Dead Rising 2

Dead Rising 2 is the pinnacle of the series, expertly building upon the foundations of the first game while introducing innovative features that elevate the experience to new heights. The addition of seamless co-op gameplay allows you to team up with a friend, taking the zombie-slaying mayhem to unprecedented levels of fun and chaos. With its refined gameplay, expanded arsenal, and cooperative capabilities, Dead Rising 2 is the ultimate survival horror experience that surpasses its predecessor in every way.

by far the best dead rising game. imagine if dead rising 1 had survivor ai that wasn't godawful. and was even more fun to play, with better story, characters, music, and environments. if dead rising 1 was super mario bros 1, dead rising 2 is super mario world. there's just so much more polish. and YES, you should play this BEFORE off the record. i love otr, but they had it right the first time. dead rising 2 is the dr without compromises.
dead rising 2 > dead rising 2 otr > dead rising 1 > dead rising 3 > dr4 etc.
but this goes beyond just being the best dr game, it's one of the best games in GENERAL. imagine if they combined oldschool resident evil with yakuza. that's dead rising 2. sandbox survival horror. it's hard to explain, but it's just really fun. and it has a bunch of rpg elements, to the point you could potentially describe this as a 3d metroidvania? there are even small aspects that remind me of dark souls or diablo.
idk. it's just such a perfect game. something i'll always go back to again and again. give it a shot.
(it works fine on steam deck btw).

I wish they made remake on this game..
But overall this good
10/10

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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Half of the game is a story about a dad just trying to clear his name and protect his daughter from turning into a zombie, while the other half is looking like a complete psychopath while you make a laser sword with a flashlight and some jewelry
10/10 would play again

I have many more hours on the PS3 version of this game.
Still one of the best zombie games of all time. There's so many little secrets to discover and hidden methods to success, so it feels really rewarding to experiment and explore every nook and cranny. I don't wanna come across as a game boomer or anything, but this really is a capsule of time where 'open world' meant small, detail packed maps over vast, empty ones. The story is unashamedly cheesy but still interesting, the bosses are challenging, (admittedly, some are really unfair) and going back to my first point, it is really satisfying to finally find the optimal way of taking them down. It lets you turn the tables on those blatant cheaters.
All in all, a simple but perfectly designed joyride.

Now all we need is a remaster of this game.
If they do the same as they did with the DR1 remaster, then that remaster will be peak Dead Rising.
But this game still holds up, it's fun to just figure out what items works with what, making combo weapons is fun!
Saving items incase they can be combined when you find a house like that is insanely fun.