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(More customer reviews)The following review will briefly cover the Dead Rising 2 game and then the Zombrex Edition content.
The original Dead Rising was a fun but flawed game. The game just had one too many issues that at times made it frustrating to play, but never unbearable. Thankfully, many of these problems have been fixed or improved in Dead Rising 2, making the experience of playing the game a great deal more fun.
The first thing you will notice that has been improved in Dead Rising 2 over the original is the AI for human characters. One of the major aspects of both games is saving human characters, in the original this was sometimes a real pain. I honestly can not give you an accurate number on how many times a human character got stuck in a doorway, in front of a random item, or walked into zombies while I was playing Dead Rising 1. However, in Dead Rising 2 things are incredibly different. The human characters are much smarter, very rarely running into zombies and never really getting stuck within the environment. Guiding up to 8 characters at a time to your safe house within the game is a lot more plausible and nowhere near the headache it was in the first game.
Another nice improvement over the original is the addition of multiple save slots. In the original Dead Rising you only had one save slot for your game. If you ever saved your game after making a major mistake or taking too long to finish a case file then you usually suffered for it. Since Dead Rising 2 now has 3 save slots you can use while playing through the game this no longer really becomes an issue. By using all three slots while playing you can revert to an old save if you make a mistake or take too long during a specific case file.
The case files in Dead Rising 2 are also less frustrating than they were in the original. Best of all if you manage your time correctly you can actually save most survivors within the game and do the case files at the same time. This was something that was fairly difficult to do in the original game (your first time through anyway), but it can be done in Dead Rising 2 with the proper time management.
Despite all these improvements in gameplay, one negative aspect of the original still remains. Dead Rising 2 contains some truly annoying and frustrating boss battles. This is partly due to how cheap and strong their attacks can be. Many of the bosses can knock you down to the ground and continue attacking you, not to mention how resistant they seem to be to certain weapons. The best strategy when confronting these bosses is to have at least two large health items and some powerful combo weapon (liked the spiked baseball bat for example). The bosses can still be somewhat annoying but with the combo weapons, things are a bit easier.
Dead Rising 2 really is a great deal more fun to play than the original. It may not be nearly as creative as the first one was, but a least an effort was made to improve the issues the first game had. My only real issue continues to be the bosses within the game, but otherwise this is a fun game to play. Now as far as the Zombrex Edition is concerned, well it is neither terrible nor great. There are quite a few items contained within the set but most are somewhat forgettable or maybe even cheap looking. Below I will break them all down for you:
1. Zombrex Steelbook - The game and bonus disk are contained within this case that looks like a big pill box/case. A nice looking steel-book and a cool idea.
2. Dead Rising 2 Bonus Disk - The disk, which is designed for the Xbox 360 and plays in HD, contains a "making of" for the game and the Zombrex Dead Rising Sun movie. You also get an extended ending for the film as an extra. Not a bad bonus disk, although the film can be downloaded off Xbox Live it is nice to have it on a disk.
3. Zombrex Prospectus Brochure - This is a nice idea and quite funny. Basically this is one of those medical brochures that is trying to sell you the latest prescription drug, in this case Zombrex. Unfortunately the booklet is so big the only way it would fit in the Collector's Edition box was to fold it up two times. This more or less leaves fold marks on every single page of the booklet. This probably could have been avoided by making the brochure smaller in size, but unfortunately that was not done.
4. Zombrex Safety Card - Again, a nice and funny little card on how to deal with zombies and stay safe. Nothing really special in all fairness. This could have come with every single copy of the game and not just the Zombrex Editions.
5. Zombrex Syringe Pen and Bandage - One of the nicer items in the set. The pen comes in a box that resembles those used for the Zombrex drug found in the game. The pen although small looks really cool and comes with a small bandage, a nice little touch.
6. The Art of Dead Rising 2 Hardcover Book - For most people art books are their favorite parts of Collector's Editions, and I admit I am one of those people. This particular art book is actually not bad, just small. It gives you a brief look at everything from character designs, weapons, vehicles, and environments. This really ends up being the issue with the book, it is brief and nowhere near as detailed as the Fallout 3 or BioShock 2 art books. It is not as bad as the Resistance 2 art book but I just wish it was longer.
7. Zombrex Prescription Pad - Not much to say here, it is just a Zombrex themed Prescription Pad. Nothing really special here in all fairness.
This all seems like a lot of stuff but the best items are the steel-book case, the syringe pen, and to a certain extent the art book. The other stuff is hit or miss depending on who you are. The best thing I can tell anyone interested in this set is to try and find it for a good price and not the full MSRP. Having said that, Dead Rising 2 is a very good and fun sequel. The Zombrex Edition itself is not terrible either. Definitely worth checking out if your a fan, just look for a good price.
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