UPDATE: Dead Rising 2 to in fact not suck, Bebpo sent to stand in a corner

[Bebpo]

I just saw this trailer:
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...and apparently Blue Moon studios has no idea what they are doing.  The main guy doesn't say a word and has this vacant expression on his face and everything about the trailer is missing the personality of the first game.  It's like it's saying "here, hit zombies with stuff; the end".

Why didn't the DR team make the sequel  :'(  While it's nice that Capcom realizes this game is going to suck and says they aren't outsourcing anymore, the fact is that Dead Rising is AWESOME and that DR2 has to be a victim is bullshit.

Compare that trailer to a trailer from DR1 in the same theme:
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Look how much personality is in the animations of Frank. 
I hope this is good, but that clip looks like a shitty beta from Konami.

[Ichirou]

Bebpo...

BELIEVE.

[Stoney Mason]

Are they gonna fix the clunky controls from the first game?


Just saying.

[Ichirou]

I hope they fix the menus so all the information is displayed in one place instead of you having to look at your watch one way and the menu the other way and blah blah blah.

[fistfulofmetal]

sequel to a bad game is bad? shocked

[Akala]

I'm holding on to hope they are presenting the main character in such a way to grab 'western action gamer.'

spoiler (click to show/hide)

then a few missions in they BRING THE FRUIT.

[close]

[dark1x]

Eh, I didn't much care for the first game myself so the fact that a new developer is handling this gives me some hope, actually.  Hopefully the game world isn't divided up into small junks with lengthy load screens between everything.

I definitely miss the object motion blur, though.  That looked great in the original.

[Himu]

I don't think I've ever seen a dark10x post that critiques a game for its gameplay.

[Don Flamenco]

This game will kick so much ass. 

weeaboos will find things to complain about like facial expressions and no camera.     Just like people complaining about the lack of mako missions in ME2. 

[Mupepe]

This game will kick so much ass. 

weeaboos will find things to complain about like facial expressions and no camera.     Just like people complaining about the lack of mako missions in ME2. 

No way.  There are people complaining that they want mako missions?

[demi]

This game got me to buy a 360. I am obligated to buy this.

[M3wThr33]

DR2 just sounds bad simply based on the arena/gameshow gimmick. I hope it's more than that.

[Robo]

This game will kick so much ass. 

weeaboos will find things to complain about like facial expressions and no camera.     Just like people complaining about the lack of mako missions in ME2. 

Seriously?

No.  Fake.

[cool breeze]

This game got me to buy a 360. I am obligated to buy this.

I had a 360 when the game was released but that doesn't stop Dead Rising from being my favorite 360 game.  Plus the demo did it's part in helping me fail a class for attendance.

[cool breeze]

The only thing I get out of the trailers is that they want the main character to be bad ass with a biker jacket and stern expression.  Frank West was just kind a weird dude.  Kinda stocky, large forehead, nose and chin.  He was a cheesy journalist.

then again, I saw a video on gamespot that has the main character go into a sex shop and come out with a fishnet shirt and a dildo.

[Himu]

People had issues with the controls in DR1? Babies.

[MCD]

clunky tanky jappy shit, same goes for LP.

[Himu]

DR1 hardly has tank controls.

Man up.

[Don Flamenco]

This game will kick so much ass. 

weeaboos will find things to complain about like facial expressions and no camera.     Just like people complaining about the lack of mako missions in ME2. 

Seriously?

No.  Fake.

saw it on gaf

[demi]

No.  Fake.

(Image removed from quote.)

co-sign

[Himu]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

[MCD]

DR1 hardly has tank controls.

Man up.

i have 780 out of 1000.

don't you dare tell me to man up you fucking nostalgia freak.

[Himu]

[Himu]

Bebpo didn't even post the best DR trailer.

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[Don Flamenco]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

aka I hate this game because japanese didn't make it and I love japan so much that I gave myself a japanese user name, even though I am not japanese panties panties panties. 

[Himu]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

aka I hate this game because japanese didn't make it and I love japan so much that I gave myself a japanese user name, even though I am not japanese panties panties panties. 

No, it looks awesome. But that trailer isn't very compelling.

[Don Flamenco]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

aka I hate this game because japanese didn't make it and I love japan so much that I gave myself a japanese user name, even though I am not japanese panties panties panties. 

No, it looks awesome. But that trailer isn't very compelling.

[Himu]

[cool breeze]

People had issues with the controls in DR1? Babies.

closest thing to an issue is the shooting.  I don't know if they changed it for DR2, but I wouldn't mind if they made the shooting controls feel more like most third person shooters now.

[Himu]

Yeah, shotting is meh but then guns aren't that great in DR anyways. The only truly useful moment where guns are required is the fight against Carlito at the beginning and battle against the stupid prisoners.

[Ichirou]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

aka I hate this game because japanese didn't make it and I love japan so much that I gave myself a japanese user name, even though I am not japanese panties panties panties. 

This would be correct if Himuro wasn't trying his damnedest to run away and forget all about his Japafag past.  Why do you think he had his name changed to Duck Amuck over on GAF?

[TripleA]

sequel to a bad game is bad? shocked

Came in to post this ^

[M3wThr33]

sequel to a bad game is bad? shocked

Came in to post this ^

Don't confuse this with the anencephalic version on the Wii.

[iconoclast]

I recommend against googling anencephalic.

[Don Flamenco]

I have to admit though. They didn't do a good job with this trailer.

Who wants to play as a boring serious guy when zombies take over a casino? Not me.

I want Frank West and I want him now.

I mean, the guy walks out with two chainsaws strapped to a stick and he still has that "WHY SO SERIOUS" face.

I'll just chalk it up to be a bad (and really boring) trailer.

aka I hate this game because japanese didn't make it and I love japan so much that I gave myself a japanese user name, even though I am not japanese panties panties panties. 

This would be correct if Himuro wasn't trying his damnedest to run away and forget all about his Japafag past.  Why do you think he had his name changed to Duck Amuck over on GAF?

thought it was pretty clear I was joking around..."panties panties panties" was supposed to be the failsafe. 

[Ichirou]

If this had been a couple of years ago, you would've been absolutely right, though.

[Himu]

Well he's not wrong. I do prefer Japanese games and Japanese game philosophy and design but not because they're Jappa Jappa. I dunno, I just think they tend to be better developed, with an emphasis on depth and a tight experience rather than trying to give the player "options". That said, western games are fab too. Games just rock period, I guess!

[Bebpo]

I'm glad we've all played it and haven't posted impressions based on a meager video.

 

Yeah, this thread was just my knee-jerk reaction to wtfisthis after watching that trailer.  I'll still buy the game either way and give it a fair shot unless it has a demo and that demo is puke like Dark Void.

[Don Flamenco]

omfg @ the dildo getting stuck in the zombie

[The Fake Shemp]

holy shit @ beating up zombies with a dildo in leather chaps

[cool breeze]

pressing down on an enemy with that lawn mower rig looks fucking awesome

and from the video, at least throwing a dildo seems to be stationary like DR1 throwing/shooting controls.

[Himu]

this totally uses DR1's engine.

looks sweet.

[cool breeze]

oh shit it looks like a normal third person shooter when using guns 

America 

[Himu]

You can move and shoot in DR2 looking at the video.

[Himu]

I mean physics (the way he has to shift his weight to throw the lawn mower around), similar controls (stationary when throwing things).

It looks like they took the basics of DR1's engine and enhanced it (being able to move and shoot while in tps mode).

[Human Snorenado]

sequel to a bad game is bad? shocked

Came in to post this ^

Shitty posters are shitty, news at 11.

[Ichirou]

This looks really awesome, I'm HYPED.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

This game is going to be amazing, end of story. Bottom line. Case closed. I just wish they'd fucking speak up about the save system and stop teasing. Just let me know if you fucked it up or not.

[Ichirou]

I actually dig the save system in the first game...

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Me too. Fucking it up would be significantly changing it.

[Ichirou]

This quote from the destructoid preview worries me:

I asked about the save system, and they would only go as far as to promise that fans would be pleased. You can still restart the game entirely if you die, and while the save system won't be as... "stupid" as it was in the original, it should still retain that element of stress and difficulty.

There was nothing "stupid" about the save system in the original game, IMO.  It was perfect.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

In a perfect world they would have crammed in all the hand-holdy save-anywhere checkpoint junk that the whiners wanted, but also included a hardcore mode that works exactly like DR1. If they do that I'll be thrilled.

[Ichirou]

In a perfect world they would have crammed in all the hand-holdy save-anywhere checkpoint junk that the whiners wanted, but also included a hardcore mode that works exactly like DR1. If they do that I'll be thrilled.

Make it an achievement to finish the game using the hardcore mode, that'll be enough to satisfy me.

[Don Flamenco]

Chuck Greene = Henry Rollins

[Himu]

The save system in DR1 was fine. In fact, it was the same as any other save system. You go to a bathroom to save. Big whoop. But if you save when one of your story missions has a sliver left, you can't continue anymore so you have to know when to save. Shock and fucking awe. I hate gamers.

[Don Flamenco]

I hope they don't put auto-save in.  Fuck the PC-ization of console games. 

[Himu]

I hope they don't put auto-save in.  Fuck the PC-ization of console games. 

[chronovore]

http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-at-x10-dead-rising-2/17-2024/

Makes it sound like DR2 will be almost exactly like the first.


Edit: There's a dildo weapon! GOTY!

I like the strong attack with the lawnmower, how you can make a zombie into a pair of shoes. 

[Great Rumbler]

The save system in DR1 was fine. In fact, it was the same as any other save system. You go to a bathroom to save. Big whoop. But if you save when one of your story missions has a sliver left, you can't continue anymore so you have to know when to save. Shock and fucking awe. I hate gamers.

Yeah, I don't really get the hate either.

[cool breeze]

People hated the save system because they don't like playing video games twice.  No joke.  It was like people had more problems that you only had one save slot because they wanted to go do one event, then load up that save and do the other one happening at the same time.  It's like replaying the game was a great injustice or something like that.

In a perfect world they would have crammed in all the hand-holdy save-anywhere checkpoint junk that the whiners wanted, but also included a hardcore mode that works exactly like DR1. If they do that I'll be thrilled.

Make it an achievement to finish the game using the hardcore mode, that'll be enough to satisfy me.

Fuck that.  Make it so any achievement could only be obtained in hardcore mode, except for a derogatory one calling you a wimp for not playing on hardcore.