History Awesome / DeadRising2

** In ''Off The Record'' the Disembowel move makes its glorious return from [[Videogame/{{DeadRising}} the original]], allowing Frank to firmly grab a zombie's shoulder with one hand and kill it by [[AndShowItToYou ripping out its guts]] with the other hand.

* The FinalBoss fight against [[spoiler: Sullivan]], especially if you've been working on your hand to hand combat moves and have acquired the haymaker and double leg drop kick. A hand to hand battle against the BigBad on top of a building surrounded by a sea of zombies while an AC-130 blows holes in the building in the background... ''epic''. Then there's [[spoiler: Sullivan's death]]. How many other villains get [[spoiler: ripped in half by a plane!?]]

* TearJerker moment aside: Frank West taking on [[spoiler:Chuck Greene]] in ''Off The Record''. Both of [[spoiler: Dead Rising's protagonists taking each other on to determine who kicks more ass.]]
** Making it better would be to have a co-op player join you for a good ol' [[spoiler:MirrorMatch]].
*** Somewhat dampened by the fact that [[spoiler: Chuck's already gone insane before the events of VideoGame/DeadRising2, meaning he hasn't taken any levels in badass. Due to this, his boss fight is more or less the exact same as Leon's.]]
** Before the fight, [[spoiler: Chuck]] tells Frank that zombies are just a nuisance and people are the real danger. He proves it by casually {{Neck Lift}}ing a zombie, holding it in place while he continues to talk, and then snapping its neck when he's done.
* The [[HumongousMecha final boss fight]] of ''Off The Record''. To put it into perspective, [[spoiler:Stacey]] knew that she had to deal with Frank West. You know, Frank West, a guy who's [[MemeticMutation covered wars]] and killed more than 100,000 zombies, insane military officials, AxCrazy clowns, corrupt cops among others. So [[spoiler:she]] decided to bring in a freakin' giant robot to kill him. [[BadassNormal He manages to own it.]]

** They also frequently show up right before you fight off [[spoiler: TK's]] mercenary goons robbing the casinos in Fortune City. Give 'em all the dead merc's rifles you have been picking up along the way, and they become your very own elite squad of mercenary-killing British rockers.
* Another survivor example includes the three female survivors from the "Fetching Females" scoop. When you first meet them, you have to pay them $10,000 just to get them to start following you. While this may seem like yet another instance of TooDumbToLive, it's well worth the price, and they don't even need weapons. [[spoiler:They're members of Guardian Angels Personal Security, and are able to kill zombies with just one or two unarmed strikes.]]

* When Chuck faces down the man behind the outbreak in Fortune City, [[spoiler: the traitorous city guard Sullivan]]. After a brutal fist fight in which the odds are stacked against Chuck, he knocks [[spoiler: Sullivan]] down but before he can finish him is blasted off his feet by a missile from [[spoiler: Sullivan]]'s extraction plane. The agent sends up a skyhook and taunts Chuck, but when [[spoiler: he glances at the plane Chuck handcuffs his belt to an iron bar on the roof...just before the plane [[GoryDiscretionShot catches the skyhook]]]]. Chuck was right: [[spoiler: Sullivan wouldn't make it out in one piece]].

* One of this game's biggest features is the ability to create and use combo weapons. Some of them are as simple yet effective as nails in a bat, or drills in a bucket, but many are all sorts of CrazyAwesome, including:

* The next survivor example is an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome variety. In the mission Wax On Wax Off, Tomomi Miyamoto is an unarmed karate master that is hiding from three mercenaries after killing another seven of them. Her notebook description mentions that she almost didn't need any help.

* The next survivor example is an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome variety. In the mission Wax On Wax Off Tomomi Miyamoto is an unarmed karate master that is hiding from three mercenaries after killing another seven of them. Her notebook description mentions that she almost didn't need any help.

** Leon Bell. A contestant along with Chuck in Terror is Reality. Lost his mind not to fear but to pride. He uses a motorcycle with chainsaws attached to try to either slice or run over Chuck. He gets his comeuppance when his hubris for Chuck gets to him and he preforms a burning wheelie. (But because this troper can't get away with anything, he burns to death after the chainsaws make sparks after his fuel tank starts to leak.)

** Sullivan. He's a colonel (or a sergeant or a viceroy. This troper is an idiot.) who works for phenotrans. His gameplay is to (Please excuse the profanity.) fuck your shit up. Fisticuffs might've been your only weapon before, but now? You might be rusty after using weapons and Sullivan just does not take anything you throw at him. Gun? Blocks it and mocks you for cheating. Melee weapons? Block then counter. Fisticuffs? Kick in the teeth and punch in the gut. Luckily for the players his death is anything but subtle. After Chuck smacks the living hell out of him, he calls a plane to pick him up. However, Chuck attaches a buckle to a surprisingly sturdy gate and Sullivan is ripped apart.
* Player created moment: Delivering the final blow to blow up Tyrone King's helicopter ''[[CherryTapping with a book.]]''
** Forget that - stick to what the developers intended! TK took advantage of the zombie outbreak to [[{{Greed}} rob the place]], so you use his [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney Briefcases Full Of Money]] to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard kill his helicopter]]!

** The Snowball Cannon. A [[JokeItem water gun]] [[LethalJokeItem suddenly becomes lethal]] in combination with a fire extinguisher.

** The [[LaserBlade Laser Sword]]. Yes, you can use a [[Film/StarWars Lightsaber]] against the zombies and psychopaths!

* As in the [[Videogame/{{DeadRising}} first game]], the player can learn a number of unarmed moves that can easily make ''no weapon'' an especially deadly weapon. Some of these moves include: