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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero |OT| A Taste of Whats To Come!
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Spirit of Jazz
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MMaRsu said:
The slowness at the start is a plus; it gives you the sensation that you're barely able to escape the zombie threat as they lunge towards you and are practically a few inches from gnawing upon your flesh as you struggle past them at the start of the game. Then it offers a sense of progression as you leave their moldy carcases trailing in the dust at the end game despite their never being much risk beyond a poorly plotted rout through them.
Your character might feel a little sluggish but it doesn't impede your ability to get through the game and certainly adds a sense of tension. It also goes hand in hand with the sense of weight the melee attacks have in the game.
Whoever decided that it was a good idea to be able to spend $25,000 on zombrex without a confirmation screen is probably the same jackass who thought it'd be great to have that ledge with the broadsword on it be at that height and angle with the random ass nature chuck has to either decide to grab a ledge or not.
InfectedZero
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I...I...just got the "Spend $100,000 at the Pawn shop" achievement from gambling? I am so confused on how this happened. I was double gambling in the corner to make some quick money by going back and forth between the two slots and like one minute into my binge the achievement pops up and I stare in disbelief on what just happened lmfao. :lol
The problem is that intuitively you try to stay as high up as you can by running closer to the wall since the ledge you have to jump onto is flat but he rarely grabs the ledge if you're close to the wall for some reason. I've found that running on the outer edge or in the middle is much more effective.see5harp said:
black_vegeta
Member
Alright, I just played about 20 minutes before heading off to bed. The framerate was horrible when I was killing a bunch of zombies or in the middle of a swarm of them.
Gameplay is still good enough to overlook the framerate issues. Looking forward to finishing this and getting DR2.
Gameplay is still good enough to overlook the framerate issues. Looking forward to finishing this and getting DR2.
wayward archer
Member
I don't have any framerate problems on my console. I'm left wondering if I am experiencing the same thing as people who are complaining but my tolerance for it is high or if it's just something my console isn't having an issue with...
In any event it certainly never "chugs" (which is what i'd call low 20's and below), and never affected gameplay to any degree.
In any event it certainly never "chugs" (which is what i'd call low 20's and below), and never affected gameplay to any degree.
I finished this last night, and thought it was well worth the 5 bucks. I was a little disappointed to see that I hit level 5 without any trouble on my first playthrough. I'll definitely play through it again to get the remaining points though. I had no framerate issues except for the very end sequence (in the A ending).
BuckRobotron
Member
I've only just started, having fun simply screwing around with combining. Simply discovering that
was awesome fun.
bucket helmet with drills
indigo-cyclops
Member
tjohn86 said:
I went with Steam. I assume the PC version will provide a better performance mark.
black_vegeta
Member
wayward archer said:
I think it's console related. Older consoles seem to be taking a beating with the number of zombies on screen.
Newer 360's seems to handle them fairly well.
Coin Return
Loose Slot
200'd.
Loved every second, and I had no framerate problems. Bring on DR2!
Loved every second, and I had no framerate problems. Bring on DR2!
Just 200'ed too a couple of hours ago.
Played it three times, the format of the game makes it very replayable and fun imo.
The survivors have way better IA, I didn't have any problem with them, controls feel better, especially the jumps, building weapons is awesome ( I had doubts with this ).
Another think I liked, and didn't expected to, was Chuck, this game sets the tone and the personality for him, and now I will go into the full game already loving him.
Overall, a 9+, feels like the same Dead Rising, but improved in almost everything.
Btw, the Lvl 5 will translate to the full game, but what about the PP ? Will people with enough experience level up all the way to 50 when they start DR2 ?
Played it three times, the format of the game makes it very replayable and fun imo.
The survivors have way better IA, I didn't have any problem with them, controls feel better, especially the jumps, building weapons is awesome ( I had doubts with this ).
Another think I liked, and didn't expected to, was Chuck, this game sets the tone and the personality for him, and now I will go into the full game already loving him.
Overall, a 9+, feels like the same Dead Rising, but improved in almost everything.
Btw, the Lvl 5 will translate to the full game, but what about the PP ? Will people with enough experience level up all the way to 50 when they start DR2 ?
black_vegeta
Member
Coin Return said:
Dammit, why must I have a janky framerate. I think it's time for me to level up my 360 to a 360slim.
.la1n
Member
I had a glitch today where I went to the pawn shop, bought zombrex to save my daughter because I had used the one I had to help those stupid bowling alley hostages, it deducted the money, i'm running really close to the clock and right when I think all is saved my daughter says "where is the zombrex daddy?" WELL FUCK ME THE PAWN SHOP GUY RIPPED ME OFF. I wanted to go back there with an assault rifle and blow his head off. I refuse to finish the game now for a minimum of three days while I vent.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Is this running at 20 fps or something :\
Warm Machine
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black_vegeta said:
Out of curiosity, have you cleared your cache?
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
This is really weird. I haven't seen any frame rate stutters at all and I'm usually really sensitive to that. One thing I have noticed though is that my game takes a long time to register things like when I click save, there's a noticeable delay in bringing up the next screens.
What's everybody's hard drive situation here? I have a 120gb one and have about 12gb worth of space left.
What's everybody's hard drive situation here? I have a 120gb one and have about 12gb worth of space left.
This is pretty cool. Frame rate is terrible most of the time and Chuck needs to run faster but overall I'm having fun with it. Do you need to get all the bike parts before the 12 hours is up? I think I'm at like 4PM now with my last save and I only have one part at the moment. I've been running around bashing zombie skulls into the ground.
Wasn't sure if I was going to get the sequel but after playing this I think I'm in.
Wasn't sure if I was going to get the sequel but after playing this I think I'm in.
Ugh, who the fuck came up with the idea of
Either way it was fairly enjoyable, it did however cheat me out of my money.
having a huge boss fight without any kind of warning?
Either way it was fairly enjoyable, it did however cheat me out of my money.
I got the gems to the crying women but just as I gave it to her and the text appeared the time became 7pm and some cutscene started and when it was out she was gone. No money added for me 
This is really fun, I didnt expect the
at the gas station so I was completley unprepared :lol
I got the D ending :/ so I'm gonna go back later and try and save all the survivors and find all the bike parts.
Does anyone know if the survivors still have those little cutscenes where they get eaten/kill themselves whenever they are swarmed by zombies? Those were always so awesome in DR1.
Also are the couple at the bar and Bob the only rescue-able survivors?
boss fight
I got the D ending :/ so I'm gonna go back later and try and save all the survivors and find all the bike parts.
Does anyone know if the survivors still have those little cutscenes where they get eaten/kill themselves whenever they are swarmed by zombies? Those were always so awesome in DR1.
Also are the couple at the bar and Bob the only rescue-able survivors?
theMrCravens
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Doubt they'll transfer the $ or all that leftover PP.
I still got myself a few zombrex in my "A" save just in case though.
I still got myself a few zombrex in my "A" save just in case though.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
The framerate complaints puzzled me so I played through it again tonight and the game ran fine (or certainly no worse than many other 360 games) apart from the bike sequence at the end, which does crawl along at about 15 fps. Something odd seems to be happening here. My Xbox is a couple of years old with a 120gb harddrive.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
ArjanN said:
Yeah maybe, but it didn't seem to be any worse than most other games. Some of these comments make it sound like it's running at a constant 15 fps or something. Framerate does drop at times but it seemed mostly ok. If the whole demo ran like the bike sequence I could understand it. Oh well, maybe it is just like you say.
brain_stew
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black_vegeta said:
That is completely impossible. Some people just aren't noticing the atrocious framerate, how I honestly don't know its damn near impossible to miss.