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Andy

26-Apr-2011, 11:51 PM

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Looks like dead rising 2 is being remade...

The entire game is a "What If?" scenero where Frank West covered the Fortune City outbreak, instead of Chuck Greene.

After surviving the outbreak that occurred in Dead Rising, Frank West quickly became a bit of a celebrity. After authoring a successful book, he is given his own talk show, but soon wastes his opportunities and money as his fifteen minutes of fame expire. In hopes to regain a place in the spotlight, he accepts an offer from Tyrone King to appear as a special guest on Terror is Reality.

At the beginning of the event, West, wearing a wrestling outfit, is lifted via platform to the center of a ring surrounded by a chain-link fence. Joining him in the ring is a group of zombies in which he must defeat as many as possible within a certain time limit. Upon winning the event, West feels that he has lost his dignity and decides to take his prize money and get out of town. As he is leaving, he overhears TK and Brandon Whittaker discussing plans. With his trusty camera around his neck, West watches from a nearby scaffolding as men exchange mysterious packages.

When West is caught eavesdropping, the men attack him. He fights them off, but soon the zombies get loose, beginning the infection of Fortune City and forcing West to once again fight for his life.

ProfessorChaos

27-Apr-2011, 12:40 AM

man i feel sorry for all the schmucks that bought the "collector's edition" of DR2....

and fuck capcom, i'm sitting this one out. maybe if they'd just done this from the start it'd be cool, but i'm not falling for this bullshit.

capcom just killed my interest in the DR series altogether with this.

CoinReturn

27-Apr-2011, 12:56 AM

I'll buy it when it hits $20, which shouldn't be too long after launch.

Andy

27-Apr-2011, 01:14 AM

CoinReturn

27-Apr-2011, 01:38 AM

I actually liked DR2 better than the original. Way less frustrating bits, way more zombie carnage and a slightly more interesting story = a winner in my book.

Andy

27-Apr-2011, 06:14 PM

Im glad im not the only one that enjoyed DR2 coin :)

You still playing it?

MinionZombie

27-Apr-2011, 06:45 PM

I enjoyed DR2, and felt that it improved the DR franchise in various ways. However I'm not one for this DLC bullshit, so I won't even be anywhere near this particular release anyway. :p

Rottedfreak

27-Apr-2011, 07:13 PM

What's wrong with Dead Rising 2? it improved on the original in every possible way, throw Frank West in and we have one awesome game!
Throw in motion controls with Move (PS3), Kinect (360) and M+ (Stream) and bobs your uncle!

slickwilly13

01-May-2011, 06:43 PM

Hey there is a 1/2 off sale for DR2 DLC. For XBL gold members and I believe it is a weekly sale. I am going get Case West.

CoinReturn

01-May-2011, 06:59 PM

For 400 points, I'll probably be picking up CW as well.

ProfessorChaos

23-Mar-2012, 05:37 AM

well, i've got a 10-dollar credit at a place that has a used copy of the is game for 17 bucks. so if it's still there, i guess i'm gonna swallow my words and check this one out...never really hated the DR games (aside from the shitty online achievements in DR2), but more capcom for pulling their usual money-grubbing bullshit. oh well, getting it used means they don't get theirs, so why not?

CoinReturn

06-May-2012, 11:15 PM

Bumping this thread since DR2: Off The Record went up on Xbox Games on Demand service for $19.99/1600MSP, a pretty good deal I think for a digital version.

After playing for a few hours, I believe this is the game DR2 should have been. Frank is such a better character.