Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

WHAT?

Luchador zombies?

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Word of God has said "Off the Record" is 100% utter Fanservice. They even used that term.

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... HOLY. SHIT. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up from sprawling all the way out the door.

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Wow. Frank got fat.

That said, I'm looking forward to this. The only Dead Rising games I've ever played are the original and Case Zero; Zero was too short and Dead Rising was hard as hell. If Capcom manages to combine the two in a way that makes the game both fun and not ball-crunchingly difficult, then they can take my money upfront.

Fuck. YES.

After all, Chuck never covered wars, ya know?

Damnit Frank, go away. I don't like you.

If there actually is a mode that gets rid of the aggravatingly harsh time limits, count me in. They are the only reason I haven't already played the series.

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Why does every seem to have such a hard time with the time limits? Sure, it took me a few times to get the hang of DR 1 but after using New Game Plus with a slightly leveled up character I had no problem with the clock*

. I managed to get nearly everyone in DR 2 on my first playthrough, the only ones that was missed didn't have a Scoop to direct me to them.

Also, Frank? Chuck's the better protagonist. Though I guess since this is simply a reimagining of DR 2 then there's not much to say.

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He's only fat in the wrestling outfit.

Jonah Falcon

^^ Not really, I think it'd be far more interesting to see Chuck if he was placed in the mall. Introduce combo weapons, bring back the motorcycle, and even show Chuck with his wife, and his daughter before she was bit.

Except no that's just stupid, I mean to begin with why would Chuck be in Willamette? Frank had a reason to be their, Chuck? none at all and theirs no reason to go back and try and forcefully insert him into the prequel simply because you don't like Frank.

Don't like Frank? fine don't play the game, no one is forcing you to, but don't complain just because Frank West is the protagonist again instead of Chuck.

As for the Time Limit? I will never understand why people refuse to play the games because of it. You realize your petty reason is letting you miss out on some great games? if you want a Free Mode then just let time run out on the story, the game doesn't punish you at all for doing this. You can still fight zombies, save survivors and deal with the Psychopath's without any problems. The moment the Games Overall Time limit ends all it does is restart the game from the beginning, but you get to keep your level, all your stats and any skills you learned so the time limit becomes even less strict. Whatever happened to the days when people used to give games a fair shot?

Why the fuck not? Thats literally the entirety of what they're doing here - inserting a character into a situation he has no place in. What, is it somehow wrong when its Chuck, because there's no reason at all Chuck would be in there (cause, ya know, people never go to malls)

The time limit sucks, I want to be able to do everything on the first run. Finding a boss that unlocks when your level 13 that's damn near impossible during your first run is shoddy game design.

I never played the first game, was Frank really that popular with the fans to warrant his own DLC?

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Through memetic mutation, yes. Everything he did, Chuck did better, while being a better written character overall. Its just that Chuck lacks something like "He's covered wars, y'know".

It may be do to happenstance, yes. But nonetheless, Frank is the image of Dead Rising. The designers should have realized that.

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As for time limits, I object to them in sandbox games, period. Its a matter of principle. If you give me a sandbox game with lots to explore and kill, don't make me play contrary to sandbox style in order to actually beat it. It'd be like making a fighting game where, in order to win the game, you have to *not* attack your opponents.

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I just object to Otis.

Jonah Falcon

Have you played any of the games? From what I hear, the time limit is a very cool design choice in terms of the story and gameplay.

Musou Player already said it best concerning the time-limit:

Point: The "time-limit" doesn't limit your fun in any way. It's still a sandbox meant for having fun and killing zombies for as long as you want. Give Dead Rising 2 a shot.

edited 13th Apr '11 11:34:35 AM by ViralLamb

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Also, Frank isn't just fat in the wrestling suit, he was obviously fat in his regular clothes as well...he just showed it less.

edited 13th Apr '11 11:36:19 AM by ViralLamb

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You CAN do everything on your first run, but that's just removing the fun of the game. You want to make this game something it isn't and that's just stupid, the time limit is NOT that tight, the fact that people keep saying that is only further proof you know nothing about the game. It's only 72 in game hours but that's quite a few real world hours, and theirs nothing to do besides save survivors and fight Psychopaths so removing the time limit just so you could run around..and not do ANYTHING is stupid.

And again, just don't do the storyline and hey you have the freedom to **** around as you want! it's not bad game design, don't use that term to describe something you don't like. Why do you try and force yourself to do everything in only one single run? that just takes all the fun out of the game and defeats the point. How about actually sitting down and playing it before you decide it's a terrible game with terrible game design? I mean besides the fact that it seems people are far to lazy these days and refuse to put in the actual work required to do smart things.

Again whatever happened to the days when people used to actually try out games and give them a fair chance?

IGN said that Chuck will still be in Fortune City, and will even be the character controlled by player 2 in multiplayer. It's not replacing Chuck with Frank, just showing what would have happened if Frank happened to be there during the outbreak.

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You can't take down all the psychopaths on your first run, the chef comes to mind as one of the damn near impossible first bosses you encounter. Capcom uses the excuse that you can just skip them until your stronger (which normally means your next run) or restart the game. Every other game in the world tries to go for some form of balance so you don't end up with a boss you can't beat until later or at least doesn't set a time limit so you can get stronger without having to repeat the game once or twice. the time limit coupled with the game restart is just shoddy design, it's not fun to have to replay a game because you couldn't do everything the first time.

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I hate the chef... I just skipped him. Right now I'm fighting the twins. I just can't beat them, but I'm gonna try because I want to finish Dead Rising 2 before Off the Record comes out.

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You are saying that just running around leveling and exploring a mall full of zombie-filled gore and fun to level is bad game design?

You sir, have angered me quite good. Nah, I see your point

Also, concerning Dead Rising 2: So, is it better to play for the story on the first play-through and "sandbox" later or "sandbox" first and play the story later? From the sound of it, doing the latter would be best.

edited 13th Apr '11 12:46:47 PM by ViralLamb

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Depends on who you are. If you're like me, then you'll want to see the story first and have no problems beating all the psychopaths/scoops on your first playthrough despite the time limit, but if you're like...apparently everyone else then you might want to simply sandbox first.

edited 13th Apr '11 1:12:12 PM by Spirit

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