hm...I've finally taken the time out to try this. one thing, I really dislike megaupload, becuase I have to wait for like a hour between each download. you and derret both using them didn't make things easier thats for sure.
anyways, onto the demo itself. the mode seven was really bad, it lags like hell and from a graphical point of view it just doesn't look that good. The lag crashed me, so I couldn't play past John? leaving the room to radio the station.
My mediocre advice
use more dramatic lighting. Have a dark boarder if you think that'll give it a more good feel, honestly all it could use is some more darkened screen tone and maybe a fog. Simple things that would make it alot more dramatic.
when I was watching your intro, my basic thought was "I hope this gets better" (sorry if your already changing the intro, I'm jsut too lazy to read)
The thing that disappointed me the most about it was how you brought up the news paper articles. Those were such great resources, but they were brought up so dully.
the feeling I get from the game, reporting going wrong, the intro feels to me like an old styled movie, opening up with the cigarette smoking boss, typing into that clanky machine, narrating in that husky and desperate voice, "In the summer of blah blah blah" and then going on the spin up those articles, "And so, I have sent my best reporters to the job..." the scene flashing to the boat, cute Reporter and her crew, anxiously waiting to get in. This is just the image I had when I saw through it, but theres so many ways to tell it.
lol, maybe it's to much coffee for me, but thats just what I feel on the intro.
I like your face set and dialog, it really brings the message across nicely and works well with those facesets. Gomurzu I think, can't remember for sure. hope I get to play this more in depth when you take out mode seven.