Zero Punctuation: Dead Rising 2

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

Oh man, first ZP i've properly laughed at in a while.
But this is the only game he reviewed that i've played in a while.....
I see the connection...

 

[Sylocat]

Please tell me that giant "share" button over the video isn't going to become a regular thing.

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

Average American response to Gaming Pro Tip:

*rolls eyes* Yeah ok, whatever.

 

[repeating integers]

Sounds quite fun, though from what I'd heard, you'd be able to be a bit more creative.

Anyway: Anybody think Yahtzee will review/like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine when it comes out? It's a shooter without cover-based combat, and we all know how much he hates that system...

 

[ArchAngelKira]

He likes this game? Thats rare!

 

[Jumpingbean3]

Couldn't help but notice you didn't mention the online game Terror is Reality. Have you simply not played it? Just thought it might be something to mention on Extra Punctuation.

 

[Mechsoap]

One off my favourite reviews yet.

I LOVED IT!

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Chest vagina, teehee. He loves the game, nice.

the jokes are funnier than ever, loved the review.

 

[KindlySpastic]

I was surprised that Yahtzee didn't make the observation that Chuck Greene is denser than osmium. Seems like such an open door to kick in.

"I've been framed for starting the outbreak and everyone knows my name from the news. Gee, how should I deal with apparently psychotic people? Hey, I know! I'll just tell them who I am instead of lying like any sensible person would!"

Otherwise I think the review is pretty much spot on. The difficulty on the first run is ridiculous. Boss Fight Mechanics are pretty stupid in general. For example, the enemy becomes invulnerable while they're telegraphing their own attacks.

 

[Grischna]

ahhh yeah the defiler^^

 

[CD-R]

He's right about the whole water cooler game aspect. In fact the best way to play the Dead Rising games is with a group of friends passing the controller around and making fun of the crazy stuff you can do in it.

Examples

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/vga/28053-vga-dead-rising-2

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/vga/28112-vga-exploding-zombie-heads

 

[mParadox]

Yahtzee just sold me the game. Yay. Next time, DR2 will be mine!

 

[Kurt Cristal]

I wholeheartedly agree with the notion of Capcom being incapable of making even a mediocre plot-line that makes some sense.

 

[Jared]

Haha! As usual fantastic - Although glad to see they changed forumla up a lil

 

[Lionsfan]

Definitely one of the better games I've in quite a while. What I really feel this game needs though, a Free Roam mode. Not like the survival mode from the first one (that would be to have back too), but just no story missions. Overall though, great game and a great video

 

[leotime0]

What the...?

You have to pay people to escort them?

I dont even have to think of some joke or bad pun to make that funny.

 

[UncleWesker]

I keep seeing a lot of complaints about the time limit. People do realize that it can be completely ignored in favor of whatever you want right? That is one of my favorite things about both Dead Rising games. You can completely decide how you want the game to play out, rescue all the survivors, focus on the storyline, or just kill everything in sight. And the time limit allowed the world to feel like it was alive, since events happened whether you were around to witness them or not.

All in all, I liked the review, and was pleasantly surprised by how positive it was.

 

[LWS666]

how do i hide that goddamn share bottom thats obnoxiously taking up a 3rd of my video panel?. on a side note good review ^_^

move the mouse away from the video panel for a few seconds.

 

[DTWolfwood]

lol kinda figure he would like this game. I quite enjoyed it too even more so cause i saved $20 on Steam

 

[Tarkand]

Where as the first game had a near vertical difficulty curve I think familiarity with the first one over prepares you for this installment. Though it's less vital to scrounge for books in this one. And it's nice to see options other than hoarding the boss weapons for the rest of the game.

It's a pity firearms are still damn near worthless though.

Meh, I wouldn't say that. Firearms aren't good zombie killers ... and the few that are run out of ammo too fast, but guns make most of the boss fights a lot easier or even trivial... the pink chainsaw maniac for example is very easy to beat if you have shotguns.