Dead Rising 2 to feature online co-op

Published on 21-04-10 at 11:10 AM AEST by

rec

Capcom have dished out a ton of details regarding a few of their upcoming titles overnight. This includes Dead Rising 2, with a neat cinematic trailer and the news that we'll be able to bash, slash and lawn-mower zombies, together! The concept will revolve around an "in-game transceiver to call for assistance at any time" - basically a neat way to match-make or invite friends seamlessly. The game lands August 31 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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Tags: action, capcom, co-op, dead rising 2, zombies

29 Comments

craZy C - 21-04-10, 11:22 AM
Looks like it could be fun.

Jay - 21-04-10, 11:42 AM
Woot, coop would be perfect for dead rising's gameplay. If it's anything like the first one, the number of zombies you need to carve through is insane.

rec - 21-04-10, 12:06 PM
I'll buy it just for co-op. I'm so stoked that co-op is making a come-back. It seemed dead for quite a while.

chad - 21-04-10, 12:12 PM
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Trouble with the original dead space was that it just kept throwing zombies at you left right and center. After a bit of time you just get bored of them. They use old gimic scare tactics so often that it just loses it effect on the player.

In essence, I just kept killing my character just to see how many different ways he could die. I never felt any attachment to the player character nor his beloved wife that kept calling out to him. Though it was fun to blast zombie after zombie in the first couple of hours. After that you had no main story line to fall back on or any reason to finish the game.

And yah, completly miss the point. This is Dead Rising 2 not dead space. Oh well leave this here for the wonders of google bots to archieve for all of human history.

rec - 21-04-10, 12:21 PM
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billbob - 05-05-10, 02:08 AM
wat

Jay - 25-09-10, 01:28 PM
3 days until release on Steam.

Milenko - 25-09-10, 05:08 PM
Haha YES. They kept the motorbikes with chainsaws.

I'd be up for some co-op of this

Jay - 25-09-10, 05:56 PM
Yeah, I caved in and bought it on steam.

Milenko - 26-09-10, 06:47 AM
Are you able to start preloading already or?

Jay - 26-09-10, 11:12 AM
Yep, can start preloading on steam.

Aegis - 26-09-10, 01:51 PM
will be grabbing this on payday for sure

Milenko - 26-09-10, 06:02 PM
Hrm. $40USD. They aren't following the price gouging trend. Excellent.

Just bought it and am preloading

Harbinger - 27-09-10, 05:55 PM
Originally Posted by Milenko

Hrm. $40USD. They aren't following the price gouging trend. Excellent.

Just bought it and am preloading

Weak, can't pre-load unmetered.

also: I bought it

Milenko - 27-09-10, 09:30 PM
Haha excellent - glad to hear it.
Will get some co-op going this week

Harbinger - 27-09-10, 10:57 PM
only 2 player coop, 4 player versus.

Milenko - 28-09-10, 05:15 AM
Hrm, I'm sure I read somewhere it supported up to 8 player free-roam. But that may have been something a modder is working on.

Aegis - 28-09-10, 09:21 AM
or like the 'multiplayer' in Prototype... devs said it would happen then, oh look, not in release 'maybe one day'

Jay - 28-09-10, 06:29 PM
Right, so get the Games for Windows live (multi) shizz fixed up before you start playing or it messes with your saved games.

Milenko - 28-09-10, 07:34 PM
I already had GFWL installed for Dirt2 so i was already set.

I've played it a little bit so far and it's loads of fun. Only problem is my system is a bit underspec and it's noticable when theres heaps of zombies on screen.