We don't need to wait for next month's Game of the Year deliberations to arrive; Showa American Story has already very comfortably won the award for 2024's craziest PS5 trailer with the above effort. It's five minutes of complete mayhem, featuring everything from the White House to a woman sitting on the toilet. Check it out above.
The game is coming to PS5 at some point next year, developed by NEKCCOM Entertainment. The Chinese studio has previously made the Dying titles for PS5 and PS4, so Showa American Story represents quite a leap in scale and scope for the team. A PS4 version was confirmed upon the original reveal over two years, but it's not mentioned anywhere in this latest trailer drop and supporting information, so the last-gen edition may have been cancelled.
If you need some proper context for the trailer, it's pitched as an "RPG and an enthusiastic love letter to the 80s' pop culture that features a strong taste of B-Movie". You play as a teenage girl who's been "mysteriously revived from the dead" in a USA under Japanese control. You're apparently out for revenge after "a mysterious catastrophic incident changes the whole world drastically".
It's coming to PS5 in 2025. What are your thoughts? Post them in the comments below.
[source youtube.com]
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Give me this game now!
I love wacky games like this, colour me interested (can my game list for 2025 stop please)
Total batshit crazy, i actually watched that whole trailer, im still none the wiser 🤣
I have no idea what I just watched...but I want more.
Something this bonkers, I was expecting to see the Grasshopper Manufacture logo pop up.
I can't believe there's still devs outside Kojima and Suda who have the balls to make unique / wacky games like this. These devs are rare breed. Salute 🫡
Anyone who said they want wacky AA games and tired of AAA-open world-cinematic games, you better fking buy this game!
Watching this trailer made me lose braincells. Give me this game asap
This gives me "Lollipop Chainsaw turned to 11" vibes and I'm here for it.
Ok, now I have a third game to look forward to in 2025. But why the main character's face is blurred like genitals in hentai?
No idea what that was about...echoes of Transformers: The Headmasters though "I'll form the head"
And here I thought the Yakuza games would prepare me for any level of random weirdness but there's absolutely no way to prepare for this trailer.
I absolutely need this game, I don't know why.
Not sure if this one is for me from a gameplay standpoint, but, my god, I love what I see from a setting standpoint
So far I only like the music, rest I'll see when the game comes out.
Been waiting for a new update. Definitely on my list of games for 2025. This could be the next No More Heroes kind of game.
If the gameplay is decent then I'm in. I love weird games, and I don't mind some junk, but the gameplay still has to be fun.
I sincerely hope this ends up being good, because this trailer makes me so happy 😭
This looks awesome!! I wonder why they censored her face though??
Never seen a game trailer show so much and so little at the same time!
@Bentleyma must of never seen a Kojima game trailer before...
Day 1 buy for me based on the trailer. Looks like something crazy Suda 51 would make. Hopefully the open world will be pretty big in those cities too.
Finally. Bring this on.
Wow! That's 5 minutes of my life I won't get back.....WTH did I just witness 🤦🏼♂️
Inject this trailer into my veins!
I think I'm in love❤️
I’m there. This is everything gaming has been building towards.
This gives off the best PS3 era vibes and it's awesome! That's the kind of crazy, daring game direction this generation needs! Let's all hope it'll be good 🤞
This first game trailer that put a genuine smile on my face for this generation.
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