Dead Rising 2: One Zombie Short of a Horde

So far on this blog I've talked about games I have enjoyed playing, but this week I'm here to talk about a game I didn't like, Dead Rising 2. The game is a sequel to a game about killing zombies in a mall. In the new game, you are stuck in a town, similar to Las Vegas, called Fortune City. You have to fight your way through the casino and mall. At first I had high hopes for the game because whats better than killing zombies in a Vegas, but the game falls short in many ways.

Dead Rising 2

First: Graphics. When you see the first few zombies they look pretty decent but after that you realize that they are all the same, there are about four or five different zombies in hordes of hundreds. This just shows that the developers didn't take the time to render various zombies or create a code that randomizes them, especially since it is a game about zombies.

Second: Audio. The voice acting is bad and the writing is pretty bad too. Another shortcoming is that in the game you have a radio and you often get calls from various people but the calls only come across as text and are not ever voice acted. Again this shows sloppy design.

Third: The World. The map is relatively small compared to open world games today but it has loading screens between every area. These take up so much time and break from the emersion into the game. Also wait times between areas ended with the last generation of game machines.

My main problem with the game is that it had the potential to be a great game but never measured up. It seems like the developers cut corners on creating the game. If the game had been made by a company like Rockstar which created the GTA series it may have been much better because they have consistently put out successful open world games, but Capcom the developers of Dead Rising 2, are new to the sand box format. They are best at fighting games like Street Fighter and maybe they should stick to them.