Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 & Dead Rising 2: Off the Record remasters

[Havok83]

The game is meant to be played multiple times and you arent meant to do everything in one playthrough. Its really not that big of an issue. And escort mission is the entire premise of the series. If you cant handle that then you might as well skip all of them

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Havok83

The game is meant to be played multiple times and you arent meant to do everything in one playthrough. Its really not that big of an issue. And escort mission is the entire premise of the series. If you cant handle that then you might as well skip all of them

Do you carry stuff over from prior runs on multiple plays?

Only thing stopping me from getting it is my backlog....

I am finding it ridiculous that 95% of the games I play are last gen remasters. If I had to describe the current generation of games, it would be very little of interest for new innovative single player games, and most of the games for me were either remasters of games I loved from last gen, or sequels.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

If I had to describe the current generation of games, it would be very little of interest for new innovative single player games, and most of the games for me were either remasters of games I loved from last gen, or sequels.

You just described every generation of games past the NES.

Personally I think the reason why it bothers people so much now is that to a lot of people "indie" games don't count, and if you exclude those the number of released games has gone way down.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Do you carry stuff over from prior runs on multiple plays?

Only thing stopping me from getting it is my backlog....

I am finding it ridiculous that 95% of the games I play are last gen remasters. If I had to describe the current generation of games, it would be very little of interest for new innovative single player games, and most of the games for me were either remasters of games I loved from last gen, or sequels.

Ive only played 2 and cant recall but I do remember that your levelling progress at least carries over. I want to say weapons and clothing you save do as well

Oh and IA with you on remasters. Uncharted 4 is the only original game Ive played through on my PS4 this year. Everything else has been remasters

[Goodintentions]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

You just described every generation of games past the NES.

Personally I think the reason why it bothers people so much now is that to a lot of people "indie" games don't count, and if you exclude those the number of released games has gone way down.

of course they number of games releasing is decreasing .... they are getting to be more involved to make ... and have bigger budgets so im sure publishers expect a better game so they spend more time making it .....

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Ah right. I wonder if it is that with the physical discs, only Dead Rising was supposed to release yesterday, and DR2 and Off The Record on the 27th? So the digital copies are locked?

Ok, never heard that thanks. All games unlocked last Monday digital but only Dead Rising went to the main menu while the other two went straight to a Capcom Reserved rights screen.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Picked up the physical version of Dead Rising on PS4 yesterday, plays perfectly and I'm really enjoying it. I've only played the Wii version of Dead Rising before now and while it was well done, this version is way better, for obvious (graphics) and not so obvious reasons (those poodles and parrots can go to hell).

Also, I heard people that played the game on 360 had trouble with the convict psychos (constant respawns and constant annoyance), but I didn't, they didn't bother me unless I bother them (they kept ramming the same tree over and over until I came to them) and once I got Adam's chainsaws and got to level 13, they were a cake walk. I don't know if they fixed that respawn glitch and made them dumber for this remaster, or I just got lucky.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Derb

Ok, never heard that thanks. All games unlocked last Monday digital but only Dead Rising went to the main menu while the other two went straight to a Capcom Reserved rights screen.

Nope, it's something wrong with your games. Both worked fine for me. Just tested them out.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Nope, it's something wrong with your games. Both worked fine for me. Just tested them out.

Re-downloading both games now. I already restored licenses before the first failed attempt. Second downloaded games failed at menu. This will be my third attempt.

Edit

I have not tried to delete all games & re-download them.

[Blu-Curry]

Originally Posted by Havok83

The game is meant to be played multiple times and you arent meant to do everything in one playthrough. Its really not that big of an issue. And escort mission is the entire premise of the series. If you cant handle that then you might as well skip all of them

Originally Posted by Havok83

Ive only played 2 and cant recall but I do remember that your levelling progress at least carries over. I want to say weapons and clothing you save do as well.

lol Well there you go, you haven't even played the first game. I've watched quite a few review videos and read opinions online where they all bash the friendly AI in the game. That's the real problem in the escort missions, not the type of mission itself. Some love or hate the time constraint, but even Dead Rising 4 is ditching the whole time system. But the game is old, so I wanted to hear some opinions here on it.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Blu-Curry

lol Well there you go, you haven't even played the first game. I've watched quite a few review videos and read opinions online where they all bash the friendly AI in the game. That's the real problem in the escort missions, not the type of mission itself. Some love or hate the time constraint, but even Dead Rising 4 is ditching the whole time system. But the game is old, so I wanted to hear some opinions here on it.

Lol, the AI is brain dead TERRIBLE in the first game, but it's such a nostalgic trip. It's still a blast, even with the frustrations. 2 and Off the Record are easily the best games in the series. 3 was ok, and 4 honestly just looks like a modded version of 3 to include the mall from the first game and "Not-Frank". I call him not frank because while he's supposed to be frank he doesn't look not sound like him, lol.

[Zivouhr]

If Dead Rising was just about confronting zombies, I'd be happy, but the most challenging aspects of the game revolve around fighting very tough and very cheap hit humans. The guy in the truck, driving around the courtyard in Dead Rising 1 for example. Very unfair and unfun. Otherwise, the game series is entertaining.

Originally Posted by Derb

That would be a welcome patch. Maybe make it an option before starting a new game.

Originally Posted by Havok83

where did you get that from? Unless they actulally sid something, I dont think Capcom would even bother going in and changing any of the games

I'm surprised if they didn't add that most requested feature to this update. If it's not in there, then it's a lost opportunity to improve DR1.

Originally Posted by Blu-Curry

What's preventing me from really taking the plunge on the first DR is hearing about the time limit and terrible escort missions.

You may be better off trying the later games first.

[Havok83]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

I'm surprised if they didn't add that most requested feature to this update. If it's not in there, then it's a lost opportunity to improve DR1.

thats why they added it to OTR bc it was a response to 1 and 2. They never updated the originals with that feature and if they were going to, they would have with this, which they didnt. These are remasters of old games. Outside of fixing any major glitches that may come out, I dont see them bothering with any form of additional development on these games post-release

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

If Dead Rising was just about confronting zombies, I'd be happy, but the most challenging aspects of the game revolve around fighting very tough and very cheap hit humans. The guy in the truck, driving around the courtyard in Dead Rising 1 for example. Very unfair and unfun. Otherwise, the game series is entertaining.

The psychos are meant to be super hard. They get more manageable when you level up and find better weapons/power ups

[Gamma_Winstead]

Honestly I wouldn't even reccomend trying not the story in DR1 until after you're at least level 25-50. Take a play through to learn the layout, learn locations of weapons, and level up frank. The game is damn near impossible if you actually try to beat it at level 1. The final boss of the true ending actually pretty much IS impossible until you're late 40's, or max level.

[Derb]

After fiddling around with going in & out of app for 30 minutes I was able to get Dead Rising 2: Off the Record to the main menu. Played a bit to get to a save point. Saved game. Closed app. Restarted & right back to the Capcom reserved rights screen.

Done with Capcom.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

If Dead Rising was just about confronting zombies, I'd be happy, but the most challenging aspects of the game revolve around fighting very tough and very cheap hit humans. The guy in the truck, driving around the courtyard in Dead Rising 1 for example. Very unfair and unfun. Otherwise, the game series is entertaining.

They have a trick and an easy one at that. Whenever they come to a tree trunk they get stuck and they can't move. That's the perfect opportunity to take them out.

Started playing it yesterday and its still as fun as it was on 360. And saving survivors is still a pain in the ass as their AI is terrible.

[Havok83]

The games are on sale for $14 a piece on PSN. Still too much for me. I would consider buying them if they were under $30 total. Surprised there isnt a sale on the Triple pack

[Zivouhr]

I remember playing Dead Rising 1 (and Off the Record), looking out the window of the 2nd floor at the outdoor parking lot and distant town and thinking, "It would be nice if you could also leave the mall and visit that parking lot, town and rural area." Looks like Dead Rising 4 answers that by allowing Frank West to explore the town and the mall of Williamette.

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

They have a trick and an easy one at that. Whenever they come to a tree trunk they get stuck and they can't move. That's the perfect opportunity to take them out.

Started playing it yesterday and its still as fun as it was on 360. And saving survivors is still a pain in the ass as their AI is terrible.

Good strategy, thanks.

Yeah, the AI citizens I often left behind when they did dumb things, like going into a crowd of zombies instead of around them.

Originally Posted by Derb

After fiddling around with going in & out of app for 30 minutes I was able to get Dead Rising 2: Off the Record to the main menu. Played a bit to get to a save point. Saved game. Closed app. Restarted & right back to the Capcom reserved rights screen.

Done with Capcom.

Sounds like all of your progress wasn't saved?

Originally Posted by Havok83

The games are on sale for $14 a piece on PSN. Still too much for me. I would consider buying them if they were under $30 total. Surprised there isnt a sale on the Triple pack

A triple pack for 29.99, that would be nice, agreed. I'm sure the price may drop to that eventually.

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Havok83

The games are on sale for $14 a piece on PSN. Still too much for me. I would consider buying them if they were under $30 total. Surprised there isnt a sale on the Triple pack

Thanks for the heads up. They are on sale on the Australian PSN store also, in the bundle also.

[Mobe1969]

Oh man that first Dead Rising is so clunky. I've never played it, but did play 2 and Off the Record on the ps3, but I don't remember those being this bad... I had to look up Google to see when the first game was released. I thought it must have been a first gen Xbox game. Not a 360 gen.