Dead Rising 2

Vance · Post by **Vance** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:55 am

The human enemies are much more terrifying than the zombies.

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:11 pm

I think he threw me out of a nightclub once - or he works for the tax department - either way I have been totally worked over by someone who looks like him

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:12 pm

I feel like the dead rising right now. I dont know what the heck I did to make my head hurt so much but this sucks. :/

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:12 am

BryWI wrote:I feel like the dead rising right now. I dont know what the heck I did to make my head hurt so much but this sucks. :/

Step 1. Lay off the alcohol.

Post by **3DOKid** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:24 am

mattyg wrote:I think he threw me out of a nightclub once - or he works for the tax department - either way I have been totally worked over by someone who looks like him

He seems capable of with standing natural light, so I'm guessing not the tax people.

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:57 pm

Austin wrote: Step 1. Lay off the alcohol.

Actually I don't drink. The weather changing has been wreaking havoc on me I guess.

Post by **3DO Experience** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:55 pm

Migraines? Sudden weather changes give them to me all the time.

Post by **3DOKid** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:20 am

3DO Experience wrote:Migraines? Sudden weather changes give them to me all the time.

Me too.

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:44 am

Yeah. With the weather getting cooler I've been getting headaches that concentrate by my forehead, above the nose. Good ol sinuses. I usualy don't get affected much though.

Post by **3DOKid** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:50 pm

Is dead rising 2 any good?

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:34 pm

A friend of mine said that if you played DR1 not to play DR2. I can't comment beyond that though.

Vance · Post by **Vance** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:31 am

DR2 is basically the same game, except massively massively expanded, given brilliant weapon combos, and toward the end of the game, improved zombies. I'd say despite being roughly the same game, it's a big improvement.

The writing has never been the strong point, but they try doing a WHAM kill (somebody gets waxed instantly instead of the standard five minute death scene) and it just ruins the story toward the end. There's a minute most character deaths try to run longer than Spock's.

Post by **3DOKid** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:04 pm

Okay. So, say I'm in Gamestation on Sunday (and I will be) and £34 is burning a hole in my pocket, DR2 is a good buy then?

DR1 looked promsing. Zombies and shit, but 4 levels? Online play? Having to communicate with my fellow man? Even online? You've met my fellow man right?

Vance · Post by **Vance** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:44 pm

I love it because it breaks with the videogame standard of making your enemies stronger and faster, instead going with classic Romero shamblers. This forces designers to go in a different direction with the overall design. Climbing onto a shelf to catch your breath and realizing you can see thousands of zombies lurching toward your safe spot is really something else. Being able to smash a shopping center display, grab a rock drill, and start plowing through them is something else again.

The boss fights can get frustratingly difficult, though. That's where the leveling and new game system comes in. You'll like have to play the game about four times to really get through it. Since everything carries over and you can't possibly do everything in one playthrough, there's always something new going on.

And the weapon combos are sadistic as hell. An electrified wheelchair, a wheelchair combined with an upright lawnmower blade, two chainsaws strapped to either end of a double-sided boat paddle, a spear jammed into a power drill housing, boxing gloves doused in motor oil and set aflame...

If that sounds like a kick, I recommend it.

Post by **3DOKid** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:08 am

Yes. Yes it does.