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only played the demo so far ,may buy the full downoad...starts off with a bloke at a gas station and stuff on the radio he pulls his little girl out of the truck who has a bandaged hand!!!

 basically theres this stuff called zombrex that quells the zombiefication and you have to administer it twice a day on time ...

   seems more serious than my (brief) go on rising 1 first weapon you can get is a spiky baseball bat...you can customise some weapons with other stuff.

it looks well for a download game but the demo is worth a punt to get a taste...
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #1 on: 02 September, 2010, 11:15:12 AM »
only played the demo so far ,may buy the full downoad...starts off with a bloke at a gas station and stuff on the radio he pulls his little girl out of the truck who has a bandaged hand!!!

 basically theres this stuff called zombrex that quells the zombiefication and you have to administer it twice a day on time ...

   seems more serious than my (brief) go on rising 1 first weapon you can get is a spiky baseball bat...you can customise some weapons with other stuff.

it looks well for a download game but the demo is worth a punt to get a taste...

Played this for a bit last night, my intention was to play it through in a oner (its apparently pretty short) but after my first death I couldn't be arsed re-doing what I'd just done! Will fire it up again today though.

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #2 on: 02 September, 2010, 04:31:01 PM »
Sorry for the double post, but have given this a bit more play and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Have "finished" it, which takes just over an hour. Like DR though you can't really hope to get everything done and get the good ending first time (I got the D ending) so the idea is you play through it from the start with your stats intact and keep going until you get a "perfect" run on it.

Sounded like a fun idea, but pretty early into my 2nd go it felt really really dull. The missions and questy bits unlock at set intervals, so if you're trying to do it quickly there are periods where there's nothing to do, and playing around with the weapons and zombies wasn't interesting enough for me. It also looks pretty ropey, I'm not sure if this is indicitave of the full game, but its all very lo-res and looks and controls pretty much exactly the same as the first game.

That said, it was fun on that first run-through, not sure if its sold me on the full game though.

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #3 on: 02 September, 2010, 05:37:00 PM »
Hey guys, is this available for the xbox 360? I looked briefly on Live and couldn't find it.

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #4 on: 02 September, 2010, 05:58:47 PM »
Hey guys, is this available for the xbox 360? I looked briefly on Live and couldn't find it.

Yeah its on Live, only in some regions though. If you've got a UK account you should be able to grab it, only 400 points so even with the criticisms I have of it I'd say its a decent enough purchase.

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #5 on: 02 September, 2010, 11:08:37 PM »
Downloaded and played it for a bit myself and for 400 points I'm quite enjoying it.  The Zeds all look a little too similar for my tastes and despite what the hype tries to tell you it does feel v similar to the original Dead Rising.  The weapon combining is quite fun and reminds me alot of an old PS2 game I had called Dark Chronicle (you could invent things by combining photos you took of things in the game world).

Not finished it yet, I died and like Keef Monkey couldn't be arsed to go over all the same ground again.  One thing I'd really hoped they would sort out from the first game was the bloody frustrating save system to stop this from happening...
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #6 on: 03 September, 2010, 10:08:14 AM »
Dead Rising is one of my favourite games this gen so I am glad they didn't change it too much, I love this wee prequel and I'm gonna do a perfect run of it tonight.

Everyone who moans about the save system, levelling up or replaying the same game has missed the point and should go play a Lego game.


Heres a few tips for this...

Get the magazine from the counter in the Dept Store and build a nail bat. It'll  last 3 times as long now.

For easy cash in the casino there are 3 sets of bonanza machines which will pay out 5 times in a row.
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #7 on: 08 September, 2010, 06:24:31 AM »
Loved the broadsword
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #8 on: 08 September, 2010, 09:14:49 AM »
For easy cash in the casino there are 3 sets of bonanza machines which will pay out 5 times in a row.

And the best part is as soon as they stop paying out you can smash 'em to bits and get more cash out anyway MWAH HA HA HA.

Finished the 2nd play, and it got a lot more fun again towards the end. Didn't save all the survivors, but got the A ending. Pretty good stuff, think I might be sold on the full game now (almost).

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #9 on: 08 September, 2010, 02:12:40 PM »
the nail bat is a good weapon quick and mashes the zombs nicely.
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #10 on: 08 September, 2010, 02:44:06 PM »
I downloaded this but haven't really played it yet.  Must get around to it before Reach arrives if I can.

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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #11 on: 08 September, 2010, 09:21:03 PM »
Takes a bit of doing but the electric rake is good fun too.  Watch those Zeds fly!
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #12 on: 09 September, 2010, 12:54:58 PM »
Takes a bit of doing but the electric rake is good fun too.  Watch those Zeds fly!

Yeah I was quite surprised at that one. Chainsaw + Oar is great fun.
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #13 on: 13 September, 2010, 10:19:43 PM »
I've found the two survivors that want me to get them the broad sword but I'm buggered if I can find a way into the gun shop.  Anyone care to share how it's done?  I'm assuming there is an way in on the roof somewhere...
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Re: Dead Rising zero ...prequel to dead rising 2 that isnt dead rising 1!
« Reply #14 on: 13 September, 2010, 10:24:35 PM »
It involves getting up on the dumpster which you use to get to the ladder for the hotel, then you jump across to another platform and go across from there (sorry if it's vague, i'm working from memory).