this game is awsome i also reviewed this on ign but any ways this game is very very creative and fun the psycopaths can be assholes but anyways the combo weapons are very creative and fun to use like… Read more
You know the story. Chuck Green, former motocross champion, is trapped in Las Vegas-like Fortune City which happens to be overrun by zombies. If that would not be bad enough, Chuck is framed for the z… Read more
I hate zombies. Really, really hate them. I lost my family to them. Well, perhaps not… that may have been a TV show, but I still live in constant preparation of them. Every chance I get to pick up a g… Read more
I CAN still recall buying the original Dead Rising, playing it for about two days, hating it, and taking it back to where I bought it to get The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion instead. I was so annoyed at… Read more
The first Dead Rising was a very stupid, yet somehow fun game that dropped you into a mall full of zombies and said "Have fun!". It didn't have a great control setup, the story and characters were lau… Read more
So I wasn't the biggest fan of Dead Rising 1, it was a severely flawed game with an abysmal story and frustrating AI, but it was fun, new, and a great time waster. Well I thought DR2 would be a vast i… Read more
This game is astonishing, this game really impressed me, i cant stop playing it, what's better then killing Zombies ? Great selection of weapons, and not only that, but you can also Combined weapons w… Read more
Not for everyone, that's the least you can say about Dead Rising 2. This game can easily be summarized. If you loved the first game, Dead Rising 2 is instant buy material. If you hate it, don't buy th… Read more
Dead Rising 2 is a perfect example of how a few design choices can leave some people quiting this game out of pure frustration. Don't get me wrong, this is a great game with a lot of replay value, but… Read more
Dead Rising 2 Review What is it with gamers and zombies? There seems to be something incredibly satisfying about slaughtering hordes of the undead that we just can’t get enough of. Dead Rising 2 is th… Read more
It’s worth a note that I came to dead rising 2 with 2 things. The first was a massive love for dead rising. Like many with the early 360s I bought my console for dead rising. Everything about it appea… Read more
I'll start this review by saying: I played the hell out of Dead Rising one, but I never really liked it. It was challenging not in an intuitive and fun way, but in an annoying and frustrating way. It… Read more
This was a tough one. At first I loved it. The grind was worth it. The missions overlapping then became annoying and the bosses became too difficult to even want to try to overcome. Then I died and fo… Read more
By -- Richard J. Before this review, Dead Rising was a series I was completely foreign to. I was intrigued by the zombie slaughtering gameplay, but never aligned with the opportunity to get my hands o… Read more
Apparently we can’t get enough of the living dead. Whether it’s the traditional slow-moving kind, the terrifying speed-merchants, the plant-fighting variant or even those of Nazi descent, we just love… Read more
Here take this. come on follow me!! go go go!! over there!! follow me!!! These lines are instantly recognized by Dead Rising fans. spamming Y while four survivors are running behind you with hundreds… Read more
I loved the first Dead Rising. For all its flaws, it presented a unique challenge that was unlike any other game on the market. And when the dust settled, and I'd collected my 50 achievements, I wante… Read more
I remember picking up the original Dead Rising, starting it up, and feeling the sense of urgency that I believe Capcom wanted us to feel. Unfortunately, the sense of urgency, the timed missions, and 3… Read more
This is a co-op review of Kimerex and I that we thought would be fun to do. Kimerex is the lead on the review with my thoughts scattered about. Andyb0y: When I played the first Dead Rising, I was not… Read more
Capcom’s 2006 action adventure Dead Rising was, for all intensive purposes, absolutely crazy. There’s no clear way to explain its strange structure—it wasn’t normal. But it had the potential to be fun… Read more
Does this zombie apocalypse hold up to today’s games or is it just an undead game walking? Between rescuing survivors, escaping zombies, executing psychos, finding Zombrex for your daughter, and clear… Read more
There was no concealing it, and definitely no attempt to, Dead Rising 2 is about as literal of a sequel as one can get. It's the same mechanics, the same layout, and the same premise, but with differe… Read more
In Dead Rising 2 you play as Chuck Greene an ex-motocross champion whose daughter was bitten by a zombie. He must participate in a game show "Terror is Reality" to buy Zombrex for his daughter to keep… Read more
Dead Rising 2 is amazing... I hated Dead Rising 1... I would also like to point out that it seems like Jeff and many of the other users posted a poor review of this game WITHOUT ACTUALLY PLAYING IT! I… Read more
In Dead Rising 2 you play as professional motor cross rider Chuck Greene. Who has been framed for setting thousands upon thousands of zombies loose in the fictional Fortune City. If all that wasn’t en… Read more
Okay. So Dead Rising 2. You play Chuck Greene - former motocross superstar, now just dude doing what he can to keep his Zombrex supply up in order to stop his daughter Katey from turning. He goes to F… Read more
Surrounded by the undead Horde with three strangers depending on your help, you look down at your watch and discover that Katey will need Zombrex in 20 minutes. The only problem is that you don’t have… Read more
Its all very simple, the game is 90% unchanged from the first game and thats not a good thing. When the first game came out, it didn't need to be perfect or even great to be a success as it was 'diffe… Read more
Dead Rising 2 may be destined to go down as one of the most divisive games of this console generation. On the surface, the game is a silly zombie -slaughtering romp through a teeming adult playground.… Read more
The original Dead Rising is a game that I wish I could enjoy, but the developers seemed dead set on making that impossible. There is an odd kind of joy to be had in using everything at your disposal i… Read more
There’s a lot to love in Dead Rising 2. That being said, it suffers from a lot of the same…quirks as the first game. In Capcom’s Blue Castle Games have produced the first true sequel to the 2006 zombi… Read more
This. Game. Sucks. I don't know any other way to put it. The combat is clunky. The gameplay stinks. There are so many things wrong with this game. It's an absolute rental - if that. So the game takes… Read more
The Dead Rising games have heart, you gotta give them that. Unfortunately, that's all they have, because the craftsmanship is really not good for today's standards and expectations. I'll admit it: kil… Read more
Dead Rising 2 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 [reviewed] and PC ) Released: September 28 2010 Developer: Blue Castle, and Capcom Published By: Capcom When I think of the original Dead Rising it brings up all… Read more
Dead Rising 2 is an extremely fun game albeit it relatively simple. Compared to Dead Rising, the structure of the game is virtually identical. You have the 'Case' which is your story for the game and… Read more
Having recently finished a first play through of Dead Rising 2 I can honestly say it was everything I expected and loads more. The game takes place in a fictional Vegas style Nevada location known as… Read more
OK, I will admit --- I was hardly fond of the first Dead Rising. I will say it is probably the single most bizarrely critically acclaimed 360 game to date. It had a wealth of abysmal game mechanics, a… Read more
"A great sequel for a great game." Dead Rising 2 is a multi-platform free roaming game with a twist: you're Chuck Greene, surrounded by hundreds of zombies all eager to get a piece of you, and you hav… Read more
As far as IP's go, there's very few developers that contain the most powerhouses than Capcom (except maybe Nintendo but I mean more 3rd party ones). From Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, Devil… Read more
Dead Rising 2 is almost as pure as a sequel could get. Very little does it stray from its original's design, both the lauded and hated aspects. For fans of the franchise Dead Rising 2 is a no-brainer… Read more
It's become beyond cliched at this point, but Dead Rising 2 is in fact more Dead Rising. And that is both a good and a bad thing. Zombie killing is still great fun and is now enhanced with new tools.… Read more
2006's Dead Rising was a game that was divisive. It “looked” like your typical zombie slasher game, but it played differently than other game that was released at the time. In taking hints from NES an… Read more
The game starts you off with the protagonist Chuck Greene , a pro biker, participating in a chainsaw-bike race in a reality-show taking place in an arena filled with zombies for contestants to kill. T… Read more
Developer: Blue Castle Games Publisher: Capcom -Xbox 360 -Single player only (co-op, multiplayer available) -No DLC (scheduled for the future) Dead Rising was a very deceive release on the early roste… Read more
Dead Rising 2 is the sequel to the generally well-received Dead Rising, which was generally well-received, but there were some general complaints: - The survivor AI was rather bad, they didnt fend for… Read more
Who doesn't like zombies ? Yes, they're getting old but they're just so much fun to kill ! Seeing their rotten head pop, rotten brains flying everywhere, is probably one of the coolest things video ga… Read more
When I heard that the development for Dead Rising 2 had been handed over to Blue Castle Games, a company that I personally had never heard of, I was slightly worried. With developers like Ninja Theory… Read more