Remember having to escort survivors of the zombie apocalypse who were among the most helpless and stupid AI seen in video games? Remember the combination of annoying controls and odd camera angles that, at times, made Dead Rising more of a chore than an entertaining experience. Well, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero brings all of that back in this prequel to a sequel downloadable game.
The story of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero follows Chuck Greene whose main concern is taking care of his daughter, Katey, who has unfortunately been bitten by one of the walking dead. The only cure is a shot of Zombrex that she must get every 12 hours to help delay the infection from taking hold of her little body. As his luck would have it, while in an abandoned gas station looking for supplies, some jerk steals Greene’s truck along with his supply of Zombrex for little Katey. As for the rest of the story, it’s up to the player to write the final chapter to Greene’s death-defying story where he must search for Zombrex before the 8pm deadline and also, on top of all the mayhem, escape the town before the authorities come and find out that little Katey has been infected.
In case you missed it, here’s the trailer to the Zombrex Dead Rising Sun, a live-action zombie series directed by Keiji Inafune, the producer on Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2.
The best Dead Rising 2: Case Zero has to offer comes courtesy of compelling weapon combinations such as a baseball bat with complimentary nails hammered into the side. In addition to the exotic weapons, collecting magazines allows players to boost the weapons or health of Greene, so long as the magazine is equipped; which would be awesome for mixing and matching within the inventory if there weren’t only four slots available. As a complete pain in the ass, the inventory is useless when we take into consideration that the equipped weapon counts as an item, as does the back-up weapon, so the players are only left with two slots for magazines that would be better utilized for the weapons in case either the primary or secondary breaks. With such a small inventory, Capcom should’ve explored the options of having the magazines showing up in the collections page rather than taking up space in the small inventory provided.
At its core, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is nothing but a short fetch quest title with zombies scattered throughout the environment. This would be ecstasy for a zombie fanatic such as myself, but when they are an easy obstacle to overcome
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