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What We Know: Dead Rising 2, like Crackdown 2, is a game that should have been announced ages ago. For whatever reason, it took forever for Capcom to move forward with Dead Rising 2 and even when the game was announced, it was revealed Capcom Japan wasn't even developing the game -- Canadian developer Blue Castle is behind the game. When Capcom announced Dead Rising 2, the main takeaways were that Frank West was no longer the main character, the setting was Las Vegas and a good portion of your time would be spent running around casinos.
What's New at TGS: When I showed up at Capcom's Dead Rising 2 event after the second day of Tokyo Game Show, I didn't expect a controller to be thrust in my hands. Capcom was highlighting the newly introduced multiplayer features of Dead Rising 2, albeit in a severly limited capacity. The version on display was four-player simultaneously competitive multiplayer spread amongst four different game modes. Connecting each game mode to one another was a MadWorld-esque game show motiff. The four game modes -- Ramsterball, Headache, Pounds of Flesh, Slicecycles -- each involve having gamers compete against one another to multilate zombies in different ways.
By far the most popular mode shown here at TGS was Slicecycles. Are you ready for this? Imagine an arena filled with thousands of zombies ready to be ripped apart by motorcyclists who have strapped chainsaws to the sides of their bikes. The laughter was infectious across this and the other game modes, as well. Capcom attempted to conduct a multiplayer tournament, but most players in attendance groaned at the concept, since it was clear Dead Rising 2's scoring system was far from balanced at this point.
What I Want to See: More of these game modes. If these four modes hint at a multiplayer system just as imaginative, gamers are in for a treat.
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sloopy!
i need to know if this game is gonna b co op offline? online players add me for ps3 if ya gonna get it its julz718
hoof_hearted4
@ LarcenousLaugh
raiden would own zombies
@ ManWhichMan
i ment to get u a +1 sorry clicked the wrong button, cause i whole heartedly agree, games need co-op ive been looking for a game with amazing co-op cause all i have is resistance and i will get army of two 2 when it comes out, but there need to be more co-op offline and online
ManWichMan
we need CO-OP!!!!!!!! games are always more fun in co-op.
Demos_Lok
Oh, yeah, and what about a Running Man game, ala the Govenator.
Demos_Lok
Now there is something worth playing. How about this for an idea. Why not have live tournaments online. You could have an actual human host, with the project natal tech you could incorporate someone, *coughs* Joe Rogan, to host it in real time and you could build a service to allow non-players to watch it. You could have trials and the top tier players could sign-up to play online at specific times. (PrimeTime? 8pm Est.) It would reinvigorate the waning interest in gaming tournaments and you could have some insane competition just so people could have bragging rights, or you could give away game Beta codes, cash or early releases of new games. Word of mouth from gamers that we have seen playing before would certainly sell a few more copies at release. Each week you could have featured players, maybe even celebrities or developers. XBOX Live has this type on online setup but why can't we view them realtime. Something like 1 vs. 100 but with games that people are actually interested in. Television producers are starting to realize that more people are getting their entertainment online and I am sure that some company would back this. It would be great advertising for the games and it wouldn't be difficult to insert advertisements in between the matches. Imagine watching major tournaments on ParPerView. You know you want to cash in on this. The overhead has already been covered in the development of the game and people are already playing them. Why not broadcast them so we can all enjoy it. And why stop at Dead Rising, why not the Halo's, COD-of-War's and SF IV's. And another thing why aren't you playing full episodes of X-Play and AOTS online? If Steven Colbert can do it why can't tech show do the same thing? I can't find you guys on any cable provider, and i know Comcast would love to get around Charters line-up by broadcasting through the internet.
WLKNDED
Bring it On.
duncanato
gotta love killing zombies in various, creative ways
zimmy91
SHOW ME A VIDEO !!!!!!!!
Mr_Eko_73
"Capcom attempted to conduct a multiplayer tournament, but most players in attendance groaned at the concept.."
Spoiled Brats
Socalmic47
Oh. Kay.
Well... um... at least the fixed that limp animation that suppose to be Frank running.
Screw it. Left 4 Dead 2 FTW!!!!
Caitrin2009
There is nothing better than annihilating zombies. I'm pumped for this game beyond belief.
Caitrin2009
There is nothing better than annihilating zombies. I'm pumped for this game beyond belief.
pwnappetit
I only asked because the PC and PS3 tag weren't there when I posted.
This is awesome. I hope the lego head mask thing returns. it made the cutscenes 54987397 x better in the first.
LarcenousLaugh
Zombie killing is a passion that should be embraced world wide. I don't need Frank West to kill zombies, all I need is a decent selection of blunt objects, at least 3 chainsaws, and a boomstick, in no specific order. As long as it keeps looking this good and promises the above, I could be playing as Raiden from MGS2 and I would be happy.
RRODisBack
Yes, this is coming to the PS3.
__Monkey__
no Frank West no game for me
LarcenousLaugh
They have it currently tagged for both systems. I remember reading that in the initial release information as well. Can't wait for some zombie killing fun.
pwnappetit
Isn't Dead Rising 2 coming to the PS3 as well? I've read in magazines and online that it was.
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