By Quintin Smith on April 12th, 2011 at 5:30 pm.
Still furious at Dead Rising 2 standalone episodes Case Zero and Case West not seeing a PC release? Nevermind. Not sure what they are? OK.
Forget all that, because Capcom’s announced something much more significant that will be seeing a PC release. Dead Rising 2: Off The Record is Dead Rising 2 re-imagined with photojournalist Frank West, the protagonist from the first Dead Rising, replacing motocross star Chuck Greene. Sound like a cheap cash-in? You’d be wrong, sir. DEAD wrong. Full features list and debut trailer after the jump.
More Features
- Frank west is back – The original Dead Rising hero returns to get the scoop on the Fortune City outbreak.
- Fortune City but not as you know it – Experience a re-interpretation of the Fortune City outbreak through the eyes and camera of photojournalist Frank West.
- New story and missions unique to Frank West
- New environments
- New enemies and more psychotic Psychos
- New crazy and hilarious combo-weapons
- New items and vehicles
- Say “Cheese!” – Capture those classic, violent, scary, hilarious Dead Rising moments, earn Prestige Points and complete all new missions with Frank’s new and improved camera feature.
- upgraded Experience – Full of technical improvements, system enhancements and feature upgrades to create a faster, smoother, more satisfying Dead Rising.
12/04/2011 at 17:36 DrGonzo says:
HA! They put zombies in wrestler costumes, ZOMBIES AREN’T MEANT TO BE IN WRESTLER COSTUMES! That’s so funny.
12/04/2011 at 18:07 DSR says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBztjzDr0fM
12/04/2011 at 18:21 DrGonzo says:
That’s so true!
Ok, now I’m done.
12/04/2011 at 17:36 Linfosoma says:
Depends on the price really, but I liked DR2 so Im game.
12/04/2011 at 17:45 DocSeuss says:
I want to play it, but… I kinda would have preferred Dead Rising 3 instead.
12/04/2011 at 17:45 Hatsworth says:
The other Capcom pc announcements are far more exciting to me.
Finally SSFIV for PC, hopefully it won’t lag too far behind the console AE release.
Street Fighter X Tekken getting a PC release caught me off guard.
12/04/2011 at 17:54 DrGonzo says:
Is the arcade edition a new stand alone game? Because if it is, then, well I give up on Street Fighter, I’ve already bought the game twice. I wouldn’t even buy it as cheap DLC, it should be free!
If there is a PC release, I will pirate it with a free conscience.
12/04/2011 at 23:18 BAshment says:
just dlc I think.
12/04/2011 at 18:05 ZIGS says:
Too bad Dead Rising 2 is one of the most boring games I’ve ever played, capable of putting to sleep someone who just downed 6 ecstasy pills with a gallon of coffee
12/04/2011 at 18:11 Justoffscreen says:
Much like your posting.
12/04/2011 at 18:25 Olivaw says:
OOOOOOOOOOOH SNAP
No but seriously, Dead Rising 2 is a fun game that I liked a lot and I will probably buy this.
12/04/2011 at 20:47 ZIGS says:
Someone doesn’t know how to handle opinions
12/04/2011 at 22:18 The Pink Ninja says:
That was his opinion of your opinion
Make such a flamebaity post and expect the obvious results
13/04/2011 at 04:00 Thants says:
The game where you can kill zombies with a chainsaw taped to a canoe-paddle or boxing gloves on fire while wearing a tuxedo and riding a tricycle is boring?
12/04/2011 at 18:21 Teddy Leach says:
Hooray!
12/04/2011 at 18:28 Urael says:
Have to say, not much of draw for us PC owners denied Frank’s first outing…cue mass calls of “Frank who?”
This announcement smells of a cheapo re-release. “Shove in a bit of new content, polish the game from all the bug reports the original generated and call it ‘enhancements’ then charge full price again and let’s all go celebrate on the pistes!”
I’m not normally so cynical but this smells…wrong, like the UnDead themselves.
12/04/2011 at 18:31 7rigger says:
I like the sound of this. The only downside is having to buy the DLC through the awful GFWL marketplace.
I guess I can suffer through that. I did for Broken Steel
12/04/2011 at 18:38 ANeM says:
This isn’t actually DLC, its a whole separate release. Its sort of like the stand alone bundle for the GTA4 episodes The map is roughly the same, but there are new missions and characters with a few new locations and weapons.
12/04/2011 at 18:42 7rigger says:
Thanks for the info :)
If it’s like that then they’ll be asking 15-20 quid for it, like they were for the GTA episodes (Or £30 on console). Which puts it firmly as a no in my book.
I liked DR2, but I haven’t even bothered completing it. Paying two-thirds of what I paid for the full game for something I probably won’t go near after I’ve played for a couple of hours is too rich for my blood.
Looks cool though. I’ll keep my eye on the Bargain Bucket ;)
12/04/2011 at 19:00 Gabbo says:
An expansion pack with Frank? I’m interested, assuming it’s priced accordingly.
12/04/2011 at 21:14 dadioflex says:
There were apparently some issues with the pacing in DR2 – I think the RPS WIT mentioned that you were always fighting against the clock to complete missions, killing the free roaming fun to be had.
Now, when I read that it really put me off because I just want to play, I don’t want to solve missions or do anything that sounds too much like a job (a side-effect of having a job, probably). If this re-packaging does away with that then I’d probably take a look.
13/04/2011 at 08:57 ulix says:
“If it’s like that then they’ll be asking 15-20 quid for it, like they were for the GTA episodes (Or £30 on console). Which puts it firmly as a no in my book.”
If this is only half as good or has half as much new content as the GTA Episodes, then this will bei the second best “Could also be DLC” (which the GTA Episodes were) thing ever (after the GTa Episodes).
SInce the GTA Episodes were DLC once I can rightly say: best value for DLC since the invention of DLC.
12/04/2011 at 19:44 7rigger says:
@Gabbo
If only it was TV’s Frank.
Let me be Frank about Frank, cos Frank is the best Frank that’s ever happened to meee
*Edit* Reply fail
12/04/2011 at 20:26 Nick says:
push the button, Frank.
12/04/2011 at 20:31 Lord_Mordja says:
So, uh, if I don’t own DR2 yet, I guess I should just skip over to this, huh?
12/04/2011 at 21:22 The_B says:
It’ll depend if you want Chuck’s story to be fair.
It’ll be interesting to see just how much new content will be included, I think it could be pretty damn good. EG have a bit about the first fifteen minutes of the game that was shown today and it does sound like they are adding a fair amount.
I do wonder how many people will dismiss it though purely because they’re using the name ‘Dead Rising 2′ – making it seem very much like an expansion. If you ask me, it would have been better to drop the numbering perhaps?
12/04/2011 at 20:37 Hoaxfish says:
hilarious
much like “whacky”, I don’t think you’re allowed to describe yourself as such without looking like a tool
12/04/2011 at 21:08 Keymonk says:
If they got rid of the timer in this release, I’d be all over it. But with a countdown constantly hanging over my head, I think I’ll say no thank you.
12/04/2011 at 21:23 The_B says:
Apparently there will now be a checkpoint system in place as well as the save point toilet mechanic, so in that respect it seems like it might be more forgiving.
12/04/2011 at 21:11 Zogtee says:
So, is this Capcom finally admitting that switching characters for DR2 was a mistake?
13/04/2011 at 03:07 JKjoker says:
nobody said that, now stop having fun and go get me some zombrex, wait, what are you doing dressed in a tutu driving a heavily modified minigun electric chair ? YOU DAUGHTER IS DYING MAN! ZOMBREX NOW!…. no no that way, oh great the sudden boss battle that came out of nowhere killed you and you havent saved for 5 hours, 5 minutes to save is a freaking chore ain’t it ?, ill call you back to ruin your fun in 5 hours
13/04/2011 at 08:48 Dominic White says:
You do know that the game doesn’t stop, even if you completely fail the main plot thread, right? Dead Rising 2 is specifically designed to break the souls of those poor, demented, OCD-ridden folks who must do everything 100% perfectly first time through.
It’s a goddamn zombie apocalypse. Nobody gets it perfect. Things will go wrong, and that’s okay.
14/04/2011 at 02:02 JKjoker says:
yeah i know, but you have to go though the “FAIL!, YOU FAIL!!” screens, and the nagging from the phone and characters, i would rather have an option to activate/deactivate the plot/daughter/rescues/bosses/time/etc when i start a new game or something (the way the game is designed allows them to be disabled/enabled pretty easily), the way they are implemented right now gets on my tits
the game is filled with little annoyances that pile up (and i cant believe didnt come up during Q&A, which makes me think they did not do any Q&A) like the fact they didnt randomize the quests even tho they are completely interchangeable as far as the plot/gameplay cares and the game is meant to be replayed again and again
edit: at the time i didnt find any mods but i see there are a few now that fix some of my issues with the game, i guess ill pick it up again, it is actually very fun whenever the plot is not nagging or getting in your way
13/04/2011 at 01:16 daf says:
Friend got me Dead Rising 2 to play trough in Coop, something that worked once and then never again no matter how much we tried. So it’s gaining virtual dust on my steam account… So thanks but no thanks.
13/04/2011 at 05:29 dethtoll says:
Dead Rising 2 was an improvement on the original in every way, except no Frank West. This seems to be fixing that.
They really should have brought the original and the DLC to PC, though. So elitists can see what they’re missing.
13/04/2011 at 08:19 Lars Westergren says:
That’s a lot of crotch at 1.10 into the trailer.
13/04/2011 at 08:54 Dominic White says:
Just reminding those poor, nervous people who can’t play games with time-limits or any kind of pressure:
You only need to deal with those in Dead Rising 1 OR 2 if you want the best ending. The game continues anyway, sidequests still happen, bosses can still be fought just if you spend all your time running around in womens clothing and slapping zombies with handbags.
Yes, even the little girl can die horribly, and the game will still go on. You might feel bad about it, but it’s a zombie horror setting, and unlike 99% of games, things CAN go badly wrong and it won’t cause the entire universe to just scream to a juddering halt.
So get over that OCD and actually play the damn thing, and stop trying to be a crazy perfectionist, because it’s almost completely impossible to do everything right in a single playthrough. People will die, mistakes will be made. Best you can reasonably hope for is just completing the main plot thread, which you have plenty of time for.
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