, Joe|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|date=18 August 2011|access-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911194346/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/18/import-only-oddities.aspx|archive-date=2015-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="PSM2preview">{{cite magazine|title=Hands On - Michigan: Report from Hell|magazine=[[Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issue=63|date=September 2005|page=50}}</ref>

<ref name="RGmichigan">{{cite magazine|author=Thorpe, Nick|title=Minority Report - PlayStation 2|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|issue=181|date=17 May 2018|page=93}}</ref>

<ref name="PlaySuda">{{cite magazine|title=Flashback: A brief history of Goichi Suda|magazine=[[Play (UK magazine)|Play]]|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|issue=197|date=November 2010|page=12}}</ref>

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==Notes==
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