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Dead Rising 2
As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, yo... See more
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Again, Dead Rising 2 has issues. It’s not the smoothest game and it can feel like the last one, however that doesn’t mean a thing when the game’s this much fun. Using a car battery and a Street Fighter mask to electrocute the undead and a set of knives and a pair of boxing gloves to make Wolverine claws are all great times. Watching Chuck get covered in blood as he slays thousands of zombies, chan...
But for as uneven as that specific slice of Dead Rising 2 can be, the rest of the experience shines, even today. It’s one of those games that pays back the time you invest into it at least double fold. Returning players won’t find anything substantially new in this remaster aside from sharper image quality and better performance, but given the budget pricing here, that’s a perfectly reasonable off...
It's a worthy sequel in many ways, but despite all the innovative weapon combinations, Dead Rising 2 suggests that Capcom has yet to find its perfect blend.
A realistic alternative at a third of the price, I’d rather pick up the year old Left 4 Dead 2, or even the two year old Left 4 Dead and the DLC’s to get my zombie killing fix.
Dead Rising 2 doesn’t exactly build that much on the original game, but then again many would argue that it didn’t really need to. If you were a big fan of Frank and his zombie-smashing ways, prepare to make good friends with Chuck and his very familiar journey. If, however, you didn’t enjoy the previous action all that much, you’re not going to have a ball here either.
If the games industry was some cheesy 1980s high school drama and I was the teacher with the tweed jacket with leather elbow protectors, smoking a pipe thinking I’m still “trendy,” and Blue Castle and Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 was the student, with the ginger hair, freckles and look of sin on his face, my response to him would be simple...
In short, Dead Rising 2 delivers in the best way and the only way a video game should; entertainment. While it lacks polish, it is truly a fun and engaging experience and after finishing the story there’s a good chance you’ll want to visit Fortune City again.