Will Katey Greene Ruin Dead Rising 2?

Capcom have been responsible for some great games in the past: Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Killer7 and Lost Planet for example. Why is it then that they insist on ruining some part of a game experience by inserting an annoying and often needy, plot-driving little girl character?

[BornToKill]

i hate kids.

[GiantJedi]

Indeed

[xTHRASHx]

I second that motion.

May I add FMJ was epic, love the avatar

[Elimin8]

What I don't get is when they do get away from you or when you get to them they are always unharmed... Not a scratch. you go through the whole game searching makes you wonder what route they took how is it you had to face thousands of enemies only to reach them safe and sound..

[OhReginald]

and ugly ones.. Just look that her. WTF.

[Cryptech]

Ya she looks like a playable class in WoW.

[MisterNiwa]

I don't hate kids for real. But I hate them in games.

And especially when a Zombie Rampage is going on and I have to piggy back her arround.

[DufferO8]

i think the piggy backs will be fun. if you get bored just leave her there and watch her cry while being malled by zombies

[Natsu X FairyTail]

personally I dint have a problem protecting ashley around in RE4. It made the game tougher and the story better. I liked playing as her in the last part of the game. very interesting game and change of pace.

[Cryptech]

I was hoping she would die in the first cut scene, turn into a zombie and i got to kill her as a tutorial. now that wouldve been original, but noooo i gotta go on tasks for her, wah wah wah.

[SolidMGSnake]

I know rite? Now that I found out you have to keep giving this little shit her shot every w/e hrs. Its gunna ruin the fun!

[byeGollum]

between her and chucky, I wounldnt care for Deadrising 2's story
I think those two together can help make dearising's story something.
what Im not a fan of, is the time limit you have for an objective.

[WetN00dle69]

Yep, a father going through hell to protect his daughter will be a great plot line BUT we cant be too sure IF she made it or not.
I too hate the time limit ever since the first one!

[WetN00dle69]

We have yet to see what happens to the little girl! There is no need to jump to conclusions! AS far as i know there hasnt been a single picture thus released with her in it. For all you know she could have turned to a Zombie sometime between Case Zero and DR2. OR maybe the Military took her.

[Rubberlegs]

His daughter is still alive. Chuck goes to Fortune City to appear on game show (Terror Is Reality) and to find more Zombrex, that will be a part of the game having to buy Zombrex for his daughter. There is a time gap between Case Zero and Dead Rising 2, Dead Rising 2 takes place 3yrs later.

[xVeZx]

"but daddy i dont even like zombrex" i wanted to smash her face in so bad after that

[big_silky]

Oh screw this. This game is shaping up to be one big, annoying, timed fetch quest. The time limits are bad enough, but now I've gotta search for Zombrex and continually go back &forth? Wheres the gameplay?

Capcom has an infuriating habit of ruining their good ideas. Every single game of theirs is guaranteed to include a supremely annoying, WTF play mechanic.

[The Milkman]

It wasnt even an issue in Case Zero... You only needed to go back every 12 hours, which is a good amount of time. Also Zombrex wasnt even hard to obtain at all. I think this guy is just looking for something to complain about to be honest.

[Leonesaurus]

And screw all the pessimistic little turds who disagree and complain. If you don't like Dead Rising then get the hell out of here. I hate reading these bitchy, whiny comments on good games.

[Agent_Cody_Banks]

Yep, these mechanics are what make Dead Rising what it is. If its too tough for you play Resident Evil or Left 4 Dead.

[josh14399]

i hope there is a free roam mode in the final game i can't be bothered having to backtrack to the little girl every couple of hours. whats even worse is you can't give her the shot early

[HebrewHammer]

I am all for a plot in which a father struggles to protect his daughter. Sure, its generic, but for a videogame, we seldom see that. My problem however is that this plot is in place so that Capcom can continue the time-limit tradition starting with Dead Rising 1. Boy, did that ruin the first game for me. In no way shape or form does the time limit add to my admiration for gameplay or the narrative. It is, in my opinion, a stupid, nonsensical implementation that has absolutely no benefit. The only thing the time-limit does is prevent me from enjoying the game ON MY TERMS. Do not limit me Capcom. So help me, if the time limit in DR2 is as compromising to the overall quality of the game as it was in DR1, im trading that in IMMEDIATELY. Even if I get like 20 bucks in store credit at Gamestop. DO NOT WANT lol

[TardcoreGamer]

Done and done

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

dumb article... they didnt even played the game yet and they started to talk about some random bs...

[ZombieAutopsy]

Who knows, the game will still be good I just hope it's better than the first.

[DOOMZ]

It's getting old...

[CrzyFooL]

Because people play Dead Rising for the story amirite!? lol

[Rubberlegs]

Its not a problem in Case Zero at all. In all the trailers for Dead Rising 2 you never even see his daughter with you and the article is implying that she will be by your side during the game.
She will probably just stay in the safe room like in Case Zero. I can't see them making the entire game with her by your side and again no gameplay trailers show this.

[SkolarVisari]

The Walking dead deals with children in neat ways. The main character's son is one of the best characters. The relationship between father and son goes beyond the father being a meat-shield for the son. He actually tries to teach him stuff about life. I wish games could try something like that instead of using children to make excuses for fetch quests.

[hazelamy]

my main concern is the time limit her infected state places on you, if you've got to keep rushing back to her every 12 hours, game time, probably something like 20 minutes real time, it's hardly conducive to the whole have fun killing zombies ethos of the game.

it becomes more like a job than just having fun.

[General Shrooms]

I like Katey and the the timed dead lines is a big game play mechanic for Dead Rising.