Capcom proclaims Dead Rising 2: Case Zero an XBLA record-breaker

Chuck Greene (Thomas Jane)

Listen up, I am tired of seeing people calling a paid demo of DR2. This is a PREQUEL, a full game set months before the events of DR2. I only have an XBOX 360, but it would have been nice if Capcom would have released this DLC for the PSN, giving PS3 owners a taste of what is to come in DR2. Do svidanya

$5!!? Wow, makes you think about all the greedy companies out there, who rush half-finished games out (yes you Mafia 2) and then expect you to buy the DLC to complete the game!! Do I look like a moron..don't answer that..

This game was $5! MS, are you taking notes? I know I would've passed at $10/$15, just like I've done with about 20 other games.

For good reason.

I am in Kuwait and cant download it

@kavadias1981 i dont know about running zombies yet, but in Case Zero, some zombies were a bit fast, and zombies in here actually surround you this time and take more health to make it more challanging, if Case Zero was very enjoyable, think of how enjoyable the full game will be! =)

I hope DR2 is going to be enjoyable from start to finish, and not become a chore after a while like the first game was. Running zombies would be best. Greater tension and all.

I like the story. I felt emotional with it. As for the game itself. Best 400 Microsoft points ever spent. I highly suggest TELLING EVERYBODY TO BUY THIS GAME SO WE CAN SUPPORT MORE PREMIUM DEMOS LIKE THIS!!! Imagine!!! a fallout NEW VEGAS demo like THIS. For only 5$ COME ON GAMERS. SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT!

Blah. State of Emergency with slow zombies. That demo was lame and the game feels the exact same. I don't care about what weapons I can make if the killing itself is boring and repetitive. The first game was cool for it's time, but now just feels very generic. The whole daughter is sick shtick is very bland.

More developers need to see this. Sure Case Zero was only a trial of the Full DR2, but for $5, nobody really cared, we all got it because it was dirt cheap and had a pretty good replay value. Now if it were $10, I see it not selling half as much if not less. I say more games need to be cheaper because to be honest, they'd easily make a lot more money. More sales less price is clearly a better tactic then less sales bigger price. The load of sales more then make up for the cheap price tag as we clearly saw here. Mind you this is considered a demo to many people, imagine how many copies actual full XBLA games would sell at low price tags.

Too bad this only convinced me that the upgrades they put in from the original aren't enough for me to go buy the game when it first comes out. Used or platinum hits, I can wait for it. The running around and having to save your daughter with zombrex is clearly going to be a major annoyance. And seriously, you can mow down how many zombies with a baseball bat and still never have it break? Too bad they didn't bring some realism in. Not gonna break a sledgehammer killing zombies.

Let's wait and see if people purchase the real game.

Does anyone else think Thomas Jane is a ringer for Chuck, btw? If they were gonna make a movie...

I look at the original Dead Rising as this console generation's measuring stick for how hard gamers are willing to try to experience a truly hardcore experience, with actual rewards for your efforts. First: I consider Dead Rising to be the first REAL survival horror game. Resident Evil? Pffft... Second: it was EXTREMELY polished, visually. Hoards of zombies, the best gore ever in a videogame, loads of cool animations, brilliant graphics - and no hiccups?? You bet. Third: a more refined and better written zombie tale than any movie or game to date, period. Fourth: Professional, and perfect voice acting, which brings EVERY character to life in a way few RPG's do, let alone action games. Fifth: brilliant, seat of your pants, emergent gameplay with more to interact with and actually USE than any game I can think of. There's no WAY any two gamers will play it the same, or with the same priorities. This has been a PSA directed at the lamers who "couldn't get into Dead Rising", and therefore should stick with shooter-clones, and sports games, and Wii Fit. DR:2 has a lot to live up to - here's hoping it does!

It was fun stuff.

@buft Yes it kinda does feel like paid demo, BUT you still get achievements and your stats get carried over to the real Dead Rising 2, and for only $5, i honestly think its worth it

@frankj22 The survivors are actually smart and not stupid this time, they push zombie while running now, they dont stand still to hit zombies, and they dont fall behind lol so its alot better

It scored well but i still hear a lot of people saying about payed demos, without playing it i cant be sure so im not sure if i should be happy about this or not. I suppose it depends on how developers proceed with projects like this

@dynomitemasta I know exactly what your talking about. Love the genre but the game is so frustrating at the same time. But this time I know what I need to deal with. Hope the survivors are less dumb than before.

I have tried so many times to play through the first game, I just can't get into it.... and I love zombies and horror... I'll rent the 2nd one.

It was so fun for a short game, i was shocked it wasnt 800 MP. I loved Case Zero, the new weapons for 2 is amazing (favorite honestly being the Boomstick) achievements were not bad either, got all in 3rd day (stupid locked doors lol) and the story is wonderfull and emotional but i think EVERYONE should get this, its fun and cheap! Best deal ever, plus your stats get carried to full Dead Rising 2!

The game was a lot of fun and at 400 MSP it's hard to go wrong.

Huh ? 400MS points? I paid 1200 for Limbo and 800 for Minerva's Den, this week. I already try the demo of case zero but never thought to buy it. Dead rising was awesome. The only thing that bother me with the franchise is the ingame clock system and the low span life of weapons. Danm I use to "love and hate" the original game for those reasons. Hope they slow the clock ticking next time.

I never downloaded it, I should maybe pick it up

awesome game. 400mp well spent! Great value!!!

best part about it (other than an easy 200 gamer points) is the fact that you get to take over your level and combo cards into the full game...can't wait to take on the full release - 400mp well spent!!!

Hopefully other developers will take note of the success which probably is due to the 400M$ price tag. Dead Rising (1) got frustrating and old to me but I've been thinking of getting this DLC because its shorter and cheap fun.

It was so good and surprisingly cheap. Especially when I paid 1200 MS for Limbo which I hated

Lower costs = better sales! If this had been 1000 Microsoft points I probably wouldn't have purchased this as soon as it came out (I probably wouldn't have bothered with it at all.) But when I saw it was only 400 points I jumped at the chance to get it. 400 points is like small change. All other companies should learn from this.

I'm surprised it beat the first GTA DLC.

The value of this game is huge.

I know i purchased Shadow Complex + Battlefield 1942 (best DLC ive purchased ever) but i didnt pick this one up mainly because Dead Rising itself is comeing out within the next month and ill get my fill of killing zombies then.. But it still does look really cool for only $5 i might pick it up eventually.

I still haven't bought it. Mainly because I'm broke. And I didn't really enjoy the 1st game. Maybe I should play it longer or something. I'll probably just try the trial game for Case Zero first before I plan to buy it.

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This is a bit surprising, I'd really like to see the numbers though.

Case zero was fun, can't wait for dead rising 2!!!!!!!!

this games neat. i wanna stick my pitchfork up some zombie ass

Loved case zero cant wait till DR2 comes out

of course, with this economy $5 sounds awesome. That is the reason why.....

Well...at least they aren't charging $10 or $15 for it.

I really enjoyed this piece of dead rising; it was $5 well spent.

@mjc0961 The new 360s come with wireless yes, but that still only applies to the people that have bought that new system in the last 3 months. Every other of the millions of 360 owners have had to fork up close to $100 for a wireless adapter, I know I did. PS3 launched with wireless, so did the Wii. I think that's more the point they are trying to make.

they lying...probably was the lowest on xbl. just trying to get more people to get. This and the full game are games you get two years from now for $10 at gamestop. not worth $65 especially if has the same save system as the first one

Damn. Now more companies are gonna cut the tutorial sections of their games and charge extra for them as DLC. Oh, well. If you're just interested in zombie bashing fun, and don't really care about all the bells and whistles, Case Zero will give you everything you need.

@DenverNick Yes everything will have its pros and cons, but I wasn't talking so much about the free games from PS+ as I was the discounts, because those stay even without the service and those save you money.

Don't get me wrong it was cheap, fun, and pretty darn good a record breaker for xbla though?? Thats kinda hard to believe with a game like castle crashers still on the top downloaded list.

@Toysoldier34 Don't be fooled by the free PS+ games you are talking about, cancel your subscription and you will lose access to those free games. I have both the 360 and PS3 and honestly I don't mind paying for Live and while I don't have it now I will likely start paying for PS+ in the near future. What many don't realize, except for Sony and that is why PS+ was created, is that you are paying money to MS to have access to dedicated servers while downloading or doing updates. This makes for a much faster speed when doing these tasks. Without PS+ you are stuck without these dedicated servers and it shows. I don't know how many times I have been updating a game that I just bought and it takes an hour to update the game before I can even play it. On the 260 every game takes only about 20-30 seconds to run through it's update process. It shows on the speed of the downloads as well. Sony has now fixed this issue by asking you to pay for PS+. Bottom line is that the "free" games and "huge" (not so huge, and on crappy downloads) discounts are PS+ extra perks while things like ESPN, Last.FM, etc. are the perks for the 360.

Well it is only 5 bucks and it did get good reviews so it is worth it.

The only reason is because it's $5 because Dead Rising is the most overrated crap ever