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I never notice screen tearing ever, so

Are you using VGA?

Aye. Will that be it? The display's generally spiffy...

I believe so. The only people I've heard complaining about screen-tearing in general seems to be using a VGA connector. Join the digital age.

I think it has tearing in any other mode than 720p.

Some people actually still have non-RROD Xenon's/Opuses with no HDMI, you know.

I've used VGA ever since I had my Xbox 5 years ago, and when it broke down, I got an Opus, so still no HDMI for me.

Dead Rising never used to tear on VGA, but Microsoft did something in one OS patch or other - it was the one that added colour reference levels for VGA users (previously, using certain set-ups would result in a horrible washed-out display).

After that, tearing all over the place in cutscenes if you're set up to use any resolution above 1280x720.

Wasn't it just a Capcom thing, although I can't remember what other games I played that did it.

Resi 5, I expect.

Don't think I've played that though, unless maybe I saw it in the demo. I may also be completely making this up.

I've recently started Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. The funk of having to run through the same story again is massive. So disheartened. But then I started the new Sandbox mode and everything's turned brilliant. If the cutscene at the beginning doesn't make you smile, you're one of the zombies.

I recently went through it as well and the way it changed some of the big set pieces was enough to keep it fresh enough for me to get to the end (although it does introduce one or two really bad boss fights) - the challenges in multiplayer are not bad but some are just a pain (especially the 'get to this point in this time limit' because they count the time your stuck in an animation)

I could do without the jump-scares they've added in.

They are really f*cking annoying and they even repeat them - using the shortcut i took to going the 'long' way around the room so the full screen would be in view since the stall you go to almost always had a zombie in it to jump' on you :-(

One or two - fine - but they really over did them.

There is also a crappy boss character you'll hit later who comes back to life multiple times and each one needs a special way to damage him but he has no 'injured' animation so he'll just hit you for lots of damage all the time (however at that point you'll have plenty of item slots so can fill them up with drinks to just spam him) , the other part that they did fix (but i dont really think was broken) is the respawn points - yes if you die and reload from a save point you go back quite a long way but if you simply let it respawn you then your typically only back to the last door you went through (so no real consequence of dying)

I like the way you can have two seperate saves for the Story and Sandbox modes, but sharing the same character. It means when I inevitably get bored of the story, I can just load up sandbox and kill things.

Not sure how far you are through it but you do hit a point where you need a lot of money and although its possible in the story mode it really strongly hints that you should use that chance to move over to sandbox to stock up on some cash (i did and miscalculated so ended up with way more than i needed)

Main storywise, I've yet to be able to get back to the safehouse after meeting whatserface at the Hotel. She disappears after you escort her to the security room in the arena and tells you to meet her back there. My weak, palsied legs are unable to have enough fastness to reach the safehouse before the timer runs out. They look like big, strong legs... don't they?

Thats a problem with the new 'save' system in that you can end up in situations like that - if your somewhere near a bar remember you can mix up 'quickstep' which may help you get there before the timer runs out

There's the bar in the middle of the Americana, but the faffing to make it would take up more time than just trying to walk there.

I'm glad they sorted out the save system then. No, hang on.

I miss this game though. I had immeasurable fun co-op'ing the shit out if it unlike any other game ever.

I *liked* the save system from the first one , it had the risk / reward balance set quite well but it seemed that a lot of the criticism was around the fact that saving was limited and the people wanted that 'save anywhere' stuff so they put more save points in , and then put in the checkpoint system as well.



Its going to depend on the items around there but picking up and mixing /using the drink will probably still be quicker than your normal movement - other things to help if the timing is really just a few seconds out will be leveling up / jumping past zombies / jump kicking groups out of the way (or if you have a blade weapon the jump slice does give you a good method for clearing a path) - but it may simply be that you dont have time in that save (i'm trying to remember that bit and I think my issue there was that I was battling a boss and saved when i beat him and the timer had already gone to red - i tried a few times but just revered back to my save before the boss and went back to the safe room first then came back out to get him)

Hurrah for homogensisation.

No, no, wait. The other one.

Only kidding love, I liked the original system too. I don't know who these people are that complain that these games are too hard or even why the developers should even be listening to them. They should have their hands mangled to stop them touching a keyboard. If Dark Souls gets an easy mode I'll smash my own testy's off.

Grr. Bloody Psychopaths respawn in sandbox mode. Bloody, bloody bums.

I'm going to put this here since I cant find a dedicated Dead Rising 2 thread and I can see that a lot of people have picked this up since its free right now on XBL , its mainly just a few notes and hints (only one spoilorish thing that i'll put spoiler tags on)

Okay - my suggestion would be to play the game through twice , the first time play it and just focus on the main missions and the 2nd time go and try to do the side missions as well.

I played a while with some other people yesterday (the first time I'd tried the multiplayer) and it made the boss fights *much* easier (it does help that i'm at the max level and can carry about 12 items) so if you are stuck then fire out an invite and get someone to help.

Although you get guns in the game (if you know where to look) they really are not worth the time to use them , I almost exclusively used blades (the swords off the wall in the casino are a simple and easy weapon) , and for boss fights using a combo weapon with blades is the quickest way to knock their energy down.

Also - when your playing at the start its great fun to just run around and dispose of zombies in interesting ways - but when you want to do the missions just ignore them and run through them , it takes a bit of practice but you should be able to run through groups without much of a problem and if they swarm then a jump kick is normally all you need to clear a path.

Although you can stock up on magazines which are as effective as the books in the first game you dont really need them as the weapons are so easy to come by.

A few simple combo weapons which are effective are :

Knife + Boxing gloves (boxing gloves are in the window of the shop to your left when you come out of the first tunnel and there is a bowie knife on the top of the paper stand nearby) - this is probably the best weapon against most bosses.

MMA gloves + nails (sports shop for the gloves and nails are everywhere) - another quick and effective way to take down bosses

Baseball bat + nails (both inside the first room) - a really quick and effective weapon for normal zombies but a bit too slow and underpowered for bosses

Axe + Sledgehammer (axe in the safe room , sledgehammer just at the door to the first mall) - a very slow weapon but good at wading through zombies (for a *lot* of PP) , hold down B to just spin around and knock them all down , you can use this on bosses but remember that your weak after using it for a few seconds and if they go into their animations they are probably going to knock you down.

Remember you get *more* PP for killing normal zombies using combo weapons if you want to level up.

Drinks :

Most drinks will give you back large chunks of health (orange juice and milk being the best) , but you should also look at the drink mixers in the various bars , typically add alcohol + a snack food to get a potion which will give you full health back (and make sure you have at least one before going into a boss fight) , you can also use the white one (quickstep) to double your speed to get to specific events if your running out of time

Zombrex :

At the start it seems you'll be running short on this but there is a lot of it around , some people will give you it for saving them and there are a good 4 or 5 just in the environment , two quick ones below



The hardest fight in the game is about the end of chapter 4 - how I managed it :

Dead Rising 2 (and the DLC, especially if I remember, right) is ridiculously good fun in 2 player. It was like a whole different game when you're helping each other out to finish all the missions. I remember that chef guy near the Casino was a complete bitch to kill but it was funny as hell in 2 player when my mate had to take it in turns to run off to get health or a weapon leaving the other getting his ass kicked by the (deeply unfair) killer chef. "I'M COMING - I'VE GOT A PLANT POT."

... you had to be there though.

The only tip for DR2 I can give is to find the banana sling downstairs at the Pallisades Mall, put it on then restart the story and play until the safehouse vent cutscene. Enjoy! Dave did.

Three Pricks in a Land Rover.

That's basically the first village.

Taurus Demon

A better title than 'The Grand Tour', certainly.

Playthrough 1 completed for DR1

I did not look back at any hints or solutions , just went with what i remembered - details below in the spoiler box , good ending , unlocked infinite mode , 36 survivors saved

Nope, the cuntvicts cunting respawn all the cunting time. Cunts.

DR2:

Actual for realz spoiler (don't read if you don't want any help):

So i decided to go for the Zombie Genocider achivement , and at the start - racking up a few thousand kills fairly quickly i was thinking this is not so bad ....

however it does drag , and when you go round the loop and look down to see you've only gained 600 kills :-(

On the plus side with all the PP i have hit max level and can mop up some of the other smaller achievements this time around - currently at 30,000 kills so running for a little while tomorrow should pop it

I did Zombie Genocider on the 360 first time around. The mega buster is well worth the time investment.

Zombie Genocider done - I now just need to get to an ending to unlock the megabuster

For your enjoyment the last 10k kills (around 30 minutes of driving round the tunnels)



I did start up DR2 (just to get things going) only to hit an odd problem which seems quite widespread
Starting the game while online results in a blank screen for around 3 or 4 minutes after the (c) logos come up , the game then starts and seems fine
Starting it offline it works straight away

Yeah I have that problem too. I just start it off and then make a cuppa or something. Same issue with OTR as well apparently.

Can I come here to talk about Dead Rising 3? I've started playing it the past couple of days. It's my first go on a Dead Rising game and I quite enjoyed it to start off with.

I think the novelty may wear off pretty quick though as behind the constant killing of zombies, it's pretty basic in it's 'go somewhere, be told to find something, find something, bring it back'

The other night I reached a boss who took all my weapons off me before we started fighting. This is an absolute pet hate of mine in any game so I'm not sure whether I've got any enthusiasm to load it back up when I've got tons of other stuff to play instead. I keep on looking at Fallout 4 and thinking that I should start playing that.

Hmmm. That's like diving into the Aliens franchise at Resurrection.

You should.

No need really. We'll be living it soon.

Indeed. I bought DR3 against my better judgement. It's just not that good.

Hmmm... Yeah, I think I've seen enough of it then. Perhaps this is the chance that Fallout 4 has been waiting for?

No you sodding can't. Get over to Dead Rising 3 thread.

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