Dead Rising Hands-On (Xbox 360)

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Dead Rising Hands-On (Xbox 360)

From the Gamespot review...

Find a jar of cooking oil inside a mall diner, and explode it onto the floor. Then toss a nearby severed arm into the thick of it, and watch the zombies slip and slide all over the place as they struggle for their meal.

I did that in the demo..LOL

[CaptainZombie]

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is that what cinched a purchase for you?

LOL! Yes, my $60 is going to Capcom just for that moment.

[The C]

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LOL! Yes, my $60 is going to Capcom just for that moment.

Damn $60 soft core porn?

[goh]

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Well I'm not even renting it now after seeing this in the GS review

"The real-time structuring of Dead Rising has its unique qualities, but it doesn't always work particularly well. Specifically, the mission structure and the game's rather punishing save system simply don't get along with one another. Save points are scattered in a few specific spots throughout the mall, and you only get one save per storage device on the Xbox 360. Considering most people probably only have one storage device, that means one save for the whole game. The inherent problem with this is that because the game revolves so heavily on a rigid schedule for the case files, if you save yourself into a corner where you can't feasibly get to that next case file in time, you're screwed. All the case files are connected, and if you fail to get to one on time, the trail goes cold and you're unable to pick up any of the other story missions.

Interestingly enough, if this nightmare scenario happens, you can opt to save the game with Frank's current level and abilities intact and start the whole story over (which you'll basically have to do if you find yourself in this position anyway).

By nature, having to be places on time is not an inherently fun thing. It's especially frustrating when the penalty for not being somewhere on time is the whole story mode ending and you having to start over from hopefully a close enough spot to eventually make it."

[ODogg]

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Well I'm not even renting it now after seeing this in the GS review

"The real-time structuring of Dead Rising has its unique qualities, but it doesn't always work particularly well. Specifically, the mission structure and the game's rather punishing save system simply don't get along with one another. Save points are scattered in a few specific spots throughout the mall, and you only get one save per storage device on the Xbox 360. Considering most people probably only have one storage device, that means one save for the whole game. The inherent problem with this is that because the game revolves so heavily on a rigid schedule for the case files, if you save yourself into a corner where you can't feasibly get to that next case file in time, you're screwed. All the case files are connected, and if you fail to get to one on time, the trail goes cold and you're unable to pick up any of the other story missions.

Interestingly enough, if this nightmare scenario happens, you can opt to save the game with Frank's current level and abilities intact and start the whole story over (which you'll basically have to do if you find yourself in this position anyway).

By nature, having to be places on time is not an inherently fun thing. It's especially frustrating when the penalty for not being somewhere on time is the whole story mode ending and you having to start over from hopefully a close enough spot to eventually make it."

I was just about to post this, I'm no longer considering buying this anymore. I was looking for a more open-type GTA setting where you could play freestyle or take missions depending upon what you preferred. After reading this my dreams of this being the zombie movie game to end all zombie games is a dead dream indeed.

[CaptainZombie]

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Well I'm not even renting it now after seeing this in the GS review

"The real-time structuring of Dead Rising has its unique qualities, but it doesn't always work particularly well. Specifically, the mission structure and the game's rather punishing save system simply don't get along with one another. Save points are scattered in a few specific spots throughout the mall, and you only get one save per storage device on the Xbox 360. Considering most people probably only have one storage device, that means one save for the whole game. The inherent problem with this is that because the game revolves so heavily on a rigid schedule for the case files, if you save yourself into a corner where you can't feasibly get to that next case file in time, you're screwed. All the case files are connected, and if you fail to get to one on time, the trail goes cold and you're unable to pick up any of the other story missions.

Interestingly enough, if this nightmare scenario happens, you can opt to save the game with Frank's current level and abilities intact and start the whole story over (which you'll basically have to do if you find yourself in this position anyway).

By nature, having to be places on time is not an inherently fun thing. It's especially frustrating when the penalty for not being somewhere on time is the whole story mode ending and you having to start over from hopefully a close enough spot to eventually make it."

It's one of the few things that I wasn't too fond of, but we will see how this turns out once I check this out on Wednesday.

[goh]

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I know where they screwed this up now. I believe the original plan was just to do whatever you wanted for the "72" hours and get an ending based on that but when they changed it to mission based then it turned into this wich seems to me a massive flaw they should've done something about. Having to start the entire game over is rediculous.

[CaptainZombie]

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I know where they screwed this up now. I believe the original plan was just to do whatever you wanted for the "72" hours and get an ending based on that but when they changed it to mission based then it turned into this wich seems to me a massive flaw they should've done something about. Having to start the entire game over is rediculous.

I've read around also that there is a free roaming mode in the game.

[Beantown]

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Hell...may be frustrating...but at least that means it wont be easy to beat

And I have the HDD, and a mem-card, so does that mean I get 2 saves per game?

[Dino]

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Hell...may be frustrating...but at least that means it wont be easy to beat

And I have the HDD, and a mem-card, so does that mean I get 2 saves per game?

Yes it does. Not a big deal for me. This game is going to great fun.

[CaptainZombie]

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Gametrailers = 7.8

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1781

[ODogg]

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Hell...may be frustrating...but at least that means it wont be easy to beat

And I have the HDD, and a mem-card, so does that mean I get 2 saves per game?

Nope, only one slot to save, which means you can pick either or no matter how many options you have.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Nope, only one slot to save, which means you can pick either or no matter how many options you have.

I thought it said one save per device?

[dubplate]

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I don't think it's just one save for the whole game.

P.S.

Did anyone get the game yet?

[Beantown]

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I thought it said one save per device?

me too....

who cares. Game still looks incredibly entertaining, and at least this way I know I wont beat it in a few days.