One of the main new features in Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is the ability to combine two certain items together to create a Combo Weapon, which are more powerful tools of destruction (or in the case of the Beer Hat, more powerful tools of restoration).

Inventory Stock increased by 1 and Jump Kick Ability gained.Ĭombo Weapons Combo Card featuring the Drill Bucket.

Health increased by 1 and Back Drop Ability gained.

Gaining levels grants randomized rewards, including:

Unlike retail Dead Rising games, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is restricted to five levels. Much of that same progress can also be imported into Dead Rising 2, allowing for a head start.

The game also retains a New Game Plus system, where much of Chuck's progress (including money earned, clothing equipped, and experience gained) when completing a campaign (successfully or not) can be carried into a new campaign. Chuck's handyman skills also serve as a plot device, as part of the main game involves finding components to rebuild a motorcycle. Chuck is somewhat of a handyman and can improvise specific components into more powerful tools of destruction (called Combo Weapons) using a workbench found in the game's safe rooms. The franchise is especially known for its cavalcade of improvised weaponry, some of which are less effective at dispatching zombies and more effective at humiliating them. Not being a war-time photojournalist, Chuck Greene receives his Prestige Points primarily through creative creative killing of zombies and rescuing survivors. Gameplayĭead Rising 2: Case Zero retains most gameplay elements from both Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2. A second downloadable Dead Rising 2 title was released almost four months later, titled Dead Rising 2: Case West, which serves as the game's epilogue.

Progress made in the game, including levels upgraded and cash collected, can be imported into the main game.

Set three years before Dead Rising 2 (and two years after the events of the original Dead Rising), players control former motocross champion Chuck Greene, who must find a way to escape the rural town of Still Creek (during the beginning of a zombie outbreak) while preventing his daughter Katey from succumbing to the zombie plague (using an experimental drug, called Zombrex). It is a downloadable prologue to Dead Rising 2, expanding the game's backstory while giving players a taste of the new gameplay mechanics (such as the new 'combo weapon' feature). Overview Chuck Greene, the game's main protagonist.ĭead Rising 2: Case Zero is a third-person survival horror action-adventure game developed by Blue Castle and published by Capcom for the Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade) on August 31, 2010.

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