PGR2 also has a more interesting selection of cars.Quote:
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PGR2 also has a more interesting selection of cars.Quote:
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Does it have much replay value?Quote:
Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
Yes.
Dead Rising is a strange game.. Flawed without question, but still very worthwhile. There really isn't anything else like it.
It's easily one of the strangest games, structurally, I've ever played. It also does zero handholding, and there is way too much to do in one playthrough. You can go a long time without saving if you aren't careful. Escorting is a bitch, most of the time, but it's rarely needed for the main game story. Boss fights are really awkward, kind of in the same way that some MGS bosses are.
If you can get past some potentially huge frustration from that stuff, it's pretty amazing. I love earning new skills, exploring the mall, trying out all the items, taking pictures... There's a ton of awesome stuff to do.
Answer this question: are you easily frustrated? If the answer is yes, then avoid Dead Rising. It can and will smack you hard in the face, repeatedly, at least on your first time through.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpoDaddy
No doubt, I played and died a ton, until I was in the mid-teens in levels and now I have a structure to my play...the problem is doing the cases and finding time to get lost in all the other stuff, when you first start, you have no idea how little time you have to do everything...but once you break the game open, you can do whatever you want and it feels great...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
If by frustrating you mean challenging then yeah, I love hard games. As long as the challenge doesn't come from flawed control or weak game design I'm all about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammadeau
I just played the demo, all I got to do was kill some zombies and take a few pictures but I loved it. This feels like my kind of sandbox game; lots of freedom, stat-building, fun and wildly varied combat, fun setting, humorous, I need this game. It's like the badass sequel to Zombies Ate My Neighbors that I always wanted. I vaguely remember seeing it advertised for $40 somewhere recently....
Another official thread transformed into "Spo discovers the 360." Regardless, I play this pretty regularly and I will be happy to throw down any time. Aside from the occasional lag, DOA4 plays well over live. More fun than playing VF whatever alone, imo.
See, that aspect is debatable, and the demo is actually deceptive of what the real game is like, since it isn't such pure freedom. You have case files that comprise the main storyline, and missing one of these (which sometimes is a little too easy to do) kills the story dead. You can actually still play and get an ending, but you'll miss a good chunk of the game that way. Since these missions kick off at a set time, sometimes you'll be racing within a hair's breath of reaching them, and other times you'll find its actually impossible to reach them with your one and only save, forcing you to start the whole game over, if you want the extras and bits the story provides (and you do. extended mode is the best part of the game).Quote:
Originally Posted by SpoDaddy
It was designed this way for tension, but first time through you have about a 50/50 chance of screwing yourself over, and having to start over. You keep your character progress though, so it depends if this is something that'll really annoy you or not. I didn't mind it, but for others it ruins the game.
Downloads are paused when you play games that have online play. That way all the bandwidth goes toward keeping lag down. I'm pretty sure most games turn the download back on without telling you if you just play single player though. I've had downloads say they've stopped and then gotten the message that said it's done.