A new story is just the framework to exploit the game’s powerful engine which allows up to 7,000 zombies on-screen at once, and the weapon combinations are still incredible. This game will be perfect for people that enjoyed the first Dead Rising but never played the second. And it’s $40.ĭR2: OTR isn’t a bad game, far from it, but it sits in something of a limbo area, floating between full retail version and DLC. It is more than just a similar game, it is the same game with a few minor tweaks.
When I first began playing DR2: OTR, I began to wonder whether or not Capcom was trying to drive me mad, because I could swear that I played this exact game just a year ago with a different character. Unfortunately, it is not a DLC at all, but rather a $40 rehash of last year’s Dead Rising 2 that happens to have a new(ish) story and a different protagonist in series star Frank West. Fitbit Versa 3ĭead Rising 2: Off the Record may just be the best, and most complete DLC ever released for a console game.
