Re: Games Discussion Thread
So, I've already brought Dead Rising 2: Case Zero up in how it made me feel giddy. Here's how it didn't:
The psychopath bosses- These little (ok, big) fuckers make a return. Now the one in the demo wasn't TOO bad (thanks to some IEDs and Shotguns) but he was still a bitch. This is mostly due to the game being designed for the player to run around and kill zombies, and throwing humans into the mix out of nowhere is annoying. If you enjoyed the psychopaths, well then you'll be happy with their return in force.
Controls - Alright, they're not horrible, hell they're not even bad. But they're not the best. Only a few little ticks here and there. Like the X button being used to shoot your gun. It's not bad when your not in aim mode, but once there its a little weird to be moving your analogue stick and pressing that button at the same time. I would have preferred the trigger for shooting. (As it is the right trigger isn't used for anything that I can tell). Still, tis not bad and didn't bug me too much to be honest.
Hit Detection - There were a couple times when I'd swing my weapon and I basically had to be humping the zombie's leg like a little purse dog in order to hit it. With a baseball bat, that's just kind of annoying. This didn't happen too often though. Certain weapons however also kind of fall under this in that I wish they had a broad swing arc, instead of the overhead crash they use. Yes it kills something in one hit, but broad swinging weapons are apparently hard to find and when yer getting swarmed, simply smashing the one directly in front of you isn't helping much.
Time - love or hate, it's back. A set amount of time to do the tasks you need to do. I don't know how much you'll get between things in the game proper, but here in the demo, you've got to do so damn much in so little time. I like exploring a little, and in this your forced to at the end. I mean really explore. But they give you so little time to do it.
However, the game still did plenty of things I like. The removal of the photography I kind of like. Sure I enjoyed having a nice album in the first game, but replacing that with combining weapons to make bad ass shit is more enjoyable. Oh, and the moose head. I had a riot with that thing.
