Chuck was a contestant on the controversial reality television show, ‘Terror is Reality’ when the city is overrun to earn money to pay for Zombrex, medication which suppresses infected humans from turning but must be taken every 24 hours. Set five years after the events of the original game, players take the role of former motocross champion Chuck Greene attempting to survive in the fictional metropolis of Fortune City amidst another zombie outbreak. There is a massive increase to 7000 zombies shown on-screen at the same time, making general gameplay a more hectic and the survival-horror aspect more intense.
The original’s Prestige Point system (experience and levelling) also returns, and the scope is a whole lot bigger than the original game.
Gameplay involves exploring a huge open environment full of weapons and secrets to discover, zombies and psychopaths to kill, and conspiracy cases to solve under a strict three-day timer. Developed by American-based Blue Castle Games, it loses a bit of the quirkiness that came from its original Japanese development team, but nonetheless remains faithful to the first game’s stellar zombie-killing sandbox mechanics while expanding them thoughtfully. However, the increased performance and nicer AA ease the pain of the omissions.įor newcomers, Dead Rising 2 is the often overlooked middle child in the original Dead Rising trilogy. What’s also strange is the Xbox 360 exclusive DLC, ‘Case West’ and ‘Case Zero’ is not included in the ports, and that is very disappointing. Capcom have made virtually zero changes to the games aside from the bump up in resolution and frame-rate, so if you’re looking for new content, you will sadly be disappointed. Unlike the original, both DR2 and OTR were multiplatform, but this marks the first time both are in 1080p/60fps on current generation consoles.
Do they still hold up for newcomers and returning fans?įirst thing’s first: If you already owned the PC ports from a few years back, there’s not much to see here. It also changed the tone of the franchise to something a little more silly. Both launched late in the seventh generation life cycle and their ambitious engines pushed the PS3 and Xbox 360 to the limits with hundreds more zombies on-screen to slaughter with all manner of classic DR weapons. Re-released on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are an interesting middle pair of Capcom’s popular zombie beat ‘em up series.