With the decidedly western outlook of Dead Rising, Capcom have turned to Canadian Blue Castle Games for the development duties of the sequel, and the team have certainly studied their source material well. Dead Rising 2 is every bit the direct successor to Frank West’s legacy, with a decidedly more heroic twist. While West may have proven to be a John Everyman hero, Dead Rising 2’s Chuck Greene is Die Hard’s John McClane; hard-as-nails and with a heart of gold. Desperate to prevent his daughter from turning after she has been bitten, Greene enters a zombie-killing “sports” show – clearly riffing on WWE, in more ways than one – known as Terror Is Reality in order to secure enough money to purchase some Zombrex, which prevents the infection from developing for twenty four hours. Here lies the game’s linchpin, as the player must struggle to secure a dose of Zombrex every twenty-four hours for young Katey, or all of Greene’s efforts have been for nothing.
The Dead Rising series has enjoyed a long and storied history over the years, but which game in the series is best?
Over the last week, Jake has been going back to the Dead Rising 2 Off The Record remaster and has been an absolute blast. When he was 15 he first got his Xbox 360 and Dead Rising with it, it was unlike any other experience. It made him wonder though, what happened to the Dead Rising series.
Interesting timing. This retrospective was released just a few days ago: https://youtu.be/Et-cKSrWuc...
Ah no, I just felt like writing it as I started playing the game again and wanted to offer up my opinions 😁
Seems like there was just a ton of infighting aswell and so many more issues. Honestly sadly Dead Rising 5 before it was cancelled sounded nothing like dead rising, nothing learnt from. Dr4 at all.
They're a solid channel. I always click on their vids, unless it's a series/game I simply have no interest in.
They took away the depth and charm of the game that made it fun and interesting, and made it into a generic zombie killing game.
This was the series the got me to buy an Xbox 360. The first one was so good. It still had horror elements. As it went on it became kind of a parody. Never forget getting Zombie Genecider achievement and then restarting the game to get the Mega Buster. That thing was monstrous against enemies.
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nice
only an 80? Funny how that's a bad score these days.
Is this the one with the rising? And someone is dead? Or dies? And rises? Or...?